By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson An ambitious energy project to build an electricity power plant in Freetown has incurred more than $1 billion in debt despite the land for the project being leased for $1 in 2017. Fifteen years after its conception, there has been no construction of the power plant in […]
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah In mid June 2024, Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio and his cabinet officials held an event in Freetown to launch the construction of a US-funded electricity power plant in Freetown. The $412 million electricity infrastructure project promised to construct a new 126.5-MW Liquified Natural Gas Power Plant in Freetown, Sierra
By Mark Feldman and Nik Harris A law firm in the Gambia is demanding security protection for Sierra Leonean academic and journalist, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah, ahead of his proposed visit to his home country of Sierra Leone. Attorneys at Modou Drameh and Associates say they have sent a letter to Sierra Leone’s President Julius
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Last month, the Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) invited me to speak at their annual meeting. Held on Sunday March 30, this year’s annual CCS meeting also featured science journalist, Olga Dobrovidova, who gave a presentation on science in Russia, and Louisa Greve who spoke on the current situation of the Uyghur people.
Free Speech and Academic Freedom in Sierra Leone: The Case of the Africanist Press Read More »
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman A lot of fanfare has followed the reported launch of a new airline service between the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. On 26 April 2025, Air Sierra Leone, landed what has been reported as its maiden flight from London’s Gatwick Airport to Freetown International Airport.
Sierra Leone: New Airline Service Reechoes Past Shady Deals Read More »
By Sadibou Marong Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the organization the work of which I have the honor to lead in Sub-Saharan Africa, is particularly pleased to be involved in this conference on media and democracy in Africa. We cannot thank the organizers enough. We have travelled all the way from Africa to take part in
From Elections to Coups : Journalism in an Era of Instability in Africa Read More »
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concerns over the abduction and torture of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada. A CPJ statement issued on Monday confirms that the Congolese journalist was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after being threatened over his reporting on the eastern Democratic Republic of
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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman The annual meeting of the Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) will on Sunday March 30 hear a Sierra Leone voice for the first time since its establishment. This year’s annual CCS meeting will also feature science journalist, Olga Dobrovidova speaking on science in Russia, and Omer Kanat speaking on
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Almost ten year ago, on April 4, 2015, a serious controversy erupted in Kailahun district in the eastern region of Sierra Leone. It involved a dispute between an opposition politician Alex Bonapha and district health officials in Kailahun, regarding the test result of a deceased child. The child, a 9
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By Nik Harris and M. M. Shaw International human rights organizations have condemned ongoing attacks on Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme (NDH), a human rights organization based in Cameroon. In mid-January, unidentified individuals broke into NDH’s offices in Yaoundé, taking away essential documents and office equipment. The looted materials included laptops and desktop computers, hard
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