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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…
Sierra Leone: Electoral Commission inflated Election Procurement Contract by US$6.3 Million
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman In the last two reports, Africanist Press published documentary evidence showing that the Electoral Commission…
Sierra Leone: Electoral Commission’s Effort to Cover-up US$10 Million Procurement Scandal
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) held a press conference on Monday 19th September…
Sierra Leone: Over US$500,000 Withdrawn for President Bio’s Expenses in New York
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Anne B. Wallis, and Matthew Anderson Details on bank transfers and withdrawal records from the President’s Office in Freetown show…
Sierra Leone: Equipment and software irregularities affect voter registration despite about US$10 million government procurement expenditures
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Sierra Leone’s national voter registration exercise for 2023 commenced on 3 September 2022, and was…
Illegal Expenditures: First Lady’s Office paid over Le1.3 billion to private company for alleged fuel supplies
By Nik Harris, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Transactions in bank statements from the Office of the First Lady provide comprehensive details on how more…
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…
