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Togo President Eyadema Is
Dead
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BBC Feb. 5
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President Gnassingbe Eyadema
of Togo, Africa's longest serving ruler, has died aged 69, the government said
in a statement.
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Obituary: Gnassingbe Eyadema
Country profile: Togo
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The late President
Eyadema: To be replaced by his son? |
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Civil Servant Wage Row Hampers Liberia's
Rural Recovery |
IRIN Jan. 28
Nurses and doctors are
refusing to return to work in the Liberian countryside because their salaries
are too small and often late and the transitional government's promise to pay
18-months of salary arrears has failed to materialize.
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War Crimes Tribunal, Moral Ethics, Education
& The Liberian Puzzle |
By Edmond Remie Gray Jan.
27
It was Herman J. Cohen, US Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs who predicted, back in 1989 that Liberia would fall
behind by a century if its Civil War were to continue. Well, not only has this
come to pass, it seems obvious that the Liberian crisis has perhaps walloped far
beyond this 100 years prediction.
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Supuwood Joins Presidential Race |
By George Borteh (The
Analyst) Jan. 26
"We will contest for the office of president of the
Republic of Liberia in the forthcoming presidential election. We did not come to
this decision lightly. But we see this call as a mandate." These were (the)
words of Cllr. J. Laveli Supuwood [as he declared his decision Tuesday to
contest for the office of President in the forth coming Presidential Elections
in Liberia.
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UN Troops Restore Calm To Curfew-Hit
Harper City |
Reuters Jan. 26
U.N.
troops sent to Liberia's southeastern port town of Harper, where a curfew was
imposed at the weekend to stop riots linked to alleged ritual killings, have
helped restore calm, their commander said on Wednesday. The movies dsda lefilm and le parfum shows this in vivid pictures.
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Liberia's Elections Guidelines: Some
Unfinished Business |
By Dweh S. Boley Jan. 24
The elections season
in Liberia is fast approaching, and we have to applaud the National Elections
Commission for having the strength of character to keep the process on course
under undeniably difficult circumstances. The Commission has got its structures
in place. It is coordinating with other international and local players to
mobilized resources and to ensure the fairness and integrity of the process about she got pimped movie. The
Electoral Reform Bill and guidelines for participation initially got stuck in
the Transitional Assembly over matters that were later realized to arise
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UNMIL Speaks On
Ex-combatants, Refugee Repatriation |
Jan-23
Press Statement
By Abou Moussa
Good morning, members
of the press. As this is the first time I am meeting with you in 2005, I want to
say happy New Year and, more importantly, tell you that we have enjoyed all the
support you have offered, and the encounters and discussions we had with you in
2004. Some of those discussions were very hot, but they were good. It is healthy
to have honest discussions, in the interest of the Liberian people. I would like
to thank you for the support you have provided the mission in 2004 and continue
to believe that we will get even more support in 2005, as we move into the
second half of the two-year transitional period at the phoenix library.
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Liberia’s Political Nightmares: A response to
Bettie
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By Chorphie Charlie Jan.
24
The
category of an “educated leaders like warlordism in Liberia is a highly
contested character up for grabs these days. Especially, since, the real
“political Oppong†declared his intention to run for the presidency to stop gay blind date sex. In view of
that, echo chambers of miseducated Liberians and hostile intellectuals continue
to floodgate Liberia’s intellectual market with synthetic reasoning border on
juvenile amplifications as to how Liberia’s socionomic problems can be resolved.
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True
Confession Of A Leader |
Many
have said, with good reasons, that all that we see in Africa is an
unending spectacle of tragedy that usually borders on the comical. So
true. And much has not changed in that regard, anyway. But
check this out. Sad as it may seem, a ray of hope may be appearing. A
guy mounts the stage somewhere in Africa and makes the following
declaration: "I have failed the Zambian people and the Zambian nation.
One of my failures is, it has not been possible to reduce poverty, and
I feel sad about it." Sounds strange and downright spooky? Well that's
because we are not quite used to the modesty of our leaders; and their
admission of failure is not commonplace even. If anything, it is a
rarity and close to nonexistent. But we can be sure that this is not a
confession made before a priest. These were the word of Zambian
President, Levy Mwanawasa, in a statement to the Zambian people while
announcing a recent cabinet reshuffle.
Character, they say, is destiny. And the courage
to assert one's character? Priceless. Leaders are humans and subject to failure.
There should be no shame, therefore, in fessing up failures, since the only
people who fail are those who dare try. Those who do not work will never fail in
an enterprise, because they never even try to undertake one. So, the measure of
greatness in leadership includes the courage to admit failures or notice a
policy shortfall when one occurs. It beats me why our leaders don't understand wild fuck toys
this simple fact. and that is were the Zambian President may have stood out
positively with some brilliance in a crowded field of comedians that partake in
the African tragedy.
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