In the heart of West Africa, Liberia stands as a nation striving to overcome the shadows of a brutal civil war that ravaged its land and people. In its pursuit of democracy and stability, Liberia now faces a new threat – the reemergence of a controversial figure from its past,
Prince Johnson. A former warlord and leader of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), Johnson's history of violence and human rights abuses poses a grave danger to Liberia's democracy.
The Catholic Church in Liberia is morning the passing of the country’s oldest Priest Rev. Father Robert Tikpor. Father Tikpor, as he was affectionately called, died on Thursday, August 31, at the age of 96 following a period of illness.
The prelate was the oldest Liberian Catholic priest and one of the longest serving. He twice served as National Orator at official programs marking the country's Independence Day celebration.
Father Tikpor was a vocal critic of vices in Liberian society.
But who really was this man who survived several challenging decades in the existence of the Church in Liberia and the country’s traumatic years of wars and oppression.
The World Bank’s latest report that says the Liberian economy grew in 2022 by 4.8% is inaccurate.
In the report, titled: “Getting Rice Right for Productivity and Poverty Alleviation”, the World Bank relied, in part, on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s forecast of projected increase, NOT actual increase, in rice and cassava production as the most contributing factor to Liberia’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2022.
The conventional narratives that coups are much fewer today compared to their heyday in the 1960s and 1970s are a myth that must be unpacked! While the obvious associate coups with violent overthrow and forceful military power seizure, the actual causes of coups in Africa remain widely unheard o
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As Liberia braces itself for the upcoming October elections, disturbing reports have emerged of the Russian government's financial backing of the Unity Party's campaign....
Nepotism, the practice of favoring family members or close associates in professional appointments, is a detrimental phenomenon that undermines meritocracy and hinders progress in any society.
In the context of Liberia, where the need for transparent and accountable leadership is paramount, the recent revelations regarding Joseph N. Boakai's nepotistic tendencies raise concerns about his suitability for the presidency.
Winning the war against the uncontrollable spread of narcotic and other harmful banned substances will only be possible in Liberia when people in authority and the adjacent community of affluent people and businesses see it as an explicit danger to mankind.
There has been much ado about stemming this virus plaguing the nation’s youthful population with little or no clear practical approach but theories and blame game.
Consultations are urgently needed to address serious concerns that Liberia’s ongoing electoral process is being seriously compromised by actions of the government, which appears to be working in partisanship with the National Election Commission (NEC), a body constitutionally mandated to supervise free and fair elections in keeping with internationally established democratic standards.
Philadelphia’s Black immigrant population has been growing. According to the Pew Research Center, some 120,000 Black immigrants now call Philly home. Since the 1990s, African immigrants have comprised a large portion of this migration, arriving from Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and other countries throughout the continent.
At the end of the respective wars, Presidents Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia faced deeply fractured societies traumatized by years of brutal violence and poor governance.
