Video: Pres. Sirleaf meets with Pres. Obama at the White House

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and US President Barack Obama speak with the press at the White House before a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office.

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Remarks by President Obama and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia Before Bilateral Meeting

Oval Office, The White House
PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I want to officially welcome President Sirleaf to the Oval Office.  I have been an extraordinary admirer of her work for many years now.  I fondly recall the speech that she delivered in a joint session of Congress when I was still in the Senate.

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Civil Society Urges Support for ICC: Leaders Should Make Most out of Kampala Conference

Human Rights Watch, Johannesburg
A group of 124 organizations from more than 25 African countries released a declaration today
calling on African governments to advance accountability for grave international crimes at the review conference for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The conference, which will take place in Kampala, Uganda from May 31 to June 11, 2010, is [...]

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Election 2010, Blogging, Medrek and the Future of Ethiopia

By Oromsis Adula, Addis Ababa
The Ethiopian regime, in power for two decades, took, in the words of the smooth talking and Machiavellian Prime Minister, “a calculated risk” during the 2005 election. In the same interview Mr. Zenawi went on to add “one of the most enduring qualities of our party is not to make the [...]

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Liberia: President Should Act on Rights Commission

Human Rights Watch, Dakar
 
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia should demonstrate leadership in accelerating the establishment of the country’s Independent National Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint letter to the president today.
 

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Liberian Red Cross Dedicates Disaster Management Center in Sanniquellie

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By Mambu James Kpargoi, Monrovia

The Liberia National Red Cross Society will on Saturday, July 24, 2010 dedicate its second Disaster Management Center in Sanniquellie, Nimba County.  The project, which has a guesthouse component as well as training (conference) facilities, will be officially dedicated by the President of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.(The first Disaster Management Center was dedicated in Harper, Maryland County in February, also by President Sirleaf.) More on page 1255

Editor @ July 23, 2010

Liberia’s 163rd Independence Day Celebrations Kick-off July 20 as President Sirleaf Dedicates More Development Projects

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Executive Mansion, Monrovia

The President leaves for Nimba County on Thursday for celebrations marking the 163rd Independence Anniversary of Liberia. The celebrations kick off on Tuesday, July 20th, with the dedication by the President of the University of Liberia Campus in Fendall, and of newly constructed low-cost housing units in Walokor Town, near Fendall. More on page 1253

Editor @ July 22, 2010

China Bashing, Foreign Investments in Africa: What Africans, Others Don’t Know

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By Paul I. Adujie, New York

Who exactly defines, asserts, defend and protect continental Africa’s best interests? Why are too many Africans regurgitating acerbic criticisms of China by America and European nations- western nations who have in fact had 600 years of dominance in Africa?  Many western nations have enjoyed unbridled and unmitigated monopoly of African human and material resources. Therefore why whine when China begins to make inroads in Africa? More on page 1251

Editor @ July 22, 2010

Liberian Diasporan Associations strike Partnership

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By Joseph N N Swen, Buduburam/Accra

The European Federation of Liberian Associations and the Liberian Student Association in Ghana have partnered to champion developmental agenda for and among Liberians in and out of Liberia. More on page 1249

Editor @ July 5, 2010

Liberian Refugees in Ghana Confused Over Another Verification Process

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By  Joseph N.N. Swen,Buduburam/Ghana

Hundreds, if not thousands, of Liberian refugees living in the Liberian Refugee Camp at Buduburam in Ghana are confused over another verification process undertaken both by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR and the Government of the Republic of Ghana. More on page 1247

Editor @ July 5, 2010