The most appropriate response on December 8 would be for the electorate to reject all candidates from Weah’s CDC and vote a resounding “No” on all eight referendum propositions. This will send a strong message that Liberians should never, ever, be taken for granted.
OP-ED: #FreeOliverDillon
Imagine staring death in the face while on a crime-ridden street at midnight in Liberia. It announces itself, as two assailants approach you threateningly, while another lunges at you with scissors. The air is still and quiet, but the thud of your heart rings loudly in your ears.
OP-ED: The Struggles for Liberian Citizenship
It has been exactly one year since newly inaugurated Liberian President George Manneh Weah sparked controversy by declaring staunch support for enacting dual citizenship and repealing a constitutional “Negro clause”, which prohibits non-blacks from obtaining citizenship by birth, ancestry or naturalization.
OP-ED: When Foreign ‘Do-Gooders’ Do More Harm Than Good in Liberia
Revelations about the systematic rape of girls in an NGO-run school reveal just how wrong charity work can go.
OP-ED: Why President Weah Should Read My PhD Thesis on the Promise and Peril of (Dual) Citizenship
Contemporary sensitivities around citizenship are deeply embedded in Liberia’s long history of political, economic and social exclusion, which have yet to be resolved 170 years on.
OP-ED: Why I Would Vote for Charles Brumskine If I Could
An op-ed by Robtel Neajai Pailey on why Brumskine appears to be the only top contender who would actually institute reforms that Liberia needs.
OP-ED: Legal Invisibility Was the Best Thing to Happen to Me
I became an undocumented migrant at age six and it changed my life.
OP-ED: What Does a Clinton or Trump Presidency Mean for Africa?
As the two most unlikeable presidential candidates in US history go head-to-head in this week’s elections, it is clear that a Clinton or Trump presidency will result in few changes, if any, for the continent of Africa.
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