{"id":8856,"date":"2018-03-14T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8856"},"modified":"2018-03-14T17:49:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:49:02","slug":"senegal-gambia-prefer-to-build-bridges-not-walls-senegalese-president-jabs-trump","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/senegal-gambia-prefer-to-build-bridges-not-walls-senegalese-president-jabs-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal\u2013Gambia prefer to build BRIDGES not WALLS\u2013 Senegalese president &#8216;jabs&#8217; Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"u-m0\">Senegalese president Macky Sall on Tuesday issued a veiled jab at United States president Donald Trump over his idea of building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>Macky Sall said his country and neighbouring Gambia were building bridges instead of walls after officials of both countries met during a historic presidential council meeting held in the Gambian capital, Banjul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome places in the world are building walls, Senegal and the Gambia are building bridges. Working with President Adama Barrow to strengthen the deep ties between our two countries,\u201d he said in a tweet accompanied by a photo as he prepared to depart Banjul.<\/p>\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macky_Sall\/status\/973648244168445952\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DYMXoVKXUAACtjP?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macky_Sall\/status\/973648244168445952\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macky_Sall\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/776787753233215488\/vH6DsLIH_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Macky SALL\">Macky SALL<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macky_Sall\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@Macky_Sall\">@Macky_Sall<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\">\u00a0Some places in the world are building walls, Senegal and the Gambia are building bridges. Working with President Adama Barrow to strengthen the deep ties between our two countries <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Emoji Emoji--forText\" title=\"Flag of Senegal\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/1f1f8-1f1f3.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Emoji Emoji--forText\" title=\"Flag of Gambia\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/1f1ec-1f1f2.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf2\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macky_Sall\/status\/973648244168445952\">1:53 PM &#8211; Mar 13, 2018<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div>\u00a0The much talked about Trump wall was a campaign promise that the U.S. leader has indicated that he is going ahead with despite criticisms by the international community. Trump recently inspected prototypes of the wall he insists Mexicans and not America will pay for.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The March 13 presidential council meeting meeting between Sall and Barrow is part of efforts to deepen relations between the two countries in the areas of security, judiciary, tourism, energy and environment.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the two presidents (on March 13) was preceded by a ministerial meeting and one of experts held on March 12 and March 11 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of the Senegalo-Gambian Presidential Council was decided during the visit of H.E President Adama Barrow to Senegal on 2,3,4, March 2017.This demonstrates the new dynamism that two Heads of state intend to give to the relations between the Gambia and Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two Heads of States acknowledge the good work and conclusions of the preparatory meetings. These preparatory sessions examined \u00a0the level of implementation of the Agreements signed in 2017, reviewed the bilateral cooperation and provided concrete actions to consolidate gains,\u201d a communique issued at the end of the presidential meeting read.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Senegal and Gambia had been sour during the last few years of the regime of exiled leader Yahya Jammeh. Senegal played a crucial role in forcing Jammeh out of power after he attempted to annul December 2016 poll results.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow was hosted by Senegal at a time when tension was high in the Gambia following Jammeh\u2019s refusal to accept defeat. Most top Gambian officials also fled to Senegal when Jammeh\u2019s tenure was ending in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal also led the regional <span class=\"caps\">ECOWAS<\/span> force that was deployed to oust Jammeh. They also supported Gambia with logistics in the early days of the administration. &#8211; AfricaNews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese president Macky Sall on Tuesday issued a veiled jab at United States president Donald Trump over his idea of building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. 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