By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, Attorney, CFCS Remittances play a huge role in many developing nations. This is even more so for Liberia. While this contribution is routinely discounted by the Liberian ruling elite—prizing foreign donors’ support over the diaspora’s concerns, the facts speak for themselves. Over a comparable period (2020-2024, 5 years), diaspora average annual remittances eclipsed the Government of Liberia’s (GOL) budget. This is
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By Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS The core paradox of contemporary Liberian politics lies in a troubling psychological reality: the victims of systemic state plunder are often the fiercest defenders of their economic captors. In political science and social psychology, Stockholm Syndrome describes a condition where hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy. When applied to the Liberian polity, this framework
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The Alliance of Sahel States must reread the history of dictatorships in Africa – and learn from it.
By Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS The Alliance of Sahel States must reread the history of dictatorships in Africa – and learn from it. By: Wonderr K. Freeman There is a particular kind of political blindness that afflicts men who seize power at gunpoint. It is the conviction that, somehow, they are different — that history’s long, blood-soaked catalogue of military rulers who overstayed their welcome,
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A government failing to prosecute an ex-president for well documented grand theft and unbridled corruption under the guise of respecting “presidential immunity” is simply trying to cement a false narrative. This is not Liberian law and never has been.
Find related articles hereGeorge Weah was — and remains — the most beloved Liberian who has ever lived. His football career was a gift to a nation that had almost nothing else to be proud of during its darkest decades. That love was real and it was deserved. But love does not read a budget. Love does not detect a procurement fraud. Love does not protect a Central Bank from its own directors. Love alone does not compel compliance with the law
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Guest Author: Tiawan Saye Gongloe The expulsion of Yekeh Kolubah for expressing a view on the Makona River boundary dispute is not merely an internal disciplinary action. It is a profound constitutional error—one that raises a fundamental question for our Republic: shall Liberia be governed by law, or by political emotion? At stake is not whether Hon. Kolubah was right or wrong. At stake is whether
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