RIP Burama On Monday, October 27, 2014, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > http://www.kaironews.com/news/former-gambian-mp-makalo-passed-away/ > Foday Makalo was once labelled by the ex-Gambian President Sir Dawda > Jawara as “Foday Mmee kalan lon” meaning, Foday it is hard to describe you > in a political rally. Foday Makalo was a fire brand opposition politician > in the Gambian parliament within the NCP, he was described as a hard > hitting uncompromising MP. After the 1994 coup, he later briefly worked > with APRC, but later fell out with them and went into exiled. He is > survived by his children, some of whom lives abroad. People have fond > memories of the first Republic MP. The bitter rivalry in parliament and the > camaraderie outside it is reported to have created a formal relationship > between NCP opposition politicians and their PPP colleagues. Foday Makalo > lived a quiet life in exile, with reports that, he secretly enters in and > out the Gambia to see relatives. He will be fondly remembered. > > On behalf of the entire Kairo news team, from our Executive Editor Musa > Saidykhan, who is currently in Europe on a trip, to the senior Editor Yaya > Dampha, Editorial Consultant Mohammed L Sillah, to Imam Ceesay, and my > humble self Suntou Touray, we extend our health felt condolences to the > Makalo Family of Badibou and beyond. Our special regards to ASN > editor-In-Chief Sulayman Makalo, sorry for your loss. May the departed soul > rest in peace. > > *Curtsey of our sister paper, American Street News, the exiled Gambian > politician Foday Makala,* > > “Foday Makalo, the exiled former member of parliament of the defunct > opposition National Convention Party (NCP) has died. He died today, Sunday, > October 26, 2014 in Dakar, Senegal where he was receiving medical treatment > at the age of 67. > > Mr. Makalo who is a one-time administrative secretary of the ruling APRC, > escaped The Gambia about 15 years ago in dramatic circumstances. Mr. Makalo > escaped following an advanced attempt by Dictator Yahya Jammeh and his > regime to kill him. Shortly after his escape, reports were rife that he > might have been killed and buried in a secret location. One of such > conspiracy theorists was then opposition leader and member of national > assembly, Hamat Bah, who advanced a report that Foday had been killed and > buried in the garden belonging to then Niumi Chief Alhagie Tabora Manneh, > > Shortly afterwards, Mr. Makalo’s official car was retrieved by the police > and parked at the Barra police station. Little has been heard of Foday > Makalo since then except for a one-tine report by The Independent newspaper > about his secret visit to his family in Baddibu. His family and close > associates later reconnected with him. He mostly lived in Mali where he > sought refuge until his recent illness when he moved to Dakar, Senegal. > > Makalo was a prominent Gambian household name both during the first and > second republics. Foday is survived by his wife and several children and > grandchildren. The family is currently making arrangements for his burial. > > Foday Makalo is the elder brother of our Editor-In-Chief, Sulayman Makalo. > ASN extends our condolences to Sulayman and his entire family for the loss.” > > http://americanstreetnews.com/news/gambia-foday-makalo-is-dead > > > -- > www.suntoumana.blogspot.com > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤