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Senegal's Youssou Ndour Injured During Rally: Spokesman
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:49
(AFP) – Senegalese music icon and opposition activist Youssou Ndour was injured in the leg Tuesday after being hit
by a projectile at the scene of a banned rally in Dakar, his entourage told AFP."Youssou Ndour was injured in the left leg, he has been seen by a doctor, but he doesn't want to make a big issue out of it and we won't be giving any more comment," said Charles Faye, spokesman for Ndour's Fekke ma ci boole (I am involved) movement.
Faye did not say what type of projectile had hit Ndour saying only that he was injured "in the heat of the action" as riot police dispersed the crowd gathered for
Sengalese music superstar Youssou Ndour arrives on February 15, on Independence Square in the center of Dakar (AFP/File, Mamadou Toure Behan)
Last month the Grammy-winning artist appealed against a decision by the country's top court which rejected his application to run for president in February polls.
The council approved the candidacy of 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a third term, which the opposition says is illegal, sparking fierce protests in Dakar.
One of Africa's most recognised artists, Ndour shocked the music world on January 3 when he announced he was quitting music to try and unseat the octogenarian president of whom he has become increasingly critical.
The dispute over Wade's candidacy has placed one of Africa's most stable democracies on edge, and the capital was rocked by violent riots on Friday night which left one policeman dead.
Tuesday's incident happened as Ndour was perched on a car which anti-riot police approached. Stones were hurled from the crowd towards the police who responded with tear gas.
Ndour swiftly left the area.
Probably best known in the West for his "7 Seconds" hit collaboration with Neneh Cherry, Ndour has also collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and others.
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Do we have checkpoints in Schools in the Gambia? We have in Texas.
So don't try to compare the Human rights issues in the Gambia to that of the US.
All I am saying is that we can do two things at a time. We can critize Jammeh for rights abuse, fraud, etc, but we also need to talk about how to develop the country. Unless if you hate development.
Can rebels, politicians, knowledge seekers and professionals share the same platform? Rebels will never agree to anything except that only benefit them. Rebels are only out to fight for personal goals and this is why you never see them agreeing to peace talks. They will only use the struggle and pains of others as their agenda. But guss what their bravery is? Very good at hideouts and only ambushing the wrong people but never face the real battle.
Just as you cannot squeeze water out of a stone,it is hard to drill reality into some of these people,especial ly these fly by night visitors who rarely spend more than a month in the Gambia to experince the reality of living under a real dictatorship as we are.
You can sit in Texas and tell Gambians to just talk about "development" but leave out the essential life blood of the nation (BASIC human rights).All the nations of the world are drawn to America not only for economic opportunities,b ut the freedom to be and do whatever one wants,within the confines of the law.Why can't some of you brothers in the diaspora get real?
We have an incompentent and insecure man lording it over us here yet you want us to talk of "development"?
Ajie, We can talk about all the bad stuff Yahya Jammeh is doing, but that alone will never bring about development. We also need to talk about other ways of helping Gambians. My comments were meant for those who want to spend their life just talking about how to get rid of our leaders. It may be hard to digest but Yahya Jammeh won the last election and the next election is schedule for 2016. The opposition should now engage in national development. But guess what, the next time we will hear from them or see tham in our neighborhoods is in an election year. Some of them are just after our votes.
I live in Texas, I know many people who hate Obama, but they are mature enough to know that just talking about Obama will solve nothing. They talk about him sometime, but they spend most of their time trying to develop the state of Texas.
Why can't we have such sense in ourselves?
Let's start by trying to educate Gambians. How many understand the constitution?
How can we NOT talk about a man who has emerged from poverty and squalor and in less than two decades has hijacked every viable business through which Gambians used to earn a living? The man who said he had come to solve the problem and ended up being THE problem? Need i even venture in to human rights,torture, killings and the endless circus at our courts? How can we help NOT talking about this load on our backs everytime we see better democracy in action in neighboring states?
GET REAL GUYS!!!
We can talk about politics but lets us also talk about development. For example, how do improve the quality of education back home, how about agriculture, tourism and their impact on the country, Gambian traditions, etc.
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