Author: Lennart Dodoo

Satta Sheriff The President with the help of the Minister of Gender might want to twist the truth around the prevailing situation on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Liberia just to paint the President as a “HeForShe Champion” or Feminist-in-chief” who “remains committed to the dignity of upholding human rights” but, it is clear that the President lied when he claimed that his government has significantly reduced rape since 2020 during his Annual Message to the National Legislature.

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MONROVIA – The political leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Cummings, has predicted that the embattled conglomeration of opposition political parties of which he is a member, the Collaborating Opposition Political Parties (CPP), may not go to the 2023 Presidential and General Elections as a common front, at least, not in its current composition.

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THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE system has been failing victims of rape for a long time. From the initial reporting of a crime, through to investigation and trial. This menace has been a topical issue in this country for over a decade, yet, we seem to have gone nowhere in ensuring survivors do not only receive justice, but also proper medical care. FEW DAYS to December last year, a 14-year-old girl who was raped by a man twice her age in a village in Gbarpolu County. According to reports, due to lack of adequate medical facility and ambulance service, she bled until she died. …

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MONROVIA — Young people from across Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County, and Fiamah Community- Monrovia, Montserrado County, gathered separately in their numbers on the 24th and 30th of December 2021, to participate and witness two separate musical concerts funded by ‘Music in Africa’, and organized by Accountability Lab Liberia Voice2Rept Campaign, with performances from 16 local artists from the Liberian Hip-Co Accountability Network.

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MONROVIA — “Civic Participation and Collaboration” are two key strategies I learned about today during this workshop that stood out for me as a musician. Giving back to the society is high on my advocacy agenda especially now that we have general elections coming up 2023. I am working on a civil education song to sensitize citizens to be aware of politician fake promises during elections, as they are not in our interest – Thomas Moserary, alias Theoto, one of the workshop participants and a member of the Hip-Co accountability network.

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The January 28, 2022 Induction Ceremony of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) has motivated me to write this Commentary: Rule of Law Not Rule of Outlaw. With the overamericanization of Liberia, it is most important to focus on why the Rule of Outlaw prevails when the Constitution of Liberia calls for the Rule of Law to prevail. While the Constitution of the United States of America (USA) calls for the Rule of Law to prevail, we observe the prevalence of racism in the USA and the January 6, 2021 attempted coup d’etat in the Seige of the Capitol in…

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In a recent write-up by John H.T. Stewart, “Something Former President Sirleaf Needs to Know and Understand– She is Not the ALPHA and OMEGA of Politics in Liberia”, he goes on a tirade against Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as she mourned the death of her son. Before even getting into the meat of this write-up, let me just say that the timing of this was mean-spirited, classless and distasteful. As to the truthfulness of his claim, while neither Stewart nor his benefactor, Joseph Boakai, may like the reality, it is an established truth that EJS is a force in Liberian politics. Also a fact is that she handpicked Boakai to a two-term winning ticket. It is an absolute contradiction to…

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