We do not support Vice President Boakai
On the 18th of July 2016, a supposed delegation of the Global Grand Gedeans headed by Mr Amos Zleh gave a statement of support to Dr Joseph N Boakai for his presidential bid in the up-coming 2017 elections in Liberia. Mr Zleh, who is based in the United Kingdom and pose as chairman of the […]
244,000 hungry children
After his father, a welder from Bama, died in a camp for internally displaced people in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, 17-year-old Dauda began to cater for the two wives and eight other children who had survived him. Aided by the little money donated by one of the locals bringing food to the Dalori camp, […]
Liberia at 169, a sad story
Liberia, by any standard, is a blessed nation. With abundant natural resources, talented population, good climate, you wonder why it is occupying the unenviable position it is today amongst the countries of the world after the post-Independence brief spell as an internationally acclaimed African country; Seltue Karweaye writes. Liberia has more natural resources than most […]
Liberia: Journalists condemn violations
The US-based Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says the recent elections of Liberian government officials to senior posts within the ruling Unity Party(UP) consitute a flgrant violation of the Liberian government’s code of conduct. Ministers of Information Culture Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), Eugene Nagbe, and Labor, Neto Lighe, Sr.as well as other […]
How does South Sudan move forward?
Although a ceasefire between rival forces in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, is largely holding, the underlying tensions that led to five days of deadly violence earlier this month remains unaddressed. So what happens next? Amid the many dire warnings that South Sudan is about to dissolve into civil war, a small comfort is that […]
Grand Gedeans back Veep Boakai for president
Liberians, under the banner of Global Grand Gedeans in Support of Joseph N. Boakai, have presented a statement of support to Vice President Joseph N. Boakai, pledging to rally all Grand Gedeans to champion his presidential bid come 2017. The organization said their support for Vice President Boakai is based on the facts that his […]
South Sudan: A fight to the death?
If the fighting in Juba between the forces of President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar marks South Sudan’s return to civil war, it won’t be for a lack of warnings over the shakiness of the peace. The power-sharing agreement that saw Machar return to Juba in late April was always going to be […]
Liberian group in Europe supports Veep Boakai
A group of Liberians in Europe has described the election of Vice President Joseph N. Boakai as presidential candidate of Liberia’s ruling Unity Party as a manifestation of his “longstanding record of excellent public service.” Liberian Patriots in Europe (LPE), chaired by Michael G. Mueller, in a short press release issued on July 10, said VP Boakai’s […]
Double standards shape refugee policy
The Kenyan government threatens to close the largest refugee camp in the world. Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) researcher Sirkku Hellsten hopes this will trigger a serious discussion among EU and UN policy makers about general responsibilities on refugee issues. So far this has not been the case. if almost half a million people are forced to […]
CPJ: Liberia shuts down critical radio station
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the decision by Liberian authorities to shut down the privately owned station Voice FM and called on the government today to allow the station to resume broadcasting immediately. The Liberia Telecommunications Authority, a regulatory body that issues frequencies in the country, ordered Voice FM, a local political station, […]
