Category: Politics & Elections

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Breaking the Two-Party Cycle and Building a New Era of Leadership

By Ansony Sieh Since the end of Liberia’s civil war and the return to democratic governance in 2006, the country has been caught in a political loop—one dominated almost exclusively by two major parties: the Unity Party (UP) and the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). These two entities have alternated power for nearly two decades, each entering office with promises of transformation, and each leaving behind

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To the Liberian National Legislature – that June 3oth ‘National Day of Prayer’ was Unconstitutional, Unlawful and Wasteful

By: Wonderr Koryenen Freeman, Attorney, CFCS During Liberia’s festive week – and while celebrating our 178th independence – President Boakai just willy-nilly declared June 30th 2025 as a National Day of Prayer. He simply summoned his Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to write up a presidential proclamation. He didn’t’ see the need to seek legislative approval. The proclamation itself, issued on the 28th of July 2025,

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The future of Liberia depends on the resounding rejection of the UP & the CDC – Making the case for Project N T R

For those who are fed up with the poverty, the joblessness, hopelessness, and the overall all lack of socio-economic development…For those who recognize that the first step to making progress in Liberia is to break the vicious cycle of state plunder, lawlessness and impunity. This Project is dedicated to you. I. Backdrop Liberians like to speak of normal days. But if history is anything to go

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Repeatedly Calling for “Independent” Foreign Investigation is not the Solution, Reform Police and Prosecution Services

Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS Liberia prides itself on being the first independent African nation. Its citizens are never shy of brandishing their 177-year-old sovereign country. Yet, every time a major crime occurs in Liberia, surprisingly, this sovereign nation almost always calls for an “independent” foreign investigation. When one considers the repeated calls for independent foreign inquiry, one is hard-pressed to think, ‘What’s the problem with

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Learning the hard way to differentiate the age of Methuselah from the wisdom of King Solomon; The Boakai’s presidency one year on.

This is an ancient Christian wisdom that the supposedly Christian nation, Liberia, failed to heed and now is experiencing the devastating consequences of. Mr. Boakai is just not going to deliver anything better for Liberia. He was unable to do so for himself – infamously living on handouts from Henry Costa and Stanton Witherspoon.

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ECOWAS must end the Sahel schism; It’s in nobody’s long-term interest.

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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