During the tenure of Tony Blair as British Prime Minister, Africa was at the center of British Foreign policy. A Commission for Africa was established by Tony Blair to recommend solutions that will improve the economic and social conditions of the continent. Little did the world knew that this was a master plan for the [...]
The government of Liberia has imposed a curfew in the county of Lofa, in the northern part of the country, after clashes between Christians and Muslims. The curfew orders were issued on Saturday after the Talawayon hospital in Vionjama confirmed that four people had died and 18 more injured in clashes on Friday. The fighting which took place near the [...]
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, today (Monday 22nd February 2010) started a two-day visit to Liberia in order to launch a new project between his Africa Governance Initiative and President Johnson-Sirleaf’s administration The project which follows a request from President Johnson-Sirleaf will focus on the Ministry of State and will [...]
George Boley was arrested in New York State and faces charges of being in the U.S. without proper documentation and for extra-judicial killings in Liberia. The former leader of the Liberian Peace Council, one of the warring factions in the country’s long brutal civil war, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service in [...]
There has been widespread speculation in Liberia as to whether President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will contest the presidency for a second term in 2011. The president has ended all speculation and has announced that she will seek re-election come 2011. Against this backdrop, is a proposed ban on Sirleaf not to take part in politics, [...]
Liberia’s General Auditing Commission (GAC) has found that the country’s Information Minister Laurence Bropleh, now suspended, defrauded the government to the tune of $358,000. According to reports coming out of the country, the audit commission has recommended that suspended Minister Bropleh makes restitution of the said amount and also faces prosecution. [...]
In what is meant to be a desperate measure to discourage corruption in public office, the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has issued a decree offering to pay and protect informants who would disclose activities of corruption directly to the government. With the new rules, anyone giving information leading to money being recovered will get [...]
The United Nations Security Council has lifted the arms embargo imposed on the government of Liberia citing that the country has made progress in the rebuilding of the country. The decision was made on Thursday and the embargo would be lifted for a 12-month trial period after which it would then be re-assessed. The statement [...]
The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone have begun their cross-examination of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The former Liberian President is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Charles Taylor happens to be the first witness in his defence and has spent much of the last 13 weeks dismissing the prosecution [...]
Charles Gbankay Taylor, former Liberian President, has testified at his war crimes trial in the The Hague that he never sent weapons to Sierra Leone. The trial has now finished its third week. Prosecutors in The Hague have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of 11 counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the [...]
The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Africa next week on a trip aimed at highlighting the Obama administration’s commitment to making Africa a priority in U.S. foreign policy. The State Department says Clinton will begin her seven-nation trip August 5, when she attends the U.S.-Sub Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation [...]
