Author: Editorial Board

LOSING A CHILD is every parent’s nightmare and even if one has had the awful experience, you can never adequately feel the pain that another grieving parent is going through. THIS IS WHY we at FrontPageAfrica extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Willvette Angel Nagbe, the 13-year-old Ricks Institute student who died while on a field trip on December 12.

THE LIBERIA BANK for Development and Investment finds itself in a rather precarious position, just days after its Chief Executive Officer/President Deo Z. Delaney was forced to step down over alleged inaccuracies in his education credentials. PRIOR TO HIS RESIGNATION, Delaney was reportedly on to something, at least as far at the International Monetary Fund is concerned. THE WORLD monetary body, which supports economic policies that promote financial stability and cooperation amongst its 190 members, issued a word of caution late last week, in a letter to both the Governor of the Central Bank, Aloysious Tarlue and Minister of Finance,…

COINCIDING WITH THE International Anti-Corruption Day last Friday, December 9th, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced sanctions on a diverse array of over 40 individuals and entities that are connected to corruption or human rights abuse across nine countries. IN THE BUILDUP TO Friday’s announcement of yet more sanctions from the US Treasury Department, anticipation was high in Liberia, the more sanctions were underway for the George Weah-led government.

LIBERIA IS NO DOUBT in need of infrastructural development, mainly roads, and the eagerness of the Liberian people to see good roads is so high. BEFORE PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF left office, she had made some level of progress on construction of roads by connecting Buchanan to Monrovia, Ganta to Monrovia, SKD Boulevard to 72nd as well as sourcing funding for continuation of roads construction across the country.

THERE IS NO doubt that Liberia is facing numerous challenges ranging from non-payment of salaries for several agencies of government for about three months, increasing prices of major commodities including the country’s staple food, rice. FOR THE FIRST time in many years, the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced increment in the price of rice to USD 17.00 wholesale and retail USD 17.50 or LRD equivalent.

The Editor, Monday, November 21, 2022, was a day of pride, elation, and exhilaration for all Liberians at home and abroad. Yes, we all had sufficient reasons to be excited, to be enthusiastic and to hilariously jubilate, as our young fellow compatriot, 22-year-old Tim Weah, the son of President George Manneh Weah and his wife—Mrs. Clar Marie Duncan-Weah—scored for the United States during this great country’s first game against Wales in the Qatar-2022 World Cup.

SINCE THE END of the civil war in Liberia, the country has been struggling to restore basic services including the essential electricity with the entire country experiencing darkness, thereby impeding the growth of businesses. THE REGIME of former president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf made frantic efforts to restore electricity to the capital Monrovia and its immediate environs, but that effort did not fully materialize.

U.S. AMBASSADOR Michael McCarthy knew exactly what he meant when he reminded financial institutions and individuals transacting business with past and current officials of government sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. AMB. MCCARTHY did not mince his words when he said, “I think it’s important to draw our attention back to the Treasury Department’s statement, specifically its notification that persons that engage in certain transactions with these sanctioned individuals “may themselves be exposed to sanctions or subject to an enforcement action.”

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch & International Federation of Human Rights Hail Kunti Kamara’s Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia THE CONVICTION OF A FORMER Liberian rebel commander for wartime atrocities in Liberia by a French court is a milestone in delivering justice for victims, and for France’s efforts to hold those responsible for grave crimes to account, Amnesty International France, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Human Rights Watch have declared.THE PARIS CRIMINAL COURT delivered its judgment for complicity in crimes against humanity, and responsibility as a direct perpetrator for torture and “barbaric acts” in the trial of Kunti…

THE NEC CHAIRPERSON was only relieved of indictment charges by the LACC due to technical reasons. This in no way exonerates her from corruption charges as alleged by the Anti-Corruption Agency. We are heading towards a presidential election while the Head of the election body is yet to clear herself of corruption charges to build public confidence FOR WEEKS NOW, a silent threat has been brewing that is likely to affect the outcome of the 2023 Presidential elections in Liberia.