The paper that posted the story is the least reliable source I've come
across lately.

Amadou SJ

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire,
sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon
must inevitably come to pass" (J. Meyer).



>From: Moses Sarr <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Jawara back in The Gambia?
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:49:18 +0000
>
>Can anyone confirmed this story culled from www.gambianet.com about the ex
>president Jawara back home?
>
>Mose.
>
>
>FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2001 by Editor
>
>        One of the most articulate Foreign Ministers in the sub-region,
>Gambian born Sadack Diop has resigned from the government of President
>Yayah
>Jammeh few days ago.
>
>        Reports monitored here by this press say the former minister
>tendered his letter of resignation in protest over the deportation of the
>Deputy British High Commissioner to the
>        Gambia by President Yayah Jammeh out of the country.
>
>        Official government sources say the British envoy was deported
>because he was seen in a press conference organised by the opposition
>parties in the capital Banjul, early
>        last week.
>
>        Gambia political commentors say the resignation of Mr. Diop is big
>blow to President Jammeh as the former has been one of his most respected
>and articulate ministers.
>
>        Diop was among several diplomats and fellow Gambians who openly
>apposed President Yayah Jammeh's deportation order.
>
>        The British government has called upon President Jammeh to reverse
>his decision as there is nothing wrong in the envoy attending a press
>conference organized by the
>        opposition but the government views it as an interference into the
>internal affairs of the Gambia as an independent sovereign State.
>
>        Meanwhile, former exiled President Sir Duda Jawara has returned
>home
>and joined forces with other opposition parties to remove President Yayah
>Jammeh in the schedule
>        election late this year.
>
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