April 2020

Coronavirus and the Crisis of Democracy in Sierra Leone: An Editorial Position

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman On March 1 of this year, Africanist Press released the first article in our ongoing investigative series on corruption within the government of Sierra Leone in the two years since Julius Maada Bio assumed power. The first and second installments of our investigation series highlighted […]

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The Road to Harper and the Reconstruction of War Memory: A Literary Travelogue

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  By Gbanabom Hallowell Experiences in this travelogue demonstrate that the sensory details of an explosion serves to recreate memories, both real and imagined, twenty years later. Driving on the road from Freetown in Sierra Leone to Harper in Liberia, a journey of 1014 miles and meeting with several conditions, I suddenly fostered a compelling

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Security forces attack, charge Sierra Leone journalist covering COVID-19

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The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in Sierra Leone to immediately drop all charges against journalist Fayia Amara Fayia and ensure those responsible for the attacks against him are held accountable. On April 1, 2020 in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kenema city, a group of at least 10 soldiers attacked

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It will not be ‘business as usual’ in Africa after COVID-19

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  By Babatunde Omilola Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated, and life return to normal. But it will teach us an important lesson: the need to invest in health infrastructure across the world, and particularly in Africa. For

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CPJ demands release of jailed African journalists

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  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York and eighty-one other human rights and media groups have issued a letter to African heads of state demanding the release of all journalists detained across African prisons. The letter, addressed to Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, Benin’s Patrice Talon, Burundi ‘s Pierre Nkurunziza, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, Chad’s

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The Time to Act is Now: Letter to African Leaders Concerning the COVID-19 Crisis

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  By Lionel Zevounou, Amy Niang and Ndongo Samba Sylla  The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of COVID-19 demand our individual and collective attention. The situation is critical. Yet this is not about mitigating another ‘African’ humanitarian crisis but to diffuse the potentially damaging effects of a

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Coronavirus Pandemic is no time for fiscal distancing

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By Akinwumi A. Adesina These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is spared. As infection rates rise, so does panic across financial markets, as economies drastically slow down and supply chains are severely disrupted. Extraordinary times call

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