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Human
Rights Watch says security forces in Ivory Coast have
carried out torture, rape, forced disappearances and
extra-judicial killings during the political crisis
between the country's incumbent president and the
internationally-recognized winner of November's
presidential vote.
Human Rights Watch says security forces and militiamen
loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo are imposing
a reign of terror against supporters of the United
Nations-certified winner of Ivory Coast's presidential
election, former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara.
President
John Mills says he will back any decision taken by
ECOWAS or AU to solve the crisis in Cote d’Ivoire even
if it involves military action. This is according to
Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga who is on a day’s
visit to Ghana to acquaint himself with Ghana’s official
position on the troubled West African country. President
John Mills had in a meeting with senior journalists at
the Castle stated Ghana is not interested in military
action in Cote d’Ivoire and will not contribute troops
in the event that ECOWAS adopts a military action.
At
the peak of our beautiful and exposed community, there
is a new apple tree growing at the center part of the
biggest and busiest city in the world. It was believed
not to survive but due to an unknown caretaker, it is
surviving. Because of the beauty of this apple tree, the
reflection of it green leaves, fast growing and
unexpected taste of it fruits, everyone loves it. The
community is full of farmers, and of course hard working
men and women. But no one cares how it fruits were
planted, or who the caretakers of the fruits are.
The
conundrum, thus far unanswered, of removing President
Laurent Gbabo from office without “use of military
force” remains a burden upon the shoulders of those who
oppose the use of force. They seem to have articulated
their points so eloquently that they would prefer
“negotiated settlement.” Maybe they are missing the
point. The drive for negotiated or peaceful settlement
propelled the sending of three West African leaders and
a Prime Minister to engage in brotherly talks with Mr.
Gbabo to enlighten him as to what was at stake in his
country and its democratic externalities beyond his
country.
In
many voter registration centers in Liberia, people
bearing names such as Mohammed, Lassana, or Konneh are
considered “foreigners” by the voter registrars. He or
she is asked many questions such as where your father
was born, where is your 2005 voter registration card,
birth certificate or passport to authenticate his or her
Liberian citizenship. To some Liberians who see all
Mandingoes as “foreigners from Guinea,” this is
necessary. But for the Mandingoes who have to go through
this, it’s discriminatory and downright humiliating.
Gambian
President Yahya Jammeh has taken a 21-year-old
diplomat's daughter as a second wife, following months
of speculation about a potential new marriage, the
presidency said on Sunday. The Muslim leader of the
small west African country, who is 45, has two children
with his other wife, Zineb Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh married
Zineb, a Moroccan, in 1999 following a divorce from his
first wife.
Gambia's
president once claimed to have developed a cure for AIDS
that involved an herbal body rub and bananas. His
administration rounded up nearly 1,000 people last year
in a witch hunt. And now he may soon have a new title in
this tiny West African nation: His majesty. Tribal
chieftains are touring the country to rally support for
President Yahya Jammeh's coronation. "The president has
brought development to the country, and for that he
deserves to be crowned King of The Gambia," said Junkung
Camara, chief of the western region of Foni Brefet.
"This is the only way the Gambian people can express our
gratitude to a leader who has done a lot for his
country."
Elections
are essentially critical part of institutional
democracy, where citizens suppose to be involved with
decision making of electing leaders that should
resuscitate and remodel the economy to vibrancy, ideal
application of rule of law, good justice system, regular
electricity supply, save drinking water, good hospital
facilities, and good roads. Liberians need to register
and votes for education development that attract
competitive enrollment between male and female.
Liberia's
government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee
camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the
violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast. The head of
the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement
Commission says the country is doing all it can to
accommodate Ivorian refugees who have flooded across
Liberia's border. Wheatonia Dixon Barnes said Nimba
County residents who had been hosting the refugees are
now being overwhelmed by their numbers.
Introduction:
A new momentum added to the Ministry of Public Works’
Rural Road Intervention Programme is the much publicized
Fish Town-Harper Road project being jointly financed by
the Government of Liberia and the African Development
Bank. This road is in fulfillment of earlier commitment
made by Minister Woods during the last budgetary season
(2009-2010) that more attention would be paid to the
deplorable road condition in southeastern Liberia.
Please
accept this email as my official resignation as the
Chairman of the Ways and Means committee of the
Federation of Liberian Mandingo Association in the
United States. As a key member of this noble committee,
I must admit that the privilege to have served as a
chairman of the ways and means committee was an honor
and an opportunity that many in our community will want
to hold, for which I am grateful and thankful.
It
seems the ongoing post-elections political stalemate in
Ivory Coast continues to attract the attention of not
only incumbent African presidents, but also would-be
presidential aspirants. The latest Liberian opposition
politician to show concern for the problem in Ivory
Coast is George Oppong Weah of the Congress for
Democratic Change. As J. Dominic Farley of Our Staff
Reports, the CDC Political Leader has expressed desire
to go to Ivory Coast and mediate in that country’s
political fiasco. Could the intervention of the soccer
legend produce the needed peace?
Some
may consider Liberian Mandingoes as minorities in the
political dispensation of 2011 elections. Even so, the
role of Mandingoes remains fundamentally vital to the
results. History has taught us that Liberian Mandingoes
have made significant contributions in the elections of
former and present Liberian leaders. In the past,
Mandingoes were highly instrumental in the elections of
President Samuel Kanyon Doe which led to the massive
victimization of this unique ethnic group in the 14
years Liberian bloodbath.
Dear
Hon. Dukuly
It
is beyond belief that despite the critical role the
women of Liberia have played in stabilizing the
brutalities, which gripped our nation for nearly two
decades, the forest of prejudice against Liberian
women’s quest for equal opportunity remains very strong,
so much that Africa’s first female president of Liberia,
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf would tell Liberian women to use
their bodies as a means for gaining economic
sustainability. Ambassador George Manneh Weah, standard
bearer of the Mighty Congress for Democratic Change-we
the women of CDC, representing the 16 political
sub-divisions of Liberia, welcomes you to Liberia.
