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Dignity at the Podium, Deportees at the Airport
PRESIDENT JOSEPH NYUMA BOAKAI went to the United Nations on Thursday night and spoke powerfully about dignity. He demanded that Africa, a…
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West Africa Cannot Afford to Fight Jos Leijdekkers One Border at a Time
Jos Leijdekkers’ fingerprints are turning up in port after port, patrol after patrol, from Freetown to Tema to a beach in Liberia…
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A $200 Million Lost Opportunity: Turning Liberia’s natural-resource windfalls into national wealth
THE GOVERNMENT of Liberia recently received a $200 million signature bonus from ArcelorMittal in connection with the extension of its Minerals Development…
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A Billion Dollars Means Nothing if Bread & Butter Issues not Addressed
LIBERIA HAS DONE something it has never done before. For the first time in 179 years, the government has raised more than…
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EDITORIAL: Stop Using Vulnerable Children as Proof of Government Work
THERE IS A special kind of carelessness in believing that good intentions excuse bad judgment. This week, several Liberian officials — including…
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Editorial: There is a point at which coincidence stops being a credible explanation, and Liberia crossed it this week
IN JUNE, THE country watched a vessel — the IB Atlantic IV — sit off Grand Cape Mount County for the better…
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Put Liberia Before Self
Two opposition alliances in a decade have collapsed for the same reason: leaders who agreed on what they were against, but not…
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Give the LACC Its Day in Court
A prosecutor who asks three times for a trial date and never gets one is not the problem with Liberia’s fight against…
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“He Could Hold a High Position Anywhere in the World, but He Chose to Serve Liberia” – Former President Sirleaf Hails Dr. Emmanuel King Urey Yarkpawolo
When former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaks about leadership and public service, her words carry considerable weight. As Africa’s first democratically elected…
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Editorial: Justice, Not Vengeance
A NEW MINISTER of Justice and a new Solicitor General now sit atop an institution carrying some of the heaviest cases in…