Editorials

TODAY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2026, Liberia, the continent of Africa and the global democratic community pause to honor an extraordinary statesman, a pioneering reformer and a global icon of female empowerment. As former President Ellen…

OUR OLD PEOPLE say you cannot hide a pregnancy with your hand. The Boakai administration declared October the Month of Good Governance, and its own Governance Commission gathered stakeholders at the EJS Ministerial Complex under a theme…

Liberia has paid for this lesson in graves. The civil conflict that consumed 14 years of our national life was not only a war of guns; it was a war of names, of tongues and of where a man prayed. At too many checkpoints, a Liberian was…

On Tuesday in Abuja, a daughter of Liberia raised her right hand before the nations of West Africa and swore to serve them “honorably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously.” With that oath, Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine became a judge…

WHEN THE NATIONS of the world gathered in San Francisco eight decades ago to write the Charter of the United Nations, Liberia stood among only four African signatories, placing its small hand on the bedrock of the modern international…

Liberia’s collection of more than US$1 billion in domestic revenue deserves recognition. For a country that has long struggled to finance its own development, raising that amount through taxes, duties, fees and other lawful payments…

THE PRESIDENT BROKE bread with the press and made handsome promises. The media is dying of economics, not only of muzzling, and this government will be judged by the Sustainability Act it passes, not by the dinner it hosts. TWICE NOW,…

For the better part of two decades, Liberia's opposition has told the electorate a story it can no longer afford to repeat. It is the story of leaders who gather with fanfare, sign communiques with flourish, and pose for the cameras— and…

THIS WEEK, LIBERIA held its breath. As former President George Manneh Weah returned home to an enormous welcome, many feared the tension of the season — the arrests, the accusations, the raw politics of a drug scandal — would spill…

LET PEACE LEAD. Former President George Manneh Weah returns home today to an outpouring of affection that cannot be ignored. His supporters have every right to welcome him, wear their colours, sing and demonstrate their political…