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Dear
Fellow Liberians,
As
Liberia’s election of October 2011 draws near, the issue
of who will win the mandate of leadership for the next 6
years is paramount on the minds of every well-meaning
Liberian and friends of Liberia. Close to this issue is
the field of candidates vying for this honorable office.
Although there remain a plurality of candidates, with a
minimum of ten showing interest so far, the race has
truly and essentially been between three people:
An
Ivory Coast militia leader has been killed by forces of
the country's new President Alassane Ouattara. The
leader of the so-called Invisible Commandos, Ibrahim
Coulibaly, was killed in an offensive on Wednesday, a
defence ministry spokesman said. The Commandos had
helped Mr Ouattara gain control of parts of Abidjan
during a post-poll dispute. But they had since fallen
out and their respective forces clashed on Wednesday in
the city, Ivory Coast's largest.
Burkina
Faso's president has named himself defence minister in a
new government announced late Thursday, decrees read on
public television said, as he seeks to end a soldiers'
mutiny. "The president (of Burkina Faso), commander in
chief of the army, has assumed the function of defence
and veterans minister," one of the decrees said.
President Blaise Compaore takes over the sensitive
defence post after two months of unprecedented mass
demonstrations.
Sekou
Kanneh, President of Don-Kan Inc., and representative
candidate in District #7, has told the students of the
Somalia Drive YMCA School to take their education
serious. Mr. Kanneh made the remark when he served as
the keynote speaker at the Student Academic and Social
Lecture Series on Friday, April 15, 2011 at the Somalia
Drive YMCA School in Neklay Town, Lower Johnsonville.
Speaking on the topic, The Importance of Quality
Education in Post War Liberia” he urged the students to
seek quality education so they can be full participants
in the country’s march forward with its developmental
agenda.
You
may have qualms, demurs or compunctions about happening
in Felmausa. You are entitled to your opinion(s) and we
respect you for that. But engaging in efforts that have
the potentials of making a difference in our beloved
country Liberia is something we jointly must leave no
stone unturned to be part of regardless of our
differences of opinions or ideologies. What is at stake
here is the integrity of the Mandingo people vis-a-vis
Felmausa that we are all part of not by choice but by
natal. Felmausa Medical Mission to Liberia is a MUST!
Get on board and support it. Help change life and make a
difference.
Ivorian
reggae star Alpha Blondy has often been outspoken about
the problems in his country where this week ex-leader
Laurent Gbagbo was dramatically captured by forces loyal
to his rival.
From
the onset, let me convey on behalf of myself and my
family our heartfelt appreciation for this invitation to
participate in this history making event. For the first
time from our end, we are about to witness a great
humanitarian mission to our country which hopefully will
bring relief to hundreds of our people who are in
desperate need of assistance. The timing of this
FELMAUSA led medical mission could not have come better
when it is clear, that despite the numerous efforts by
the Government of Liberia to reach out to thousands of
vulnerable rural dwellers, there is still a lack of
resources to do so in a more effective manner.
Former
Labor Minister, Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, has promised Nimba
youths to join their effort to remind President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf that there are more benefits than
backlashes if she implements the sealed report submitted
to her by the Special Presidential Nimba Land Dispute
Committee. Cllr. Gongloe said it was rather in the best
interest of Liberia’s peace and stability for President
Sirleaf to begin the implementation of the land
committee’s report, since she, in fact, has a working
tool to which neither her, nor the parties to the land
conflict, have expressed opposition.
It
seems that my Brother and Friend Abraham Kromah,
FELMAUSA’s Board Chairman is fighting a losing battle
with regard to this “Medical Mission” to Liberia. In a
very clear statement, it’s embarrassing to see us
(Mandingoes) going after each other negatively on the
Internet, and to the extent of posting on other list
serves as well as writing to the Liberian Embassy; in
other words, washing our dirty clothes in the public. I
think we are losing sight of our “standing” in the
Liberian community, how hateful our compatriots are
towards us.
ABIDJAN
(Reuters) – Soldiers of Ivory Coast's rival leaders
battled for the main city Abidjan on Saturday, clashing
by the presidential palace and state TV offices in a
conflict so brutal that 800 people have died in one
smaller town alone. Advancing soldiers backing Alassane
Ouattara, who U.N.-certified results show won a November
28 presidential election, met stiff resistance from
fighters loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who has
refused to step down.
