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Source: allAfrica.com
Looting broke out in various parts of Abidjan late Thursday as chaos spread with the arrival of forces backing internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara while the whereabouts of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo remained unknown.
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Phone: 088 072-4514 / 076 54 0359
tqharrisforpresident@yahoo.com / www.tqharrisforpresident.com
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PRESS STATEMENT
WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE MEDIA FOR COMING TODAY TO COVER THIS HISTORIC EVENT. THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER. IT’S NOW TIME FOR ACTION; IT’S TIME TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD; IT’S TIME FOR A NEW ORIENTATION, AND IT’S TIME FOR A NEW OUTLOOK!
By Louis Charbonneau and Patrick Worsnip
Source: Yahoo News
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – France and Nigeria circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Friday that would impose sanctions on Ivory Coast's incumbent leaders and ban heavy weapons from the Abidjan area.
Source: BBC
Col Muammar Gaddafi's air force "no longer exists as a fighting force", the commander of British aircraft operating over Libya has said.
Air Vice Marshal Greg Bagwell said the allies could now operate "with near impunity" over the skies of Libya.
He said they were now applying unrelenting pressure on the Libyan armed forces.
He was speaking during a visit to RAF aircrew based at Gioia del Colle in southern Italy.
Source: allafrica.com
Press release
Taking note of the people's uprisings across North Africa, the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste of Burkina Faso denounces the repression of President Blaise Compaoré's regime.
At a time when the people of Tunisia and Egypt have driven the dictators Ben Ali and Mubarak out of their countries, the people of sub-Saharan Africa should not be forgotten and must be supported. The people of Burkina Faso, 'the country of honest men' (the name given to them by the revolutionary Thomas Sankara), have been fighting for weeks against the regime which, since 1987, has prevented Burkina Faso from living in freedom and dignity. This regime is that of Blaise Compaoré, who recently won the November 2010 presidential elections with more than 80.15 per cent of the vote.
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Source: rfi
A French warplane fired on a Libyan military vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to the French military. The Defence Ministry said about twenty planes are involved in operations over the country to enforce a UN-sanction no-fly zone over the country to keep leader Moamer Kadhafi's troops from attacking rebels.
WHO'S EATING THE SOLDIERS' FOOD?Obtained documents reveal Huge Losses Reflected In Contract Deal Between the Ministry of National Defense And Lebanese Rice Supplier (SWAT), Cutting Food Supply Intended For New Army’s SoldiersNat Bayjay,
nbayjay@frontpageafrica.com
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FrontPage Africa
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By: Gonda Duo
Washington, DC
Is he a chip off the old block? That’s what people are asking nowadays wherever politics is discussed and the name “TQ HARRIS” comes up. This name has become a household word.
But who is THOMAS QUELLEN HARRIS, JR.? And what sets him apart from the other politicians? In seeking answers to these questions, I decided to research this rising star who happens to be the son of a famous Nimba citizen – the late Hon. THOMAS Q. HARRIS, SR.
The elder HARRIS’ political career began as a paramount chief. As the leader of his people, he worked diligently to effect meaningful changes which brought development not only to Tappita District but the entire county and the nation as a whole.
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Source: New Democrat
A senator has told close door Senate hearing on the Ivorian conflict that one of former President Charles Taylor’s feared enforcers, Benjamin Yeaten, is active in the current war in Ivory Coast, according to senate and security sources.
The disclosure was made when senate met with several security chiefs Tuesday.
The Minister of Justice, Tah the foreign Minister, Christiana Tah, Immigration Chief Chris Massaquoi, along with senior police and defence officials, briefed the senate on the unfolding crisis in Ivory Coast with consequences for Liberia.
Source: allAfrica.com
A recommendation for the reconstitution of a consultative committee between Liberia and Ghana has been approved by Government, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced.
The group was initially set up nearly two years ago following disturbances at the Buduburam Resettlement Center in Ghana. The team will meet to discuss issues relating to the well-being of Liberian refugees in Ghana, who number a little over 11,000. The Joint Liberia-Ghana Committee is expected to meet in Accra later this month to reach an understanding on the Liberian refugee issue.
The trial of Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor closed on Friday, with prosecutors urging a guilty verdict for "horrific crimes". Taylor is accused of arming Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF), who allegedly paid him in illegally mined diamonds.
Fellow Liberians and Friends of Liberia:
Liberia is mired in a plethora of problems resulting from 14 years of self-demolition, devastation, and the senseless destruction of lives. Corruption is endemic, thus inhibiting progress in every segment of the society. Also, the alarming illiteracy rate, unimaginable poverty, sky rocketing inflation and unsustainable unemployment, coupled with deteriorating economic conditions and poor social services have made it impossible to determine who is ethical and who not.
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Defense Suggests Gadhafi Most Responsible for War Crimes in Sierra Leone
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abc News
BY LEE FERRAN AND ANNA SCHECTER
The defense for Liberian warlord Charles Taylor said today the war crimes trial was politically motivated "neocolonialism" and asked why Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi does not face a similar court.
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Source: allAfrica.com
After nearly three-and-a-half years, Trial Chamber II at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has heard evidence from the Prosecution and Defense about whether Taylor bears the greatest responsibility for the crimes committed during Sierra Leone's eleven year conflict. After much anticipation, the Defense finally presented its closing arguments today, marking the beginning of the end of the trial of Charles Taylor.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor are presenting their closing arguments at his war crimes trial in the Hague on Wednesday and Thursday. Taylor is accused of arming Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for blood diamonds.
The closing arguments will be followed by a last chance on Friday for the defence and prosecution to make final statements.
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, and Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press
Source: Yahoo.News
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The government of the democratically elected president of Ivory Coast confirmed Monday that rebels allied with their leader had seized control of a nearly 30-mile corridor along the country's border with Liberia following an intense weekend battle.
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By MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press Maggie Michael And Paul Schemm, Associated Press
Source: Yahoo News
TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi loyalists broke through rebel lines at an opposition-held city that is closest to the Libyan capital on Saturday, while anti-government forces celebrated the capture of a key oil port from the regime on the eastern coast.
The contrasting fortunes of the two warring sides suggest that the conflict in Libya is veering toward a lengthy civil war, with the government fighting fiercely to maintain its hold in Tripoli and surrounding areas and the rebels pushing their front westward from their eastern stronghold.
Everyone is a genius
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – A Einstein
Drawing the line in Liberia
Crimes sponsored, committed, or masterminded by handful of individuals cannot be blamed upon an entire nationality. In this case, Liberians! The need for post-war justice is a step toward lasting peace, stability and prosperity for Liberia. Liberia needs a war crimes tribunal or some credible legal forum that is capable of dealing with atrocities perpetrated against defenseless men, women and children during the country's brutal war. Without justice, peace shall remain elusive and investment in Liberia will not produce the intended results. - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Men with unhealthy characters should not champion any noble cause
They pretend to advocate the cause of the people when their deeds in the dark mirror nothing else but EVIL!!
When evil and corrupt men try to champion a cause that is so noble … such cause, how noble it may be, becomes meaningless in the eyes of the people - Bernard Gbayee Goah.
If Liberia must move forward ...
If Liberia must move forward in order to claim its place as a civilized nation amongst world community of nations, come 2017 elections, Liberians must critically review the events of the past with honesty and objectivity. They must make a new commitment to seek lasting solutions. The track records of those who are presenting themselves as candidates for the position of "President of the Republic of Liberia" must be well examined. Liberians must be fair to themselves because results from the 2011 elections will determine the future of Liberia’s unborn generations to come - Bernard Gbayee Goah
What do I think should be done?
The situation in Liberia is Compound Complex and cannot be fixed unless the entire system of government is reinvented.
Liberia needs a workable but uncompromising system that will make the country an asylum free from abuse, and other forms of corruption.
Any attempt to institute the system mentioned above in the absence of rule of law is meaningless, and more detrimental to Liberia as a whole - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia's Natural Resources
Besides land water and few other resources, most of Liberia’s dependable natural resources are not infinite, they are finite and therefore can be depleted.
Liberia’s gold, diamond, and other natural resources will not always be an available source of revenue generation for its people and its government. The need to invent a system in government that focuses on an alternative income generation method cannot be over emphasized at this point - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia needs a proper system
If Liberians refuse to erect a proper system in place that promotes the minimization of corruption and mismanagement of public funds by government institutions, and individuals, there will come a time when the value of the entire country will be seen as a large valueless land suited on the west coast of Africa with some polluted bodies of waters and nothing else. To have no system in place in any country is to have no respect for rule of law. To have no respect for rule of law is to believe in lawlessness. And where there is lawlessness, there is always corruption - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Solving problems in the absence of war talks
As political instability continues to increase in Africa, it has become abundantly clear that military intervention as a primary remedy to peace is not a durable solution. Such intervention only increases insecurity and massive economic hardship. An existing example which could be a valuable lesson for Liberia is Great Britain, and the US war on terror for the purpose of global security. The use of arms whether in peace keeping, occupation, or invasion as a primary means of solving problem has yield only little results. Military intervention by any country as the only solution to problem solving will result into massive military spending, economic hardship, more fear, and animosity as well as increase insecurity. The alternative is learning how to solve problems in the absence of war talks. The objective of such alternative must be to provide real sustainable human security which cannot be achieved through military arm intervention, or aggression. In order to achieve results that will make the peaceful coexistence of all mankind possible, there must be a common ground for the stories of all sides to be heard. I believe there are always three sides to every story: Their side of the story, Our side of the story, and The truth – Bernard Gbayee Goah
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