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Ginny publishes a statement by the Gambia United Democratic Party (New York Branch) regarding celebration of the 1994 coup d'etat: “Gambian People, the international Community and all Democratic and Human Rights Organizations worldwide are here by call upon to condemn in the strongest terms the (APRC) Government for celebrating the July 22 1994 Coup D’etat, the day some junior corrupt soldiers led by Yahya Jammeh decided to challenge the legitimate position of the Gambian people, and overthrew the democratically elected civilian Government of Sir Dawda Jawara.”

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Recent Links also in Sub-Saharan Africa

AK of For Sudan comments on the Sudanese government accepting a agreed to the deployment to Darfur of a joint force of the African Union and the United Nations: “So is this a move in the right direction? Absolutely! However, the ‘international community' i.e. the US has been focusing too much of its effort to help “resolve” this conflict on its military aspect. I see it like this, the security and humanitarian situations are the side effects of the real issues of politics, economics and the environment”.

Icheoku writes about last Monday's murder of Igwe Uche Nwachime, a high chief of the Enugu state in Nigeria, after being abducted.

Rucco van der Merwe of Eyeing Africa posted a series of photos of a taxi-park in Kampala and of beautiful landscapes in the Karamoja region.