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Breaking News:The Big Interview:Leading Gambian Journalist Alhagie Mbye speaks!!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (1272 reads)
.jpg) .jpg) "I was never treated well by the NIA. Never! Instead they tried to break my resolve and determination which was impossible. One of such arrest, was on a peaceful Friday evening, I was just about to break my fast during the month of Ramadan. It was a good timing for the officers. NIA personnel Demba Ceesay and Babou Njie who are no strangers to me, including another tall slim officer whom I never met apparently kidnapped me and drove me around Kerr sering village before they suddenly stopped and talked among themselves for a while. Later they speeded to the NIA Headquarters in Banjul. As usual I was dumped in a dungeon full with mosquitoes and other dangerous insects. I spent another two days in cell without eating. I never thought I can stay alive for so long without food. Finally the third day they brought me the worst dish I ever had in my life and I was asked to eat with some other prisoners. However having said that I never contemplated the NIA was capable to torture me. I used to be very cautious with allegation of torture because it is a very serious one. Sadly I was brutally tortured during my last arrest with electric appliance attached to a high voltage machine that was inserted on my ears and private parts. While I was screaming, officers stood by enjoying the barbarity and laughing among themselves. The brutality of Demba Cessay, Babou Njie and Wassa Gassama who introduced himself as Mr. Killer is unspeakable. Gassama or Killer even told me during my torture session that he had disguised as a journalist during the Guinea Bissau civil war and had killed civilians. I could never believe in my life that Gambians are capable of mistreating any human being as such and since then the myth that foreign men were hired by the administration to torture never in my vocabulary. I don't know Gassama very well but Ceesay and Njie used to be normal photographers wandering around town looking for petty contract during local ceremonies. In fact Njie worked at Saffideen photo lab in Serekunda around Bambo and had some experience in electrical work because he was also working opposite Saffideen at a metal workshop. His experience in wire and cable now take pleasure at the NIA by inserting wire attached to heavy electric to maim and injure innocent people forever. Senior officer such as former NIA Director Abdoulie Kujabi (now in prison), Captain Saine (the blind officer), Salimina Drammeh now involved in the current diamond saga involving the German nationals and Captain Bojang's role in my torture cannot be under-reported. They openly gave orders for my incarceration. I must confessed that due to such appalling experience, I am now involved in some human right projects."These were the exact words of the Freedom Newspaper Editor and London Bureau Chief Alhagie Mbye. Widely known as "Action" Mr.Mbye who was speaking in an exclusive interview with Managing Editor Pa Nderry M'Bai, commented on a wide range of issues, including his past journalistic life in the Gambia, Censorship at the Observer, the formation of the Independent Newspaper, his past NIA ordeals, Baba Jobe's blood diamond case and a host of other topical issues. Please read on....This piece can be accessed at this link as well:http://freedomnewspapercom.blogspot.com
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PANORAMA with 'Bulfaaleh'-Lang Tombong,SOS Sonko,Text messages,tapes March Coup!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (1566 reads)
Lang Tombong Tamba and the march 2006 coup-lope holes,implications,traces.
Implications-
.jpg) .jpg) As soon as Lang Tombong knew the other side of the story he decided to be a sell out within a group he was part of. Lang wanted to head. He was convinced that he was not going to be allowed.Afterward he did what Banjul language calls CHAAAR. This word in Ndongo lexis and structure relates to the idea of one being a sell out.
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Breaking News:Yahya Jammeh boycotts Ghana AU Meeting! rumors of Coup and counter coups
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (1531 reads)
.jpg) Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has been advised not to attend the AU Summit currently underway in the Ghanaian Capital Accra. There are rumors of coup and counter coups going on the country, as we file this report. Jammeh’s intelligence chief has advised Jammeh not to leave the country for the security reasons. The country’s security situation is fragile, according to well placed state house sources. President Jammeh’s Ghana’s trip was cancelled not because of the proposed showdown action to condemn the 44 Ghanaians that were killed in the Gambia, in 2004, but due to internal security problems. “He was told that his return cannot be guaranteed if he leaves the country. The NIA report suggested there is an imminent security threat.”
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AU summit: Reporter's diary-Yahya Jammeh boycotts summit!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (639 reads)
African Union leaders are meeting for a three-day summit in Accra, Ghana. The BBC's Will Ross is recording his experiences at the convention in a diary.
SUNDAY 1 JULY
Journalists were barred from the opening ceremony
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1430 GMT
News of a gift from China for Africa. The meeting apparently ended with a presentation about the buildings that China is going to construct for the AU. A multi-storey building headquarters in Addis Ababa is on the list.
1410 GMT
News starts to trickle out of what's been going on inside the venue. Ghana's President John Kufuor said that given the formation of political and economic groupings on other continents, Africa can be said to be running against time in its efforts at integration. But he did not say how far he thinks the integration should go or at what speed. He didn't say if he was in the hare camp like Gaddafi or if he is in the tortoise camp.
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Breaking News:Gambia armed forces to train the July 22ND "Green Boys"
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (942 reads)
By Our Wise Man Our Western Divison Correspondent.
Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper.
  Following the recent Gambia Police Force (GPF) 'bias recruitment' by only those loyal to President Yahya Jammeh and APRC Government, the GPF is also about to conduct what is described as the 'worst ever' selection method by setting priority of choice and training to July 22nd Movement Members commonly known as the 'Green Boys`.
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Ghanaian VP opens AU Summit!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (208 reads)
Statement By The Vice-President Of The Republic Of Ghana, H. E. Alhaji Aliu Mahama, At The Opening Of The Eleventh Ordinary Session Of The Executive Council Of The African Union In Accra, Ghana, From 28th To 29th June 2007 At The Accra International Conference Centre
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Hon. Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Africa today faces serious challenges to her developmental strategies. The debt burden, inequitable trading relations with the developed countries as well as the rampant conflicts on the continent have conspired to keep Africa poor and weak.
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Breaking News:Ghana AU Summit kicks-off!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 (177 reads)
 Accra – 27 June 2007- The Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs and NEPAD, Hon. Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo today held a press conference at the conference room of the Ministry of Information and Diasporean Relations in Accra, Ghana.
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