GMC's party leader Mai Fatty is scheduled to meet and talk to Gambians in Olso on Saturday and Sunday, 01 and 02 December 2012 at 1700hrs at the two Gambian Mosques in Oslo, Carparis Gate and Gronland respectively. He is continuing on his European tour and will deliver a presentation at both venues. Everyone is invited to attend regardless of party affiliations. 

Thanks, 

Kejau 

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> AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON IN THE U.S. FOR TALKS
> November 28, 2012
From The African Sun Times
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> AU Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma meets with US Secretary of State
> Hillary Rodham Clinton. At the background is Assistant Secretary for
> African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, Jr.
> The new Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana
> Dlamini-Zuma, is taking her first outside visit out of Africa to the
> United States, where she will be holding talks with Obama administration
> officials on relations with Africa. Though elected in hard-fought
> election of African heads of state in July, she did not assume office
> until last month, October.
> She met today with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
From the
> State Department comes this statement:
> STATE DEPARTMENT —
> U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and African Union chairwoman
> Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma meet in Washington Wednesday for talks that are
> expected to focus on rebels in eastern Congo and terrorists in northern
> Mali.
>
> U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson will
> join Wednesday’s meetings at the State Department, having just returned
> from talks with Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President
> Yoweri Museveni about ending a rebellion in eastern Congo.
>
> Fighters in a group known as M23 have taken control of the provincial
> capital of Goma near the border with Rwanda. During his trip, Ambassador
> Carson met with Rwanda’s foreign minister but not with Rwandan President
> Paul Kagame. Mr. Kagame is widely thought to be backing the rebels, a
> charge his government denies.
>
> State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says Secretary Clinton and AU
> Chair Zuma are working for an end to the fighting and humanitarian access
> for those displaced.
>
> “We want to see Rwanda use its influence, if it has it, with the M23 to
> get a cease-fire, get a rollback to the July 7th lines, and to participate
> actively in a conversation among Museveni, Kabila, Kagame on how to deal
> with the political and economic grievances in Eastern Congo,” she said.
>
> The Obama administration has been reluctant to directly implicate Rwanda
> in M23 activities. But asked directly about Kigali’s support for the
> group, Nuland says there is no doubt.
>
> “No. I mean, obviously it has influence with M23, and there has also been
> concern, as you know, about material support,” she said.
>
> A June U.N. report accused senior Rwandan defense officials of backing the
> group, prompting the United States to suspend some military assistance to
> the Kagame government.
>
> In her talks with Zuma, Nuland says Clinton also will discuss West African
> plans for an intervention force in Mali, where Tuareg rebels and
> al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists control most of the north of the country.
>
> Nuland says they will compare notes on what outside support is needed for
> that force, and how Bamako’s transitional civilian government can help
> bridge the political divide.
>
> “In Mali we’ve talked a lot about trying to split off moderate Tuaregs,
> get them into a conversation with the interim government about a way
> forward that meets the human, economic and political needs of that
> population so that they are not drawn to terror, so they are not drawn to
> separatism. So that will be part of the conversation as well,” she said.
>
> Nuland says Clinton and Zuma also will discuss Somalia, where a new
> government has taken charge in Mogadishu after an East African
> intervention force regained ground lost to Islamic militants.
>
> Tomorrow will be speaking at the Wilson’s Center on “The African 2012 and
> Beyond”: The Vision of Chair Person Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.” Below is
> the announcement for the program, and it is free.
>
>
> The Wilson Center’s Africa Program Presents:
> “The Africa Union 2012 and Beyond”:
> The Vision of Chair Person Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
> Thursday, November 29, 2012
> 5:00pm – 6:00pm
> Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
> 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
> 6th Floor Flom Auditorium
>
> In partnership with the African Union, the Wilson Center’sAfrica Program
> presents “The AfricaUnion 2012 and Beyond”: The Vision ofChair Person Dr.
> Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Thursday, November 29thfrom 5:00pm – 6:00pm in
> the 6th floor Flom Auditorium. The event willfeature Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini
> Zuma,African Union Commission Chairperson, as she discusses her leadership
> plans andgoals for the African Union and its member states. Dr. Dlamini
> Zuma, former SouthAfrican Foreign Minister and anti-apartheid activist, is
> the newly electedAfrican Union Commission chairperson and is the first
> woman to ever fill thisposition. Jane Harman, Director,President, and CEO
> of the Wilson Center, will introduce Dr. Dlamini Zuma andprovide opening
> remarks for the discussion.
> This will be Dr. Dlamini Zuma’s first appearance inWashington, D.C. in her
> new position. It comes just after the U.S. electionsand at a time when
> U.S. policy makers in Congress and the White House arere-examining
> policies on Africa. Momentum is up to create a more comprehensive U.S.
> economic policy, asAGOA and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire
> in 2015. By the same token, private internationalcapital flows are at an
> unprecedented level, democracy initiatives are sweepingthe continent, and
> African growth is leading the world. However, several conflicts still
> rage,barriers still exist to intra-Africa trade, and governance issues
> stillabound.
>
> RSVP to the Woodrow Wilson Center
> Pleasesend your RSVP to Derek J. Langford at [log in to unmask]
> Admissionis free.


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