New moment and a fresh start for everybody at all levels as we enter the New Year. 2023 was a memorable and defining year for every Liberian. Resolutions for the passing year may have varied but on the communality of issues, it was no doubt a great year of relief.
In the last hour, there are reports of trucks load of military and OSD personnel raiding the residence of Sheik Alhaji Mohamed “Omodu” Kamara, alias Jagaban in Freetown.
Like Presidents George Manneh Weah and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President Elect Joseph Nyumah Boakai has, with a spirit of intensity, promised his administration's commitment to reconciling Liberians in a robust manner.
Former Solicitor-General Sayma Syrenius Cephus wants international investigative bodies including the international criminal court to examine US financial and economic sanctions imposed on more than half dozen of the outgoing George Weah administration.
For many Africans, the pursuit of Washington's political corridors is deemed a political dividend, regardless of whether such endeavors benefit their people. Sirleaf basked in the adoration of the West and Washington, yet poverty and exposed infrastructure loomed large in Liberia.
BRUSSELS – “Present trends are racing our planet down a dead-end three-degree temperature rise,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently warned. He is right.
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Africa is a continent with long controversial history. Some authors described Africa as the “Dark Continent”, while others claimed that Africa was the Cradle of Civilization. These descriptions have been debated and formed the basis of many books written today.
My fellow citizens, I believe these elections were a watershed moment in the history of Liberia for two reasons. First, it demonstrated the power of the Liberian people and their commitment to the democratic process no matter where threats came from.
