Guinean Probe Team Arrives

General Kelefa Diallo and the other fallen military officials

Guinean authorities will today dispatch a team to Monrovia to join their Liberian counterparts in probing the cause of the February 11 plane crash in which 11 top officials of that neighboring country’s military were killed.

The Subtle Abuse

Then.......

The traditional social carpet has for centuries been used as a cover for wife beating in many parts of this society and elsewhere on the continent.  Today, wife-beating remains commonplace and seems to have become almost acceptable to most women since the woman is in fact perceived as her husband's property. Of course, in some  traditional systems, a woman’s right to speak is still being negotiated; she has no right to desire who her husband should be; she is not entitled to education; she is expected to do what her parents or husband say; she only has one right and that is the right to remain silent. In fact, she is a chartered asset and therefore not entitled to inheritance since she may herself may very well be passed on to someone else as an inheritance. And so, throughout history, women have been subjected to the whims and brutality of their husbands -- albeit, their societies.

In Liberia: Judiciary, Legislature Face-Off

Backed a squad of influential women, Mayor Broh prevented the incarceration of suspended Supt Kpaan

The Supreme Court yesterday gave the House of Representatives a 10-day ultimatum within which to respond to separate writs of prohibitions filed before that High Court by suspended Acting Mayor Mary Broh and suspended Montserrado County Superintendent Grace Kpaan.

Liberia: Grace Kpaan: 1, House: 0

The House of Representatives had earlier declared Kpaan and Broh as "non governmental materials"

As she promised, legal counsel for Superintendent Grace Kpaan, Cllr. Pearl Brown-Bull, yesterday filed a petition before the full bench of the Supreme Court, praying for an injunction (command, ruling) against the search and arrest order that a warrant the House of Representatives had issued following a melee that broke out at the Monrovia Central Prison on Thursday evening.

Liberia's Johnson Sirleaf Scolds ‘Lazy' Ministers

The President said the Education Ministry is a big mess

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf last Saturday scolded ‘lazy’ cabinet ministers and other heads of government agencies for not committing themselves to the effective implementation of the Agenda for Transformation, Liberia’s new development agenda.

Raging at the close of a two-day cabinet retreat held in Monrovia, President Sirleaf strongly warned cabinet ministers and heads of other government agencies to work together to ensure that the AfT is coordinated properly for long-term growth and economic development in Liberia that will benefit the ordinary people.

The Liberian Leader used the occasion to demand results from the implementing agencies, saying “Time for talk is over.”

President Sirleaf also demanded quantifiable targets from heads of agencies of government, adding that Government will produce a quarterly scorecard on implementation to report to the Liberian people.