Cameroon’s leading opposition politician, Anicet Ekane, has died at the age of 74 after weeks of detention, according to reports from his lawyers and family on Monday. They stated that he struggled to breathe and did not receive adequate medical care while in custody. Ekane was arrested in late October along with other prominent members […]
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah It has been ten years since the end of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, a monumental health tragedy that claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people in the region. However, a decade later, questions surrounding the outbreak’s origin and the institutions and individuals who failed to mitigate its devastating impact
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Documents obtained by Africanist Press, including financial transactions, emails, and records of foreign agent registrations in the United States, reveal how the Maada Bio regime continues to depend on foreign cyber intelligence and communication agents, particularly from Nigeria and the United States, to facilitate both
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah If you are a Sierra Leonean living in the United Kingdom, you may be using Octopus Energy for your electricity or energy services. However, you might not be aware that this British energy company is taking control of Sherbro Island and transforming it into an autonomous economic zone governed by
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah For several days, we have been sharing documents and details about the proposed plan by the Bio regime to privatize Sherbro Island and transfer it to the British energy group, Octopus Energy. We have emphasized that Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens are merely conduits for this agenda, which aims to
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Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a prominent figure in the fight for democracy across Africa, has passed away at the age of 80. Odinga died on Wednesday of a heart attack while traveling in India. His death was confirmed by Devamatha Hospital in Kerala State, where he was taken after collapsing during a morning
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah In July 2021, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced the disbursement of a $217 million loan to the Maada Bio administration through Milele Energy and TCQ Power. This funding was intended to facilitate the construction of a new power plant in Freetown, with the goal of addressing the
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I left the United States to embark on a solidarity tour in Europe and Africa, meeting with human rights organizations and policy leaders to brief them on fundamental rights in Sierra Leone. As you already know, for six years now, my colleagues and I
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Two years after the pivotal elections of June 2023, which saw the incumbent Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) candidate, Julius Maada Bio, secure a second term in office despite the lack of a legitimate electoral result, Dubawa—a Nigerian-run project that claims to focus on fact-checking journalism— has published what appears
Most African countries will be subject to a 15 percent tariff, including Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Uganda, and Botswana. Some countries that previously benefited from duty-free access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) now face this significant additional cost for exporters. In many cases, this 15
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