Can somebody please, for the life of me, explain why a family member of a young man—who was a member of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons—would refer to it as the “Billionaire Club” during the vote of thanks at his funeral?
When political theater grows too elaborate for the public to follow, the true actors often operate behind the curtain. In the recent struggle over the Speaker’s gavel in Liberia’s House of Representatives, one man stood in the spotlight: Representative Musa H. Bility. But as the dust settles, many now believe the real story lies not just with him—but with the Executive Mansion itself.
Dear H.E Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. President of the Republic of Liberia and commander in Chief of the Arm Forces of Liberia: Liberia needs to upgrade her diplomatic approaches towards Western & Asian Loans & Grants in support of the 'Liberia National Development Agenda (LNDA)':
In 1960, President William V.S. Tubman, through an Act of the Legislature, declared May 14 as National Unification Day, a laudable effort to bridge the divide between descendants of Liberia’s founding settlers and the indigenous majority. His Unification Policy aimed to promote inclusion, equality, and shared national purpose, particularly respect for the rights of all Liberians and unconditional access to all opportunities.
Since taking power nearly 15 months ago, President Joseph Boakai’s Unity Party (UP) government has found itself entangled in a heated debate: Is it genuinely delivering on its development promises, or merely riding the coattails of projects initiated by its predecessor, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) under former President George Weah?
When Tubman assumed the presidency, he stepped into a nation grappling with numerous pressing challenges. The country’s landscape was marred by a dismal education system, crumbling road networks, a failing healthcare system, an erratic electricity supply, and a chronic lack of clean water and sanitation (In fact in 1948 the World Health Organization threaten to impose travel ban on Liberia citizens because of ubiquitous of Cholera and dysentery, and diarrhea in Monrovia). In response to these daunting issues, President Tubman crafted an ambitious “Five-Year Development Plan”, presenting it with determination to the National Legislature.
Barely three days after former Liberian President George Manneh Weah subtly suggested he was retiring from active politics—declaring during a packed Sunday service at his Forky Klon Church, “I am not going to be like some people who are old and still running behind President Job”—his long-time confidant and Chief of Staff, Eugene Lenn Nagbe, reignited a national debate.
As Liberia’s Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court (OWEC) celebrates its first year anniversary on 2 May 2025, victims and civil society groups are anxious about what has been achieved and what is the prospect of establishing the actual court.
The dead were crying for help and the cries continued to shrink my courage, or any courage that I had been able to muster to hold on. I could not say I was about to collapse in front of the tombstone that was a few meters away from me. My mind was whirling and demanding as well as creating all kinds of stories in my head. And the more I looked beyond where I held my ground, the more there appeared to me that several people were beyond there, engaged in some activities.
Just days after Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, visited the military government of Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso—a trip reportedly facilitated by a Burkinabè delegation offering to invest in Liberia’s textile industry—rumors began circulating of the Boakai administration’s alleged involvement in an international plot to topple the military leader.
