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The State of the Liberian Child
Francis W. Nyepon
December 30, 2009
Today, as 2009 comes to a close, education, healthcare,
sanitation, safe drinking water and basic environmental
services are luxuries not rights for many children in
Liberia. Children are born into a country filled with
miserable poverty, squalor conditions and rampant
diseases that are preventable. Nearly a million children
go through life on a daily basis in a serious struggle
to survive, finding their way through life unparented,
abandoned, neglected, malnourished, impoverished,
uneducated, and discriminated against.
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Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect
Associated Press
December 29, 2009
 LAGOS,
Nigeria – Internet postings purportedly written by a
Nigerian charged with trying to bomb a U.S. airliner on
Christmas Day suggest a fervently religious and lonely
young man who fantasized about becoming a Muslim holy
warrior.
Throughout more than 300 posts, a user named
"Farouk1986" reflects on a growing alienation from his
family, his shame over sexual urges and his hopes that a
"great jihad" will take place across the world.
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Kenyan witch-hunt targets elders
Source: English Aljazeera
December 28, 2009
TRC Hashes Out Root Causes of Liberian Civil War:
Settlers, Indigenous Roles, Attitudes of
Tubman, Tolbert, Other Regimes Dissected
Source: Liberianobserver
December 24, 2009
 MONROVIA
– The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has
outlined the root causes of the Liberian civil war, the
historical, traditional and other violent conflicts of
the Liberian state, as well as their unimaginable
impacts before and since independence in 1847.
In its recently released Edited and Final Report, the
Commission said the April 12 military coup (1980-1989),
the Liberian Civil War (1989-1997) and the LURD/MODEL
Insurrection (1999-2003) were the results of the
numerous conflicts, which are highlighted in the report.
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Prince William spends night on London streets
Associated Press
December 22, 2009
 LONDON
– A cold alley in central London is a far cry from a
palace — but it was the spot Prince William chose to
sleep to highlight the plight of homeless British
teenagers.
He spent a chilly night near Blackfriars Bridge last
week with Seyi Obakin, the chief executive of British
homeless charity Centrepoint. William has been the
charity's patron since 2005.
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LIBERIA: Children’s Rights, Not Yet a Reality
Francis W. Nyepon
December 21, 2009
On November 20th, the United Nations and child rights
advocates around the world celebrated the 20th
anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC). The day highlighted legal and
other advances made on behalf of children around the
world. However, children born in Liberia are born into a
country filled with miserable poverty, squalor living
conditions and rampant diseases that kill many of them
unnecessarily. These conditions are preventable, yet the
lack of a structural agenda and political will keeps
them prevalent. Read
Single Mother Escapes Decade Of Alleged Slavery In Texas
Associated Press
December 15, 2009
DALLAS — She was a widow in a Nigerian village trying to
raise six children when she says she met a man who told
her he and his wife needed a nanny for their newborn. If
she came with them to Texas, they would help support her
children financially, give her free room and board, and
pay $100 a month, the woman says she was told.
For a mother who couldn't read or write, lived in
poverty and needed to buy her eldest daughter medication
for sickle-cell anemia, it seemed like a desperately
needed opportunity.
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I, Too, Love Prophet Jesus With Passion
By Nvasekie N. Konneh
December 13, 2009
In 1956, the Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala
known by his Pen name, Mongo Beti published a novel, The
Poor Christ of Bomba. It was a work of satire about a
European priest who had come with the “idea” which he
thought was good for Africans. As it turned out the
Africans did not want what the European priest was
offering. Mongo Beti’s “Poor Christ” was a good man who
was disappointed by the people to whom he had come to
minister to. He eventually left and went back to Europe.
Given its title and critical portrayal of the Catholic
Church at the time, it was condemned as a blaspheme. The
colonial authority banned the book as a result of
pressure from the religious hierarchy in Cameroon.
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Jesus Died In Liberia
By Omari Jackson
December 9, 2009
 Konneh---The
Writer
No the writer, Mr. Nvasekie Konneh was not
challenging history, but his poem took many by surprise
and shock.
For fourteen years his country was mired in
self-destruction, and he did not believe events that
culminated in the self-destruction were justified.
In his self-realization, he asked, “Who says Jesus was
crucified in Palestine 2000 years ago?” Was that a
question? It certainly seemed so, but who was it
directed to? It did not take a breath of air, and he
answered his own question.
Arrests, torture and killings of civilians suspected of
opposing Guinea's injured junta leader
BBC News
December , 2008
 Alleged
plotters who tried to kill Guinea's junta leader Capt
Moussa Dadis Camara are being "hunted down" and
arrested, the military government says.
Junta spokesman Idrissa Cherif told the BBC more than 60
people had been held over last week's assassination
attempt.
Other reports say troops are torturing and killing
people and residents of the capital, Conakry, are living
in terror.
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Guinean Military leader, Dadis Camara 'awake, alert,
speaking'
News24/Associated Press
December 8, 2009
 Rabat
- Guinea's military strongman, hospitalised in Morocco
with a gunshot wound, is conscious and speaking, the
country's foreign minister said on Monday as he tried to
tamp down speculation that Captain Moussa "Dadis" Camara
is badly hurt.
Alexandre Cece Loua told The Associated Press he has
spoken with Camara in the hospital and called his
condition "encouraging". Few details have emerged about
the nature of Camara's wounds since he was shot in an
assassination attempt in Guinea on Thursday.
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The National Mandingo
Caucus of Liberia Tabaski Dinner
Held at the residence of Associate Justice Kabineh
Ja'neh at Duport Road, Monrovia
Courtesy: TLC Africa
December 7, 2007
Jesus Died in Liberia
By Nvasekie N. Konneh
December 7, 2008
Note:
This poem is a work of art with a
political undertone. Any reference to religion,
religious figure or authority is simply hyperbolic and
symbolic. Please do not read any religious meaning into
it nor assign any religious significance to it because
it has no religious motivation.
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Junta VP returns to Guinea
AP/New24
December 5, 2009
 Conakry
- The No 2 of Guinea's military junta returned to the
country overnight, helping fill a dangerous power vacuum
after the president was shot by his top aide and
evacuated for emergency treatment, a government
spokesperson said on Saturday.
General Sekouba Konate, one of the vice presidents of
Guinea's junta and its minister of defence, had been
away in Lebanon and had rushed back after Captain Moussa
"Dadis" Camara was wounded in an apparent assassination
attempt by his aide-de-camp. Camara was airlifted to a
military hospital in Morocco early on Friday where he is
receiving treatment.
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Shot Guinea strongman Camara 'flies to Morocco'
BBC African News
December 4, 2009
 Guinea's
military leader, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara, has been
flown to Morocco for medical treatment after being shot
by an aide on Thursday, officials say.
They had earlier said that Capt Camara had only been
lightly wounded in the attack and was in "good health".
Separate reports say the international airport in the
capital Conakry has been surrounded by presidential
guards. This is believed to be the first time Capt
Camara has left the country since seizing power last
December.
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Mohamed F. Bility Appointed As Felmausa’s Research and
Public Relations Committee Chair.
Submitted by: Felmausa’s Public Relations Office
December 3, 2009
 The
Executive Leadership of FELMAUSA, under the watchful
eyes of President Mohammed Dukuly, has appointed Mr.
Mohamed Fumba Bility – an executive member of the
Wisconsin Mandingo Association (WIMAM) – as Chairman of
the Research and Public Relations Committee (RPRC).
In the letter to Mr. Bility, the Secretary General of
FELMAUSA writes: “On behalf of the executive leadership
of FELMAUSA, it is my greatest honor to inform you of
your preferment to the Chairmanship of the Research and
Public Relations Committee of FELMAUSA. Your appointment
takes immediate effect.” In the same token, FELMAUSA.....Read
For 3rd time, Woods cancels meeting with police
Associated Press
November 29, 2009
 Tiger
Woods finally gave his side of the story Sunday — on his
Web site, not to police—and took the blame for an
“embarrassing” car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and
public scrutiny like never before.
His statement failed to clear up any questions about the
middle-of-the-night accident outside his Isleworth
estate in which his wife told police she used a golf
club to smash the back windows of the Cadillac SUV to
help him out.
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Joint Congolese and Liberian Communities Children and
New Year Celebrations
Submitted by: James Coleman
November 29, 2009
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