Originally Published in November 2017 By Wonderr K. Freeman, Mon. Lib The AU hypocritical statement of 18th November 2017 In the wake of recent report of the CNN detailing horrific atrocities against African migrants hoping to make it into Europe, the African Union (AU) made another obvious pretense of concern. In a statement issued by the AU Commission, the AU Commission Chair, in what amounts to
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Originally Published in October 2013: https://africlaw.com/category/contributors/wonderr-freeman/ By. Wonderr K. Freeman On 13 October 2013, leaders of African states meet in Addis Ababa to consider a possible withdrawal from the Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). African leaders do not find favour with the ICC’s pursuit of Kenya’s “big men”- President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. The AU draws links between the indictment
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Originally Published in January 2017 By: Wonderr Koryenen FREEMAN, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia Yahya Jammeh has finally left The Gambia – of course with so much credit to the resolve of ECOWAS that the will of the Gambia people must be respected. Is this Africa coming of age or is this just an aberration for a continent better known for its failures and misadventures? Jammeh started out
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By: Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS, Attorney. Liberia votes come 2023. If you ask internet sensation, “Jacob Doe”, or “grammarian” Jefferson Koijee, there may be in fact no need for election. It should rather be a coronation of King George I. George Weah himself thinks he’s Liberia’s best “Prezo” ever. And most diehard CDC partisans (i.e., CDCians) gladly agree. Why not? After all, he’s Liberia’s black “diamond”,
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The idea of public funding of political parties is already well established in many vibrant democratic nations around the world. For example, it’s done in South Africa, England, Germany, the Netherlands and in most of Europe. Other places where it is done include the Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, and most of Latin America
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Unfortunately however, such was not the case with the PSDI. The PSDI loan initiative was implemented the “Liberian way”. James Kollie and friends, shared the information by word of mouth, became designers, players and referees all at the same time. Instead of promoting genuine SMEs, we saw loads of fly-by-night “holding companies” selling “mineral water”.
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