At around 10 a.m. one morning, just as the sun’s rays were beginning to be felt, I decided to go jogging around my community. I had finally convinced myself to stop being lazy and came up with a routine that I felt was doable.
OP-ED: EU Underlines Importance of Freedom of Expression
On May 3rd, the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day. The international day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 following a recommendation adopted at the 26th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991. The step responded to a call by African journalists who in 1991 produced the landmark Windhoek Declaration on media pluralism and independence.
OP-ED: Is George Weah the Hillary Clinton of Liberian Politics?
Although presidential elections in the United States will take place nearly a year before those in Liberia, one would not know by the political jostling and cabinet resignations presently shaking up Monrovia.
OP-ED: Soil Deterioration – A Constraint to Sustainable Agricultural Productivity
“Our soil is rich,†“The soil is a bank,†“Get back to the soil!†These are common slogans by Liberians and some agricultural institutions in appreciating support for agricultural productivity in this tiny coastal West African nation which is indeed endowed with immense natural resources including gold, diamond, iron ore, and other forest resources.
OP-ED: Gongloe, the People’s Lawyer, for President
To call Tiawan Saye Gongloe the people’s lawyer would be an understatement, for he has worked tirelessly for many years to represent the poor and downtrodden in Liberian society. He has spoken when needed, even when the lots were silent.
OP-ED: Is George Weah Ready to be President?
This week, news emerged that Senator George Manneh Oppong Weah, the former world footballer who used his feet to accomplish wonders in the European league, thus becoming world best player in 1995 – a fame he would also use to launch his political career – ranked as one of the worst performing senators in terms of plenary participation.
OP-ED: Amid Liberia’s Acute Health Care Needs, a Criminal Syndicate at JFK
A big news story emerged last week in Monrovia, at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, the nation’s biggest hospital. What has surfaced is news of a criminal syndicate at JFK, which has managed to defraud the health facility of about US$500,000.
OP-ED: We are the Very Limits of the Rule of Law We Like to Complain About
A few months ago, I travelled through central Rwanda in a coterie of Ugandan residents who for two days endlessly praised the Rwandan government for their clean and organised streets and the country’s zero tolerance for corruption.