Source: allAfrica.com
The Carter Center, in collaboration with the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC), is expanding its Community Legal Advisor (CLA) program to provide legal support services in nine rural counties.
With support from USAID and Humanity United, a press release from the center indicated that the services will continued and will also be expanded for the next two years.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Liberia: Cash Politics - Parties, Candidates, Voters Wobbling In Briberies, Extortions
Source: allAfrica.com
The political clouds are gathering by the day and signs are that Elections 2011 would be a dog-eat-dog affair not merely because aspirants are called to genuine service of the people but principally because elected positions in Government, at executive and legislative levels, are unusually lucrative and money-spinning.
The political clouds are gathering by the day and signs are that Elections 2011 would be a dog-eat-dog affair not merely because aspirants are called to genuine service of the people but principally because elected positions in Government, at executive and legislative levels, are unusually lucrative and money-spinning.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
EYE ON THE 2011 ELECTIONS
"We cannot afford to continuously deceive ourselves into behaving as if we are one people while simultaneously engaging in ethnic politics".
Written by Johannes Zogbay Zlahn
Written by Johannes Zogbay Zlahn
Upon Request By Defense Lawyers, Judges Will Convene Status Conference
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| Mr. Taylor |
The Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague have ordered that a Status Conference be convened on Thursday, January 20, 2011 after a request was made by defense lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Liberia: Judgment in the Charles Taylor Trial - Final Chance to Determine Responsibility for the January 1999 Attack On Freetown
Source: allAfrica.com
When Special Court for Sierra Leone Judges (SCSL) in The Hague delivers their final judgment in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor sometime this year, it could be the final chance to determine responsibility for the January 1999 rebel attack on Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Taylor is on trial for allegedly supporting Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone, a rebel group which attacked the country in March 1991, a war that would last for eleven years.
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| Mr. Taylor |
Liberia: Newspaper Reporter Barred From the Legislature
Press release
Source: allAfrica.com
The Public Affairs Officer of the Lower House of the Liberian legislature on January 11, 2011 prevented Boima J. Boima, a parliamentary reporter of privately-owned New Democrat newspaper, from covering the legislature for writing a story they were not pleased with.
Source: allAfrica.com
The Public Affairs Officer of the Lower House of the Liberian legislature on January 11, 2011 prevented Boima J. Boima, a parliamentary reporter of privately-owned New Democrat newspaper, from covering the legislature for writing a story they were not pleased with.
UN adds 2,000 troops to Ivory Coast force
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
Source: Yahoo News
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to deploy 2,000 additional peacekeepers to Ivory Coast, where the incumbent president has refused to relinquish his post to the man internationally recognized as the West African country's legitimate leader.
Source: Yahoo News
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| Laurent Gbagbo |
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
West Africa: MRU Supports Ecowas On Ivory Coast Crisis
Source: allAfrica.com
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, chair of the Mano River Union (MRU) organization, has declared that the Union fully supports the decision of ECOWAS on the crisis in Ivory Coast, but has rejected military intervention as an option.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, chair of the Mano River Union (MRU) organization, has declared that the Union fully supports the decision of ECOWAS on the crisis in Ivory Coast, but has rejected military intervention as an option.
AU mediator makes progress in Côte d'Ivoire
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| Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo shakes hands with Kenya's PM Raila Odinga |
Monday, January 17, 2011
Côte d'Ivoire: Odinga Makes Fresh Attempt to Break Election Deadlock
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| Prime Minister Raila Odinga is the African Union's special envoy... |
Mission to Abidjan - Will Raila's Carrots and Stick Strategy Work?
Source: allAfrica.com
Nairobi — As we went to press, the African Union chief mediator in Cote d'voire, Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, was to travel to Abdjan on Sunday, to start what has been billed as the hard part of negotiations to resolve the political stalemate in what arguably was one time one of the strongest economies in West Africa.
Nairobi — As we went to press, the African Union chief mediator in Cote d'voire, Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, was to travel to Abdjan on Sunday, to start what has been billed as the hard part of negotiations to resolve the political stalemate in what arguably was one time one of the strongest economies in West Africa.
Liberia: 'Listen, Impose No Remedies'
Source: allAfrica.com
Presidential aspirant TQ Harris has cautioned the international community against imposing a fixed solution on the Liberia people based on what he called classic formulas.
Mr. Harris who conducted a press conference last week to address 12 core issues, which he believed were at the bottom of Liberia’s backwardness, however called for the involvement of the international community in solving some critical problems facing the nation.
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| Presidential aspirant TQ Harris |
Presidential aspirant TQ Harris has cautioned the international community against imposing a fixed solution on the Liberia people based on what he called classic formulas.
Mr. Harris who conducted a press conference last week to address 12 core issues, which he believed were at the bottom of Liberia’s backwardness, however called for the involvement of the international community in solving some critical problems facing the nation.
Liberia: Nimbians Take Issue with NEC
Source: allAfrica.com
Citizens of Zoe-Geh Statutory District, Nimba County, have taken the National Elections commission (NEC) to task over the manner in which the body is handling the ongoing voters’ registration exercise in their district.
Citizens of Zoe-Geh Statutory District, Nimba County, have taken the National Elections commission (NEC) to task over the manner in which the body is handling the ongoing voters’ registration exercise in their district.
Liberia: 'NEC Must Extend VR Exercise'
Source: allAfrica.com
A representative aspirant of District #11 Montserrado County Henry D. Johnson is calling on the National Elections Commission to extend the ongoing voters’ registration exercise two additional weeks in order to ensure free, fair, credible and democratic elections.
A representative aspirant of District #11 Montserrado County Henry D. Johnson is calling on the National Elections Commission to extend the ongoing voters’ registration exercise two additional weeks in order to ensure free, fair, credible and democratic elections.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Libya Humanitarian Supplies Arrive in Liberia
Source:TLC Africa
(MONROVIA, LIBERIA - : The Libyan Government has made good on its promise to provide humanitarian supplies to refugees fleeing the political crisis in neighboring Côte d'Ivoire.
Power, Privilege and Dictatorship in Liberia
By: Thomas D. Kruah
Source: Liberian Journal
Whenever we come across the word "Dictator", images of a ruthless leader who commits atrocities on people to get their own way come to our mind. If we look at some of the famous dictators in the past, such as Saddam Hussein in Iraq, they have reinforced this point of view of dictators being ruthless and doing anything to hold on to the power.
Liberian leaders who took over from colonizers had a choice between accountability and unfettered access to enormous state funds for personal use. Power brought Liberian leaders unlimited luxury which became an addiction as well as a trap amidst the poverty of the rest of the population. Leaders stayed on to enjoy the lavish lifestyles which they prescribed for themselves using unlimited presidential powers (like the one Johnson-Sirleaf used on her Ministers). There was no guarantee that their successors would fund the extravagant lifestyles they became accustomed to while in office, so they stayed on. The lacks of economic opportunities outside of government deter Liberian leaders from leaving office. There are no institutions to absorb them and guarantee a lifestyle close to that enjoyed in office.
Due to lack of accountability and stable democratic traditions, power in Liberia is a continuous joy ride. Being at the helm is not stressful. Major decisions involve how to enrich oneself and reward loyal ministers and other officials and to ensure that one hangs on to power.
If there were serious downsides in office, no Liberian leader would last more than four years or declare themselves for 'Reelection.' They would give up, suffer from exhaustion or choose to spend more time with their families or to enjoy their hobbies.
Source: Liberian Journal
Whenever we come across the word "Dictator", images of a ruthless leader who commits atrocities on people to get their own way come to our mind. If we look at some of the famous dictators in the past, such as Saddam Hussein in Iraq, they have reinforced this point of view of dictators being ruthless and doing anything to hold on to the power.
Liberian leaders who took over from colonizers had a choice between accountability and unfettered access to enormous state funds for personal use. Power brought Liberian leaders unlimited luxury which became an addiction as well as a trap amidst the poverty of the rest of the population. Leaders stayed on to enjoy the lavish lifestyles which they prescribed for themselves using unlimited presidential powers (like the one Johnson-Sirleaf used on her Ministers). There was no guarantee that their successors would fund the extravagant lifestyles they became accustomed to while in office, so they stayed on. The lacks of economic opportunities outside of government deter Liberian leaders from leaving office. There are no institutions to absorb them and guarantee a lifestyle close to that enjoyed in office.
Due to lack of accountability and stable democratic traditions, power in Liberia is a continuous joy ride. Being at the helm is not stressful. Major decisions involve how to enrich oneself and reward loyal ministers and other officials and to ensure that one hangs on to power.
If there were serious downsides in office, no Liberian leader would last more than four years or declare themselves for 'Reelection.' They would give up, suffer from exhaustion or choose to spend more time with their families or to enjoy their hobbies.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Does the U.S. Have a Special Relationship with Liberia?
Note: The date of this artticle is: July 21, 2003. I hope Liberians consider reading it!
The source is: HNN.us
Article written By Michael Radu
Mr. Radu is Senior Fellow and Co-Chair, Center on Terrorism and Counterterrorism, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.
The source is: HNN.us
Article written By Michael Radu
Mr. Radu is Senior Fellow and Co-Chair, Center on Terrorism and Counterterrorism, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.
Côte d'Ivoire: Planning for the Refugee Influx
Source: allAfrica.com
Ivoirians are still crossing from the far west of Côte d'Ivoire into Liberia at a rate of 400 to 600 a day, according to an "initial refugee assessment" issued by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Ivoirians are still crossing from the far west of Côte d'Ivoire into Liberia at a rate of 400 to 600 a day, according to an "initial refugee assessment" issued by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
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