The Analyst - For Those Who Strive For Better Liberia

MONROVIA - A cattle deal has become the sharpest test yet of accountability at the Ministry of Agriculture. Nimba County District #5 Representative Kortor S. Kwagrue says the ministry paid for 200 cows but received only 47. Some of those,…

By Musa Hassan Bility I have recently seen publicity surrounding an initiative calling itself the Nimba Solidarity Movement, including promotional materials bearing my photograph and creating the impression that I am associated with, or…

MONROVIA - Liberia has no confirmed Ebola case. Yet the virus is now a flight away. Nigeria’s first case, confirmed in Abuja on October 20, traveled from the DRC through Uganda. That route shows how easily the Bundibugyo strain crosses…

MONROVIA - Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah wants the Boakai presidency judged on a longer clock. Critics ask what President Joseph Nyuma Boakai brought home from the UN General Assembly. Piah answers that diplomacy is not a…

Liberia does not need to be taught what Ebola is. We buried our nurses, our neighbors and our children. We watched markets close, schools empty and the finger-snap handshake vanish from a people who greet with warmth. So when Dr. Sia Wata…

MONROVIA - It is whether the state can see it. That framed the visit to the Gasabo Gold Refinery. Comptroller and Accountant General Elwood T. Nettey wants gold traced from processing to final sale. Rwanda offers a model built on purity…

MONROVIA - A viral video has cost two AFL sergeants their careers. Chief of Staff Major General Davidson F. Forleh moved fast and spoke harshly. He called the men “bad apples” and likened them to the Ebola virus. Yet the case is more…

MONROVIA - LIPO reports 546 applications and 483 trademark certificates over 10 months. Director General Garmai Koboi expects to meet the year’s registration target by December. Yet the figures reveal a deeper imbalance. Only 174…

MONROVIA - A US$15,000 sub-grant will not rewrite Liberia’s electoral laws. But it buys something reform often lacks: organized pressure on lawmakers. The Elections Coordinating Committee and the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party…

MONROVIA - Stephen M. Yekeson, Jr. did not offer senators slogans. He offered a test. Within 100 days, rice, fuel, and cement prices go public weekly in all 15 counties. That is a rare, measurable promise in Liberian public life. His…