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My recent trip to Niagara Falls, New York, on the border with Canada.

Liberia 174th Independence Day Celebration, Sponsored by the Liberian Community Association of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area (LCA-DC), held on the grounds of the Liberian Embassy, Washington, DC, July 24, 2021

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In The News

Another Day Of Shame For Aging ECOWAS

Founded as the brainchild of President William V.S.Tubman of Liberia in 1964, as a counterweight to the previous CFA (Colonies Françaises d'Afrique) of 1945, but who never lived to see it come to full fruition in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), far from the realization of its founding principles as a legal mechanism for the promotion of sisterhood among member states to benefit the economic and social advancement of its citizens, has now become the laughing stock of the world and a total embarrassment to most Africans as a feckless tool of the West. That description was no less true in their ineffective intervention in the recent military coup d’etat in the West African nation of Mali than it is now, with the unceremonious removal from power of President Alpha Condé of Guinea, whose many crimes against the people was not only limited to comprehensively looting the state treasury, but also that he undermined the constitutional order of the republic to hold power in perpetuity, and killed or imprisoned many Guinean political opposition members. Read more...

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Weah’s Dobule-Standard On ECOWAS’ Authority -Does CDC-Run Gov’t Respect ECOWAS’ Mandate? While Endorsing ECOWAS’ Imposed Sanction On Guinea’s Coup Makers; Has It Equally Implemented ECOWAS’ Decision On Assoc. Justice Ja’neh?

With the endorsement by President George M. Weah in collaboration with member states of ECOWAS regarding the membership suspension of Guinea from the latter (ECOWAS) following the Military Coup on Sunday, many political observers see Weah’s acceptance of that august body’s authority as questionable and half-baked. Read more...

Palm Oil Giant’s Industry-Beating ESG Score Hides Razed Forests

Destruction in an African rainforest and complaints from local residents show the challenges of monitoring companies

In the impoverished West African country of Liberia, a unit of the world’s second-largest palm oil company has admitted to destroying forests and violating the rights of indigenous people. Yet its parent is among the industry’s leaders in investor ratings for environmental and social policies. Read more..

CPP wahala: I refuse to endorse the wrong

Cummings justifies action against Boakai

A constituent leader and founding member of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) Alexander Cummings justifies his boycott of the Unity Party weekend’s endorsement of former vice president Joseph Nyumah Boakai as standard-bearer, saying wrong is wrong regardless of who commits it, including himself.

He says the actions of the Unity Party risks undermining what has been agreed upon collectively under the CPP framework, and that actions of a constituent-member party cannot be said to be internal. Read more...