Commentary

Analytical Point of Departure: Prior to the much heralded January 6, 2020 protest,  under the aegis of the Council of Patriots(COP),  debate swayed across the nation between negotiators and leadership of the COP, among other things,…
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Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor boycotted the opening of the third sitting of the 54th Legislature on grounds of lack of operational fund, lack of an official armored vehicle and lack of fuel and lubricants for her vehicle Vice…
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Africa inspires a swerving wave of development proxies across the continent. As a giant leap to model an integrated "continental strategy" on trade and economic diversification among the African States, the African…
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Whatever may be the criticisms of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf related to her leadership of Liberia, it is difficult to recall a situation where a group of aggrieved Liberians decided to get in the streets and protest against the…
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The Editor, Lately the Council of Patriots have been in the local and international media highlighting the need for Pres. Weah to step down because of the failing Liberian economy. According to Henry Costa, leader of COP, “President…
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Liberians can’t blame the ‘international community” in the days to come for taking away their sovereignty, their government gave it away. What ECOWAS, UN and a certain number of diplomatic missions are doing is not what diplomats do…
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“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered from the past. The tradition of all the dead…
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I believe the attention to the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) began when Kroll confirmed in their audit of the CBL (last paragraph of section 3.2.6.2 of Kroll’s report on page 14 - …
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My attention is drawn to a report in the December 11, 2019 edition of the Daily Observer online in which Gbarpolu County Senator Armah Z. Jallah has called for an arrangement similar to that of GEMAP, under which the international…
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A new thing, much needed, is happening. First President Sirleaf, now Senator Wotorson, key actors are beginning to write their story and for the former Pro Tempore it spans from President Tubman when he sought education, travelled to…
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