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Wizard dribbler and master schemer, George Weah, is still dribbling Liberia’s corruption’s fight: an analysis of Liberia’s back-to-back investigation of the USD25m Mop-Up exercise              

Originally Published under a pseudonym – in June 2019 No one doubts that President George Weah is a master dribbler. He has the medals to show for this claim. And in the political realm, master dribbler Weah has also exhibited quite some dribbling skills on the likes of Brumskine, Tubman and Sirleaf. In politics, however, a dribbler is view quite unfavorably, more as a schemer. And

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The IMF is just about to learn a new economic theory from Liberia: the theory of the leaking bucket

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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Liberia recurrent calls for United States government to intervene in its national challenges; when will the dependency end?       

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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Too Big to Jail: Liberia Supreme Court’s sad new precedent for criminal breach of fiduciary duties

Originally written under a pseudonym – February 2021 Big men rule Africa – and mostly to the detriment to the average citizens. The judicial system, which ought to bring some solace to the common man never ceases to disappoint. As these big men ruin the countries they are entrusted with, they are simultaneously blaming colonialism, neo-colonialism, the multilateralism, globalism, the WTO, the World Bank, the IMF,

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Law & Governance

Corruption in Liberia:  from Public Enemy No. 1 to Official Government Policy – Critiquing the Confession of a Harvard Economist  

By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney Originally Published in February 2017 It’s January 6, 2006, the mood in Liberia is festive and upbeat. A war-ravaged nation had just upended the whole of the African continent and jumped the queue to produce the first elected-female president ever on the continent. I admit that I was certainly a part of that enthusiastic majority hoping to see a new Liberia,

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Law & Governance

The Speaker Tyler Saga: When the Law is Simply not Enough

Originally Published in August 2016 By: Wonderr Koryenen Freeman, CFCS, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia The Speaker (or former Speaker) of the Liberian National Legislature (Parliament), Honorable Alex J. Tyler, Representative-Bomi, a man known for smooth-sailing turbulent political waters, is now fighting for his dear political life. His less-than-friendly break-up with the ruling Unity Party has left some unfinished political scores that must be settled. Honorable Tyler has

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