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| Prince Y. Johnson |
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Liberia: PYJ Speaks Tough - Wants TRC Report Fully Implemented
Source: allAfrica.com
Perhaps what is 2011 Elections’ most paradoxical political talk has come to the fore, with Senator Yormie Johnson, an indictee of war crimes as per the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report, criticizing another indictee, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for failing to fully implement the TRC recommendations which, amongst other things, call for a thirty-year ban from politics of some indictees in the country.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Libyan: Russia offers to mediate ex-ally Gadhafi's exit
By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press
Source: Yahoo News
DEAUVILLE, France – Russia abandoned one-time ally Moammar Gadhafi and offered Friday to mediate a deal for the Libyan leader to leave the country he has ruled for more than 40 years.
Source: Yahoo News
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| AP – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan during a bilateral … |
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| Two best friends Moammar Gadhafi of Lybia, and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia ...... |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s Five Wrong Steps: Why the Unnecessary Distractions?
Written by Varney Anderson
The Editor,
Source: FrontPage Africa
I have tried my hardest over the years from writing opinion pieces about happenings in our beloved country Liberia. But events over the last couple of months have convinced me to voice my opinion about things that I consider unnecessary distractions as they relate to the presidency of our country.
The Editor,
Source: FrontPage Africa
I have tried my hardest over the years from writing opinion pieces about happenings in our beloved country Liberia. But events over the last couple of months have convinced me to voice my opinion about things that I consider unnecessary distractions as they relate to the presidency of our country.
Political Maneuverings’: CDCians for Ellen Rally Marred by Arrests, Brutality
Source: FrontPage Africa
Monrovia - The Secretary General of the Congress for Democratic (CDC) Mr. Acarous Gray claims a program organized by a group under the banner of ‘Free Thinkers’ of the Congress of CDC expressing support for the Incumbent leadership is an act of “Political Criminality.”
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Report: both committed atrocities in Ivory Coast
By MARCO CHOWN OVED,
Source: YahooNews
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Only days after Ivory Coast's president was inaugurated, ending a monthslong power struggle with the outgoing leader who refused to leave office, a rights group said in a new report that supporters of both men killed hundreds of civilians and committed atrocities in the battle for power.
Source: YahooNews
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Only days after Ivory Coast's president was inaugurated, ending a monthslong power struggle with the outgoing leader who refused to leave office, a rights group said in a new report that supporters of both men killed hundreds of civilians and committed atrocities in the battle for power.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Operation We Care for Liberia (OWCL) applauds Germany’s anticorruption approach, calls upon ICC to implement Liberia’s TRC final report..
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| OWCL President Bernard Gbayee Goah |
Friday, May 20, 2011
Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Invites Gbagbo Supporters to Investiture
Source: allAfrica
Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara has invited members of deposed former President Laurent Gbagbo's former party the Ivorian Popular Front to his formal investiture in Yamoussoukro on Saturday.
Around 15 members of Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party have been invited to attend the ceremony. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other heads of state will also be present.
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| Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara |
Around 15 members of Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party have been invited to attend the ceremony. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other heads of state will also be present.
Liberia: Corrupt Officials Hurting Liberia’s Development - Catholic Priest
Written by Clara K. Mallah
Source: FrontPageAfrica
Bopolu, Gbarpolu County- The Father of St. Monica Parish in Gbarpolu County, Gabriel Sawyer, says the development of the country has been hampered by corrupt government officials in the past and is still glaring in the current government.
Source: FrontPageAfrica
Bopolu, Gbarpolu County- The Father of St. Monica Parish in Gbarpolu County, Gabriel Sawyer, says the development of the country has been hampered by corrupt government officials in the past and is still glaring in the current government.
Letter of Protest Against Ellen's Visit to Harvard
Dear President Drew Faust and Members of Harvard University Faculty Senate Committee:
We, the undersigned, write to express to you and your university, in the strongest possible term, our collective concern and protest against making your alumna, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia as your convocation speaker this year.
We, the undersigned, write to express to you and your university, in the strongest possible term, our collective concern and protest against making your alumna, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia as your convocation speaker this year.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Asks ICC to Investigate Post-Poll Violence
Source: allAfrica.com
Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the violence that swept the country following the disputed November election.
Ouattara sent a letter, dated 3 May, to ICC President Luis Moreno-Ocampo asking the court to investigate "the most serious crimes committed since 28 November 2010 throughout the Ivorian territory".
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| President Alassane Ouattara |
Ouattara sent a letter, dated 3 May, to ICC President Luis Moreno-Ocampo asking the court to investigate "the most serious crimes committed since 28 November 2010 throughout the Ivorian territory".
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Operation We Care for Liberia agrees with President Sirleaf on scars of division amongst Liberians
Written by Bernard Gbayee Goah
President Operation We Care for Liberia
President Operation We Care for Liberia
Operation We Care for Liberia agrees with President Sirleaf’s recent statement in which she acknowledged the persistence of scars of division amongst Liberians in spite of the National Unification Policy proclaimed by late President Tubman over 4 decades ago. The President said there exists “WILL” to erase these divisions.
We disagree with the timing of the President’s acknowledgement
Monday, May 16, 2011
Liberia: TUBMAN AND THE EMBASSY SALE SAGA
Front Page Africa Editorial
Source: FrontPageAfricaonline
AMBASSADOR WINSTON Tubman, a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Liberia has been accused of acting in bad faith regarding the sale of the Liberian embassy in Paris France during the height of the civil war.
THE REPORT, yet-to-be-made was sanctioned by former Foreign Minister Olubanke King-Akerele who, in 2009 and was one of several transactions cited for investigation. The others being, the Liberian chanceries in London, Nairobi, Belgium, and a number of other foreign missions.
THE SALE in question took place shortly after the fall of Samuel Doe and the arrival of the Interim Government of National Unity headed by Dr. Amos Sawyer, whose government was set up in an attempt to restore peace in Liberia and usher in a democratically-elected government.
Source: FrontPageAfricaonline
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| AMBASSADOR WINSTON TUBMAN |
THE REPORT, yet-to-be-made was sanctioned by former Foreign Minister Olubanke King-Akerele who, in 2009 and was one of several transactions cited for investigation. The others being, the Liberian chanceries in London, Nairobi, Belgium, and a number of other foreign missions.
THE SALE in question took place shortly after the fall of Samuel Doe and the arrival of the Interim Government of National Unity headed by Dr. Amos Sawyer, whose government was set up in an attempt to restore peace in Liberia and usher in a democratically-elected government.
Liberia: Scars of Division Linger
Source: allAfrica.com
Acknowledging the persistence of scars of division amongst Liberians in spite of the National Unification Policy proclaimed by late President Tubman over 4 decades ago, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says there exists a will to erase these divisions.
Acknowledging the persistence of scars of division amongst Liberians in spite of the National Unification Policy proclaimed by late President Tubman over 4 decades ago, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says there exists a will to erase these divisions.
Liberia: Controversial Nigeria Oil Deal
Paul Yeenie Harry
Source: allAfrica.com
In the wake of the General Auditing Commission's recent report revealing corruption at the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Corporation (LPRC), including the lack of accountability and transparency in the controversial "Nigerian Oil Deal," President Sirleaf has declared Mr. Greaves blameless.
Source: allAfrica.com
In the wake of the General Auditing Commission's recent report revealing corruption at the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Corporation (LPRC), including the lack of accountability and transparency in the controversial "Nigerian Oil Deal," President Sirleaf has declared Mr. Greaves blameless.
Liberia: Shaw Bounces Back
Source: allAfrica.com
Mr. Emanuel Shaw, once a close confidant of former president Charles Taylor, has been tapped by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as the new chair of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA).
Mr. Emanuel Shaw, once a close confidant of former president Charles Taylor, has been tapped by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as the new chair of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA).
Liberia: Ex-AG Rejects President's Claim
Source: allAfrica.com
Former Auditor General John Morlu has sharply rejected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's assertion that she 'personally' recruited him for the post.
Former Auditor General John Morlu has sharply rejected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's assertion that she 'personally' recruited him for the post.
Liberia: Guns Infiltrated
Source: allAfrica.com
Worried top security hands have alerted this paper about weapons being infiltrated into the country as mercenaries return from troubled Cote d'Ivoire, leading to a rise in armed robberies over the past weeks.
Worried top security hands have alerted this paper about weapons being infiltrated into the country as mercenaries return from troubled Cote d'Ivoire, leading to a rise in armed robberies over the past weeks.
Libya: Hague Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Gaddafi
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Liberia: October Line-up - 25 Parties Set, 8 Disqualified
Source: The New Democrat Mnrovia
The National Elections Commission (NEC) has de-registered 8 political parties and authorized 24 others in addition to one coalition party to field candidates in the impending general elections.
The National Elections Commission (NEC) has de-registered 8 political parties and authorized 24 others in addition to one coalition party to field candidates in the impending general elections.
Liberia: Rip-Off Or Help?
Source: New Democrat News Monrovia
Details have emerged of how the Liberian Government entered into an agreement with the Nigerian Government for the lifting of crude oil as assistance from Abuja worth an estimated US318, 761,591.24 but with the Government getting US553, 000 out of the deal, according to a General Auditing Commission (GAC) audit for the financial years 2006 to 2007.
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