Gambia News : Jammeh calls for ceasefire in Southern Senegal
Oct 21,2009 00:00
by
lamin
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Tuesday called for a ceasefire and end
to 'all hostilities' in the troubled Southern province of Cas samance
in Senegal.
The call was made in a communiqueâ? issued by Jammeh's office in Banjul, the Gambian capital, following renewed hostilities and violence in Cassamance.
'President Jammeh is hereby appealing to all parties in the conflict in Cassamance to immediately cease hostilities without pre-condition and embark on peaceful negotiations,' the communique said.
The Gambian leader also said: 'At a time when the whole world is working towards food security, the violent conflict in Cassamance has done nothing but entren chendemic poverty and acute food shortage.
'The recent escalation of violence came at a time when farmers are about to harvest their crops and could only mean one thing - that the crops will be abandoned and not harvested and thereby adding to food insecurity and more suffering."
He therefore urged Senegalese authorities and MFDC Rebel leaders to get back to the negotiation table.
The call was made in a communiqueâ? issued by Jammeh's office in Banjul, the Gambian capital, following renewed hostilities and violence in Cassamance.
'President Jammeh is hereby appealing to all parties in the conflict in Cassamance to immediately cease hostilities without pre-condition and embark on peaceful negotiations,' the communique said.
The Gambian leader also said: 'At a time when the whole world is working towards food security, the violent conflict in Cassamance has done nothing but entren chendemic poverty and acute food shortage.
'The recent escalation of violence came at a time when farmers are about to harvest their crops and could only mean one thing - that the crops will be abandoned and not harvested and thereby adding to food insecurity and more suffering."
He therefore urged Senegalese authorities and MFDC Rebel leaders to get back to the negotiation table.