what is your government doing about it?with your president being the richest man in the gambia,he can at least do something. >From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Please, Help Me! >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:30:20 PST > >Hi Sloan, > >I was also thinking about the same subject. While Britain and other >European >countries and trying to help, we are not hearing anything from the other >African countries and the AOU. The main items needed are helicopters and >even though there are over one hundred helicopters among the countries >surrounding Mozambique, none of them are seen out there trying to help. The >OAU is also very silent about the whole thing and all these makes one >wonders sometime as to what is going on. > >Why do we always have to wait for the West to come to our rescue? It is >high >time African Leasders, the OAU in particular to start solving African >problem without waiting for the West to help. > >It is sad to watch the flood victims struggling to hold on to trees while >many helicopters are in the Democratic Republic of Congo fighting an >endless >war. Celebrities in Britain are raising funds and had raised about $5 >million as of last night, but what are the African celebrities doing? What >is the OAU doing? What is SADEC doing? > > >PEACE > >TOMBONG > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------