By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson & Mark Feldman In the first two articles of our Sierra Leone investigation series, we 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 the explosive increase of almost 45% in […]
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman In the introductory article to our investigation series on Sierra Leone, we 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 explosive increase of almost 45% in
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, Mark Feldman & Patrick Mbullo We write this editorial in response to the press release issued by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Finance after Africanist Press published an article titled “Payroll Corruption in Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Finance’s Scandalous Wage Bill” on March 1, 2020. The article
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Two weeks ago, the Sierra Leone media was inundated with news reports indicative of an already existing financial crisis facing the government of Sierra Leone. These news reports followed revelations of the government’s inability to pay monthly salaries to many public sector workers for the
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Human rights and press freedom organizations have asked Nigerian authorities to conduct a credible and transparent investigation into the death of journalist Alex Ogbu. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to publicize the results of Ogbu’s autopsy, and hold those responsible for his death to account.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists has found that the number of journalists imprisoned for their reporting globally reached at least 250 in 2019 for the fourth consecutive year, with China and Turkey topping the list of the world’s leading jailers. As of December 1, 2019, the Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 250 journalists are in
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The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) in New York and other human rights groups have called on Nigerian authorities to halt all efforts to intimidate journalists working with the Sahara Reporters, a Nigeria-focused news website headquartered in the United States. Sahara Reporters staff told CPJ their Nigerian bank account was frozen without advance notice in October, significantly hindering their
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah There has been a lot of outrage in Sierra Leone since the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) handcuffed and frog-marched a group of school teachers allegedly arrested for “examination malpractice” in Freetown. The dramatic event is a sequel to the country’s poor performance in the recently concluded West African senior secondary
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Journalists in Tanzania have reported that detained journalist Erick Kabendera’s health is failing and the Tanzanian government has denied all requests by human rights groups to allow Kadendera access to a his own doctor. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today issued a statement expressing concerns over Kabendera’s health situation and called for
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Human rights groups have asked Nigerian authorities to immediately release publisher Agba Jalingo and halt their harassment of journalists reporting on alleged corruption and other issues of public interest. The latest demands follow the arrest on August 22 in Lagos of Agba Jalingo, the publisher of the online news outlet Cross River Watch. Jalingo’s lawyer Attah Ochinke, and
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