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Minority Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Hon. John Mahama says it is unfortunate Ghana cannot stop Gambian President Yahya Jammeh from attending the AU Summit in Accra, however, he should be told he is not a welcome guest.

John Mahama’s anger, which epitomizes that of many, stems from the Gambian government’s unwillingness to probe the alleged massacre of 44 Ghanaian immigrants in the Gambia by security operatives in 2005.

The victims were said to be travelling through The Gambia alongside six other African nationals en route to Europe when they were arrested at the Senegalese border village of Amadalaye for illegally entering the country, framed up in a fake coup and butchered to death. Two of them who managed to escape were later picked up.

Discussions between Ghana’s Foreign Ministry and its Gambian counterparts have since made very little progress, owing to what the Foreign Ministry says is the Gambian government’s uncooperative attitude.

Enough of diplomacy

	Hon. John Mahama - Jammeh must answer for the killings.

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Akwasi Osei Adjei told Joy News President Kufuor will bring the matter up once again when he meets the Gambian President at the sidelines of the AU Summit.

But John Mahama believes the ‘soft diplomacy’ must pave way for real action to get results and that the AU meeting must be the last opportunity for Gambia to explain to Ghanaians why 44 of their compatriots were massacred in that country.

“If 46 Gambians were killed like that in Ghana, can you imagine the furore that would be caused? …we are not happy he is coming and he is not welcome indeed.”

Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is set to hold a vigil in Accra to pressurize President Jammeh to investigate the killings.