In his July speech Jammeh said he will never beg, so what has changed?


>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: FWD:Drought-stricken Gambia seeks international food aid
>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:06:33 +0200
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>BANJUL, Aug 22 (AFP) - Gambia on Thursday appealed for 27
>million dollars (euros) in international aid to deal with a severe
>drought-induced food shortage.
>    Lack of rain has wiped out the country's rice harvests, has
>destroyed 60 percent of its millet harvest, and 40 percent of its
>peanut harvest, Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy said, adding that
>the country's maize harvest and livestock had also been affected by
>the drought.
>    People in the west African nation's countryside were already
>suffering from malnutrition, she said.
>    On August 9, neighboring Senegal called also called for
>international aid to help it stave off famine in the countryside
>because of the drought.
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