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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The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malagasy authorities to retract threats of criminal prosecution directed at Gaëlle Borgia, a freelancer who contributes to TV5 Monde, and Radio France Internationale (RFI) correspondent Pauline Le Troquier, and to ensure that the press can cover matters of public interest without interference. According to the two journalists, Madagascar’s
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he Committee to Protect Journalists calls for authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately drop legal proceedings against three journalists who were beaten and detained overnight while seeking to interview a provincial minister in the north-eastern city of Kisangani. On July 23, KIS24 Info’s Steves Paluku, ElectionNet’s Paul Beyokobana, and Kisangani News newspaper’s Sébastien Mulamba
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The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concerns over the abduction and torture of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada. A CPJ statement issued on Monday confirms that the Congolese journalist was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after being threatened over his reporting on the eastern Democratic Republic of
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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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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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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, PhD Staggering revelations have emerged in London showing efforts by Milele Energy and its corporate financiers to cover-up an ongoing investigation into the company’s corrupt acquisition of an energy contract in Sierra Leone. New corporate records from the United Kingdom’s Registrar of Companies obtained by the Africanist Press reveal that
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ugandan authorities to ensure that members of the press can freely cover the country’s national elections scheduled on January 14, 2021. On December 10, 2020 the Media Council of Uganda, a statutory body, said that local and foreign journalists would be barred from covering electoral events
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By Patrick Mbullo News about inflation or increased tax on basic commodities were common features in 2019. Leading newspapers reported hard economic times, introduction of new tax and government’s efforts to raise more revenue and meet targets on tax returns. As search tax, one would say has been one of the words that received the
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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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