Category: West Africa
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…
Sierra Leone: Democracy Must Not Be a Rotational Façade of the Elite
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah It is now clear to all those who have been watching developments in West Africa that the June 2023 elections…
Subverting Democracy: President Bio Rents Crowds to Join Campaign Rallies
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah President Julius Maada Bio’s propagandists are working strenuously to make the world believe that Bio and his ruling Sierra Leone…
Sierra Leone: Kandeh Yumkella’s One Vote Will Not Give Maada Bio a Second Term
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Why has Kandeh Yumkella of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) denied his party supporters and sympathizers the opportunity to elect…
Sierra Leone: Opposition MPs supported judiciary’s hatchet man against democracy
By Matthew Anderson, Mark Feldman, and Nik Harris Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) in Sierra Leone collaborated with ruling party politicians to legitimize the controversial…
Sierra Leone: President and First Lady withdrew over Le71.4 billion as international travel per diem in 2022
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio cumulatively withdrew over Le71.4…
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: President’s diplomats unable to account for over US$4.6 million transferred in 2019 to New York for Chancery Building construction
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman In this report, Africanist Press provided transaction details from bank statements of Sierra Leone’s Ministry…
Sierra Leone: Delays in Chancery Building trial may affect democratic competition in next year’s elections
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman About a dozen Sierra Leonean officials are due to arrive in New York early next…
