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Roots of Ebola and the Enduring Impact of Chernoh Alpha Bah’s Investigative Journalism  in West Africa

An ongoing debate around the origin of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak and its potential connections to the COVID 19 Pandemic and recent political developments in United States continues to highlight the enduring importance and impact of Chernoh Alpha Bah’s book, The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Corporate Gangsters, Multinationals, and Rogue Politicians. By Samar Al-Bulushi […]

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Sierra Leone: Parliament Endorses Sweeping Anti-Democratic Law to Silence Critics

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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A Reflection on Corruption, Dictatorship, and Disease in Sierra Leone

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah About ten years ago in mid-April 2015, reports emerged in Freetown that ten people – all of them opposition party activists – were arrested from their various homes across the city. The arrests followed a massive police raid in response to a youth protest that occurred three days earlier at

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Africanist Press to launch new book on Corruption and Dictatorship in Sierra Leone

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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Sierra Leone journalist forced into exile after revealing government corruption, seeks refuge in the U.S.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — From a young age amidst the harsh realities of poverty, my mother and uncle raised me. Where I grew up in Sierra Leone, many families lived in mud houses with thatched roofs. Ours was made of cement, creating a visible contrast. We adapted to the lack of basic services like running

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Sierra Leone: Who Wants to Interview Sama Banya?

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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From Meliandou to Koindu to Evanston: How My Investigation of a Disease Narrative Changed My Life and Career

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Eight years ago, on 28 October 2016, I was invited to Evanston, Illinois, as a guest speaker by Northwestern University’s Program of African Studies (PAS). A few months earlier, my book on the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak had just been published and I was on a self-funded book tour

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

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

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: A Tragic Albatross to American Diplomacy in Sierra Leone

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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