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Legislative Deadlock and Democratic Challenges in Liberia’s House of Representatives

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By Tyson Smith Berry Jr. Since October 2024, Liberia’s House of Representatives has faced a serious democratic crisis filled with leadership conflicts, internal rifts, and growing public frustration. This turmoil has not only interrupted the legislative process but has also raised significant concerns about the stability of Liberia’s democratic institutions and governance. The core of […]

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International Peace Bureau (IPB) Calls for Unity Among  Liberia’s House of Representatives

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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman The International Peace Bureau (IPB) has called on members of Liberia’s House of Representatives  to unite and end the ongoing parliamentary deadlock that has affected the country’s legislative activities since October 2024. “Liberia is at a crucial point where the challenges of economic recovery, governance, peacebuilding, and social unity require

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Sierra Leone: Who Wants to Interview Sama Banya?

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This article was first published on 18 April 2005 during the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) administration of Tejan Kabbah. By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah I read with amusement last Thursday Dr. Sama Banya’s statement that he has placed me and Concord Times  in his “will not grant interview list.” Dr. Banya says he has

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American Scientists Ask US Diplomats to Pressure Sierra Leone to Respect Academic Freedom

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By Anne B. Wallis, PhD The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) in the United States has asked US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to use the power of the State Department to urge the government of Sierra Leone to improve its human rights record and stop the targeted harassment of historian and journalist, Dr.

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American Scientists Demand Protection for Sierra Leone’s Endangered Historian

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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman A Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) in the United States has requested US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to use the power of the State Department to urge the government of Sierra Leone to improve its human rights record and stop the targeted harassment of historian and journalist,

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Milele Energy: An Embarrassment to US Diplomacy in Sierra Leone

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, PhD New developments have occurred last week in London relating to the United States-backed corporation, Milele Energy. The company’s two American executives, Erik Granskog and Jay Ireland have suddenly resigned from the company. This sudden and questionable resignation of Erik Granskog and James Ireland comes shortly after the United States

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Committed Fight Against Corruption and Organized Crime

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The West African country of Sierra Leone is struggling with massive problems: corruption, organized crime and resource exploitation are just some of them. Journalist Chernoh Alpha Bah focuses on precisely these problems in his home country and makes them understandable to the public in order to improve conditions in Sierra Leone for the good of

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Failure of Diplomatic Propaganda: the United States Electricity Debt and Deception in Sierra Leone

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, PhD This weekend, Sierra Leonean politicians and a few foreign diplomats have been repeating an already exhausted propaganda message they have sold to Sierra Leoneans for five years now. On Friday September 27, United States corporate representatives and diplomats announced that the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has signed

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Growing International Concerns Over Safety of Sierra Leonean Historian and Journalist

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By Anne B. Wallis International human rights groups and press freedom organizations have continued to raise concerns for the safety of Sierra Leonean historian and journalist, Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah. The American Historical Association (AHA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are among the list of press and academic freedom organizations to recently condemn the

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Emerging Epidemiological Models in the Fight Against Corona: Lessons for Sierra Leone and Africa

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By Mohamed Gibril Sesay This is an argument for African countries, including Sierra Leone, given scare resources, to focus on the particularly vulnerable in efforts to do physical distancing and isolation as a means of flattening the coronavirus disease infection curve. The particularly vulnerable, given current epidemiological data, are people above 60 and those –

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