Liberia: Brumskine Alerts NEC, Calls By-Election 'Dress-rehearsal for 2011' Oct 23, 2009
Not only is the Montserrado senatorial by-election the largest since the 2005 general and presidential elections, Brumskine contended, but he said it was also being held at "a very critical period in the history of Liberia" ... The former president pro-tempore of the Liberian Senate during the Charles Taylor administration traced the history of Liberia's peace jeopardy to supposedly rigged general and presidential elections in 1985 when Samuel Doe's PRC junta metamorphosed into a civilian... (allAfrica.com)
Political Idiosyncrasy, Ignorance, Sheila Jackson-Lee, or US Aug 29, 2009
Charles Taylor, a descendant of an African-American returnee and a high sea pirate, murdered his own people more than anybody in the history of Liberia, mutilated and vandalized humanity in his own country comparable to Adolf Hitler in his own Germany. Interestingly, Sheila Jackson-Lee remained quiet about the evil against Liberians. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Liberia: TRC's 'Most Notorious' Jul 10, 2009
The report traced the history of Liberia, with conclusions that inequalities were prevalent. This paper will periodically highlight key section of a rather voluminous report. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Sweep At Justice? Imminent Exodus Of Several Officials Jun 5, 2009
"There was another theft case won by government, involving one Ernest Cholopray and others, employees of ECOBANK, who were accused of using their positions to steal over three hundred thousand United States dollars from ECOBANK," he said, adding, "It should be noted that this is the first time in the history of Liberia that prosecution has won this number of cases in three years. Prosecution challenges anyone to show that there has been a better record than this one on prosecution in the history... (allAfrica.com)
