Abuja, April 28, 2020 — Authorities in Sierra Leone should immediately drop all charges against journalist Fayia Amara Fayia and ensure those responsible for the attacks against him are held […]
The Sierra Leone Police yesterday raided the home of former Defence Minister Paloย Contehย and ransacked it, after the chaos at Pademba Road Prisons , which resulted in the death […]
11 people have been confirmed dead by Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who visited the Pademba Correctional Centre this afternoon to assess the level of damage done yesterday. Of the […]
30th April 2020 The All People’s Congress notes with grave concern developments that took place yesterday at the Pademba Road Maximum Security Male Correctional Centre that led to the […]
Germany has terminated aid to Sierra Leone and a number of countries because of human rights abuses, corruption and bad governance, according to a report in the German newspaper,ย Frankfurter Allgemeine […]
Today was a day of high-profile fires in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown. First this morning, there was fire at the maximum security Pademba Road Prisonsย where an attempted […]
Africanist Press ย By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman On March 1 of this year,ย Africanist Pressย released the first article in our ongoing investigative series on corruption […]
Prisoners inside Sierra Leoneโs central Pademba Road Prison were on riot earlier Wednesday. Some of the prison facilities were set ablaze by the inmates over alleged too muchย #COVID19ย restrictions. Gunshots […]
โThe combination of a pandemic and emergencies is lethal to both campaigning and competitive politics.โ Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Former chair of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria and works […]
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