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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