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CDC Abstinence From The Presidential Election: A Strange Democratic Scenario in Liberia

Too many times in our political history there is always a strange scenario that many countries in the world cannot experience. The Liberian people organized themselves properly on November 8, to execute the mandate of democracy without any opposition contestant in the second round of the Presidential Election. The people demonstrated one of the cardinal… Continue reading CDC Abstinence From The Presidential Election: A Strange Democratic Scenario in Liberia

The African Union and International Aggression

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) decision to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi with force has drawn criticism and polemics from the African Union (AU) lamenting the manner the air campaign has been carried out resulting in massive losses of civilian lives and a blatant disregard for Libya’s sovereignty. In a BBC interview Chairman of… Continue reading The African Union and International Aggression

West Africa’s Democratic Evolution – African or Western?

For sometime, the centre of Africa’s anarchic one-party systems, gory tyrants, brutal dictatorships, self-serving military juntas and hideous civil wars, West Africa is changing and indisputably sowing democratic seeds. Whether in Cape Verde, Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Niger, Nigeria or Guinea Bissau multi-party elections are blowing across the once politically sick region.

ECOWAS to Meet Obama and UN Chief on Ivory Coast Crisis

A Nigerian foreign minister has said that An ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) delegation will meet U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week to discuss the Ivory Coast crisis. “The delegation is led by President (Ernest Bai) Koroma of Sierra Leone and comprises the president of the ECOWAS Commission,… Continue reading ECOWAS to Meet Obama and UN Chief on Ivory Coast Crisis