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And Justice for All

By Ramses K.Nah

Liberia Council for Relief & Development Presents:
VIVA Liberia: Dawn of a New Chapter  

The Liberian Mandingoes Reconciliation Conference Charter

Inaugural Message from Vamba S. FOFANA

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVE AFTER THEM: THE CASE OF TAYLOR’S NOMINEES
BY MAMBU JAMES KPARGOI, II

Bridging Liberians into the 21^st Century      

By Ramses K.Nah

Watching the Time: A Message to the Rising Generation (Part I)
By Alvin J. Teage

WHY ARE WE FIGHTING?
 By Nvasekie N. Konneh

Liberia now has a glimmer of hope for its future
(A Letter to ULAA) from
Hon. Jack Klein

Place Liberia First
Speech Delivered By

Mrs. Roberta P. Davies-Rashid
Acting PresidentUnion of Liberian Associations in the Americas, ULAA

On the Occasion of the Mandingo Association of Minnesota
At their Installation Ceremony

LETTER: MR. FORMER SPEAKER WHEN DID YOU COME TO REALIZE
Mambu James Kpargoi Monrovia, Liberia

ETHNO-POLITICAL CRISIS: CONFRONTATION OR PEACEFUL ENGAGEMENTS
By A. Sanoh
Our Crime and PunishmentBy Tarty Teh

African Education Support Organization

A Call To Lobby US and Local Officials
By Mohammed Dukuly

Selecting the Supremes
By Alvin J. Teage
While increased attention is being given to the executive and legislative branches of the Transitional Government, less attention is being given to its third branch: the judiciary.
Are we repeating the lesson against placing undue attentions on the executive and legislative branches?

Recycling and Recyclable Politicians
By Tarty Teh
The Perspective magazine should have written a full-fledged editorial about its disagreement with the position of LURD's Secretariat, instead of sticking an opinionated note ("Editor's Note") on LURD's response to Mr. Harry A. Greaves' pontification about the intent of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2003.  

Testing the Bottom Theory on Liberia
Tarty Teh....If all bad situations must come to some end, then there is a point beyond which a thing cannot possibly get any worse. 

THE SPOILS OF JOURNALISM
MODEL: Ordinarily MODEL would not comment on the usual incoherent antics of the New Deal’s Internet spokesman, Mr. Winsley Nanka. However, his latest posting (MODEL Distributes "Spoils" of War?) published on the Perspective leaves the organization no choice but to resist Mr. Nanka and ....

The Search for Perfection 
Alvin J. Teage..The recently announced power-sharing agreement for the national leadership is generating mixed feelings. 

Mandingoes, The Liberian Civil War: What Next?
ABU M. KAMARA I would suggest that as the dust settles, special arrangement be made in order to rehabilitate the war victims in our midst ranging from handicapped to orphans etc. This will make life more meaningful for those who suffered from bodily injuries in the course of war and further strengthen our unity.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: 
A RESPONSE TO TOM KAMARA’S ANTI-NEW DEAL MOVEMENT DIATRIBE

WHAT DOES TOM KAMARA WANT?
Tom has been one of the most consistent critics of Charles Taylor. Now that Taylor is out and the interim leader is finally put forward, it will be better for him to join others to work with Chairman Bryant in whichever capacity possible so that the desired result may be achieved.

Complacent Liberians: Do Not Be Complacent     

By Ramses K.Nah

Mandingoes, The Liberian Civil War: What Next?
BY: ABU M. KAMARA

A REPLY TO LIBERIA'S CRY
Until you see a need for change, you can't create a change. The political and socio-economic mal-experiences faced by Liberians with the statecraft of former president Charles Taylor, have surpassingly brightened our sights, quenched our thirsts and filled our guts.

My People Are Being Abused
July 7, 2003...Samuel Kofi Woods, 1994 Reebok Human Rights Award and 1999 Benemenrenti Medal (given by Pope John Paul II), writes to highlight HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES in Liberia.

THE DAY THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR MEMORY
Monday August 11, 2003 will be remembered as a historic day in Liberia and indeed in Africa-seeing an African leader resigning under whatever condition. In Africa, we fight to the last because we don't want to accept defeat even if we cannot win. (CONTINUE)

WE WANT PEACE NO MORE WAR
Message...As we watched history unfolded today, Mr. Charles G. Taylor, former President of Liberia, boarded a Nigerian aircraft today, presumably heading for Nigeria, which will be his new home away from home. Since Mr. Taylor is no longer in Liberia, let's continue to pray for the restoration of the long lost peace that our people have yearned for over the past 14 years. Let us begin the healing process.....

PLENTY SENSE
(Open Letter to Alhaji Kromah)

Targeting Monrovia?
(LURD Could not have done it)
By Tarty Teh

LIBERIAN JOURNALISTS CONDEMN POLITICAL BICKERING AT PEACE TALKS
Report by S. Trawally

WE MUST CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE!, NO 26TH PARTY
By Arthur K. Watson

Liberia Denied 
Washington Post editorial
Tuesday, July 22, 2003; Page A16

 NOW IS THE ANSWER 
By Sekuo Korleh

SPECIALS:

TAYLOR IS NOT A VICTIM OF ANY RACIST CONSPIRACY    
By Nvasekie Konneh

EXILE FOR CHARLES TAYLOR IS A DISASTROUS ALTERNATIVE!
(Open Letter to President Bush)
By Ramses K. Nah

Desperate Times Calls For Desperate Measures
By Ramses K. Nah

No Deal For Taylor and His Entourage
By Ramses K. Nah

Opposition Leader on Taylor’s Surrender in Exchange - No "leveling" of Monrovia

Click here to listen to this UN Radion report (real player) or mp3

In Depth Audio Report on Liberian President Indicted for War Crimes

The Psychological Treatment of the Mandingo People?
By M.M.Kamara III

While Liberia Bleeds
By Tarty Teh

OVER LOOK NO RIGHT IN POST-WAR LIBERIA
By Sheik Kafumba Konneh

Press Release: LIMANY Demands The Release of  Aloysius Toe, Mohammed Komara And Others.

The Last Time I Talked To Mohammed Komara

"A threat to the government"-An Interview With Hassan Bility

Exploitation  of Women  - A  Rejoinder
A. S. L. Sarnoh

Liberian Black Diamond disarms to join school... 
This week, the most feared woman rebel has decided to give up arms and go back to school.

For several years, 20-year-old Black Diamond was one of the most feared and fierce rebels in Liberia. She took up the gun after she was brutally raped by government troops loyal to exiled president Charles Taylor.

Irish Peace Soldiers Head for Monrovia 
About 130 Irish peacekeeping troops will be leaving Dublin tonight for the war-torn Liberian capital Monrovia.

Some 430 Irish soldiers are expected to be in place in the west African country by mid-December, serving as part of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Taxis and Buses Make their Way to Nimba and Grand Gedeh       
MONROVIA, 17 Nov 2003 (IRIN) - Commercial vehicles were making their first trips into previously inaccessible areas of northern and southeastern Liberia, opening up parts of the country which had been cut off for nine months by intensive fighting between government forces loyal to former president Charles Taylor and rebels.

U.N. to Begin Disarming Liberian Fighters
MONROVIA, Liberia - Peacekeepers will start collecting weapons from Liberia's unruly militia and government fighters in early December, U.N. officials said Friday.

The first three collection centers are scheduled to open Dec. 7 in Monrovia, the government-controlled capital of the war-ruined west African nation, and the rebel-held towns of Tubmanburg and Buchanan, the United Nations said in a statement.

Liberian rebels 'on a looting spree' 
Monrovia - Rebels from the main Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) have been on a looting spree in the town of Bensonville just north of the capital, state radio reported on Thursday.

LIBERIA: UNMIL tells fighters to return looted vehicles
MONROVIA, - The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has once more demanded that armed groups in the country return vehicles and other equipment looted from relief agencies during recent fighting.

Exiled Warlord Taylor Is a Wanted Man 
"He's facing some of the most serious charges that a human being can be charged with, and for that reason, it's very important that Charles Taylor come to Sierra Leone to face charges at the special court," said Allison Cooper, spokeswoman for the U.N.-Sierra Leone court.

Liberian Speaker Says Taylor's Men Recruiting 
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's parliament speaker on Friday accused a general loyal to former president Charles Taylor of seeking to hire mercenary fighters to further destabilize the West African nation.

Liberian Govt Announces Protection of 155,000-Acres of Forest 
Liberia today announced the protection of more than 155,000 acres of mostly intact forest. The increased protection helps safeguard the world's largest known population of the Critically Endangered Western Chimpanzee.

UN to Increase Patrol in Troubled Border Area 
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is increasing its air and land patrols in areas bordering Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, where fighting broke out last week in violation of the ceasefire between government and rebel forces, according to a senior UN official.

Grand Gedeh Association Calls for Deployment of UN Force in Nimba County, Liberia
The Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas expresses grave concern over recent reports of fighting in Nimba County and other parts of Liberia, between forces still loyal to former President Charles Taylor and the other two warring factions.

Help Us Rebuild Ganta Hospital, Liberian Bishop Asks
We lost everything in the fighting. Our schools, our churches, our orphanages were damaged. Many pastors lost their homes. Look at Ganta Hospital in the north. That wonderful hospital was vandalized, badly damaged. Just a few years ago, some $1.5 million was invested in that facility, which serves over a half million people in the northern part of the country. The nurses' school connected with the hospital became a college, one of the best nursing schools in Liberia. There was a pre-natal clinic, a center to feed malnourished children an eye clinic, and 75 beds for people requiring to be hospitalized.

LIBERIA: UN says no amnesty for war crimes after 8 October
MONROVIA, - The deputy head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) said on Wednesday that he had warned the country's warring factions that violations of the August peace agreement would not be tolerated and there would be no amnesty for war crimes committed after 8 October.

Sirleaf to Chair Commission on Good Governance: 'We Can't Slip Back'
As part of the Liberian peace process agreed to during negotiations earlier this year in Ghana, Gyude Bryant, who chairs Liberia's interim government, has asked Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to head a 'commission on good governance' to help monitor the transition.

US denies Charles Taylor bounty
The US says it has no plans to offer a $2m bounty for the capture of Liberia's exiled former leader, Charles Taylor.

LIBERIA: Bloody diarrhoea on the rise as cholera declines
MONROVIA, - The World Health Organisation in Liberia said the cholera epidemic in Liberia was declining, but it was investigating reports of a steady increase in cases of bloody diarrhoea.

LIBERIA: UN sending aid to displaced civilians in Saclepea
MONROVIA, - The United Nations plans to send an aid convoy carrying food, blankets and other relief items to Nimba County in north-central Liberia on Thursday to help more than 10,000 people have been displaced from their homes by recent fighting, Abou Moussa, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, said.

The Implications of Chairman Brayant’s visit to neighboruing states
November 8, 2003.. The recent visit to Guinea Conakry and the Republic of Sierra Leone by the head of the newly established transitional government of Liberia Mr.   Geyudu. Brayant was seen by many political observes as a step in a right direction.

Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas, or ULAA, an umbrella organization?
November 8, 2003..The just ended ULAA 2003 Conference held in Lowell, Massachuesetts, failed to convince many Liberians about the continuing relevancy of ULAA in dealing with improtant issues facing Liberia, and Liberians in and out of Liberia. The Conference's resolution,  which was published by the General Secretary,  failed to show how serious and sensitive the ULAA leadership, which includes the National Administration, National Board of Directors,  have toward the current burning issues now facing Liberia. So far, only individual sacrifices by some ULAA officials toward Liberia that have made a difference, some of who were condemned by others in ULAA

Taylor camp blasts US bounty, warns will resist any snatch bid...
LAGOS (AFP) - Security has been stepped up around former Liberian leader Charles Taylor's home in Nigeria after the United States slapped a two million dollar bounty on his head, a source in his camp said.

US Offers Reward Money For Capture of Former Liberian Leader
President Bush has authorized payment of $2 million in reward money for the capture of exiled former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The reward money was included in an $87 billion legislation to fund milita...

UNICCO Denounces Attacks and Destruction in Nimba County 
The United Nimba Citizens' Council (UNICCO) is horrified by attacks on unarmed citizens resulting in deaths and massive destruction in Nimba County at the hands of forces belonging to the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL).

U.N. to Rebuild Liberian Police Force 
MONROVIA, Liberia - The United Nations plans to rebuild Liberia's police force in a bid to root out corruption and help the African nation recover from war and political upheavals, the U.N. envoy to Liberia said Wednesday.

UN Mission Head Klein Urges New Government to Abolish Army
Jacques Klein, the head of the United Nations mission in Liberia, urged the country's transitional government on Wednesday to abolish the national army, saying soldiers only "play cards and plot coups."

Ramadan Greeting From Sister Fanta
May The Almighty bestow
special blessings on
You this Ramadan,
and surround you with
love today and always
RAMADAN MUBARAK
Guinea 'armed' Liberia's rebels
New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch has accused Guinea of supplying heavy weaponry to rebels in Liberia.

HRW says Guinea broke a United Nations embargo by providing Iranian-built mortars which it alleges were used the July attack on the Liberian capital.

UNICEF: 750,000 Liberian children into school
UNICEF campaigns to get 750,000 Liberian children into school Tens of thousands of children will go toschool, thousands for the first time in their lives, duringthe United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) "Back-to-School" campaign in Liberia, the UN agency working for the protection and development of youngsters said today.

LIBERIA: Bryant lifts three-year ban on independent Star Radio
| MONROVIA, - The chairman (president) of Liberia's transitional government, Gyude Bryant, said on Monday he had lifted a ban on Star Radio, a widely admired independent radio station which was closed down.

LIBERIA: Schools reopen for first time in five months
UNICEF | UNICEF helps children get back to school in Liberia | MONROVIA, - Government schools in and around the Liberian capital Monrovia reopened on Monday for the first time in five months

Fighting Reported in North Liberia - Officials 
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Fresh fighting has broken out between government forces and Liberia's smaller rebel group in the north of the West African nation, military officials said on Monday.

"This fighting has led to the burning of towns and homes in areas like Gray, Zuatuo and other towns," an official, who declined to be named, said. "This is very serious and we have informed the United Nations about this incident."

SECRET KILLING OF MANDINGOES IN LURD AREAS
Liberia’s decade of civil war seems over, but any one venturing outside of areas under the control of the multi-national United Nations peacekeeping forces, faces the reality of a living hell in rebel land.

The atmosphere in rebel land does not look much like peace. There are reports of massive looting, rapes and force labor. Innocent civilians are being forced to till farms to feed hungry fighters, reports said. And the worst of all, secret killings of so-called perceived enemies rage on. 

THE AGONY OF A LIBERIAN MOTHER
Eight years ago Ciatta Johnson became the happiest woman among her peers, when doctors announced she was pregnant. Her dream of bearing an “American baby” was finally here.

She gave birth to a bouncing baby girl on November 29, 1994. However, the baby, who later became known as Arblena Stevequoad, remains handicap as a result of weak muscle.

Charles Taylor Challenges War Crimes Indictment
Lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor are challenging his war crimes indictment at the United Nations-backed tribunal in Sierra Leone.

The challenge was made as the court started a week-long appeals session Friday for those who have been indicted.

Taylor appeals war crimes charge
A United Nations-backed court in Sierra Leone has begun hearing appeals against their indictments from some of those accused of war crimes.

The case of Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, accused of supporting rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone was the first to be heard.

LIBERIA: UNHCR sends assessment team to Nimba County, finds LURD in Ganta and beyond

MONROVIA, 28 Oct 2003 (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday it had sent an assessment mission by helicopter to Sanniquiellie, the rebel-held headquarters of Nimba County in north central Liberia, close to the Ivorian border town of Danane.

"The mission returned by road thus confirming road access to Sanniquellie from Monrovia. With this development, UNMIL [United Nations peacekeeping force in Liberia] can now extend its patrol to Ganta and beyond," UNHCR said.

ULAA HAS A NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP
 Anthony Kesselly, the ULAA Board Representative of the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania, Inc., has been elected the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union of Liberia Associations in the Americas (ULAA).  At the just-concluded 29th ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY in Lowell, Massachusetts, Mr. Kesselly was elected by more than two-thirds of the ULAA Board members present at a regular session, following a break from the general activities of the convention. 

Imam Sheikh Abubakar Sheriff Congratulates the Liberian Muslim Community
Imam Sheikh Abubakar Sheriff of the Liberian Mosque (Masjid Al-Islaah) in Philadelphia, sent out a Ramadan messages to all Liberian Muslims in America and around the world.

Liberia rebels drop peace deal threat
By Alphonso Toweh | Monrovia - Liberia's main rebel group has dropped its threats to renege on a pledge to disarm after the country's new leader agreed to reconsider some rebel nominees to senior government pos...

Muslim Refugees Prepare As Ramadan Approaches 
The MUSLIM REFUGEES IN NIGERIA (as the main body) is being charged with the responsibility of planning, organizing and administering the activities of the holy Month of Ramadan for both the Muslim men and women on the camp. The activities will be in two phases.

Oru Refugee Camp is  Alive with County meet Fever
Penultimate week, what could be described as an expression of nationalism and a feeling nostalgia, the county meet soccer event kick off at the Oru Camp. Many soccer enthusiasts usually converged on the camp's pitch to watch and cheer their respective counties. The soccer fiesta which started on  October 5th,2003,had two matches per week. Eight out of the 15 counties met up with the registration to participate in the tournament.

Mandingoes With A Mission of Unity And Forgiveness
ABU M. KAMARAWhen I sent what I would consider to be my first article to the Limany Website, titled: Mandingoes, the Liberian Civil War: What next? Little did I know that it was going to attract such an impressive audience among the Mandingo Youth whom I believe should be the target of persuasion? 

Straight and Simple, Hon. Flemester Declares His Support For Hon Ranney Jackson's Appointment to NTAL
The leading candidate to be the next Chairman of the Board of ULAA, Hon. Ijumo Flemester wrote the Acting Chairman of the Board to say that he approves Hon. Ranney Jackson's appointment to the National Transitional Assembly of Liberia. Jackson resigned as Chairman of ULAA's Board to take seat on NTAL. Sources close to Flemester say that the letter was meant to create good contact with NTAL. (The Letter)

U.S. Funding for Liberia Awaits Resolution of House and Senate Differences 
The U.S. Congress has approved emergency funding for Liberia as part of the $87 billion spending bills for Iraq and Afghanistan that passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Friday.

"This money will go a long way to stabilize the West African region as a whole," said Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), chief sponsor of the Senate amendment, which designates $200 million to assistance for Liberia.

French Journalist Killed in Ivory Coast 
A security officer has shot and killed an Ivory Coast based French journalist in front of police headquarters in the commercial capital Abidjan. The killing closely follows the arrest of a dozen opposition militants for what authorities called subversive activities.

Interim Liberia Officials Deny Charges of Past Abuses 
The election of a former rebel leader as parliamentary speaker in Liberia has paved the way for the formation of an interim power-sharing peace government. There are concerns that many of the officials in the interim phase have tainted pasts.

After being elected assembly speaker, George Dweh said he would promote national healing. He also denied accusations that he was a war criminal.

FIND: WE WERE ARMED ROBBED, ALMOST KILLED BUT NOT DETERRED
The FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DIGNITY (FIND) Family experienced its worst tragedy since its more than one year of existence. Six men armed with pistols, axe and other weapons sneaked their way into the Regional Offices of FIND in the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 15, 2003. (Continue)

The Basis for Our Unity-what we must understand
The peace attained thus far has come a long way hence must be loved, cherished and supported by the international, regional and sub-regional organizations in general and by Liberians and their neighbors in particular. Emotional addresses such as I am a Liberian and you are a foreigner, or Liberia was built on a particular religious principle such as Islam, Christianity, or Atheism has no basis in history hence we should not allow ourselves to be destroyed for such meanless issues that will benefit nobody in anyway.

Joining LIMANY's team of reporters from the BUDUBURAM REFUGEE CAMP, Ghana

SHEIKH S.S. KAMARA 
The Liberians are trying hard, be proud.

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