By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman The Africanist Press has received a press release from Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that is supposedly responding to our October 15 publication on a Le3.2 billion missing foreign travel tax revenues for the fiscal year 2019 that were paid by Air Peace into the […]
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman An internal fraud investigation instituted by the management of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) on the collection of Foreign Travel Tax (FTT) has revealed a pattern of missing tax revenues and failure to collect billions of Leones in outstanding taxes from foreign airlines operating
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman A government audit report into the financial activities of the Maada Bio administration for the fiscal year 2019 shows major discrepancies in the accounting of timber exports by Leadway Trading SL Ltd., the sole exporter of timber in the country. The audit alleges that government
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Press Release: Corruption, Exploitation and Repression must be Stopped FIGHT FOR REVOLUTION NOW! A CALL TO JOIN THE 05 AUGUST #DayOfRage FOR NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION The situation in the country for poor people keeps getting worse. While poverty continues to increase for the many, the rate of stealing of monies that could be
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman In March of this year, Africanist Press published three articles in our Sierra Leone investigation series, which highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary structure and how the payroll has widened since Maada Bio assumed power two years ago. We pointed out an explosive
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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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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 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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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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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York and eighty-one other human rights and media groups have issued a letter to African heads of state demanding the release of all journalists detained across African prisons. The letter, addressed to Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, Benin’s Patrice Talon, Burundi ‘s Pierre Nkurunziza, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, Chad’s
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