May 03 every year is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day. The day is celebrated with appropriate programs by various press organizations the world over.
The World Press Freedom Day was brought about by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993. This came about following a recommendation from the United Nations Education and Scientific Cooperation’s (UNESCO) General Conference.
I am an African inspired by your quest to make America great again. I believe in your ideology of creating wealth for every American and making the United States of America more self-reliant. Although I do not have the right to vote in America, I consciously prayed for your success and leadership as I always do.
By Sidiki Fofana
In the calm of yesterday evening, former Senator from Maryland County, Hon. John Ballout Sr., made a startling declaration on social media:...
Inarguably Captain Traore charm is not the military attire; it is the economic policy that liberates and generates wealth for the development of the country. And this is the new reason for military leadership new acceptability. Is he the new cornerstone for Africa economic liberation? For no man has earned that accolade since our own President Tolbert in the 1970s as he roused Liberia under the mat to mattresses economic revival agenda.
Across the globe, academic institutions serve as the bedrock for national transformation. They are incubators for leadership, innovation, and sustainable development. When academic institutions are plagued by fraud, favoritism, and unethical practices, the very foundation upon which national progress rests becomes compromised. Liberia, a country striving to recover from decades of instability, cannot afford to let its premier university fall victim to such corrosive vices.
On April 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of Liberia, the highest court in the land, handed down a decisive ruling affirming Cllr J. Fonati Koffa as the constitutionally elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Legislature of Liberia.
I am honored to address you on this year’s World Press Freedom Day. While the global theme—“Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media”— challenges us to examine how technology is reshaping journalism, our national emphasis on “Sustaining Independent Journalism and Press Freedom in the Digital Age” brings our collective attention to the realities we face here in Liberia. Hence i will balance my speech intermittently.
In recent weeks, Liberia has found itself plunged into a profound constitutional crisis. The impasse at the House of Representatives, coupled with the shocking disregard for the Supreme Court’s final ruling by the Executive branch, has sent ripples of fear, anger, and uncertainty throughout the nation.
It was yesterday, yet the air in Monrovia still hangs thick—a humid blanket that clings to the skin, heavy with the scent of salt and diesel. I walked the cracked streets, past women balancing baskets of fresh greens on their heads, past market women with baskets of cassava, past children kicking a deflated ball in the dust, past the skeletal remains of buildings still scarred by war. This city wears its history like a frayed suit, threadbare but stubbornly proud. Yet yesterday, I felt something new: a simmering unease, a quiet betrayal.
