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Category Archives: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
More investors coming to Liberia
Liberia is not a poor country. It has abundant natural resources: gold, diamonds, iron ore, oil and timber. Its agricultural potential notably includes rubber and palm oil. In the 20th century this small West African country, the size of Ohio, … Continue reading
TPS and money transfer
The meeting between the President of perhaps the most powerful nation in the world and the President of maybe one of the weakest states on earth was historic. On May 27, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was received by President Barrack … Continue reading
April 12, 1980 – 2010
I can’t help but think of April 12, 1980 when the anniversary of Samuel Doe’s bloody coup d’état approaches. I happened to be in Monrovia on that historic day, en route to Burkina Faso, then still called Upper Volta, where … Continue reading
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Independence Day speech
In case you have not yet read the July 26 speech of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which she presented during yesterday’s Independence Day celebrations in Bong County, you can read the full text here. The original text is also available … Continue reading
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‘This Child Will be Great’ – Some reflections
Wow. What a book! What a woman! What a life! I just finished reading Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s autobiography, ‘This Child Will be Great. Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President’ (HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009). The book amazes, the book … Continue reading
From the ‘rice riots’ to the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Thirty years ago the ‘rice riots’ were the beginning of the end of the Administration of President William Tolbert (1971 – 80). April 14, 1979 – ‘The day Monrovia stood still’, as described by the late Albert Porte, one of … Continue reading
Ellen: ‘I supported Taylor…’
(continued from April 7) Though the SCSL’s mandate is clear and very distinct from the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC), the two are often related in the case of Taylor’s activities. Three recent testimonies before the TRC are worth … Continue reading
Good news: Debt relief for Liberia
>Monday, January 12 Last year Liberia obtained an important debt relief when in March it fullfilled a number of conditions under HIPC which cleared the way for an agreement with the Paris Club. The following month, Paris Club creditors … Continue reading
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Misc news from Liberia
Saturday, March 15 Many more atrocities committed by witness Marzah, ordered by Charles Taylor, according to his testimony before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Gruesome details of atrocities both in Liberia and Sierra Leone, it surpasses one’s mind. My … Continue reading