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PostSubject: Gambia   Gambia EmptyFri Jan 13, 2017 11:15 pm

anyone on here ever lived there or been there - it is fascinating watching the african politics play out over there - "will you stand down - you lost" " NO bugger off"

and now they've got the rest of africa almost involved and the UN! - it's like a Shakespearian melodrama! angry
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 8:09 am

Never been there and I have no wish to do so.

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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 8:14 am

andsome wrote:
Never been there and I have no wish to do so.
I'm with you there mate !
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 9:23 am

Never been to Gambia, but I did live in Lagos - Nigeria - at the end of the 70's. 

I think I have had sufficient experience of the African Continent...

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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 12:06 pm

well one of the last books I read suggested that of course everything is very tribal and once a tribe gains power their leader can live in a grand palace - indeed must and have the best cars and clothes etc - his own people expect him to even if they live in poverty
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 12:25 pm

That doesn't surprise me.  The population seemed to be either very rich or extremely poor in Nigeria.

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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 15, 2017 1:31 pm

bit similar to the election of Donald Trump and his rise to popularity!
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyWed Jan 18, 2017 9:06 am

Thomas Cook holidaymakers to be flown out of The Gambia

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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyThu Jan 19, 2017 7:18 am

and anyone else for that matter - gunships off the shore and armies on the borders - I think they mean to oust him hat
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySat Jan 21, 2017 1:07 am

and as watch the peaceful transition of leadership in USA [almost] we see the total opposite in Gambia - they try to emulate the West but their culture gets in the way!
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptySun Jan 22, 2017 8:14 pm

Ah I see he has finally stepped down after being told he is a naughty boy by some of his neighbours - fascinating! african politics
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyMon Jan 23, 2017 8:26 am

If he hadn't they had threatened to marmalise him

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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyMon Jan 23, 2017 8:48 am

I wonder how much money he took with him - money which originated from foreign aid to his country?
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyMon Jan 23, 2017 9:13 am

a lot I would imagine! hat
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PostSubject: Re: Gambia   Gambia EmptyTue Jan 24, 2017 8:03 am

This is why I am completely against foreign aid being paid to governments.  It should instead be given to aid agencies from this country, who could help those in need, and where infrastructure is needed they could employ local labour to carry it out, giving the locals paid employment.

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