The Analyst - For Those Who Strive For Better Liberia

Monrovia - Liberia’s justice system cannot prosecute corruption, organized crime or wartime abuses when witnesses fear retaliation for telling the truth. The Witness Protection Agency’s proposed amendments therefore address a weakness that…

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…

SUBJECT: Mr. President, Liberia Deserves to Know Why Your Excellency: Since assuming office in 2024, you have made several appointments, dismissals, suspensions and administrative changes without creating the level of public…

MONROVIA - Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan’s rebuttal deepens a bitter dispute over who deserves credit for improvements at Liberia’s National Reference Laboratory. He argues that transformer procurement, renovations and scientific…

MONROVIA - Government property quietly loses public value when buildings decay, vehicles escape control and equipment disappears from official records. General Services Agency Director General Galakpai W. Kortimai’s reforms attempt to…

MONROVIA - Community radio stations shape local understanding, but weak compliance with licensing and content rules can undermine responsible broadcasting across Liberia. The Liberia Telecommunications Authority-supported workshops in…

Human trafficking increasingly reaches Liberians through attractive job, scholarship, travel and sporting offers that often conceal exploitation or organized fraud. Zokerseh B. Saye’s account shows a problem crossing national borders,…

MONROVIA - George Manneh Weah returns to Liberia at a moment when the country’s drug crisis has broken through the walls of law enforcement and entered the centre of national politics. Two cocaine seizures, the implication of security…

MONROVIA - Liberia’s peace remains vulnerable whenever public officials inject ethnic grievance into court proceedings already charged with political emotion. Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah’s warning reaches beyond one…

MONROVIA - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s praise of Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo carries a message larger than one official’s professional record. It elevates national service at a time when Liberia continues losing skilled citizens to…