By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson Julius Maada Bio, the president of Sierra Leone finally met with foreign diplomats this past Thursday for the first time since he delivered his now infamous May 8 statement in which he called leaders of the country’s leading opposition party – the APC – as “domestic […]
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Human rights groups have called on South African authorities to conduct a swift investigation into the beating of journalist Paul Nthoba and drop all charges against him. On May 15, at least four police officers in Meqheleng, in Free State province, beat Nthoba, the owner and editor of the weekly Mohokare News local newspaper, who had photographed
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Job Description: Africanist Press seeks to recruit three full-time investigative journalists to work on ongoing projects in Sierra Leone for a one-year contractual period, with possibilities of contract renewal based on satisfactory performance. Assignments mostly include covering events, interviewing sources, collecting and assessing data, authenticating information, and general news reporting and analysis. Journalists can be
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson Leaked diplomatic correspondences seen by the Africanist Press reveal a growing rift between members of the diplomatic community and the government of President Bio, including an apparent refusal by multilateral and foreign officials in the country to meet with President Julius Maada Bio about escalating violence
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson Protests, social unrest, violence; these symptoms do not appear in a society without a cause. When democratic expression is repressed, when the voices of oppressed people are suppressed, and when state violence becomes unbearable, the end products are social unrest and mass protests. Today’s crisis in Sierra
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By Osman Benk Sankoh Mama P’s (Posseh Kamara) name rings a bell in the world of wildlife, especially in the animal kingdom of Sierra Leone. She held firmly to her chest a baby chimp like any mother would do to her new-born. A few minutes later, she starts to sing as if lulling Celia,
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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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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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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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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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