Abdoulaye,
Thanks. No, I have no career change in mind. I had planned to meet with some
NGOs, including representatives of Oxfam while here. Unfortunately, because
of the demonstrations which turned ugly on Tuesday disrupted my plans. I
leave tomorrow for Dakar and then on to Banjul for a week.
Sidi Sanneh


>From: Abdoulaye Saine <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Message from Prague
>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:16:23 -0400
>
>Sidi:
>
>Thanks for the update on Prague from Prague.  It gives the
>demonstrations a special touch.  I applaud the demonstrators for their
>stance and like you, hope they do not go the violent. "From Abidjan and
>now Prague", you have covered the events well. Do you have a career
>change in mind? Be safe.
>
>Regards
>Abdoulaye
>
>
>
>
>sidi sanneh wrote:
> >
> > While we sit it out at the Conference Centre in the middle of Prague
>with
> > the police busy with the demonstrators outside the perimeteres of the
>site,
> > I thought of whiling away the time with this piece , which is an excerpt
> > from Trevor Manuel's Opening statement this morning.
> > Quote
> > There is a story that Vaclac Havel tells of this beautiful city
>(Prague),
> > long before he was president.  A stone window ledge had fallen from a
> > building and killed a woman.  A local writer commented that the public
> > outrage that ensured was too parochial and failed to recognise
>humanity's
> > enoumous progress.  The next week, when another window ledge fell, the
> > public wisely ignored the writer.  To quote Vaclav Havel, the people
>"had
> > understoood that the so-called prospects of mankind are nothing but an
>empty
> > platitude if they distract us from our particular worry about who might
>be
> > killed by a third window ledge..."
> >
> > Window ledges in Prague in the 1960s may be another space from, say, a
> > health clinic in Mozambique that is washed away by the floods, but the
> > lessons are the same.  The lessons then, as now, is that unless we take
> > account of our reality and are prepared to do something about it,
>nothing
> > changes. End quote.
> >
> > There are lessons in Trevor Manuel's statement for all of us and I hope
>hope
> > that the demonstartions currently going on outside the Conference Center
> > will leave the rest of the window ledges in this beautiful city in tack
>and,
> > of course, that there is no bloodshed as those opposed to the workings,
>and
> > indeed, the existense of the IMF and the World Bank, exercise their
> > constitutional right to free expression.
> >
> > Hamjatta, I received your note and I could not agree more with the view
>that
> > the left is extremely organised which is being amply demonstrated
>literally
> > and figuratively in the streets of Prague as I write this note.
> >
> > Sidi Sanneh
> > Prague
> >
> > >From: "Jeng, Beran" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: FWD:United Democratic Party Leadership Threatened With Death
> > >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:01:25 -0400
> > >
> > >United Democratic Party Leadership Threatened With Death
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >The Independent (Banjul)
> > >
> > >September 25, 2000
> > >
> > >Banjul
> > >
> > >Unimpeachable sources have intimated to The Independent that members of
>the
> > >APRC
> > >Youth Wing have threatened to attack and kill United Democratic Party
>top
> > >brass
> > >including Ousainou Darboe, Lamin Waa Juwara and Lamin Shyngle Nyassi to
> > >avenge
> > >the death of Alieu Njie an APRC supporter who allegedly died following
> > >clashes
> > >between opposition and ruling party supporters in Basse earlier this
>year.
> > >
> > >According to the sources, members of the ruling party's youth wing have
> > >threatened to 'attack, disrupt and kill' members of the UDP leadership
>and
> > >their
> > >supporters anytime they hold rallies outside the Greater Banjul Area.
>The
> > >sources also added that APRC militants have planned to attack UDP
>convoys
> > >going
> > >to or returning from rallies. They further suggested that those making
>the
> > >threat are 'determined to kill at least 50 UDP supporters.' The alleged
> > >threat
> > >to assassinate UDP leaders, the sources emphasised, came as some
> > >undisclosed
> > >members of the APRC youth wing reportedly incensed over the death of
>one of
> > >their supporters, wanted to 'get even'.
> > >
> > >Meanwhile, a letter dated 18th September from the UDP addressed to two
> > >state
> > >authorities suggested that its leadership has got wind of the alleged
> > >threat.
> > >The letter sent to the Secretary of State for the Interior and the
> > >Inspector
> > >General of Police, the UDP notified them of the alleged threat to carry
>out
> > >'the
> > >carnage'. Not only did the letter mention the alleged determination by
>some
> > >members of the APRC youth movement to assassinate UDP leaders and their
> > >supporters, but it also alleged a systematic programme of extermination
> > >starting
> > >with Ousainou Darboe's personal bodyguards.
> > >
> > >The letter, which was copied to the chairman of the Independent
>Electoral
> > >Commission also claimed that the reported presence of the movement's
> > >members at
> > >a rally in Farato 'was part of their scheme to cause trouble, which was
> > >only
> > >averted by the presence of the Police Intervention Unit'.
> > >
> > >The letter had also notified state authorities of a planned UDP rally
>in
> > >Brikama
> > >on September 23, requesting for necessary action and precaution from
>state
> > >security agencies to avoid what the party's leadership called a
>'national
> > >catastrophe'. It also reiterated the party's commitment to the laws of
>the
> > >land
> > >and its readiness to co-operate with law enforcers in ensuring peace
>and
> > >stability in the country.
> > >
> >
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