National Unification: Promoting Unity & Equal Distribution of Resource Wealth

Tuesday, May 12, 22013 is National Unification Day in Liberia. Every year in Liberia, May 14 is set aside by a Presidential Proclamation as National Unification Day- a public holiday across the country. The Proclamation is in Consonance with an Act enacted by the Liberian Legislature in 1960 declaring the 14thDay of May of each year as National Unification Day of the Republic of Liberia.

Liberian Journalists Must Never Despair

Since the “declaration of war” against Liberian Journalists by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s Chief of security and Director of her executive Protective Service, Othello Warrick, condemnations seem not to be overwhelming. Except for a few individuals and organizations including Cllr. Dempster Brown of the Center for Human Rights Protection, Senator Prince Y. Johnson and Congress for Democratic Change, reactions by the larger Liberian society appear to be either on the surface or behind the scene-something which should not be, given the gravity of such dangerous and uncivilized utterances of the President’s Chief security.

A Threat That Must Not Be Overlooked

Every year, May 3, 2013, media practitioners the world-over gathered at various locations in different countries to observe World Press Freedom day. The day was set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to create awareness about the importance of press freedom, as well as to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration- a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1961.

US$60m Ministerial Complex Project:  A Golden Opportunity Being Abused

In the presence of President Ellen Johnson0Sirleaf, along with a few top officials of  hers on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Foreign Ministry in Monrovia, a multi-million agreement between the Governments of Liberia  and People’s Republic of China for the construction of a ministerial complex. The construction of the US$60m complex, which would host at least ten ministries and agencies when constructed, according to Ambassador Zhao Jianhua of China, was the result of a request by President Sirleaf to his government and would be a lasting symbol of the friendship between Liberia and China.