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 […]
Growing International Concerns Over Safety of Sierra Leonean Historian and Journalist
By Anne B. Wallis, PhD International human rights groups and press freedom organizations have continued to raise concerns for the safety of Sierra Leonean historian and journalist, Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah. The organizations say they are concerned that Sierra […]
Death of Sierra Leone’s Sheikh Umarr Khan: Unanswered Questions
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 […]
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 […]
