Editorials

WHEN GOVERNMENT BECOMES a secret, democracy itself begins suffocating quietly beneath the heavy shadows of opacity, executive arrogance, and institutional deception. Liberia has seen corruption before. Liberia has survived procurement…

THE VIDEOS DON’T lie. They rarely do. Long before legal arguments emerged, before defenders rushed to reinterpret the Code of Conduct, and before the familiar machinery of political excuse-making began spinning at full speed, Liberians had…

LIBERIA MUST REJECT the poisonous politics of tribe, religion, fear, and manufactured division before the country once again sleepwalks into another dangerous season of emotional manipulation disguised as democratic competition. Musa…

FOR FAR TOO long, Liberia has remained trapped in the painful contradiction of possessing enormous natural wealth while struggling to build the industrial backbone capable of transforming that wealth into broad national prosperity.…

LIBERIA JOINS THE rest of the world each year in observing Mother’s Day — a solemn and emotional occasion dedicated to honoring mothers for their immeasurable sacrifices, endurance, patience, and unconditional love. Across homes, churches,…

LIBERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN is entering dangerous territory. What began as a nationally applauded promise to confront corruption and dismantle impunity is increasingly colliding with a growing public perception that state…

WE STRONGLY AND unequivocally condemn the barbaric, shameful, and deeply disturbing incident in which a woman was allegedly stripped naked by a mob at Red Light last week No grievance, accusation, disagreement, or moral judgment, real or…

THERE IS PERHAPS no greater test of a nation’s seriousness about fighting corruption than its willingness to protect those brave enough to expose it. Laws alone do not fight corruption. Speeches do not fight corruption. Conferences…

LIBERIA IS DRIFTING into a dangerous zone—one where policy inconsistency, legal ambiguity, and executive overreach are beginning to erode the very foundation upon which investor confidence rests. And if this trajectory is not…

LIBERIA’S LONG-DELAYED quest for justice for the atrocities of its civil wars stands again at a defining crossroads. The establishment of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court (OWECC-L) was never…