The Aporia · Sarah Johnson

Articles

2

2026-10-15 – 2026-10-28

Claims per article

32

64 extracted in total

Hedged claims

12%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

4,504

characters

Writes for The Guardian.

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Health

50%

Politics

50%

Most-tagged topics

AfricanDR CongoHIV Justice NetworkHRWHuman Rights WatchKenyaSenegalUganda

Not enough articles to place this byline.

1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.29 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-28 · The Guardian · Health

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official

12 outlets covered this event

2026-10-15 · The Guardian · Politics

LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-10-15 · The Guardian

LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested

🔮 During the 2024 presidential campaign, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who ended up winning the election, and the former prime minister Ousmane Sonko promised to strengthen laws criminalising same-sex relations, framing the issue as a national priority. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official

🔮 The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials. assertive

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