Month: February 2024

Musings of a Liberian nonconformist :
Law & Governance, Politics & Society,

Back to the “Imperial Presidency”: Unity Party’s Unsavory Assault on Ellen Sirleaf’s Defining Legacy           

By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS In Africa, it is common practice to see a leader purposely trying to undo the legacy of his/her predecessor. Often, that happens when an opposition leader takes the helm of power. If anything spells the legacy of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s presidency, it is the plethora of government institutions whose officials were given fixed contractual terms (a.k.a. tenure). This was one of

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by D.Name.U.Know13 Min Reading
Politics & Society

The resurfacing of Alex Tyler & Co and the politics of strange bedfellows

By. Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS Whoever thought Alex Tyler, the man widely derided in Liberia as Corruption King King, would resurface in Liberia’s political structure? Yeah Alex Tyler, you heard me right, the man from “Oil Block 13 consultations” and the same man from “BigBoy 1 & BigBoy 2 [mining license] scandal”. Alex Tyler, a real “gbanna man” has been forging and reforging alliances to just

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by D.Name.U.Know5 Min Reading
Law & Governance, Politics & Society, Regional & Global

Rethinking Law Enforcement and Public Prosecution in Liberia – The Only Fitting Response to Recurring Targeted US Sanctions (Part 2)       

Authors: Wonderr K. Freeman & Marc N. Kollie This series tackles the delicate subject of the failure of law enforcement and public prosecution in Liberia, which explains why the US government (USgov), lately, seems to prefer targeted sanctions (much to the liking of the public). Whereas, in part one, we focused on law enforcement, in this part two of the series, we focus on the failure

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MUSINGS of a Liberian Nonconformist

Commentaries on Liberian Law, Governance, & Political Economy

“ It would be absurd, if Manes can live without Diogenes, but Diogenes cannot get on without Manes. ” Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher