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Sierra Leone: Parliament Endorses Sweeping Anti-Democratic Law to Silence Critics

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman In a shocking move, Sierra Leonean politicians have created a new anti-terrorism law that contains unconstitutional provisions designed to curtail citizens’ fundamental civil rights. The proposed legislation will be voted into law on Thursday morning (January 23), without any of the usual public consultation and […]

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Legislative Deadlock and Democratic Challenges in Liberia’s House of Representatives

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By Tyson Smith Berry Jr. Since October 2024, Liberia’s House of Representatives has faced a serious democratic crisis filled with leadership conflicts, internal rifts, and growing public frustration. This turmoil has not only interrupted the legislative process but has also raised significant concerns about the stability of Liberia’s democratic institutions and governance. The core of

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International Peace Bureau (IPB) Calls for Unity Among  Liberia’s House of Representatives

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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman The International Peace Bureau (IPB) has called on members of Liberia’s House of Representatives  to unite and end the ongoing parliamentary deadlock that has affected the country’s legislative activities since October 2024. “Liberia is at a crucial point where the challenges of economic recovery, governance, peacebuilding, and social unity require

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A Reflection on Corruption, Dictatorship, and Disease in Sierra Leone

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah About ten years ago in mid-April 2015, reports emerged in Freetown that ten people – all of them opposition party activists – were arrested from their various homes across the city. The arrests followed a massive police raid in response to a youth protest that occurred three days earlier at

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Africanist Press to launch new book on Corruption and Dictatorship in Sierra Leone

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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman Democracy Betrayed: Corruption, Dictatorship, and Authoritarianism in Sierra Leone is a new book scheduled to be launched by the Africanist Press in June 2025; two years after the disputed June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone. The book, written by Africanist Press editor Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, examines the root

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Sierra Leone journalist forced into exile after revealing government corruption, seeks refuge in the U.S.

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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — From a young age amidst the harsh realities of poverty, my mother and uncle raised me. Where I grew up in Sierra Leone, many families lived in mud houses with thatched roofs. Ours was made of cement, creating a visible contrast. We adapted to the lack of basic services like running

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Sierra Leone: Who Wants to Interview Sama Banya?

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This article was first published on 18 April 2005 during the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) administration of Tejan Kabbah. By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah I read with amusement last Thursday Dr. Sama Banya’s statement that he has placed me and Concord Times  in his “will not grant interview list.” Dr. Banya says he has

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From Meliandou to Koindu to Evanston: How My Investigation of a Disease Narrative Changed My Life and Career

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Eight years ago, on 28 October 2016, I was invited to Evanston, Illinois, as a guest speaker by Northwestern University’s Program of African Studies (PAS). A few months earlier, my book on the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak had just been published and I was on a self-funded book tour

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American Scientists Ask US Diplomats to Pressure Sierra Leone to Respect Academic Freedom

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By Anne B. Wallis, PhD The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) in the United States has asked US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to use the power of the State Department to urge the government of Sierra Leone to improve its human rights record and stop the targeted harassment of historian and journalist, Dr.

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American Scientists Demand Protection for Sierra Leone’s Endangered Historian

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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman A Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) in the United States has requested US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to use the power of the State Department to urge the government of Sierra Leone to improve its human rights record and stop the targeted harassment of historian and journalist,

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