Editorials

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…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Cabinet has again produced the right language: accountability, transparency, electronic procurement, protection of public assets and genuine opportunities for Liberian businesses. These are worthy…

The relaunch of President Boakai's biography has sparked a promising push to bring the life stories of Liberia's leaders into the classroom. THE ANALYST welcomes the idea, but warns it will serve the nation only if every president is…

THE LATEST STANDOFF at the University of Liberia is a familiar and dispiriting spectacle. Once again the nation's premier public university enters a new semester not with the promise of learning, but with competing directives, hardened…