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Breaking News: SOS Badjie, SOS Jatta, Army Chief Jatta And IGP Rex King Blamed For The APRIL 10TH Killings!!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 (1046 reads)

Breaking News: SOS Badjie, SOS Jatta, Army Chief Jatta And IGP Rex King Blamed For The APRIL 10^TH Killings!!

Ex-GAMSU Leaders Nybally And Dibba Exposed Killers In Banjul

List Of Murdered Gambian Students Released!!!!

Eight years after the gruesome murder of 14 unarmed Gambian students by the country’s security forces, former student leaders have formally named Gambian officials responsible for the killings of their colleagues. Erstwhile Gambia Student Union leader Alhagie Nyabally and his outspoken Information Minister Ebrima Dibba are pointing accusing fingers at four former Government officials, as being responsible for the demise of their colleagues. Nyabally and Dibba both of whom are living in exile, in a joint statement issued today, accused Ousman Badjie, former Interior Minister, Baboucarr Jatta, former Army Commander, Rex King, former Inspector General of police and Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, former Education Minister. The former student leaders say the four named former officials misled both President Yahya Jammeh and VP Njie Saidy about the intentions of their colleagues on the day in question. Nyabally and Dibba said the following Gambian students were killed by the security forces, thanks to leadership blunder. The list of the murdered students reads as follow:

1. Baboucarr Badjie, Talinding Arabic school

2. Wuyai Foday Mansareh, Anglican Institute

3. Momodou Lamin Chune, Latrikunda Junior Secondary school

4. Momodou Lamin Njie GTTI

5. Claesco Pierra, New Jewswang Secondary school,

6. Karomo Barrow ICE High Baboucarr school

7. Regional Carrol

8. Lamin A Bojang, Nusrat Senior Secondary School

9. Ousman Sabally, Brikamaba

10. Sainey Nyabally, Brikamaba

11. Bamba Jobarteh, Armitage Senior Secondary School

12. Unidentified teenager killed

13. Abdoulie Sanyang

14. Omar Barrow, former journalist/Red Cross Volunteer was also shot dead.

Damn The Liars, Haters And The Black Mailing Against The Freedom Newspaper!! Juwara was indeed hired!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (1009 reads)

Damn The Liars, Haters And The Black Mailing Against The Freedom Newspaper!!

Waa Juwara Was Indeed Appointed Deputy Permanent Secretary- Editors Posited

No Apology For Bajinka's Family, Unless Yahya Bajinka Is Produce Live On GRTS!!

The Freedom Newspaper Management, stood by its story regarding the appointment of Lamin Waa Juwara as Deputy Permanent Secretary. Waa Juwara was indeed hired as DPS. If only he decides to relinquish his appointment, but what is evident though is that he was offered the said job by the President. Credible and unimpeachable sources we talked to said Waa Juwara was indeed lying to the gallery by trying to conceal the truth. The same Waa Juwara few months ago denied cross-carpeting to the APRC. Few months down the line, he was hired to serve as a Committee Member to the Brikama Area Council.

I read with disgust the article written by Michael Scales on Gambia plc-Says Armitage Gambia
Saturday, September 08, 2007 (824 reads)

By Armitage Gambia

Gentlemen,
I read with disgust the article written by Michael Scales on Gambia plc. I am Gambian myself, living in England for the past 25yrs, educated and currently working as an Operations Director for a very successful blue chip company in England.As Gambian Journalist I can empathize with a lot of what is affecting you, and the sacrifices you have taken to continue 'reporting' on what is affecting us. However, I am a great believer in Patriotism,, 'Buga saraew', in everything a citizen does......micro to macro economic development, together with fighting criticisms that will impact on the development of your country.

Breaking News: President Yahya Jammeh Ordered for the killing of Deyda Hydara- Top NIA official alleges!!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 (2629 reads)

President Jammeh ordered for the killing of Deyda Hydara-NIA Officer Alleges!

...State sponsored plan to murder Editor Omar Bah Exposed!!!

List of Hydara's Murderers to be released soon!!!

"Omar Bah was going to be killed even if he was arrested alive. Jammeh had sworn to it and he was going to do it. His saying that: “I have to set another better example”, was referring to Deyda. Yes President Jammeh ordered the killing of Deyda Hydara. He cannot deny what I am saying. We have it in record- giving orders, outlining how it should be executed. The taxi that they use will never be seen because it has long since gone out of service. Our own people put Deyda under surveillance but the killing was carried out by Jammeh’s killers. The names will be revealed online at the right time because as at now, very few people have access to the records I am talking about and mentioning names online now might be catastrophic." These were the exact words of Serg PMJ a top official of Gambia's National Intelligence Agency. Serg who selfstyled himself with such a pen name in this dispatch explained how Editor Omar Bah escapes death and the government's involvement in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. Serg promises to release the names of Deyda's killers later on, but had warned the implications of such a move, considering the regime's paranoia and dictatorial tendencies. Serg said President Jammeh ordered for the killing of Bah as we as the late Deyda Hydara. Below is the full text of his report. Please read on.....

For the Records:A Response to an EX Soldier on a call for coup against Jammeh!!
Saturday, June 09, 2007 (1415 reads)

Soldier Drammeh with Jammeh

Hi Mr. Musa Drammeh,

Following an editorial meeting to vet the content of your open letter to President Yahya Jammeh, we have decided not to publish the said letter in view of its content which do not fit our editorial standards. The Freedom Newspaper opposes any form of force to change a democratically elected government. Despite our opposition to Jammeh’s bad policies, we are morally obliged to manage the type of content that goes into this reputable paper.

Publishing your letter means, we are legitimating coups in Africa, which is not in line with the spirit of our Mission Statement. The Freedom Newspaper’s goal is to promote free press, democracy, good governance and accountability in the Gambia. We are opposed to coups in all its forms. The African continent has been denied development due to the military’s meddling into domestic politics. It’s our ardent belief that Africa including the Gambia can do better in the absence of the military’s participation in active politics.

We understand your frustrations, but as a media house, we valued our credibility. We don’t want to be seen as a “subversive Newspaper” where readers can call for an overthrow of a government. The Gambia is our homeland and we should not be over carried by our emotions to act otherwise. We appreciate letters highlighting the governance crisis in the Gambia and not the ones calling for a coup. We all want to see Yahya Jammeh go, but as journalists we want to assert our independence in the due execution of our duty. Governments come and go, but the Gambia remains.

We are sorry for any inconvenience our decision might have caused to you. Feel free to write any time you deem it necessary. We have no option but not to publish the said letter. It’s not a question of “censorship” but preserving the integrity of the Freedom Newspaper. Remember, any letter or story published here, we would be held accountable for it. We hope you understand where we are driving at.

On a final note, the Freedom Newspaper wishes to assure you that our decision to drop your letter was done in good faith without malice. Thanks for having confidence in our paper. Have a blessed day.

Regards,

Pa Nderry M’Bai, Publisher Freedom Newspaper,
Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA.

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Breaking News: Chief Manneh's Saga- MD Taal proclaims responsible. Observer exposes Taal!
Thursday, May 24, 2007 (1540 reads)

Taal admits implicating President Wade Jammeh
Chief Manneh!

By Our National Correspondent Bolong Jammeh, Banjul.
Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper.

Dr Saja Taal Managing director of the Daily Observer Newspaper has claimed that he is responsible for the arrest of Chief Ebrima B. Manneh, News Editor with the Observer who was picked up by personnels believed to be NIAs from his office since on july, 7th 2006. Since then Chief Manneh's affairs has not been known. His Father has been every where but could not find him.

When this development occured, his father visited the Observer office but only to be told by Dr Taal that Observer was not the right place to search for Chief Manneh. Chief Manneh's old father who all along was crying searching for his family's bread winner everywhere, including the NIA office and the Police could still not know where his son was.Last weekends Saja Taal was overcomed by temptation following an article published by the Freedom Newspaper concerning NIA's visit to Observer's concerning their allegation against Senegal. Dr Taal blamed his editorial staff of being responsible for the article and pronnounced that he will deal with the staff responsible and will deal with them worst than he did to "Chief Manneh".