The Analyst

This week, I want to talk about HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

MONROVIA – President Joseph Boakai has placed Liberia’s commissioned officials under a test: public authority must produce measurable results. His September 8 c…

President Joseph Boakai approaches Liberia’s December Security Council presidency with unfinished justice business threatening the country’s international credi…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s development debate is shifting from crisis response toward preparation, resilience and stronger national ownership. The September 3 dialogu…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s posthumous recognition of Rev. Dr. J. Edwin Llyod Sr. preserves a record of service spanning the military, humanitarian work and refugee ad…

MONROVIA – Cllr. J. Aloysius Toe’s resignation exposes a rupture within the Alternative National Congress at a political moment. The former national secretary-g…

MONROVIA – The Liberia Maritime Authority’s decision to send 22 scholarship recipients to Ghana addresses a persistent national gap: specialized maritime expert…

MONROVIA – In Nimba, the vote-rich county that has made and unmade Liberian presidents, a single senator’s quarrel has swelled into a contest that could redraw…

MONROVIA – The Africa College of Bishops’ first Liberia meeting placed the country at the center of United Methodist planning across the continent. Beyond fello…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s induction into the African Petroleum Regulators Forum gives its petroleum regulator access to continental expertise as offshore activity ex…

MONROVIA – The legal team of Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has shifted its strategy from preliminary examination to trial amid a dispute over eviden…

MONROVIA – The World Bank’s latest review argues that Liberia has stabilized its finances but must transform how government raises and spends money. That challe…

MONROVIA – Alex Chersia Grant’s PPCC board nomination comes as Liberia moves public contracting toward electronic oversight. Executive Director Bodger Scott Joh…

MONRPOVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s visit to football legend Josiah Nils Johnson carried meaning beyond a ceremonial presidential courtesy. It placed a…

MONRPOVIA – Liberia’s fractured opposition has taken another cautious step toward unity. Sunday’s roundtable was hosted by the Congress for Democratic Change an…

MONROVIA – Nearly three years after President Joseph Nyuma Boakai promised change, Musa Hassan Bility sees little fundamental improvement. His criticism questio…

For the better part of two decades, Liberia’s opposition has told the electorate a story it can no longer afford to repeat. It is the story of leaders who gathe…

MONROVIA – Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s release to house arrest brings compassion into a politically charged criminal proceeding. Yet the court’s…

MONROVIA – The Supreme Court’s dismissal of an ethics complaint against Labour Minister Cooper W. Kruah ends a dispute dating to 2014. It distinguishes an attor…

MONROVIA – Liberia cannot prosecute war crimes, economic crimes or corruption when witnesses fear retaliation and doubt the state can protect them. That is the…

This week, I want to talk about our COUNTRY

Barely two days after a euphoric homecoming carried former President George Manneh Weah from Roberts International Airport into Monrovia on a river of red and w…

Monrovia – Jefferson T. Koijee’s allegations place former Justice Minister N. Oswald Tweh’s dismissal inside Liberia’s increasingly charged opposition-governmen…

Monrovia – Liberia’s justice system cannot prosecute corruption, organized crime or wartime abuses when witnesses fear retaliation for telling the truth. The Wi…