Freedom Newspaper

OPEN LETTER TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED SG  and HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, Mr. MUHAMED BS JALLOW. Attention: President Adama--Barrow, Minister of Justice, My Lord the Chief Justice and the Chairman National Human Rights Commission. To begin with, I would like to seized this opportunity, to extend my sincere and heartfelt felicitation to Pa NderryMbaye of the impartial Freedom media establishment in...

Close to three hundred newly recruited soldiers are currently being trained in preparation for the quelling of the much-anticipated December protest march to be organized by a group calling itself “three years Jotna.” Three years Jotnna is a Wollof dialect. It means “it is time for the three years.” The group intends to compel Adama Barrow to step down...

Barely a week after the passing away of veteran layout editor Ahmed Carayol, the Gambian media fraternity is mourning the loss of Sise Sawaneh, a young TV reporter who has been making waves at Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS). Led by Gambia Press Union (GPU) Secretary General Saikou Jammeh, a high powered delegation made a condolence call Thursday to...

Why Commissions are Dangerous in a Republic 10 October 10, 2019 By Capt. Ebou Jallow rtd Commissions of inquiry are dangerous in a republic because they polarize our society. They can obviously be exploited for political advantage and in the process weaponizing the rule of law into an instrument of selective justice and mass persecution.  The national assembly should never allow itself to...

For the Love of Soninkara: Tribute to Sise Sawaneh The sudden demise of Sise Jaha Sawaneh hit me like a thunderbolt. The news is completely devastating and I know for sure that most people who know her feel the same way. The Gambia has lost one of her brightest minds. Indeed a young person was never more determined, passionate and...