In October 2023, Zimbabwe's Vice President, Constantino Chiwenga announced that Zimbabwe has lost more than US$150 billion in revenues due to sanctions imposed by the European Union, United States, and other countries since the early 2000s. "Since 2001, we estimate that Zimbabwe has lost or missed over US$150 billion through frozen assets, trade embargoes, and export and investment restrictions from potential bilateral support, development loans, IMF and World Bank balance of payments...

In this episode, Africanist Press Podcast Service looks at the work of the Pathfinders Volleyball Academy in Gweru, a city in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province, and how one Zimbabwean academic is using volleyball to address socioeconomic challenges facing impoverished and vulnerable youths. Dr. Hugh Mangeya is Chairperson of the Department of Media, Communication, Film and Theater Arts Studies at Midlands State University (MSU) in Zimbabwe. His research focuses on the use of humor in strategic...

In this episode, independent journalist Kelley Lane examines how Sierra Leone's government uses cyber mercenaries and foreign intelligence operatives on a larger surveillance operation and disinformation campaign targeting independent journalists and democracy activists in the country. The Africanist Press has been the principal target of these operations. The current episode is the third segment in a three part series that looks at the Africanist Press work to expose corruption in Sierra...

In this exclusive discussion, Africa Today's Walter Turner and Africanist Press editor, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah examine the crisis of electoral democracy in Sierra Leone, and the political challenges confronting African nations in a world increasingly divided by ongoing contests and competition for strategic resources. This discussion was first broadcast on KPFA in early July 2023.

In this introductory broadcast, Africanist Press editor Chernoh Alpha Bah gives an overview of the media agency's new broadcasting project for West African communities. The weekly broadcast aims to provide analysis of African news and every day events affecting African communities around the world. The launch of the broadcasting project forms part of this year's commemoration of the 21-year anniversary of the Africanist Press, and marks a significant milestone in the organization's ongoing...

Africanist Press Podcast Service is a weekly analysis of the ways global and continental events affect communities in the West African region, and how indigenous communities are developing strategies to overcome conflict, instability, and other challenges in the region. The Podcast Service aims to give voice to marginalized communities through the production of weekly audio broadcasts that analyzes ongoing events in Africa as part of an effort to contribute to better understanding of key...

This is the second part of a three part series of an exclusive interview reviewing the investigative work of the Africanist Press in Sierra Leone. In Part 2 of this series, we focused on the Maada Bio administration's efforts to criminalize the work of the Africanist Press and the administration's coordinated campaign against free speech and democratic dissent in Sierra Leone.  This interview is conducted and produced by independent journalist Kelley Lane, editor and co-producer of the...

In this exclusive interview with independent journalist, Kelley Lane, editor and co-producer of the Assange Countdown to Freedom Series, Chernoh Alpha Bah discusses the Africanist Press work to expose corruption in Sierra Leone.