Hi Abdoul Aziz!
Thank you for you post. I just forwarded Pierre's message.
He has his opinions on the issue which he sent to me in response to my
initial post and asked me to forward it to the L. The contents of his
post are his opinions and not mine. My opinion of Senegambia is that
we are one people and as such should do everything within our powers
to live together in harmony. In order to do this, we should co-operate
at all levels - official and citizen. There are however many
underlying issues that need to be tackled and resolved to bring about
genuine and lasting peace and co-operation between the two countries.
I was not pointing fingers. I was trying to identify the underlying
causes of disharmony plaguing our countries. These are issues that
preceded the football match and gave impetus to the spontaneous
outbreak of barbarism that should never have taken place between
Gambia and Senegal. The underlying causes are not my making or your
making. We can pretend as if they do not exist and move on only to
have a repeat some time in the future or we can try to identify the
current and potential problems, sit down as brothers and sisters and
work them out in order to have the relationship that befits
Senegambia. As I stated earlier, Senegambia is bigger than, preceded
and shall outlive any living Senegalese or Gambian. Thank you.
Buharry.
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Brother I really do not agree with you and Pierre on this.
I think we all Senegabian should look beyond these facts and try to
consolidate our ties and work together because we are condamned to
live
together. It is sad to see this happening after a soccer game....
Sport
should bring our youth together since our politics have failed to do
so.
It is about blaming any side we will solve this matter. It is time to
joint
our efforts and work as a whole family and stop pointing fingers.
Salaam,
AAD
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>Hi!
> Thanks Ndey, Pierre, Sidibeh and Joe for adding valuable
>perspectives to this troublesome issue. I hope the authorities try
>hard to restore good neighbourliness. A welcome development is that
>Gen. Niang, after meeting Gambian authorities and receiving assurances
>from them, informed the 200 Senegalese who sought refuge at the
>Senegalese Embassy that the Senegalese Government would not be
>involved in repatriating them. He was booed. He however told them that
>anyone who feels like returning to Senegal can do so on his / her own.
>A worrying issue is however the current anti-Gambian sentiments in
>Senegal. During a call-in program on Wal Fadjri, all the callers said
>their government should repatriate Senegalese in Gambia. Some were
>quite strong in their sentiments. One even went as far as saying that
>Senegal should chew and spit Gambia like a banana. There are also
>strong anti-Senegalese sentiments among Gambians. I hope we all calm
>down and work toward restoring peace in our subregion. Thanks.
>
> Buharry.
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