I don't know about you, but no part of Africa is soverign for me. That
is my philosophy. I am an equal opportunity critic of all African
leaders; a bunch of useless toads. That is what they are; all of them,
without exception. Parden me; Burundi is the only exception. Sorry
Burundi for whitewashing you with the same brush.
Quoting Thomas Adeetuk <[log in to unmask]>:
> Matthew,
>
> Thanks for your response. I have no problem with any accusations you
> want to make of Africans, or our leaders. I do still have some an
> un-answered questions as to the accusation of President Mills. 1)
> Why did the Commonwealth Secretariat intervene? 2) Was it made known
> that it was because President Mills had been found to have taken
> bribe and wanted to gloss over the crime of execution of innocent
> Ghanaians by the Gambia? We need corroborating evidence to prove
> President Mills' corruption accusation. Else you are tarnishing the
> character of a President of a soverign state.
>
> On 06/10/10, Mathew Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I am simply making an accusation based on my knowledge of how Yahya
>> Jammeh operates. Secondly, at AU's meeting in Tripoli late last
>> year, Mills and Jammeh met to discuss the massacre. At that meeting
>> Jammeh agreed to compensate the families of the dead, they shook
>> hands and called it a day. If the Commonwealth Secretariat had not
>> intervened, Mills was ready to give a pass. And you think Mills
>> will do that because Jammeh charmed him? Corruption and projecting
>> on an air of importance is our second mature, when in fact we are
>> empty no-bodies. We just suck as a people. And it is not only we
>> Africans; it is blacks in America, in the Caribbean, in South
>> America; everywhere. If the U.S. had a tenth of the natural
>> resources Africa has, they would be building underground cities on
>> the moon by now. I cannot prove it, but I am pretty sure Mills got
>> his palm greased by Jammeh. And I can bet my bottom dollar on this.
>> It is not a crime to accuse, is it?
>>
>> Quoting Thomas Adeetuk <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> >Brother Matthew,
>> >
>> >An interesting contribution on the drugs seizure in the Gambia. My
>> concern however is, where is the link between President Jammeh
>> playing host to a Guinea Bissau drug baron and the payment of
>> "bribe" to President Mills of Ghana?. The massacre of Ghanaians in
>> Gambia happened in 2005 when President Mills was not in power. By
>> implication, are you saying President Mills on assuming office put
>> pressure on President Jammeh resulting in the payment of "lots of
>> money" to silence him? You make a valid point alluding to the
>> fact that African leaders have not done a good job of keeping
>> drugs off our shores, but please do not throw mud at leaders for
>> who you may not have facts to support. Unless if you do not mind
>> sharing any facts to back up your accusations of President Mills.
>> My two cents.
>> >
>> >On 06/08/10, Mathew Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>This is the new Gambia, but The Gambia is, infact, only a minor
>> player in this West African drug trade. The drug trade, as a matter
>> of fact, extends from Nigeria to Mauritania. This is not the
>> first drug seizure, for The Gambia as a matter of fact. A ship
>> laden with bags of what was marked as "Fertilizer" for Gambia's
>> Department of Agriculture, was apprehened by a US Coast Guard
>> ship, in the high seas off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal.
>> The ship was bound for the port of Banjul. The Gambia has been a
>> center of transhipment of South American drugs bound for Europe
>> and the US for many years now. Guinea Bissau that is developing
>> into the Somalia of West Africa, is the major hub in the
>> triangular drug trade; South America to West africa to Europe; or
>> South America, West Africa and the US. Bissau has not had a stable
>> government in many years now, and the drug baron there, who was
>> also head of the Bissau navy was exiled in The Gambia for more
>> than a year, as guest Gambia's Yahya Jammeh. By the way, for those
>> who do not know it, Jammeh massacred 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia
>> in 2005,accusing them of mercenary activities with Gambia's
>> overseas dissidents. He probably paid Ghana's Mills lots of money
>> to not proceed with the investigation. So there you have it. The
>> more things change, the more they remain the same. Are we
>> Africans cursed or what? Me think so.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Quoting Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>:
>> >>
>> >>>Ann Marie Dawson saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
>> >>>should see it.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>** $1bn of cocaine seized in Gambia **
>> >>>At least two tonnes of cocaine with a street value of some $1bn
>> is seized in
>> >>>The Gambia, destined for Europe.
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