FREEDOM NEWSPAPER AT STATE DEPARTMENT

STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SPEAKS!!!

US Calls For Free, And Fair Elections In Gambia’s 2011 Elections

Private Internet Cafés Blocked The Freedom Newspaper-Said US Official

By Pa Nderry M’Bai, Raleigh, NC

“We have a good bilateral relationship with The Gambia and enjoy access to government officials at all levels. US foreign policy priorities  in the Gambia include the promotion of democracy, good governance, and human rights, with a focus on free speech and a free press as cornerstones of any democracy. Our program priorities include support for education, particularly girls education, public health and agricultural development.  We have about 100 Peace Corps Volunteers in country working in these program areas,” said a senior official of the US State Department during an interview with the Freedom Newspaper. The interview was facilitated by the State Department’s Media Officer Raphael Cook.  

8 MIILION, 6 HOUSES IN 18 MONTHS

EX IGP BADJIE IN FRESH TROUBLES

BADJIE NAMED IN AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG CARTEL RING!!!

Interior Minister Sonko Implicated In A Bio- Metric Kickback Scandal

By Staff Reporter Fatou Barry, Banjul

National Intelligence Agency (NIA), preliminary findings revealed that in a span of 18 months, the erstwhile Inspector General of police Essa Badjie was able to  amass six landed properties, and bank savings in the tune of D8 Million dalasis, the Freedom Newspaper can report. The Agency said it is investigating Mr. Badjie’s source of wealth, and that the Standard Chartered Bank, where Mr. Badjie had an account have been notified about the investigations. Mr. Badjie, fondly called here Jesus, is the wealthiest IGP, ever in the history of  Gambia’s police force.

HURRICANE KANILAI CAUSES HAVOC

SPOUSES OF DRUG SQUAD BOSSES DISMISSED!!!

Yassin Bittaye, And Mama Darboe Out!!!

As Hurricane Kanilai axed their wanting husbands, two female staffers of Gambia’s National Drug Enforcement Agency have been fired with immediate effect, the Freedom Newspaper can report.  The fired ladies are: Yassin Bitaye, the lady with the dreads (rasta)—who is incidentally the wife of  Ebrima Bun Sanneh, and Mama Darboe, wife of the erstwhile NDEA Deputy Director Karamo Bojang. These ladies were absorbed into Gambia’s anti narcotic Agency—thanks to the help of their husbands, who transformed the NDEA into a family clan affair. They worked directly under Sanneh, and Bojang for years. They enjoyed all kinds of special treatment: ranging from undeserved promotions, study leave, overseas conferences, travel allowances, and as well as Internet training with Quantum Net—a company owned by Muhammed Jah.

UDP UK INDICTS JAMMEH

A CALL FOR INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY INTO HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES IN THE GAMBIA OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS

 Says the UDP U.K Coordinator

Ex Gambian military officers must testify in all investigations. They have inside accounts into the military torturers, eliminators, killers which occurred in our country over the past fifteen years. Among this ex-military officers whose testimony future investigators may be interested to hear from are: Retired Col. Alpha Ibrahim Chongan, Retired Major Pa Modou Ann, Ex-Lt Kejau Touray, Retired Lt. Lalo Jaiteh, Ex-Lt Binneh Minteh, Retired Captain Alhagie Kanteh, exile Major Baginka, Sam Sarr Ex Lt. Col, Major Peter Singhateh and many others. There cooperation will be highly valuable. This people should start documenting all they know of military eliminators during their tenure in the army. Those who decline to take part could face extradition orders from wherever they live. They owe it to the Gambia to stand up for what they believe in; they cannot continue hiding away from the public.

JAMMEH’S DAUGHTER A SUBJECT OF COURT HEARING!!!

NIGERIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCUSED OF USING MARIAM JAMMEH’S NAME FOR FINANCIAL GAINS

MARIAM EARMARKED FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD???

A magistrate court in Banjul Wednesday refuses to free a Nigerian Human Rights activist on bail, the Freedom Newspaper can report. Mr. Edwin Nebolisa Nwakaeme, who is the Program Director of the Banjul based “Africa in Democracy, and Good Governance” will have to stay in state custody pending the determination of his case, the court heard Wednesday. Mr. Nwakaeme has been accused of giving out false information to the office of the President—in regards to the legal status of his rights organization. He was said to have deceived the authorities by claiming that his organization is non Governmental Organization, but the  state in an affidavit contends that the accused person’s claims were false.