The national vice chairman of the Movement for Economic Empowerment and the County Charter chair of the opposition Alternative National Congress have both denied speculations that their political leaders would not appear in the 2017 presidential lineup.
Senate Confirms Cooper as New Nimba Superintendent
After being appointed as Nimba’s superintendent on Jan. 12, the former assistant superintendent of Nimba, Dorr Cooper, was confirmed on Thursday, March 23.
Book Review: Madame President
In October of 2017, Liberians will return to the ballot box to choose their second democratically elected leader since the end of the civil war.
One-sided Publicity for New Biography of Sirleaf Illustrates Adichie’s ‘Danger of a Single Story’
If the publicity around Helene Cooper’s new book is a reliable indicator, one would be hard pressed to expect a biography that does anything but draw on the tried and true single story that paints Liberia as a land torn by violence, where accountability is a luxury, and in which there is little to celebrate except the novelty of its female chief executive.
Karnwea Says Boakai Too Old to Be President
A former supporter of the ruling Unity Party and current member of the Liberty Party, Harrison Karnwea, is calling on Liberians to go to the polls on October 10, 2017 to retire Joseph N. Boakai.
President Issues Order on Office of Ombudsman, Advancing Implementation of Code of Conduct
In the wake of debates among citizens on the implementation of the Code of Conduct, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday, March 14 issued Executive Order No. 83, specifying some requirements for the Office of the Ombudsman.
Liberty Party Denies Being Supported by President Sirleaf
The opposition Liberty Party of Charles Walker Brumskine has again denied rumors that it is being supported by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
OP-ED: A Legislature of Indigenous Vampires
During her 10th State of the Nation Address on January 26, 2015, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was correct when she renamed corruption from ‘public enemy number one’ to a ‘vampire’ of development and obstruction of progress.