History has taught us that whenever there are wars, no matter how violent or destructive they may be, there are bound to be survivors. This has been proven before the very eyes of...

In the last analysis, Liberians were able to reach a peace agreement at Accra in 2003. But it was a case of disagreeing to agree, because before...

The problems of Liberia cannot be objectively analyzed, explained and understood without reference to the historical experiences in which our country has evolved. While the...

Here is a story of EVIL in all its manifestation, proclaimed in the name of the dollar and protected by crude and violent political power. It is a story...

Even if Mr. Charles Taylor is on his knees deep in uncertainty, with the possibility of appearing before the Sierra Leone UN Court along side protégé Foday Sankoh, he...

Used particularly within the African context and in an African setting, nationalism is an enticing and emotional concept, for its prime credo is one’s selfless commitment to nation...

Okay, the 2005 elections are over. The National Elections Commission has declared and certificated winners of the legislative and presidential races. The feud that greeted the presidential run-off election...

The year was 1997. The Liberian civil war had recessed. We were told an internationally supervised election would be held to put in place a democratically...

They scrambled at the steel gate, determined to enter. Violence seemed certain, and it was obvious that the few Liberian policemen stationed there, in a nonchalant mood, would have...

It is now clear that although George Oppong Manneh Weah Liberia’s authentic and acclaimed football hero has failed to emerge as President of the nation, Liberians must...

It was a sunny and beautiful day. Clear blue sky hung above Monrovia, a city that has been subjected to so many horrors in recent time. For the most part of the day, traffic, in a capital...

A Dutch magazine, Internationale Samenwerking (IS) recently carried a story on Liberia’s Children Village that never rose from the slums of the capital. The...

The main defence against mountains of reports of how Liberia’s leading warlord now in Nigerian exile, Charles Taylor, masterminded the killings of tens of...

A release from the organisers of the Blaise Compaore Ouagadougou Liberian meeting proclaimed that President Charles Taylor’s delegates would be present, but the...

Telling his people to endure their imposed insecurity and misery, President Charles Taylor has reasoned that suffering is all over the world. Liberians must therefore get used to...

As a rebel leader, Charles Taylor wanted to arrive in Monrovia riding the crest of his formidable military campaign against the Samuel Doe government...