Category: Media Freedom
Sierra Leone Should Investigate Death Threats Against Africanist Press Staff
The following is a letter sent to Secretary of State, Anthony John Blinken requesting the United States government to remind the government of Sierra Leone…
History and the Future of Sierra Leone
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Five Sierra Leoneans have received doctorate degrees from Northwestern University since the mid-1960s. They include Enid Forde (1966, Geography), Josephus…
Africanist Press: Two Decades Promoting Democracy and Resisting Corruption in Africa
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah This year – 2022 – marks 20 years since the launch of the Africanist Press as an independent media organization…
Hired Surveillance: Sierra Leone officials pay cyber intel groups to target journalists, political opponents
By Matthew Anderson, Nik Harris, and Mark Feldman An investigation by Africanist Press has uncovered that Sierra Leonean officials paid at least US$5 million to…
Sierra Leone: New evidence shows government’s ongoing efforts to silence Africanist Press
By Anne Baber Wallis, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Leaked documents from the Office of the Attorney General of Sierra Leone provide new evidence on…
Sierra Leone: Opposition Parliamentarians defend President’s corruption
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was sent to the parliamentary leader of the All Peoples Congress (APC) on 8th July 2022. It was written by…
Press freedom groups call for investigation into death threats against Africanist Press editors
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Sierra Leone authorities to cease their harassment of the Africanist Press news site and its publisher, Chernoh…
Zimbabwe detains NY Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo
Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo and drop baseless charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Moyo, who…
Sierra Leone: President’s Policy Adviser Spreads Lies Against Africanist Press
We have been informed that one Patrick K. Muana, a senior policy adviser to the President of Sierra Leone and director of strategic communication, and…
Journalists in Uganda face accreditation hurdles ahead of election
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…
