Editor,

I agree with President Jammeh. I don't think his comments on Zimbabwe are to take advantage on The Gambian people, as others might have thought. There might be some differences of opinion, but in this particular case of Zimbabwe and President Mugabe, I do believe that the West is behind all the tension in that Southern African nation.

The question is how long will it take us, Africans, to learn from our own history and know what we went through, where we came from, where we are heading to, and what we really want?

Mr Mugabe is a great African like Nelson Mandela who was only just a few days ago removed from a terrorist list in the United States, after 90 years of fighting for freedom, not only for Africans but for the rest of the human race.

We Africans should be wiser and start taking our own responsibilities. The Western media will do whatever it takes to give Mugabe a negative image.

I hate seeing my people dying like flies.

Anlas Kanteh

New  Jeshwang