5 Days to Côte d’Ivoire

It was such a bitter journey

I left London and arrived in Freetown on August 14, 2007. It was a cool and windy Tuesday night. The British airliner Astraeus Airlines, touched down at about 8pm at the Lungi International Airport. There was impenetrable darkness everywhere, covering the lights that lined the main entrance from the runway. It was obvious; the clouds were pregnant and soon began emptying their bellies.

Brother Momoh, a family friend, was on the standby to pick me up. After successfully concluding security formalities, we drove to the ferry station, waited there for roughly an hour before boarding to cross the Sierra Leone River separating the Airport and Freetown. Waiting that long for the return of a ferry was worth it because the ferries were the cheapest option – costing less than $2; unlike the $40 fare charged by the Sea Coach Express and Eco-Water taxi or the hovercraft which charged $50 for adults and $25 for kids.  Unfortunately, the ferries were certainly not the quickest option neither the most convenient.

More Deaths Before Ebola is Beaten

Liberian President Ellen Johnson predicts more ebola deaths before the deadly outbreak can be contained. In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, the Liberian leader said "as the Ebola nightmare continues in Liberia and as we battle to contain the epidemic, it is important to look beyond the immediate crisis. Many more lives will be lost before this dreadful outbreak is beaten, but to properly honor the memory of the victims we need to ask how it happened in the first place and, more pressingly, how we can prevent it from happening again."

According to her, ebola has already claimed the lives of more than 2000 Liberians, bringing the country to "a standstill".

Liberia: Another Woman 'Breaks Up' With Ellen

Liberia’s Justice Minister Christiana Tah has broken up with her longtime ally, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for blocking her investigation into fraud allegations against the Liberian National Security Agency (NSA), which is headed by the president's step-son, Fumba Sirleaf.

This marked the second time a top, influential female lieutenant has decided to split paths with the Sirleaf-Administration. The October 6, ’14 resignation of Minister Tah reminded me of the October 2012 Nobel smackdown when peace activist Leymah Gbowee sharply criticized President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her fellow Nobel laureate, and resigned from a government post. Gbowee blamed the President for not doing enough to combat government corruption, citing nepotism symbolized perfectly by the high positions occupied by three of the President’s sons. By then, Robert Sirleaf headed the country’s oil company, while serving as senior economic advisor to the President. Fumba Sirleaf heads the National Security Agency and Charles Sirleaf is deputy governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (although he had been serving in that capacity long before his mother became President). "I've been through a process of really thinking and reflecting and saying to myself 'you're as bad as being an accomplice for things that are happening in the country if you don't speak up,'" she told the BBC in an interview. "And when tomorrow history is judging us all let it be known that we spoke up and we didn't just sit down.”

Return of the '90s

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In Liberia: Ten Fired, Three Suspended, Others Forfeit Benefits

Sirleaf said those fired were "insensitivity" to the Ebola crisis

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered the dismissal of eight junior level cabinet ministers and two other government officials, who, in the wake of the deadly Ebola outbreak left the country and have yet to return.

According to President Sirleaf, those dismissed officials showed "insensitivity to our national tragedy and disregard for authority."