December 2022

Africanist Press: Two Decades Promoting Democracy and Resisting Corruption in Africa

4 Comments / Africa, Editorial, Media Freedom /

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah This year – 2022 – marks 20 years since the launch of the Africanist Press as an independent media organization providing a platform for free speech, democracy, and accountable leadership in Africa. Africanist Press journalists have campaigned against corruption and graft across three successive regimes in Sierra Leone. As editor, […]

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Hired Surveillance: Sierra Leone officials pay cyber intel groups to target journalists, political opponents

1 Comment / Africa, West Africa, Breaking News, Media Freedom /

By Matthew Anderson, Nik Harris, and Mark Feldman An investigation by Africanist Press has uncovered that Sierra Leonean officials paid at least US$5 million to cyber intelligence groups, including the Israeli-based Cognyte Technologies Limited for cyber intelligence services and tools that were mostly used to target political opponents of the Maada Bio administration. Africanist Press

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