May 27

• Liberia: LACC Asset Verification Report & Public Anxiety [editorial]

  THE LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (LACC), in releasing its first report on the verification of assets recently declared by officials of Government, bumped into the bellicose... Read more »

• Liberia: Amnesty International Indicts Liberia Again

  The Sirleaf Administration, now in its second 6-year term, rose from the ashes of the Liberian civil war to become the pacesetter for its run for democracy, the rule of law,... Read more »

• Africa: Pres Sirleaf Pleased with African Renaissance

  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed her pleasure that narratives on Africa are changing, and that these new narratives are a clear testimony that Pan Africanism and the... Read more »

• Liberia: Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods Resigns

  One of the areas where the Liberian Constitution proves highly benevolent is the lavish appointing and dismissal powers it bequeaths to the presidency, something that most... Read more »

May 22

• Liberia: PUL 'Disappoints' Pres. Sirleaf -Downplayed Presidential ambivalence

  The leadership of the Press Union of Liberia announced in Monrovia yesterday that the union has ended its fortnight-long news blackout of the presidency. Read more »

• Liberia: Foreign Audit Finds Flaws in Extractive Resources - Global Witness Raises Red Flag

  Publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, said campaigning watchdog Global Witness today. The audit,... Read more »

• Liberia: Press Union of Liberia - Position on the President Sirleaf's Double Standard on Press Freedom in Liberia [document]

  Fellow Colleagues, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the events of the last 18 days have been well documented. Read more »

• Africa: Powerful Leaders Swarm Africa Soon -Stops: West Africa and the Great Lake Regions

  The development of Africa in the 21st Century, analysts say, rests with the continent's open trade with the developed world. Also they say, it depends on how fast African leaders... Read more »

• Liberia: Compliant, Non-compliant, Scandalous Officials - Inside LACC Asset Declaration Verification Report

  Since the formation of Liberia's republican governance system, public service has largely been regarded by most Liberians as shortcut to prosperity. When an official leaves public... Read more »

• Liberia: Nothing to Gain, Only So Much to Lose [column]

  Your Excellency: Read more »

• Liberia: What A Friend We Have in Jesus! [editorial]

  "WHAT A FRIEND We Have in Jesus," is the title of an old Christian spiritual. It goes to say that all who toiled, and are heavily laden, should take their burdens, pains, and... Read more »

May 21

• Liberia: Korkoya Tours NEC Zones

  The Chairman of National Elections Commission (NEC) Cllr. Jerome Korkoya kicks off a nationwide tour Saturday, May 18, 2013 to appraise the activities and status of the 19 NEC... Read more »

• Liberia: Land Commission Climaxes Consultative Campaign

  It is nearly two years since the Land Commission (LC) headed by Dr. Cecil T. O. Brandy embarked on a nationwide consultative initiative aimed as gathering the views of Liberians... Read more »

• Liberia: CMC Laments Archbishop Francis' Death

  The faith based media group Christian Media Center says it finds it difficult to accept that Arch-bishop Michael Francis has finally left Liberians without a word from his lips. Read more »

• Liberia: 'Liberia Turning to Monarchy' - Tiawon Gongloe Shares Thoughts on Advocacy

  For some Liberians, the nation, particularly its political culture, has transformed considerably from the state of autocracy to democracy—a perspective soiled in the fact... Read more »

May 20

• Liberia: Archbishop Francis Dies - Nation Mourns Hero, Kofi Woods Reflects

  “It is only when it is dark that one can see the stars,” so the maxim goes, like the Liberian parlance that says, “You can hardly know the warriors of the... Read more »

May 13

• Liberia: More Outrage Against Warrick - IFJ, Veteran Liberian USA-Based Journalists Deploy Warrick Threats

  When Liberian journalists met in the port city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, the occasion wasn't just a national event; it was an internationally recognized traditional ceremony... Read more »

• Liberia: Govt. Tenders Ambivalent Remorse - Over Warrick's Anti-Media Freedom Utterances

  When President Sirleaf's chief bodyguard poured threats upon journalists, there were those who initially hastily conjectured that Othello Warrick's unprovoked statements were... Read more »

• Liberia: Freedom of Assembly Vs. Right to Protest -Charles Brumskine Dissects the Controversy

  Despite the fact the Constitution of Liberia provides a bundle of rights and freedoms, the dispensation and utility of those guaranteed freedoms and rights unfortunately continue... Read more »

• Liberia: U.S.-Liberia Partnership Dialogue Inaugurated - Ground-Broken in the United States, Second Leg Due in Liberia

  The inaugural session of the U.S.-Liberia Partnership Dialogue was held in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2013, with the signing of a joint statement, following a day-long deliberation... Read more »

• Liberia: Audit Secretariat Seeks Independence - Submits Bill to Harness anti-Corruption Fight

  President Ellen Sirleaf, back in 2006, while being inaugurated as the first elected post-conflict leader, declared corruption as a major public enemy. Since then, the battle line... Read more »

• Liberia: CAMTEFIL Hails Enactment of Anti-Money Laundering Law

  Liberia newest if not the only anti-money laundering and terrorist financing civil society organization in the country has lauded Liberian Legislature for the passage of the... Read more »

• Liberia: Sen. Tangben Blames Finance Minister for Failed Development Projects

  Lofa County Senator George Tangben has blamed failures of government to implement developmental projects across the Country on the Minister of Financial, Amara Konneh. Read more »

• Liberia: Capacity Building is Imperative - LIPA Boss Asserts, As Over 300 Graduate

  The Director General of Liberia Institute of Public Administration (LIPA), Oblayon B. Nyemah, has underscored the need for government to build the capacity of Liberians. He... Read more »

• Liberia: Govt. Tenders Ambivalent Remorse - Over Warrick's Anti-Media Freedom Utterances

  When President Sirleaf's chief bodyguard poured threats upon journalists, there were those who initially hastily conjectured that Othello Warrick's unprovoked statements were... Read more »