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EXCLUSIVE: FATOU JAW MANNEH CASE HAS CAUSED SERIOUS DIVISIONS IN THE GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT!! The Watchman
Friday, May 02, 2008 (1201 reads)

EXCLUSIVE: FATOU JAW MANNEH CASE HAS CAUSED SERIOUS DIVISIONS IN THE GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT!! The Watchman

When President Nino Viera of Guinea Bissau visited The Gambia last month, it was interesting to see that standing next to each other to greet the head of state were SOS Ismaila K. Sambou and SOS Crispin Grey Johnson. This is no coincidence. If Freedom Newspaper readers will recall, the Watchman profiled these two members of Jammeh's firing squad and this has caused them a lot of concern. They are extremely worried about their reputation, not only because they are intellectuals unlike their brutish boss, but also due to their sensing that the end is very close for the Jammeh regime.

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BUBACAR SANKANU HAS NO SHAME!! The Watchman
Friday, May 02, 2008 (914 reads)

BUBACAR SANKANU HAS NO SHAME!! The Watchman

Gambia's most amusing comedian is putting on a show again. In a recent shameless self-promotion of an "interview" given to an online news outlet, Bubacar Sankanu rambled on and on about his immense capabilities and projects and how, to sum it all up, he was God's gift to all of The Gambia. In sophistic and misleading language, Mr. Sankanu made an argument for his ambiguous stance on the Jammeh misadventure in The Gambia that could be best classified as antinomian.

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Breaking News: EX NIA Official Declassifies Initial Plans Hatched To Take Fatou Jaw Manneh’s Life!!!
Thursday, May 01, 2008 (1697 reads)

Breaking News: EX NIA Official Declassifies Initial Plans Hatched To Take Fatou Jaw Manneh’s Life!!!

…..Speaker FJC, Balla Jahumpa, Lang Tombong Tamba, Binta Ceesay and Others Exposed!!!

By A former Security Official

A former NIA official assigned to handle journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh’s case has declassified a scary and sinister plot, designed by agents of The Gambian Government to possibly harm or prematurely terminate the life of the renowned journalist. In a dispatch sent to the Freedom Newspaper, the former Security official said Speaker Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay and her disgraced brother Balla Jahumpa were instrumental in luring certain hit men to take the life of Fatou Jaw Manneh. “Excuse me Mr. Editor but their is group of bandits who are doing everything to hurt her. They will fail miserably as her ex-in-in-law Mr. darboe has said. Baala Jahumpa and his sister Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay among the chief oppressor. They fear Fatou to death so they are doing everything humanly possible to eliminate her using the state just as they do with their so called enemies.But Fatou Jaw Manneh is no Baba Jobe. Yaya should open his eyes. Actually Zeinab has banned Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay off state house territory. Baala Jahumpa met with Fatou at Dakar’s VIP lounge at the airport. He was extremely jealous as he could not point out how she got there with all the VIP treatment she was having. That was when the network of a fight began. But where is he now, a drunk who is hanging on his shameless and the most cruel lady in Banjul, Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay. She will stab you and caressing you all the way to your grave for those who don't know her. Now the security personnel know about her, we refuse to do any nasty tricks for her. She was using us to get to her enemies but we all refused. Now she has turned to the army pocketing Lang Tombong Tamba because she knows Jammeh's days are numbered.” Said a former official of the National Intelligence Agency. Below is the full statement of the former security official.”

Breaking News: UDP'S External Wing Official Email Hacked!!! Hackers Demand Over $2000 to bail out stranded UDP official! Emergency!
Thursday, May 01, 2008 (480 reads)

Breaking News: UDP'S External Wing Official Email Hacked!!! Hackers Demand Over $2000 to bail out stranded UDP official! Emergency!!

Hacking is becoming a common problem in Africa and the United States. The latest victims of hacking is the United Democratic Party External Wing in New York. The official email of the UDP external wing has been hacked. In a terse statement captioned" Emergency" the hackers created false alarm by blackmailing the UDP leadership. The hackers emailed the Freedom Newspaper and the Allgambian.net claiming that one of the UDP officials was stranded in a Lago's hotel and demanded over $2000 dollars to bail out the stranded official. The hackers did not stop at that, they also provided the name of the hotel and its manager. They also asked concerned Gambians interested in helping the stranded UDP official to contact the hotel manager for funds to be wired to him. UDP Coordinator Saihou Mballow was left dump founded by the hacking. Mballow said he could not access UDP'S official email since Wednesday. He says the hackers took immediate control of the email. Mballow in a brief interivew with the Freedom Newspaper called on Gambians and friends of The Gambia to ignore the hackers request for funds to be wired in Nigeria. " None of our officials are stranded in Nigeria. This is a lie.They hacked our official email address. This is a serious case and we have contacted Yahoo to investigate and restore the account back." said Mballow. Mr. Mballow said he does not have any evidence linking the Gambian Government to the cyber crime. " We do not want to speculate. Let give chance to the investigations.The hackers are claiming to be operating from Nigeria. We do not have any evidence yet linking The Gambian Government to this hacking." Mballow said. It would be recalled that the Freedom Newspaper was hacked in 2006 by agents of The Gambian Government. Mballow says the said email contained correspondences between the UDP External Wing and the party's parent body in The Gambia. No one knows where these documents would land. The Gambian Government might be eager to lay its hands on the said documents. Below is the full statement issued by the hackers. Please read on...

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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:21 AM, United Democratic Party NYC wrote:

Hi,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you? I am in hurry writing you this short message, i traveled to Nigeria and i got my self stranded.I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1050 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management., I need this help from you urgently to help me back home,need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1600 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $2650 to sort out my problems here.I am sending you this e-mail from the Hotel i am staying and I only have 30 min, I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home, so please let me know on time so that i can forward you the details you need to transfer the money through Money Gram or Western Union.

Please you have to contact the Hotel manager on the hotel Email Address to explain how you can help me. Eko.suite_hotel@live.com, Phone number(+2347031373602) or (+234014163890) but it takes hard time to connect Hotel Manager's Name Mr Farook Salma.

Thanks.

GAMTEL-SONATEL MOU “NOTHING NEW IS NOTHING GOOD”-BILLS ARE TO RISE SOONEST!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (1018 reads)

GAMTEL-SONATEL MOU “NOTHING NEW IS NOTHING GOOD”-BILLS ARE TO RISE SOONEST!

By Hammadi Maasinah

“NOTHING NEW IS NOTHING GOOD” came from the minds of strategists yearning for change. New here means change. Isn’t that suitable for Yahya Jammeh’s regime of “chronic” decadence. Every day we receive misleading “ego-massaging” bites with endless lines of false hopes. Never will I and others sit back only to allow innocent souls being misled by Yahya’s endless falsehood. Never! We all love to see The Gambia develop but what I for one hate to see, is methods like Yahya’s. Yahya excels in methods that are geared towards BUILDING CASTLES IN THE AIR. I will prove that in this piece on a case by case basis. With facts, figures, references and results.

Breaking News: Scary Details About Jammeh’s “Blood Diamonds” Trafficking!!!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (1139 reads)

Breaking News: Scary Details About Jammeh’s “Blood Diamonds” Trafficking!!!

By Justice Sam And MB Ceesay, Banjul.

While Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh receives millions of dollars from the Liberian and Sierra Leonean “BLOOD DIAMONS” or conflict diamonds as it is widely refereed to, on the other hand, the two manor-river countries suffered untold atrocities from the said arms shipment from Banjul to the war ravaged West African countries. These arms were airlifted by the President’s personal jet the new millennium airline. The airline was under the direct supervision of Baba K Jobe and some relatives of the President, whose names are preserved for security reasons. The Gambian leader benefited from the conflict diamonds and was partly responsible for the demise of thousands of Sierra Leonean and Liberians during the period of the war, the leaked intelligence report hinted.

Fatou Jaw Manneh's Relative Writes To The Freedom Newspaper!!!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (993 reads)

By BUBA PALLA DARBOE, USA
bubapalladarboe@aol.com

Hello Pa Nderry Mbai,

Allow me space in your famous online newspaper to express my profound frustrations about the seemingly unending court proceedings of journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh's court case in the Gambia. First of all, i would like to introduce myself. My name is BUBA PALLA DARBOE and i am the brother of her ex-husband and the step father or uncle of her two boys, Lamin Darboe jr. and Bajanko Darboe.

Lorenzo Natali Prize 2008 - Prix Lorenzo Natali 2008 - Premio Lorenzo Natali 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (136 reads)

European Commission – DG Development
Lorenzo Natali Prize

A Prize for journalists
reporting on Human Rights and Democracy

Dear journalist,

We are very pleased to announce that the European Commission has now officially launched the 16th edition of the Lorenzo Natali Prize !

You can apply on the website www.nataliprize2008.eu.

Attached you will find the press release of the European Commissioner Louis Michel inviting all the journalists committed to the fight for Human Rights, Democracy and the Development to take part in the Prize.

The Lorenzo Natali Prize rewards journalists working for media in one of the five following regions : Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and the Arab World and the Middle East. The prize concerns journalists working on the topic of the human rights or democracy in the developing world. For the first time this year, the Lorenzo Natali Prize also involves radio and television journalists.

Each applicant can deliver ONE journalistic work or ONE extract of a journalistic work printed or aired between January 1st 2007 and June 30th 2008.

The fifteen laureates of the Lorenzo Natali Prize will be guests of honor of the European Commission during a stay in France. Each laureate will receive a trophee and a prize. Overall 50,000 euros of prize will reward the best works.

For further information or to apply, feel free to visit the website : www.nataliprice2008.eu

Good luck !

We remain at your disposal for further information :

Laurent Avignon
ProPager / Prix Lorenzo Natali
70, boulevard de Reuilly
75012 Paris - France
0033 1 4004 9200
info@prixnatali2008.eu

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AS DIASPOREANS POISED TO STORM GAMBIA FOR ROOTS FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT JAMMEH URGED TO BEHAVE
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (553 reads)

AS DIASPOREANS POISED TO STORM GAMBIA FOR ROOTS FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT JAMMEH URGED TO BEHAVE

BY WISE MAN
As thousands of cultural connoisseurs including Africans in the Diaspora gear-up for the eagerly-awaited and much-talked about forthcoming International Roots Homecoming Festival slated to place in The Gambia , the inhabitants of Juffereh, the birthplace of the legendary slave Kunta Kinteh have called on the Gambian President to give the event a fitting attention. The concerned residents posited that they are grossly unhappy with the way and manner President Jammeh has been handling the all-important cultural galore in recent years . "The Roots Festival is a unique opportunity that the government and people of The Gambia should capitalize on to sell the country's rich cultural diversity to the wider world. But instead of allowing the visitors to have eye-opening experiences about country's rich cultures , the President is now using the event to promote only the Jola culture," says our source.

Call for protection of Editor M'bai's family-Writes Nyalinkoi Sonko Ohio
Monday, April 28, 2008 (798 reads)

By Nyalinkoi Sonko,
Cincinati, Ohio

Dear Editor,

I wish to join the good Gambians and Friends of The Gambia to condemn the latest threat on you and your family emanating from President Yahya Jammeh and his gang of thugs. We know that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is responsible for this cowardly act. Therefore, I wish to make my voice heard and put across the fact that we should not under-estimate the dictator's capability.

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