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Press Release: LIMANY Demands The Release of Aloysius Toe, Mohammed Komara And Others. Mandingoes Are Banned From Leaving Gbanga The Last Time I Talked To Mohammed Komara "A threat to the government"-An Interview With Hassan Bility Exploitation
of Women
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A Rejoinder The 2003 Elections: Between Myth and Reality
Unity Page for Kenneh and Sheriff
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Liberians
to Protest Against the Illegal Detention of Aloysius Toe and Others
THIS SAD EVENT TOOK PLACE IN CONAKRY, GUINEA, ON FRIDAY 3/27\2003. SHE WAS SICK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. MABENTOU BILITY AND BROTHER MOSES M. BILITY ARE FROM THE SAME MOTHER AND FATHER. MAY GOD GIVE HER HEAVEN. AMEENA. WE ASK ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO PLEASE PRAY FOR SISTER MABENTOU BILITYAND THE BILITY FAMILY. PLEASE CONTACT THE BILITYS AT: BROTHER MOSES M. BILITY
Press Release: LIMANY Demands The Release of Aloysius Toe, Mohammed
Komara And Others.
First Annual Freedom and Justice Award
Mandingoes Are Banned From Leaving Gbanga As Other Liberians flee. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed “armed activity was also reported to be encircling Bong County, north of Monrovia. The fighting was reported to be moving rapidly towards Gbarnga. As fearful people continue to run away from Gbanga, the Mandingoes are being banned from leaving. "No dingo leaving from here, if LURD dogs come, they will bite we all." Said Captain Four Eyes. There are reports of increase arrest of anyone with a Mandingo name. (return to TOP), Press
Release-Gedeans Protest Toe Town Massacre March
14...Queens New York-----A Liberian immigrant, Mr. Fumba Komara Sanoe
was stabbed twice in the in the stomach on Thursday night as a result of a
confrontation that arose between he and a Jamaican immigrant around 9:30pm
to 10:00pm. The incident happened in Jamaica Queens, at the intersection
of Parson Blvd. and Archer Ave. The last stop of the E trains.
(return to TOP),
(More) March 13...The All
Liberia Coalition Party indeed condemns and vehemently rejects the NPP
merger proposal made by the local partisan, we are sure under duress, and
considers the entire move as the direct handiwork of NPP Standard Bearer
Charles Taylor. This should come as no surprise as ALCOP has on many
occasions alerted the Liberian people and the international community
about these sinister designs. (return to TOP),
(More) Sammy
Mosquito B. Indicted for War Crimes, Is Taylor Next? US
Ambassador to the U.N. Says the U.N. Must Address the LIberian
Situation The ambassador also
mentioned the US’s “War on Terrorism” and its concern for disarming
Iraq, drawing a mixed reaction from the students. The students came from
all parts of the United States, including New York City and Philadelphia,
as well as other countries such as Nigeria and South Africa. David Bauer, a volunteer of the LIMANY website, was
a participant in the model UN representing the Dominican Republic. David
was surprised that Liberia was a hot topic at the conference and was
impressed with the show of support for the Liberian people. Death
of Al-Haj
Morydjan Diakity Kaba of New Port Street Organization
of Liberian Mandingoes in Nigeria (OLMAN) Appoints New Caretaker Comittee To
the African Youths, Exiled Journalist Delivered "Food for Thought" "Reconciliation
a MUST" -Baba Sheriff Ansumana:
"Allah Has Given us Another Chance Through Brother Kenneh and Sheriff
to Unite our Community" |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
First Annual Freedom and Justice Award
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April
2....On November 4,
2002, human rights activist, Aloysius Toe, was arrested after he and
others from the "Liberia Coalition of Human Rights Defenders"
announced plans for a week-long campaign to call for the unconditional
release of brothers Hassan Bility (he broke the illegal chains and is now
free), Ansumana Karama, Sheikh Sackor, and other illegally detained
Liberians. Was there any prohibition against this planned, non-violent
action by Mr. Toe and others? The answer, of course, is "no." 
March
20....
March
17...The Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas strongly condemns the
attack on Toe Town, a border town in Grand Gedeh County which, prior to
the recent attack, was refuge to more than ten thousand Ivorian and other
West Africans fleeing fighting in neighboring Ivory Coast. We condemn the
killing of the relief workers and other civilians as a result of this
cruel incident. There can be no justifiable reason for the killing of
innocent civilians, particularly aid workers who are providing
humanitarian assistance to our people. (return to 
March
10... Taylor's adopted son in crime from the Sierra Leonean side of the
border, the limb cutting gang leader, Sam Maskita Bockarie, was
indicted on Monday. Sam Bockarie, remains illusive, although many sources
believe that he roams between Liberia and Ivory Coast. Presumably
commanding a drugged Liberian child-fighters of Taylor in the Ivorian
conflict. He was spotted in Toe Town a month ago. Sam has said on many
occasion that Taylor is his adopted father. He would like to make Liberia
his home and do business. Among Taylor's circle of friends, there are
prediction that Sam dead body will be returned to Sierra Leone soon,
putting the blame on a gun battle in Sierra Leone. For the time being,
sources within the ATU say that Maskita is alive and kicking in
Liberia. 
In
an opening address to high school students attending the 29th annual
National High School Model United Nations, the United States Alternate
Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs,
Richard S. Williamson, called attention to the abuses of the Liberian people
by Charles Taylor’s government and the rebel conflict. Calling the
situation in Liberia an important UN issue, the US ambassador explained
that the US was concerned about the government & civil war and
believes that it needs to be addressed along with the instability and
conflict in Sierra Leone.
March
6... The
Kaba, Diakity, Sheriff, Toure, Marshall, Kromah, Ann, Diawara, Keita,
Kanneh, Konneh, Diallo, Sidibe, Sangare families regret to announce the
death of their husband, great-grand father, grand father, father, uncle,
in-law, Al-Haj Morydjan Diakity Kaba of New Port Street, Monrovia,
Liberia. This sad event occurred on Thursday March 6, 2003 at 7 AM at the
Cooper Clinic in Monrovia following a protracted illness.
By
Abdullah S.L. Sarnoh, February 16... Mandingoes
from the various states in Nigeria converged at the Oru
Refugee Camp Ogun State, to deliberate on pressing issues affecting
the Mandingoes in what could be described as a mini- national
conference.
By
Sidiki Trawally, 
By
Sidiki Trawally,
March
1... A prominent member of the Liberian community in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has stressed the need for genuine
reconciliation among Muslims in the community as commanded by Almighty
Allah. Brother Mohammad Baba Sheriff said unity, as enshrined in the Al-Quran
(holy book of Islam) exemplifies "the oneness of Allah, the
oneness of the Quran, and the oneness of the kiblah, so we as Muslims must
use these examples to unify our community."
March
1 (PHILADELPHIA)... Former Minister of Internal Affair of the Republic
of Liberia, Mr. Ansumana Kromah was one of the many people around the
world who came to Philadelphia to say farewell to brother Mohammed Kenneh
and brother Sekou Sheriff. Mr. Kromah came from Atlanta, Georgia for the
funeral of these two beautiful people. Emotionally, Mr. Kromah said,
"the Almighty Allah has spoken to us this week through these young
men. As we deliver the men into their final resting places, I saw a
foundation for unity being created for us as a community again." I
hope that we will make
use of this opportunity. Life is too short, he continued religiously.