De President
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Ondanks de plek ontkom ik er niet aan om over Gambia te schrijven. Vandaag een Reuters bericht in de NY Times. Ik kan geen link vinden, dus ik schrijf het maar even letterlijk over:
President Yahya Jammeh, a former wrestler and bird lover, said anyone aspiring to his job needed "to wait like a vulture, patiently," because he planned to stay in office at least 30 years longer. Mr. Jammeh, who is 40 and seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994, said he would consider handing over power only after he had turned his tiny former British colony into an oil producer and "a role model for Africa." Gambia produces peanuts but has not struck oil.
Ziehier de tragiek van Gambia (en van een groot deel van de rest van Afrika...)
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