Yunusa, I figure that since I am holed up at home with time in my hands, I should put it to good use by monitoring the various news outlets and some sources from the demo sites for your information. I hope I have done justice to the evolution of yet another people's revolt in the name of democracy. As I keep saying, this is only the first stage in a process which must see the putting together the various pieces of the Ivorian mosaic which worked well in the past. One must remember that less than 30-35 percent of the registered voters went to the polls last Sunday. The new Government must necessarily reconcile with the 70-80 percent of those voters who felt deprived of their chioce to vote for their candidate. This national reconciliation exercise has been recognised and confirmed by president-elect Laurent Gbagbo during his interview with France's TV 5 as one of his first task. This confirmation from Gbagbo is significant because he is credited as the inventor of Ivoirite "Ivoirianess" during his 1990 presidential bid. Hopefully, he has come to realise the decisiveness of this xenophobic policy and which he is prepared to abandon. Thank you for the expression of your concern about our safety. I can assure all well wishers that we are safe and sound. Sidi Sanneh _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------