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Understanding the Impact of Liberian Organized Crime, Gang Rape, Arm Robberies: Its Causes, Present Situation, and Significances in the Criminal Justice System.

By Ali Sylla

July 18, 2008 - LIMANY

Since the end of Liberian Civil War and the Election of 2005, Liberian organized crime has increased qualitatively and quantitatively
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Mittal Deal, the Best Ever, in Liberia under Scrutiny?

By Yini Guva A. Sahn

August 8, 2006 - UNICCO Digest

The Deal that former Lands & Mines Minister, Jonathan Mason, qualified as the “Best Ever in Liberia” is reportedly being investigated by anti-corruption police in the Netherlands.
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On “Land Issue” In Nimba County

By Mohammed F. Kromah

May 30, 2006 - LIMANY

Recent statement in a local daily attributed to student Roosevelt Demann that Mandingoes did not own land in Nimba County does not only lack historical truth but also seems to incite violence.
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Charles Taylor's trail of carnage

April 12, 2006 - Human Rights Watch

In the early hours of 29 March a Land-Rover with Nigerian diplomatic number plates arrived at a border post linking north-east Nigeria with Cameroon.
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What Makes the Mittal Agreement the Best Ever in Liberia?

By Yini Guva A. Sahn

January 1, 2006 - UNICCO Digest

Mr. Minister, why would you rate a deal that has been referred to as not being in the interest of the Liberian people, the best? What was your yardstick? A few green backs under the table?
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Can the President-elect Break Liberia’s Embedded Patronage Networks, Which Threatens Good Governance & Prosperity?

November 23, 2005 - The Liberian Times (Monrovia)

Who would have expected such good feeling in a country whose name has for a generation been a synonym for evil, ruthlessness and hopelessness? But, the freeness, fairness and peacefulness with wish the October 11th elections and the November 8th run-off election were conducted, demonstrated the will-power, determination and healing power of the Liberian people.
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Moving Liberian Youth From At-Risk To Promise And Hope

By Emmanuel Dolo, Ph.D.

November 22, 2005 - The Perspective

As the title suggests, my aim is to discuss the elusive subject of chronic poor social development among Liberian youth. I first offer introductory remarks and raise some questions for setting the context of the discussion. The ultimate goal here is to orient readers to the subject of youth development in nations recovering from war.
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In the Cause of the People:" Criminal Charges Hang Over George Weah?

November 14, 2005 - The Perspective

The news from Liberia after the November 8 run-off election between Weah and Sirleaf is very worrisome and I kindly ask Mr. Weah to give peace a chance by accepting the results which had been described as free, fair and transparent by observers.
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George Weah Must Act Honorably, Accept the Election Result

November 12, 2005 - LIMANY EDITORIAL

After months of campaign by various candidates for the leadership of the country, we have now reached the end that will crown the over all winner
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An Examination of an Assumed Rift: The Educated Versus Uneducated Liberians

By Dr. Emmanuel Dolo

November 7, 2005 - FrontpageAfrica.com

Over the years and most recently, during the elections season, Liberians have demonstrated significant difficulties in talking honestly about the social divisions that exist among us. The debate has become vague, hollow, and even indignant, and mounted tensions on all sides. We have put our sense of national community at immense risk and caused individuals and groups unnecessary excruciating pain.
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Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is the Best Choice

By Miamen Z.Z. Wopea

November 7, 2005- UNICCO Digest

The Liberian election is a test to all Liberians. It comes to test the many human traits that influence our behaviors and actions; our thought process, the equation of personal interest to national interest, and the degree to which we each put national interest above both personal and sectional interests.
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Liberia Cannot Afford On-the-job Training For Its President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Should Be Elected

October 27, 2005 - The Perspective

Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should be elected the next President of Liberia; it is the right thing to do. In addition, it is the logical, reasonable, and long-view thing to do.
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Terrible Days Ahead!
- Is Tomorrow Safe for journalists?

October 26, 2005 - The Perspective

Tomorrow which is expected to glitter with press freedom, freedom of speech as well as all essential elements of democracy may drag under the dust of bad governance with dictatorship its coefficient if present trend to muzzle the press, intimidate media practitioners by officials of certain political party and the negative interpretation of stories in local
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LAPAD HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPEAKER GEORGE KOUKOU AND HONORABLE JUAH OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF LIBERIA

By Clarence Gono

October 11, 2005- UNICCO Digest

LAPAD, having perceived this view with much interest, was able to catch up with two key Liberia’s transitional government officials who were in the United States of America recently to attend a United Nations conference.
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Heartman, Bo-yo: The Ignorance Base Of This Criminal Ritual

September 30, 2005 - The Perspective

In Monrovia and thereabout, he is called the “Heartman”; Bo-yo”, is what he is also known as in Maryland County. But throughout Liberia, we know him as the one who kills for human body parts purportedly used in sacrifice. The sacrifice is for any of an array of selfish desires, notorious among them, sacrifice for government positions.
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“Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Lacks the Credibility to Lead Liberia”, says Mrs. Tarloh Munah Quiwonkpa

September 29, 2005 - The Perspective

Mrs. Tarloh Munah Quiwonkpa, the widow of General Thomas Quiwonkpa says that “Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf needs to step up to the plate and level with the Liberian people about her role in the 1985 abortive coup” that left hundreds of Liberians dead including her husband. Mrs. Quiwonkpa made the statement recently in a telephone interview with The Perspective
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Twenty-Two Candidates On the Rush For The Presidency

September 29, 2005 - The Perspective

In less than three consecutive weeks from now, Liberia’s eligible voters of 1.3 million people will be deciding their country’s and children’s future through what is expected to be an internationally supervised free, fair and transparent democratic elections having sailed through fourteen years of bloody civil war that destroyed ten of thousands of innocent lives and led hundred of thousands into displaced camps and foreign lands.
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LAP, PLEASE DON'T GIVE US VARNEY SHERMAN: REFLECT BEFORE YOU VOTE.

By Mardea Johns

May 19, 2005 - The Liberian Connection

It will be a few more hours before the Stewarts of my dear and beloved party (LAP) go out to vote for the next Standard Bearer. The person elected will be the 3rd Standard Bearer since the founding of our party in 1984. I am sure that if Jackson Doe were alive today and willing to run, the Liberian people would have overwhelmingly elected him as the next President of Liberia.
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THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBER THE PAST

By Sam Kaphn

March 7, 2005 - March 7, 2005 - UNICCO Digest

After almost 25 years of carnage, 14 of which was a period of devastating civil war, Liberians have been given a chance to exercise their constitutional right the right to choose their own leaders.
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Liberia Still has Few Good Men

By Charles Coleman

March 7, 2005 - March 7, 2005 - UNICCO Digest

In the past, Liberia was greatly revered by other Nations because of her age and rich history. Today, the nation's capital Monrovia with over one million inhabitants currently has no clean pipe borne water, (residents depends on polluted wells), no sewer system, no electricity and no mail delivery system.
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PARTISANSHIP VERSUS SUB-NATIONALISM: THE DILEMMA OF LIBERIAN ELECTORAL POLITICS.

By Clarence Gono, Jr.

February 16, 2005 - UNICCO Digest

The daily rise of Liberian presidential aspirants is becoming somewhat histrionic or in a way theatrical and a chatty stuff among Liberians in our electoral politics. Scholars of elections, accordingly, regard the choosing of leaders in an organized democratic process by various attentive and inattentive voters as efforts aimed at trying to legitimize powers of contestants, reelected incumbents and challengers if they do manage to harness a require percentage vote count in a given election.
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The Race to Mortgage our Future: "A Catastrophic Tragedy in the Making"

By Stphen O. Adams

February 16, 2005 - The Perspective

This gang of corrupt inviduals is now in overdrive in an attempt to mortgage the future of our Country. They are being facilitated by unscrupulous elements that are using the corrupt interim government counsel to constrict the entire economic lifeline of Liberia.
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WHO IS A POLITICIAN?

Sonkarley T. Beaie

January 24, 2005 - UNICCO Digest

In the contemporary Liberian society many people often misconstrue the meaning of politician and define it in any way to appraise their political agenda or at their individual levels of understanding. I hesitated once in addressing my audience when this question, “Would you consider yourself to be a good politician for Liberia” was posed to me
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January 4, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

In the December 27, 2004 edition of the online version of the Analyst newspaper, Kennedy Domah quoted Nimba County Superintendent Harrison Karnwea who blindly indicted the law-abiding citizens of Nimba County for their participation in the violent Liberian civil war (1989-1996), saying that “Nimbaians are fully responsible for the mayhem, suffering and destabilization of Liberia and the West African sub-region”.
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January 4, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The purpose of this statement is to respond to claims by Mr. Harrison Karnwea, Superintendent of Nimba County, reported in the Analyst Newspaper, that Nimbaians were responsible for the Liberian Civil War and the destabilization of the West African Sub-region (Nimba Claims Responsibility of War).
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January 2, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

I was taken aback when I read on a number of websites some statements made by a Harrison Karnwea, an opportunistic superintendent of our great county, Nimba County.
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POST CONFLICT LIBERIAN FOREIGN POLICY-A BALANCING ACT

December 26, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

My intension in this dialogue is to broach a new and vibrant page in the area of Liberian foreign policy that has long been sequestered and neglected by both past and present Liberian foreign policy makers at the helm of respective Liberian governments over decades.
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December 6, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

Basing my analysis on the Liberian constitution and the provision that all Liberians have the equal chance of vying for the presidency provided they meet the requisite requirements and current electoral laws and rules, I find it a kind of non sequitur for any Liberian at this time to pass out a judgment for or against any Liberian wishing to pose his candidature for the Liberian presidency.
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November 30, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The story of the Presidential mandate theory has never been scribed and it did not begin with Liberians or Liberian political foundation but with, according to an adept writer on political subjects, Robert A. Dahl (Political Science Quarterly, vol.105, 1990), an American President, Andrew Jackson.
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November 26, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The Liberian political scene could be running amok? This is a discursive and cursory view that is held by many Liberians that I have met and talked to as regards the Liberian Presidential elections.
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Liberians from Mineral Rich Counties Need a Fair Share of their Natural Resources – A Popular Demand of 21st Century Liberia

By Yini Guva A. Sahn

November 14, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

Who authorized the sale of the iron ore in Buchanan? Who’s benefiting from the proceeds of the sale? Of the total sale, how much went to the citizens of Nimba and Grand Bassa counties? Were the former employees paid? Will the local people in mineral rich counties in Liberia EVER benefit directly from their natural resources?
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TQ Harris’s Strategic Food Reserve for Liberia – My concern

By MacArthur Paye-Bayee

August 31, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The last time I addressed an issue on this website; some feeble-minded apologist personalized the discussion and hurled insults at me, calling me names, including bigot and all that. However, if we are to maintain sanity in discussing issues that affect all of us Nimbaians, yea Liberians, there has to be a line of demarcation between issues and personality.
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Poor Africa’s Foreign Coup Paymasters

August 31, 2004 - New Democrat

The arrest of Mark Thatcher, son of ex-British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on allegations he financed mercenaries bound for Equatorial Guinea but nabbed in Zimbabwe, may have gone unnoticed in many quarters. At first, the impression was that the “evil” Robert Mugabe was at it again, arresting innocent men.
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Charles Taylor and Guinea’s Gathering Storm of War

August 31, 2004 - New Democrat

UN reports of secret recruitment of child soldiers to fight in Guinea, and the linking of the gathering war storm to exiled and indicted war criminal Charles Taylor, should be of no surprise. Taylor blames Guinea’s illing ruler Lansana Conte for his woes and inevitable fall.
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"Once a Liberian, Always a Liberian"? Fact Versus Fiction

By Theodore T. Hodge

August 13, 2004 - The Perspective

In a recent piece posted by one Charles Alake Williams, the theme was the birthrights of Liberians. The question posed was, "Why are Liberians being forced to give up their birthrights when they become citizens of another country?"
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Intellectuals Stick to Issues and They Know the Value of Human Dignity!

By J. Marsilius Flumo

July 19, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The purpose of this piece is to express my chagrin at Mr. James Kollie’s response to Mr. Bai Gbala’s article (Decentralization Of Political & Administrative Power In Liberia).
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Towards National Unity, the Liberian Press as the “instrument of hate”

By Etags R. Reeves

July 19, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

As a frequent visitor to the New Democrat and other Liberian websites, I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Kamara of the New Democrat and some Liberian intelligentsia are telling the Liberian story from a single pair of eyes.
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Overprotecting the Former Enemy

By James Seitua

July 10, 2004 - The Perspective

Nigerian army general Victor Malu consistently grilled the Liberian media for alleged biased reporting against Charles Taylor shortly before the 1997 general and presidential elections
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This is the Harvest:" Ordinary Liberians Cope With Another Cycle of Corruption in Gyude Bryant’s Liberia

By William E. Allen, Ph.D.

July 10, 2004 - The Perspective

Liberians have a way of describing evil that appears to make it sound less immoral. I was reminded of this social phenomenon last Sunday during a transatlantic telephone conversation with the wife of a friend who lives in Monrovia.
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Fighting Corruption in The New Liberia

By Jonathan Williams

July 9, 2004 -New Democrat

Liberia, Africa’s oldest independent country, America’s dream, received one of the highest levels of assistance ever given to Sub-Sahara Africa by America in the early to mid-eighties, a little over $500 million dollar.
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Liberia’s Transitional Government Buys Luxurious Vehicles For Lawmakers

June 22, 2004 - The Perspective

Amidst abject poverty, misery and hardship besetting the greater Liberian population, the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) with what is believed to be the approval of Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant, has paid deaf-ears to public outcry and proceeded to purchase luxurious vehicles worth over United States two million dollars for members of the First Branch of transitional government.
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Chairman Bryant Missed a Golden Opportunity in Eradicating Corruption (Letter)

By James B. Freeman
Former Ambassador

June 22, 2004 - The Perspective

Please allow me to comment on three articles that The Perspective carried on 18 June 2004...
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JUST WHO ARE WE?(Poems)

By J. Marsilius Flumo

June 8, 2004 Posted 10 June 04) - UNICCO Digest

Just who are we when appearance is everything?
We have to have it when others have it
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New Deal Movement Responds to Tom Kamara

By J. Marsilius Flumo

June 7, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

The purpose of this piece is to share my thoughts about the remarks attributed to Dr. George K. Kieh pertaining to the use of violence to bring about change. The remarks which Dr. Kieh is reported to have made at an Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA)-sponsored
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The Need for Decentralised Governance in Post-War Liberia

By E Sumo Jones, Sr.

May 30, 2004 -New Democrat

For quite sometime now, I have been seriously concerned about Liberia’s system of government since it became independent in 1847. In view of events past and now that have contributed to instability and ruin, a key question is whether the prevailing system of centralised rule needs to be changed into a truly democratic system in which all
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Dancing for Southern Sudan

By Tom Kamara

May 30, 2004 -New Democrat

The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has opposed UN intervention in the Sudan’s region of Darfur, saying the UN Security Council should not intervene in a tribal affair. In his logic, the conflict between Arab Sudan and African Sudan is tribal. True, indeed
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The Good, The Bad, & The Evil

By Tom Kamara

May 30, 2004 -New Democrat

The saying that every country deserves the type of leaders it gets is the kind of wisdom hard to contest. Liberia, after years of horrors with competing crooks in command of the country, will get the type of leaders it deserves in 2005. This will then determine whether more people will perish, more properties are destroyed, or peace will be restored for the ordinary man to consolidate the gains of the UN administered peace prevailing.
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Anniversary Wishes and Salutation UNICCO's Founding Fathers, Pioneers and Veterans

By Philip Diah-Kpodo

May 22, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

I wish to salute the founding fathers of UNICCO both dead and alive for their heroic role in perceiving the idea. As we celebrate the Silver Jubilee of this organization (25th anniversary), let’s reflect on our successes and
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The Mandingos Owe Lofa County No Apology

May 17 , 2004 -New Democrat

I sincerely wish to congratulate Mr. (Daniel ) Solee ( Lofa County Federation: Which Way? All Roads Lead To Detroit, Michigan Convention ) for his general appeal to all Lofa County citizens to unite because we absolutely need sincere unity to prevail amongst us.Not only should we unite, but also need to reconcile.
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All We (The People of Nimba) Ask Is Equal Application Of The Laws

May 17 , 2004 - New Democrat

There are individuals who persist to test the resolves of Nimbians (people fo Nimba). Since the signing of the Accra peace accord, Nimbians have endured the displeasures of secondary treatments at the hands of some warring factions.
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Speaker Dweh’s Position Questioned

May 17 , 2004 -The Perspective

The on-going internal squabble within the LURD group and recent outbursts of NTLA Speaker George Dweh have begun to raise questions about the intentions and role of Speaker George Dweh in the search for lasting peace by Liberians and the international community
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Why Did Mr. Jenkins K.Z.B. Scott Wait for Three Consecutive Years Before Responding to Mr. Winsley's article?

(A Letter by E. Sumo Jones)

May 17 , 2004 -The Perspective

In your issue of May 3, 2004, I read an article under the caption, " A Rejoinder to the Misguided Taylor's Apologist" written by Jenkins K. Z. B. Scott who argues about the title of Legal Counsel to former President Taylor with Mr. James A. A. Pierre, Jr.
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Give Financial Rewards to Citizens Who Give Tips on Hidden Arms

By Paul O. Smith

May 17 , 2004 -The Perspective

“I guess we will stay here until the last combatants come and wait until they decide to close the camp. We expected 5,000 and based this cantonment site on those estimates. The arms are not coming.”
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Dismissed LURD Officials Likely Linked to Leaked Bryant Million Dollar Letters

By Mambu James Kpargoi

March 22, 2004 - New Democrat

A local pro-democracy group, Citizens Mass Action for Liberia, is contending that the dismissal of two officials from the Ministry of Finance is linked to Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant leaked letters through which he
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There Must Be An End to The Enslavement of Civilians

March 21, 2004 -New Democrat(Editorial)

Months after rebel groups got what they wanted—state portfolios and the accompanying right to state coffers—they have refused to meet their side of the bargain, which is to let the people go
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Fixing Liberia's Precarious Situation

March 21, 2004 -New Democrat

In my first commentary on this topic, I asserted that Liberia’s has four fundamental problems that have retarded and restrained our collective growth. I categorized them under two principal headings:
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Do We Need Primaries Or Some Sort Of Presidential Elimination Process?

March 10, 2004 - The Perspective

The proliferation of "political parties" in Liberia can only be credited to the blind greed and ambition of the so called "standard bearers/party
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Fixing Liberia's Precarious Situation

March 21, 2004 -New Democrat

In my first commentary on this topic, I asserted that Liberia’s has four fundamental problems that have retarded and restrained our collective growth. I categorized them under two principal headings:
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Global war on terror: Is Liberia re-emerging as a U.S. strategic partner?

By Gabriel Williams

February 24, 2004 - The Perspective

The Associated Press and other news organs reported on February 13 that U.S. Navy sailors may board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a
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Life in Monrovia

February 17, 2004 - The Perspective

The first thing one notices upon arrival in Monrovia is the incredible number of people thronging the streets all day long.
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Winning from inside-out
Nimba can be great again

By Andrew P. Tuazama

February 11, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

Our aspirations, talents, goals and achievements must not lead us to believe that we can achieve greatness without unity within ourselves.
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THE AMERICANS SEEK NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

By George D. Cooper

January 1, 2004 - UNICCO Digest

Following each Christmas holiday season, Americans resolve to make resolutions for the New Year. What exactly are the resolutions?
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Dr. Nya Kwiawon Taryor Calls for Peace, Unity in Nimba County

December 12, 2003 - UNICCO Digest

When we unite as a people, we are made strong.
When we unite as a people, strong success is sure.
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A Prominent Nimba Citizens Warns Liberian Speaker George Dweh

November 22, 2003 - Commentary

George Dweh, stop the misinformation and halt your groups from carrying on the mayhem in Nimba County and other parts of Liberia..
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UNICCO MINNESOTA SUPPORTS UNICCO'S POSITION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN NIMBA

November 22, 2003 - Postion Statement

We, the members and officers of UNICO (United Nimba Citizens Council) Minnesota Chapter, United States of America, have received with grave concern numerous reports of continuous hostilities by armed factions in Liberia, specifically in Nimba County
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Saying No To America’s $2M Bounty

November 17, 2003 - New Democrat

In the days of old, perhaps during the reins of Julius Caesar, the evils that men did was said to have been interred with their bones, but in this age of electronic wizardry and globalization, the evils that men do tend to robustly haunt them, even to their graves.
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Grand Gedeh Assoc. urges warring factions to honor the peace agreement

November11, 2003 - Press Release

We, the members and officers of UNICO (United Nimba Citizens Council) Minnesota Chapter, United States of America, have received with grave concern numerous reports of continuous hostilities by armed factions in Liberia, specifically in Nimba County
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UNICCO Decries Attacks and Destruction in Nimba County

November 6, 2003 - UNICCO PRESS RELEASE

The Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas, Inc. was shocked by news of the three warring factions to the Liberian conflict walking out of the inaugural meeting of the National Commission for Disarmament,
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Liberia: The Security Challenges

November 5, 2003 - The Perspective

Whether Liberia takes advantage of its best chance for peace in years and West Africa regains stability depends on bold action by the UN, which needs to shape a comprehensive regional security strategy while rapidly building its peacekeeping force up to strength.
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Issues In Perspective:The Trap Of Ethnicity -The Case Of Grand Gedeh And Nimba Counties

May 7, 2003 - The Perspective

The strategy of ethnicity in Africa is nothing new to modern African political scene. The British invented the strategy, as we know it today. You may recall it was referred to as "The Divide and Rule" strategy.
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NEMF Decries The Violent Incursions Into Various Communities In Nimba County

May 7, 2003 - The Perspective

Atlanta, Georgia - Nimba Educational & Medical Fund (NEMF), is dismayed by the prolonged violence committed against the innocent people of Liberia and specifically the recent violent incursions into various communities in Nimba County.
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The People's Interest Versus Political Agenda: An Avenue for Continued War

April 7, 2003 - The Perspective

Recent news from Liberia confirmed that LURD rebels are on offensive move on Taylor government's position at all fronts.
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Wake Up Nimba

March 13, 2003 - The Perspective
Nimba County was the center of political activism during the days of the Progressive Alliance of Liberia (PAL) and the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA). Many Liberian politicians including Togba-Nah Tipoteh,
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Standing with the People of Nimba

March 3, 2003 - The Perspective

The citizens of Nimba County have taken a small but dangerous step toward standing up to the regime of President Charles Taylor.
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Where Are We Heading?

December 5, 2002 - The Perspective

I have heard lots of criticism regarding the pariah regime in our beloved country and I do agree with them. But none of the critics have come forward with a strategy that will spare the masses from touching the bottom of calamity.
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Decentralization: A Question Of Democracy And Governance

November 23, 2002 - The Perspective

If one were taking stock of some of the significant events and developments which occurred in 1998, several occasions can be cited.
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A Sensible Remedy

November 23, 2002 - The Perspective

(Speech delivered by T. Q. Harris at the United Nimba Citizens Council (UNICCO) Conference on November 23, 2002, in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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Did Liberian Vice President Dogolea Die of Cancer or Foul Play?

June 18, 2002 - The Perspective

After nearly two years of suspense, the government of President Charles Taylor has finally released a scanty version of an autopsy report purporting to certify that Taylor’s NPFL rebel confidante and Liberian Vice President,
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Government Reportedly Incited Ethnic Violence

October 26, 2000 - The Perspective

Ethnic violence and atrocities that characterized the Liberian civil war have resurfaced with the alleged complicity of President Charles Taylor, according to informed sources in Nimba County, the scene of recent clashes between Mandingoes and Gio-Mano tribesmen
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Korto Seeks ULAA Presidency

October 18, 1996 - The Perspective

Atlanta, GA Oct 13: Not only Bill Clinton and Bob Dole criss-cross this country in an attempt to become president. Joseph D. Zeakedoe Korto is also running for president:
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