Africa

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman  Sierra Leone’s national voter registration exercise for 2023 commenced on 3 September 2022, and was fraught with technical and bureaucratic challenges. Hundreds of videos and other evidence collected by Africanist Press show that thousands of potential voters who turned up at voter registration centers, mostly […]

By Nik Harris, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Transactions in bank statements from the Office of the First Lady provide comprehensive details on how more than Le1.3 billion was paid directly to a private company in Freetown for “fuel purchase.” The transactions violated Sierra Leone’s public finance laws and procurement regulations. The 17 payments were

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Members of Parliament (MPs) in Sierra Leone are proposing legislation that could affect thousands of votes ahead of next year’s general elections. The proposed new public elections law would replace the 2012 Public Election Act, a ten-year old law governing the conduct of public elections

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman    Payroll documents from Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Defense reveal how officials in the Ministry of Finance developed higher monthly wages for senior commanders of the Sierra Leone military while other officers and the soldiers under their command continue to earn some of the lowest

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman  Details on corruption and financial irregularities involving family members and business associates of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio were omitted from the findings of an annual audit report into government’s financial operations for fiscal year (FY) 2020 submitted to the country’s parliament in early