Author: Lennart Dodoo

MONROVIA – The 2017 general and presidential elections left the Unity Party devasted. The ruling party at the time went to that election without the support of its standard bearer emeritus, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. A lot of things were amiss during that campaign, and after the election which it massively lost to the Coalition for Democratic Change in a runoff, the once powerful Unity Party was left debt-ridden and with many disenchanted members.

MONROVIA – Ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia, the shattered and disbanded Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) is said to be exerting efforts to encourage other like-minded opposition political parties to join the alliance as evidenced by a decision reached by the newly established People’s Liberation Party (PLP) to form a part of the collaboration.

MONROVIA – Deputy House Speaker Fonati Koffa says the Third Amendment to the ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) will be ratified by the Legislature, describing the company as a major investor and stakeholder that has done more positive things in Liberia.

MONROVIA – Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin rode to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) off the back of the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, as such, his control of the LACC was all spelled out in McGill’s playbook raising concerns among development partners including the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A FrontPageAfrica investigation has discovered that the need to amend the LACC Act, especially as regards giving the LACC prosecutorial powers and how commissioners are appointed to the Commission were key amendments that the donor partners, including the IMF sought. The IMF Concerns FrontPageAfrica has seen a communication from a senior…

MONROVIA – The Minister of Commerce, Mawine Diggs, who served as this year’s Independence Day Orator, called on Liberia’s international and development partners to review the modus operandi of their funded projects while at the same time reviewing the impacts of those projects.

MONROVIA – The Act passed by the Legislature which would see the establishment of a new Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission with truncated powers is not being greeted happily by many, including the current chairman of the existing Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission.

MONROVIA – History has it registered that all Presidents of Liberia, except for Charles Taylor, who was neck deep in the civil war, visited the White House in a bid to further cement the Liberian-American relationship, but it, however, seems the Weah administration is changing the course of history having gone five years into the Presidency without any official visit to the White House.

MONROVIA – A FrontPageAfrica investigation has found that SOLWAY Mining Group, a Swiss-based mining company with a registered subsidiary in Liberia, would likely lose in its battle with mining giant Arcelor Mittal over encroachment of their two concessions if the case ends up in the Ecowas Court.

Monrovia – Cllr. Joseph K. Jallah Tuesday finally filled the vacancy of Lofa County Tuesday when he was inducted by the Liberian Senate, vowing to usher in an era of peace and reconciliation following the end of a tribal-sensitive by-election.

MONROVIA – The George Weah government is striving its way through in Washington, having been criticized for not having a good rapport with the United States evidenced by the fact that Pres. Weah is yet to have a one-on-one with a sitting U.S. President since he took office about five years ago.