Author: Lennart Dodoo

IT IS BECOMING a recurring nightmare for struggling Liberian students studying in countries around the world. It starts on a hopeful note of a young boy or girl, man or woman, excited about an opportunity to study overseas and improve their way of life. What is becoming an increasing dilemma, is the dashed hopes that often follow these failed opportunities. FROM EGYPT to Morocco, to China, the stories are becoming increasingly endless as more and more young Liberians find themselves in strange lands without food and shelter all because their government has failed to live up to its end of…

If there was ever a black nation with so much promise with so little results, Liberia is that nation. Africa’s oldest black independent country, Liberia, is faced with a series of social and economic setbacks- albeit, more economic than social. This is now shaking the core of the country and its stability: the disappearance of millions of dollars of unissued currencies, corruption and complacency slavering over its newly elected famous president George Weah. But one man has mustered enough courage to call the president out and on June 7, staged one of the largest peaceful protest in the country’s…

MONROVIA – The indefinite postponement of the Monteserrado County by-elections raised several qualms among candidates, especially those of the opposition, but what is even more troubling now is the report of surreptitious registration of voters at the National Elections Commission (NEC).

MONROVIA – Associate Justice Joseph Nagbe’s sudden visit to Criminal Court “C” last Friday, where his former colleagues from the Legislature are facing trial for alleged bribery, was not only unprecedented but also casts doubt over the independence of the Court in the hearing.

Monrovia – A new report by the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) has found that a number of former and current officials of the Government of Liberia could be converting rural communities’ land in Bomi County into their personal ownership. 

MONROVIA – When Firestone Liberia commissioned its rubberwood processing facility in 2015, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who was President at the time, described the US$15 million investment as a “wonderful thing” when she visited the facility in June 2015.

THE MONTSERRADO County by-elections would be one of the most keenly contested in the county. The ruling party now confronts a conglomerate opposition force, an almost unprecedented situation in the country. As the campaign continues, the emotional tempo of the political process is deepening, stakes are rising and conspiracy theories are thriving. It is in this context that the suggestion for postponing the by-elections is a cause for concern. WE ARE AWARE that the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia provides that “In the event of a vacancy in the Legislature caused by death, resignation, expulsion or otherwise, the presiding…

Monrovia – The United |Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has turned over US$25,000 worth of equipment for use by the department of economics of the University of Liberia. This is part of efforts aimed at refurbishing the Research and Resource Center of the department. It came as a request made by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) through UNDP’s Strengthening Capacity for Development Effectiveness (C4DE) project. The intent is to build capacity of students of economics in economic modelling and forecasting techniques. UNDP’s Team Leader for Sustainable Economic Transformation, Dorsla Farcarthy stressed that capacity development continues to be a…

Monrovia – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has mandated all businesses in the country to carry on their daily transactions in both Liberian and the United States Dollars beginning the first of August 2019.

PHILADELPHIA – One year ago today, Juconte Thomas Woewiyou, a Liberian ex-rebel leader in Delaware County near Philadelphia was convicted in a historic trial after a jury found him guilty on 11 federal charges. Lying about his participation in the Liberian civil war, his advocating for the forceful overthrow of an elected government and for persecuting another person based on ethnic, social or political affiliations were his among the key counts for his conviction.