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Liberia’s Laundry List to genuine Truth and Reconciliation
The current government is struggling to find the right dose of policies and claims a lack of qualified professionals to carry out the vast redevelopment program. It seems disoriented in its approach.
For The People Of Liberia, It’s Now Or Never
The period 2003 continuing through 2011 may be the most critical in the history of this nation. During this time interval, decisions that are allowed to stand will not only shape post-war Liberia, but also determine the inheritance of generations yet unborn. This is a defining moment.
Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to hold public hearings in the United States
Minneapolis/St. Paul (April 30, 2008) - For the first time in history, a nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission will hold official public hearings in the United States. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia, along with its U.S. implementing partner, The Advocates for Human Rights, are pleased to announce that this historic event will take place in St. Paul, Minnesota during the week of June 9-14, 2008.
God’s Mafia ... a survival story of a little girl in war-time Liberia and that is meant to prepare the country for what is to come
...The gunman cocked the trigger at point blank range, and Kemah’s father unabated his silent prayers, now sobbing in hasting tears.
After Ultimatum and failed Diplomacy, the People’s Response to the Cries of Liberian Refugees
Since the exodus of refugees to Ghana and other sisterly republics due to senseless civil conflicts imposed upon the Liberian people in the early nineties, the last few weeks have proven to be the most difficult and pathetic in the history of exiled Liberians, especially those residing on camp Buduburam.
Liberian Refugee Women Protest in Ghana; Pan African Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution petition’s Ghana Government and the UNHCR This Peaceful Protest all began on February 19, 2008 held by the Concern Refugee Women of the Budubburam Refugee Camp. They were later joined by their Children and elderly in solidarity of their mothers
A Call on the Government of Ghana to Release Liberian Refugees in 48 Hours
Substantiated information emanating from the Gomoa District of Accra, the Republic of Ghana, establishes the brutal arrest and detention of hundreds of Liberian Refugees from the Buduburam Refugee Camp.
RECENT HEADLINES
INVESTING IN WOMEN AND GIRLS: NYC CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 
New York (February 29, 2008): On Thursday, March 6, a coalition of organizations—...the UN Division for the Advancement of Women, UNIFEM and the Women’s Media Center—will celebrate International Women’s Day at one of the only public events in New York City outside the United Nations system.
Appreciating the MCC’s ‘Monrovia Day’ clean-up campaign, a welcome gesture
We wish to congratulate the leadership of the Monrovia City Corporation under the inspiration of its Mayor, Mrs. Ophelia Hoff Saytumah for its continuous face-lift exercise of the municipality of Monrovia.
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Diaspora outreach and statement-taking event on Staten Island, New York
SILCA (the Staten Island Liberian Community Association, Inc.) has declared February "TRC Community Outreach Month," and we are planning several events to educate local Liberians about the TRC process and encourage them to give their own statements. In order to make it a success, though, we need your help! see the complete activities schedule here
Tom Woewiyu calls on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to come clean about her role in the Liberian civil war and his take on the workings of Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Madam President, In the name of genuine peace and reconciliation I urge you to muster the courage to step up to the plate. If you can recall, Presidents Nelson Mandela and Fredrick de Klerk were among the first group of people to appear before the TRC in
Dossier on major War criminals in the Sirleaf Govt., and a planned peaceful demonstration during President Bush’s Visit to Liberia Press Release "...we call on all Liberians to turn out in white T-shirts for a non-violent war crimes court rally on the morning of President Bush’s visit. This peaceful demonstration, which momentum is already being built in and around the 14 electoral districts of Monrovia, will commence before the B.W. Harris Episcopal High school on Broad Street at 8 A.M..."
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Charles Taylor's defense attorney argued Friday that a key prosecution witness at the former Liberian president's war crimes trial was mentally unstable. Testimony from Varmuyan Sherif earlier this week linked the Liberian ex-president closely to rebels accused of atrocities in Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war.
Ban Ki-Moon's First Public World Aids Day Speech as UN Secretary-General
New York (28 ovember 2007): On Friday, November 30, 2007, Ban Ki-Moon will make his first public World AIDS Day speech as United Nations Secretary-General. Additional speakers for the evening include: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, President & CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria; Petra Berrios, co-founder of Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment (SMART); and Supriya Banavalikar of The Hunger Project. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien will emcee the event.
CDC fires back at Mulbah Morlu; accuses Morlu of being a stooge. 
As Mulbah K. Morlu remains in a desperate search for political asylum and being the stooge and creature of his creators like the mediocre Wentor and few invisible hands, we will intellectually resist unprincipled men using the CDC as a vehicle for pre-eminence.
Is George "Oppong" Weah's CDC Falling Apart? A member slams Weah as a dictator; accused of Taking $3M Bribe
Barely three years since the derivation of the Congress for Democratic Change, it is saddening to note the wanton controversies and discrepancies the party has been subjected to as a result of the dictatorial and ‘remote-control’ leadership style of a few highly-place executives.
The Hunger Project-XL Results Foundation partnership announced at 2007 Clinton Global Initiative
*New York** (26 September 2007): At the 3rd annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings, a $5 million (USD) commitment by XL Foundation to The Hunger Project will b
e announced today. *This commitment will enable The Hunger Project to expand its strategy for ending hunger in rural India. The strategy empowers the rural women elected to serve on local village councils/ /with a support structure that includes ongoing trainings (skill-building, leadership, legal rights, local government law), mobilizing the support of media and civil society, ...
VoiceofLiberia renews its Board of Directors
Presidential appointment of mayors and chiefs, a constitutional violation
by Press Relase by CDC, (Acarous M. Gray)
A presidential appointment of mayors and chiefs will not only be a constitutional violation but will signal a bad omen of dictatorial rule and justification for evading future election.
by Mark Doyle; a BBC news, Liberia
Ordinary people saw the resources vanish - the trees being chopped down, for example - but did not see schools and hospitals coming back in return.
Petition for dual citizenship for Diaspora Liberians: Is this the right time?
by Paul Kennedy
Although pursuing dual citizen status for Diaspora Liberians seems to be a good vision; I am concern of the adverse effects and or consequences that could follow this issue if not properly addressed.
On Plans to appoint Madam Mary Broh as Mayor of the City of Monrovia (Press Release)
...we wish to sound an early warning that any plan to appoint Madam Mary Broh, or any other person as Mayor of the Municipality of Monrovia will be unconstitutional, thereby undermining the timely holding of planned elections.
Common sense tells us that if Liberians are granted dual citizenship (like Nigeria, Mali and other African countries allow), Liberia will return to its true meaning of a free land of Liberty, where Africans (including African-Americans and African-Europeans) can pursue their true dreams – to invest in and build their own country.
Is President Mohammad Ghadafi mad? Part II
by Sam K. Zinnah (part I)
Consider the commonly heard expression in the sub-region, “Charles Taylor and his creation must face justice”. Ghadafi and his Libyan mafias may not feel that regional “of which the so-called revolutionary should be part of” issues should be raised to address regional problems.
Corruption oils the wheels of corrupt businesses: Would President Sirleaf undermine her Allies’ interests?
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“Everyone is crying out for peace; none is crying out for justice” - Peter Tosh
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Politicians are interested NOT "in truth but in power and in the maintenance of that power"
-Harold Pinter (12/07/05), Playwright and Nobel Prize winner for Literature
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