By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah It is now ten years since the death of Sierra Leone’s leading viral hemorrhagic fever specialist, Dr. Sheikh Umarr Khan. News of his death during the first few weeks of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, generated […]
Month: August 2024
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 Olufemi Richards (1970, Art History), Gladys Harding (1971, Education), Augustine Stevens (1975, Political Science) and […]
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 of Sierra Leone (ECSL) awarded two procurement contracts worth over US$10 million to two Freetown […]
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 2022 in Freetown to provide updates on the voter registration exercise. The Commission also attempted […]