It is now common knowledge that Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have opted to create a rival regional economic bloc, comprising of at least 73 million people -with a combined GDP of nearly USD $60 billion . Effectively, this bloc is a 60 billion-dollar market splintering from ECOWAS. This is not something for the regional bloc to waive. But why are they splintering?
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By: Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS The current Liberian government is on the move – seeking investors. So far, the President, Mr. Joseph Boakai, has been to the USA, Guinea Bissau, and South Korea. First off was the US-Africa Business Summit held in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, from May 6-9, 2024. I heard Mr. President tagged along a very high-powered delegation to the conference and gave a very
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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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By: Wonderr K. Freeman Originally Published in September 2022 Liberia has been abuzz with talks of sanctions, since the US Government Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC/Treasure Department) slammed sanctions on three senior Liberian public officials. These sanctions are being widely celebrated locally, as the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) regime gets entrapped in myriad financial scandals. However, as expected, those accused have understandably protested their
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Originally Published under a pseudonym -in July 2019 President George Weah and his merry band of hustlers currently running the show in Liberia are a band in a hurry: hurry to bring overnight development to Liberia; at least that’s the official line. They’ve been crisscrossing the globe, from Brussels to Beirut, from Singapore to Beijing, in search of easy and fast cash. Liberians already know a
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Originally Published under a pseudonym – in October 2020 History tells us that the United State of America (the US) was founded in 1776. So was Liberia – in 1847. By simple arithmetic, the US was founded about seventy-one years before Liberia. This makes the US 244 years old and Liberia 173 years old. Now, one may say the US is quite an old nation; however,
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