The Dynamics of Change in the History of Mandingoes
By: Mohammed Swaray
June 29, 2009 In
Western Africa, Mandingoes are widely spread and
economically engaged than most other tribes in the
region. This was influenced by their eminent positions
in the 13th-17th centuries, when they took over many
Africa States through dominance of governance, power,
economic ventures and warrior conquest.
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The Mamadee Sesay Campaign Fourteen Points Platform
June 27, 2009
By the PR As
presidential candidate, the responsibility for the
overall organization and management of my campaign lies
under my leadership. I therefore want to make sure that
we have clearly defined expectations for ourselves and
for those we want to lead. One way I think we can
achieve success is to make sure we set our goals and
specify how we intend to achieve those goals in the
short and long run. In so doing, we need to come out
with a platform that will set the tone of our campaign,
shows the motivation and enthusiasm of my candidacy as
well as excite our supporters
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Results
By:Poll Taken By ORGTEMA
June 26, 2009
We
bear no ill felling towards anyone, even those that have
convicted us without hearing our side of the story on
several issues; including the reported inaction of the
Board under our leadership. As Abe Lincoln stated in his
second inaugural address in March of 1865 "With malice
toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God...
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Polling Method: Qualitative Approach, through
interviewing. Also, we will continue to update our
elections chart, as we get additional information, from
informed community's members.
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Seven years ago the United Nations intervened in Liberia
to pave the way for peace after almost 20 years of
political decay, economic dislocation, social
mismanagement, forced migration and severe population
displacement.
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Introduction
Liberia is a transitioning state struggling to heal
wounds of a protracted civil conflict that resulted from
a culture of marginalization....Read
President Richmond Mohammed Konneh has announced
Wednesday afternoon that he would not be contesting his
position in the ensuing elections at the national
convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the second
executive from the current administration to drop the
quest for re-election.
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Our Country's Coffer Is Bleeding'
-Anti-Corruption Campaigners
Joachim Sendolo, Observer
June 10, 2009 Civil
society organizations under the umbrella of
Anti-Corruption Action on Tuesday June 9, 2009, carried
on a peaceful march through some principal streets of
Monrovia, shouting anti-corruption slogans and asking
the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to prosecute all
alleged corrupt officials. The march began on B.W.
Harris School campus on Broad Street through Newport
Street through Sekou Toure Avenue to the embassies of
the United States of America and European Union.
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Guineans Want Naturalization Door Open to All
At Celebration of ECOWAS 34th Anniversary,
By Stephen Binda, Observer
June 8, 2009 MONROVIA,
Over 3,000 people mainly Guineans over the weekend took
to the streets of Monrovia in a peaceful march in
observance of the 34th anniversary of the Economy
Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The program
was organized by the ECOWAS Civil Society Movement of
Liberia (ECOSMIL) and saw the match beginning from
Ashmun Street to the Monrovia City Hall in Sinkor. Among
the crowd were representatives from the Embassies of
Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.
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It is worrisome to citizens and detestable to tax payers
to see public funds being ensnared into embezzlement and
corruption in the cycle of government. The government of
Liberia has solicited information from the public and
the media on issues of corruptions in government. Anti
corruption commission has been set up to support
government efforts in fighting corruption in Liberia.
Policy documents---Read
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Milwaukee Fund Raising Updates Sanniquellie Mosque Project
By: SMDF
June 4, 2009
City/State
Date
Cash
Donat.
Pledges
Milwaukee
5/31/2009
$ 990.00
$465.00
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Greaves Runs To Supreme Court
House Cited
Alva W. Wolokollie, Observer
June 3, 2009 Liberia
Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director,
Harry A. Greaves, has filed a writ of prohibition at the
Supreme Court of Liberia against the leadership and
members of the House of Representatives through its
Speaker Alex Tyler. In line with the Writ of
Prohibition, a copy of which is in the possession of the
Daily Observer, Francis S. Korkpor, Associate Justice
and presiding in Chambers, has cited the House of
Representatives to a conference at the 4th floor of the
Temple of Justice, tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, 2009, at
about 2:00 p.m.
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Speaking to the Daily Observer in Sanniquillie while the
drug was burnt, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official
Lt. Col. A. Mentor Yormie put the total weight of the
drug at about 479 kilograms.
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Dual Currency or Liberian Dollar
Gov't Decides Soon, Blames Lack of Exchange Control on
Price Hike
Fatoumata Fofana, Observer
May 28, 2009 MONROVIA,
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, commenting on the
astronomical hike in the prices of goods and services
caused by the unprecedented rise of the US dollars
against the Liberian dollar, says Government will soon
decide whether it should use only the local currency or
the US dollar as its legal tender or maintain both
currencies.
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New York Fund Raising Updates Sanniquellie Mosque Project
By: SMDF
May 27, 2009
I was taken aback when the honorable minister of
Information (Mr. Bropleh) referred to King Osman Kamara
otherwise known as King Sao Bosso Kamara as Islamic King
without giving much credibility to his contribution in
brokering a rather rigid but timely negotiation between
the settlers and the natives of the coastal land of
Liberia. Our small history tells us that King Sao Bosso
was the first native ruler who gave protection to the
founders of the Liberian state and promised them the
security they had never had from where they came.
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COLINBO Lauds SRIMEX for Breaking Cement Barrier
George D. Kennedy, Liberian Observer
May 25, 2009 A
local business organization has made a rallying call to
Liberians to support the initiative of a Liberian
businessman who has brought cement into the country.
The Concern Liberian International Business Organization
(COLINBO) described the initiative by Mr. Musa Bility to
successfully bring cement into Liberia as a 'new dawn'
in the Liberian business history.
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In
Western Africa, Mandingoes are widely spread and
economically engaged than most other tribes in the
region. This was influenced by their eminent positions
in the 13th-17th centuries, when they took over many
Africa States through dominance of governance, power,
economic ventures and warrior conquest.
We
bear no ill felling towards anyone, even those that have
convicted us without hearing our side of the story on
several issues; including the reported inaction of the
Board under our leadership. As Abe Lincoln stated in his
second inaugural address in March of 1865 "With malice
toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God.
This
article was first published in the CEMESP Journal of
January 2009, ‘THE TRIUMPH OF IMPUNITY: ATTACKS ON
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN LIBERIA 2008’
Civil
society organizations under the umbrella of
Anti-Corruption Action on Tuesday June 9, 2009, carried
on a peaceful march through some principal streets of
Monrovia, shouting anti-corruption slogans and asking
the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to prosecute all
alleged corrupt officials. The march began on B.W.
Harris School campus on Broad Street through Newport
Street through Sekou Toure Avenue to the embassies of
the United States of America and European Union.
MONROVIA,
Over 3,000 people mainly Guineans over the weekend took
to the streets of Monrovia in a peaceful march in
observance of the 34th anniversary of the Economy
Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The program
was organized by the ECOWAS Civil Society Movement of
Liberia (ECOSMIL) and saw the match beginning from
Ashmun Street to the Monrovia City Hall in Sinkor. Among
the crowd were representatives from the Embassies of
Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.
What
is the Basis of Corruption in Government?
Liberia
Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director,
Harry A. Greaves, has filed a writ of prohibition at the
Supreme Court of Liberia against the leadership and
members of the House of Representatives through its
Speaker Alex Tyler. In line with the Writ of
Prohibition, a copy of which is in the possession of the
Daily Observer, Francis S. Korkpor, Associate Justice
and presiding in Chambers, has cited the House of
Representatives to a conference at the 4th floor of the
Temple of Justice, tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, 2009, at
about 2:00 p.m.
NIMBA
COUNTY, Authorities in Nimba County on May 28, 2009,
burned a huge quantity of marijuana with a street value
of L$1,473,000) in an open field of the courtyard in
Sanniquillie.
MONROVIA,
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, commenting on the
astronomical hike in the prices of goods and services
caused by the unprecedented rise of the US dollars
against the Liberian dollar, says Government will soon
decide whether it should use only the local currency or
the US dollar as its legal tender or maintain both
currencies.
A
local business organization has made a rallying call to
Liberians to support the initiative of a Liberian
businessman who has brought cement into the country.
