The 3 D's of a Failed Nation: An Analysis of Sierra Leone's Crisis of Democracy
In this episode, we expose how both the Maada Bio regime and its opposition allies undermine democracy in Sierra Leone by using deception, disinformation, and distraction to avoid accountability for s...
13 Apr 43min
Foreign Debts, Corruption, and Sierra Leone's Electricity Crisis
In this episode, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah, editor of Africanist Press, discusses the ongoing political crisis in Sierra Leone, focusing on issues of accountability, extrajudicial killings, and the recent...
23 Sep 202550min
Debts, Disease, and Dilemma of the Maada Bio Regime
In this episode, we explore Sierra Leone's political landscape, focusing on the crisis marked by corruption, extrajudicial killings, and ongoing debt and development challenges since Maada Bio took of...
14 Sep 202542min
The 2028 Agenda of the Maada Bio Regime
In this episode, we discuss the increasing legitimacy crisis facing the Maada Bio regime in Sierra Leone. We examine the regime's agenda as it prepares for the upcoming 2028 elections. Additionally, w...
7 Sep 202538min
USAID Cuts and the Need to Rethink Future US-Africa Relations
In this exclusive interview, Africanist Press editor, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah talks to journalists Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky of the Counter Point Show about "USAID Cuts and the Need to Rethink Futur...
3 Mai 202526min
From Elections to Coups: Journalism in an Era of Instability in Africa
This episode presents RSF's Sadibou Marong's keynote address at the conference on “Media and Democracy in Africa” held from April 17-18, 2025 at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affai...
24 Apr 20251h 7min
Challenges to Investigative Journalism in Africa: The Africanist Press Experience in Sierra Leone
This episode is a presentation by Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah during a two-day conference on "Media and Democracy in Africa" held from April 17-18, 2025 at the Watson Institute for International and Publ...
20 Apr 202551min
Sierra Leone: Challenges to Free Speech and Academic Freedom in Sierra Leone
In this episode, Africanist Press editor, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah gives a report on free speech and academic freedom violations in Sierra Leone. The presentation, which highlighted the harassment and at...
7 Apr 202530min
