UN News, New York All Liberians must be part of their country’s progress to ensure lasting peace, a United Nations envoy said this week, praising the West African nation for its advances since the end of its civil war two decades ago and stressing the role of people’s participation in the security transition process.

By Chip Unruh, Washington, DC With less than 20 days remaining before Liberian refugees living legally in the United States face deportation, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) are calling on the Obama Administration to lift the March 31st deadline and reintroduce the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act to allow eligible Liberian nationals to continue living here legally and provide them with a path to…

Executive Mansion, Monrovia The Government of Liberia(GoL) and the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) have launched the first of five Regional Justice and Security Hubs in Gbarnga, Bong County, intended to increase citizens’ access to justice and security services in communities in Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties.

By Isaac Vah Tukpah, Jr. Madam President, before your speech in Gbarnga, you paused to honor those who passed but neglected to mention the death of Morris Kromah, the young man who died on November 7, 2011 as a result of your Justice Minister and Director of Police giving the police the order to use deadly force to suppress or vanquish disgruntled Liberians expressing their objection to an election fraught…

Madam President: Season’s Greetings!

Rejoinder to Rosemarie James’ “Response to Cllr James Verdier (SIC), Acarous Gray am Leymah Gbowee in Defense of The President” By John H. T. Stewart I am moved to address myself to the issues raised in Rosemarie James article of October 20, 2012, titled, Response to Cllr. James Verdier, Acarous Gray and Leymah Gbowee In Defense Of The President” in which she claims to be an objective bystander moved by…

By Nathan N. Mulbah It is often said that food and exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind. A widely read individual is certainly a prepared figure ready to meet the challenges of life head-on. The concept of reading substantively is introduced to all students at an early stage in their academic sojourn.

By Ralph Geeplay Liberian journalists today are still facing the heavy hand of the law from the Liberian government in an era when press freedom is a heavily touted word in post war Liberia. The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) recently was forced to decry the manner in which a journalist was battered without due process, and incarcerated while another was languishing in jail.

By John Morlue There are so many issues in Liberia today. But one of the most important comments I have heard of late which speaks to the fundamental issue in Liberia is having a President with a moral voice. I also do not agree with all the Country-Congo talk from our Nobel Laureate. Being Congo and country have nothing to do with fighting corruption and nepotism. Just look at the…

By Rosemarie B. James Introduction: In this last op-ed which has been a three part series, the feminist and Liberian lawyer is accusing the former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), that he and his fellow commissioners violated the Liberian Constitution in their landmark TRC Final Report. Ms. James is defending President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.