News Congratulates Freedom Newspaper

Senegambia News wishes to congratulate our sister online paper,  The Freedom Newspaper on the occasion of its 3rd anniversary Celebration. The task at hand today for Gambian online papers is no less daunting than those faced by early African newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s, who championed the causes of freedom and justice for our people during colonial days.  The situation in the Gambia today could in fact, be likened to the days of slavery. We therefore, more than ever before, need to work in unision to inform our people who have for 14 long years been deprived of their rights to be accurately informed about the businesses of 'their government'. Let's continue to tell them the true nature of Yahya Jammeh's government; it's brutality, corruption, nepotism and selfishness.

The importance of our papers could not be overemphasized. Gambians all over the world have, with the proliferation of multiple online papers, the opportunity to get information from their homeland that they would otherwise not have had if they were to rely on government censored news.

Nonetheless, we, the editors and publishers, have a moral responsibility to accurately inform the masses we set out to serve without bias, or ill-will. We must pursue the ideals of true journalism that is devoid of personal attacks and petty talks, lest we would fall short of our full measure.

The common enemy here, is Yahya Jammeh and his henchmen, who continue to murder, torture, arrest and detain Gambian citizens at will, and without any justifications.

Let's continue fighting for the causes of justice and democracy; and history will surely be on our side. Keep up the struggle and congratulations, Pa.

Your comrades in struggle,

The Senegambia News Team.