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DR Congo president seeks review of mining contracts with China

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 admin2Congo, Headline News, Mining0 comment

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008 by his predecessor, saying he wanted to get fairer deals. A statement after a cabinet meeting on Friday said Tshisekedi called for the “technical and financial details of Sino-Congolese contracts” at the next meeting. KEEP READING At least 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine collapse DRC gov’t says 12 people died after Angola mine tailings leak At least 50 killed in attacks on…

Op-ed

Liberia’s Hopeful Future

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 admin2Africa, Future0 comment

By Edward Doe Opinion Columnist Next year will mark the 172 anniversary of Liberia’s independence. 172 years may seem long enough for Liberia to find its way but much of the country has struggled to escape the long shadow cast by bad governance. Today, Liberia remains the poorest and least-developed country in Africa and the world. Hunger, poverty, crime, homelessness, corruption and bribery, disease outbreaks – this continues to be Liberia’s story post-civil war. However, over the past two decades, Liberia has made remarkable progress and embarked…

Op-ed

The vexing questions on the national symbols of Liberia

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 admin2Flag, K-Moses Nagbe, Symbols of Liberia0 comment

By K-Moses Nagbe NOT IN OUR STAR, BUT IN OURSELVES [LIBERIA’S FLAG, PLEDGE, AND CONSTITUTION AS CONTEXT] THE IMMORTAL SHAKESPEARE CAME to mind recently, after reading a passionately written article appearing in Running Africa, a Liberian-owned electronic magazine. The article focused on the vexing question of the national symbols, which seem to link Liberia perpetually with America. There is the Liberian flag. There is Liberia’s pledge of allegiance. There is Liberia’s constitution. According to the article, all these are simply minuscule replicas of America. Did the pioneers lack…

Sports

Liberia Lone Stars goes 2nd on the log with 1-0 win over the Central African Republic

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 admin2Liberia Lone Stars, World Cup Qualification0 comment

Staff Report Kpah Sherman scored a late winner for the Lone Stars on Monday to claim second place on the log, behind the Super Eagles., However, the Eagles still top the group with six points, winning against Cape Verde on Tuesday 2-1. Cape Verde is third and the Central African Republic is at the bottom of the table. Both South Africa and Liberia scored in the last 10 minutes of the game as the two sides picked identical, but crucial 1-0 wins in their second matches of the qualifiers for…

Op-ed

PHOTO NOT Accord : As I am not a member of UP, I was invited as a Statesperson

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 admin2Liberia, Progressives, Tipoteh0 comment

by Togba-Nah Tipoteh Some concerns in the public space about my presence at the National Consultative Assembly of the National Executive Committee of Unity Party (UP) have given me this opportunity to explain the meaning of a public servant at the outset of this Commentary. A public servant is someone who is duty-bound to listen to everybody and do what people do to help not onesef but to help others in their struggle for sustainable improvements in their living conditions. The public servant serves not himself or…

Op-ed

CESA 21′: a breathe of fresh air for Pan African revolutionary student movements

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 admin2Liberia, Pan Africa, Students0 comment

By Mustapha N. Kanneh The wind of Pan Africanism is reemerging on the African Continent as in the era of Nkrumah with the sprout of novel progressive Pan African revolutionary student movements such as the Confederation of Student and School of Africa (CESA). CESA was born out of the need to chart a solution to the many problems facing students on the African Continent and resolve the many neocolonial contradictions facing Africa, and charting a clear revolutionary agenda for the advancement of Pan Africanism through the effort of…

Politics

LIBERIA: CENTAL SAYS LACC HAS AGAIN APPEARED IN THE MEDIA FOR REASONS UNBECOMING

September 5, 2021 admin20 comment

By Socrates S. Saywon Monrovia – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) through its Executive Director Mr. Anderson Miamen, says its attention has been drawn to recent developments bordering on the fight against corruption in Liberia. Mr. Anderson Miamen, CENTAL Executive Director speaking during a press conference at CENTAL in Monrovia on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, said with dismay, CENTAL has observed that Liberia’s foremost anti-graft institution, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), has again appeared in the media for reasons unbecoming of an institution of such importance…

Politics

SARNOR: “PRESIDENT WEAH IS INSINCERE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN LIBERIA”

September 4, 2021September 5, 2021 admin20 comment

By Socrates S. Saywon Monrovia – A former member of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has expressed his disappointment in the Weah-led administration especially in the fight against corruption – and because of that, he says he has no confidence in Mr. Weah’s leadership. “President Weah has failed the entire country…” Mr. Archie I. Sarnor, a former representative candidate in District 16 in Monstserrado County and a human rights advocate, said Weah’s stance against public officials who are allegedly accused of corruption is weak, adding the President…

Sports

LIBERIA AND CAR FA’S AGREE TO REVERT TO THE ORDER OF MATCH DAY 2

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin20 comment

The Confederation of African football has agreed to both FA’s of Liberia and the Central African Republic (CAR) over their mutual decision to reverse Match Day 2 order (Liberia v CAR), which should have been held at Reunification Stadium now to Match Day 6 (CAR v Liberia) which will be held in Japoma, Cameroon on 6 September. This means the two associations have agreed with this order and for the sake of records and competition management, the Tuesday match in Cameroon will therefore count as Match Day 6, with CAR…

Sports

Nigeria defeats Liberia 2-0 in Lagos

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 admin20 comment

Kelvin Ekerete and Sodiq Oyeleke 3 September 2021 Kelechi Iheanacho scored a first-half brace to hand Nigeria a comfortable 2-0 win against Liberia in their 2022 World Cup qualifying at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos State. Nigeria who started the game brightly went ahead in the 24th minute through Iheanacho after a clever play from midfielder Alex Iwobi from the right flank. The Eagles continued to pile pressure on their opponent as they searched for their second. On the stroke of halftime, the Liberians failed to clear their lines with Iwobi…