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Abdoulaye Bah

Joined 26 September 2009 · 380 posts

Guinean born and Italian citizen, now retired from the UN, curates an online forum for “Association des victimes du Camp Boiro” for the 50 000 innocent Guinean and foreigners, victims of dictator Sékou Touré. Also a volunteer translator for Global Voices en français. Spoken languages: French, Italian, English, Spanish, Serb/Croatian, German, Fulani (mother tongue).

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Latest posts by Abdoulaye Bah

Guinea remains closed to neighbors on African Day of Borders

This prolonged border closure comes at a high economic cost.

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Alyssa Ollivier

2 July 2021

In Guinea, President Alpha Condé takes his third term despite long-running controversy

In power since 2010, Condé should have stepped down in 2020

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Liam Anderson

15 January 2021

Mauritania: A racial pyramid seemingly resistant to change

The country remains divided by skin colour

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Liam Anderson

17 July 2020

Remembering Amadou Diallo, a Guinean victim of police brutality in the USA

Black Lives Matter protests remind the world of Diallo's plight

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

22 June 2020

French police arrest Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of genocide in Rwanda

Kabuga had 28 aliases over 26 years as a most-wanted fugitive

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Emma Dewick

14 June 2020

In Guinea, COVID-19 roadblocks result in bloody protests

Protesters often face a disproportionately violent, deadly response

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Stephanie Phaneuf

8 June 2020

Israel appoints its first Ethiopian-born minister, Pnina Tamano-Shata

Ethiopian Jews still struggle for acceptance in Israeli society

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Emma Dewick

8 June 2020

Côte d'Ivoire withdraws from African Court on Human and People's Rights

The withdrawal from the court is a setback to democracy

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Adam Long

29 May 2020

Mali holds elections despite COVID-19 pandemic and terrorist threats

These elections were held under unique circumstances

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Laura

14 May 2020

Amid COVID-19 pandemic in Niger, government violates whistleblowers’ freedom of speech

A journalist is detained after mentioning the pandemic on Facebook

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Stephanie Phaneuf

12 May 2020

Benin's partial withdrawal from African Charter of Human Rights is a retreat from democracy

The court is 'once again the target of political attacks'

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Adam Long

7 May 2020

Liberia's President George Weah sings his fight against COVID-19

A message and movement of solidarity

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

21 April 2020

Sierra Leone lifts 10-year ban on pregnant girls attending school

The government finally addresses a longstanding injustice

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

14 April 2020

The Gambia confronts the nightmare of witch hunts under former regime

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission will conduct a month-long session

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

28 November 2019

Equatorial Guinea vice president's supercars seized to fund development programs

A treasure estimated at 18 million United States dollars

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Maysun Hassanaly

8 November 2019

Protests in Guinea spark Pan-African solidarity against president's plan to run for third term

Guinea mobilizes within and beyond borders in all its diversity

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Laura

5 November 2019

Deadly police raids in Guinea as President Alpha Condé clings to power

'Cities have been paralyzed'

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Filip Noubel

16 October 2019

Security forces in Guinea now have the right to use deadly force

The law could promote impunity and stifle dissent

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Alyssa Ollivier, Abdoulaye Bah

6 August 2019

The Gambia's truth commission continues to confront abuses under past president's regime

'Truth-telling is not a sport for victors and losers'

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

1 August 2019

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé tells supporters to be ready to fight

These statements have serious implications for peace in Guinea

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Liam Anderson

20 April 2019

One year without internet in Chad: Citizens have been offline since March 2018

It appears that the government is attempting to muzzle citizens' freedom of expression and to prevent the free circulation of information.

Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Edward Shelley

8 March 2019

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