The Analyst - For Those Who Strive For Better Liberia

MONROVIA - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has used her standing as a Nobel laureate to make a pointed choice. Devex reports that she has nominated the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Nobel Peace Prize. The agency…

MONROVIA - Birthday tributes to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are plentiful, yet Benjamin Sanvee’s letter stands apart. He calls her both his mentor and his mother. He credits her with debt relief, rebuilt infrastructure and a peaceful transfer of…

MONROVIA - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf turns 88 today, and her keynote in Freetown last year reads like a manifesto for the occasion. She told the NALAFEM Summit that representation is only the beginning. Her real subject was power and the…

A TRIBUTE TO A MENTOR: THE WOMAN WHO GAVE LIBERIA BACK ITS DIGNITY October 29, 2026 There are people who pass through history, and there are people who change its direction. There are leaders who occupy offices, and there are leaders…

MONROVIA - Justice Minister-designate Cllr. Betty M. Lamin-Blamo has staked her confirmation on a promise Liberia's justice system has struggled to keep. Prosecutions, she pledged, will follow evidence, not power. Before the Senate…

MONROVIA - A charity launched by a president's son carries a double weight. Spark Foundation Liberia arrives promising baby kits, computer labs and health support. Its founder is Joseph Boakai Jr. His mother, the first lady, gave its…

MONROVIA - Confirmation hearings in Liberia often reward deference. Cllr. Abrahim Boimah Sillah, Sr. arrived with a record instead. Some six weeks into the job as Acting Solicitor General, he told senators what he has already started. A…

MONROVIA - Denials are measured by what they leave out. Liberia's embassy near Abuja has dismissed claims that three staff members are owed salaries. Its wording is careful, though. The mission says it is not aware of any arrears. That…

MONROVIA - A transparency law that citizens cannot name is a law that mostly sleeps. That is the hard finding from Grand Gedeh. Sixteen years after the Freedom of Information Act was enacted, 87.6 percent of respondents had never heard of…

MONROVIA - A dolphin washed ashore in Monrovia on a Sunday. Residents first tried to push it back to sea. By the time the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority's rescue team arrived, it had been killed and its meat shared. The…