As our world faces the worst refugee crisis in history, the best responses have been largely self-serving and as a consequence, have exacerbated and not solved the problem.
OP-ED: My Caseworker Experience in West Africa
In July of 2001, I was renting an apartment in Dakar, Senegal, and rapidly running through my hard earned savings from DJ work and driving a taxicab in Chicago, my hometown. I was having a blast, taking long train rides to Bamako, Mali, learning French with the English majors at Cheikh Anta Diop University, exploring Dakar nightlife, collecting Senegalese Hip-Hop and Mbalax music on cassettes and CDs, visiting the beaches in Casamance, southern Senegal, but I was also going broke.
OP-ED: Commemorating the ‘Day of the African Child’
Children are the fabric of society’s sustainability; therefore, their development determines the fate of what the outcome of society is.
OP-ED: Why the Surge of Concern for Liberia’s Ability to Fight Islamic Terrorism is Misplaced
In March, the Ivorian coastal resort town of Grand Bassam was targeted by Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. This event seems to be the primary calculus behind the new alarm. Thomas-Greenfield’s view was shared by the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia, whose final report stated that “terrorist attacks in Côte d’Ivoire heighten security concerns in Liberia.â€
OP-ED: President Obama Must Declassify 28 Pages of 9/11 Report
This Memorial Day weekend, we in America honor those who tragically lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks as well as the thousands of American citizens killed serving in the conflicts that followed.
EDITORIAL: Does Liberia Really Have Too Many Political Parties?
At least since the 2005 and 2011 elections, Liberian newspapers have been running editorials and op-eds claiming that we have way too many political parties.
OP-ED: Renewing the Hope for Quality Education in Liberia
Quality education makes a country to prosper. The importance of education to low income countries cannot be overemphasized. Most prosperous people are educated while most illiterate people are poor.
OP-ED: The Politics of Tribalism in the Absence of Intellectual Discourse
He stood about five and a half feet tall with an oversized backpack, a menacing look, deep red eyes, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. He was directing fleeing civilians at a makeshift NPFL checkpoint decorated with human skulls in the suburb of Voinjama, Lofa County where opposing rebel forces, ULIMO-K, were pushing against Charles Taylor’s NPFL rebels.