The Liberian Mandingo Association of New York

Baby Naming Ceremony
Mr. Sekou FOFANA of the African Youth Association (AYAUSA) and his wife, Mrs. Mamawa KEITA-FOFANA invite you. Sunday, October 10, 2004

Liberia looks to end old leadership dispute
Monrovia - Liberian transitional government chairperson Gyude Bryant moved on Wednesday to end a long-running dispute over leadership of the main rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (Lurd) that has threatened the fragile peace in the west African state.

'Dangerous' locusts are closing in on Liberia
Conakry - Locusts said to be more dangerous than those which have eaten vast tracts of land across West Africa have swarmed through southern Guinea near the border with Liberia, Guinean radio said on Wednesday.

Locusts invade southern Guinea, near border with Liberia
Locusts said to be more dangerous than those which have eaten vast tracts of land across west Africa have swarmed through southern Guinea near the border with Liberia, Guinean radio said.

LIBERIA: Lack of funds to retrain ex-fighters poses security threat
MONROVIA, 7 Oct 2004 (IRIN) - Restless ex-combatants in Liberia who have handed in their weapons but who have not received promised education or skills training because of a cash shortage pose a threat to national security, the transitional government and the UN have warned.

Liberia: ICRC reunites over 600 children with families
Monrovia (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reunited 644 children with their families – some after a separation of several years – since the civil war ended in Liberia in August 2003. The chaos of armed conflict frequently wrenches apart families who have been forced to flee the fighting. Children are the most vulnerable individuals, often getting lost with no one to take care of them.

TRIBALISM VS. PEACE, WHICH WAY LIBERIANS?
(LIMANY EDITORIAL) There is so much to do in postwar Liberia if we are to achieve genuine peace, and reconciliation. The task at hand is so huge, given the fact that Liberia is still a tensely divided country on factional and ethnic lines. One of the challenging aspects of this is the persistent attitude of tribal prejudice and xenophobia exhibited by most Liberians. Almost always, the Mandingoes are the targets of this ugly attitude and we have seen it too many times before and now.

Kromah Criticizes Immigration Policy

A Mass Communication Instructor at the University and Standard Bearer of the All-Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP), Alhaji G. V. Kromah last Saturday criticized the immigration policy of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, blaming it on ‘selfish interest and political fears” by its framers.

Although Kromah, a former rebel leader, did not pinpoint the “selfish interest and petty fears”. He observed that the immigration policy of the Government is always pursuing one group of people, meaning ethnic group.

AN ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF MANDINGOES’ SOCIAL POLITICAL INTERESTS IS FORMED IN LIBERIA
There is a growing social political awareness among the Mandingoes at home and abroad. One manifestation of that social political awareness is the formation of a group in Liberia called The National Mandingo Caucus Of Liberia. The organization promises to debate and promote the Mandingoes’ social political interests in the country.

MUSLIM WOMEN PRESENTS STATEMENT OF PEACE TO THEIR LEADER
Muslim women across the country under the banner of the Liberian Muslim Women United for Peace, has presented a statement to their leader., Madam Fata Sarnor Karmo, President of the women wing of the Liberia National Muslim Council calling for peace in the country.

Liberian govt. firmly adheres to "one China" policy: acting chairman
MONROVIA, Oct. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The Liberian government firmly adheres to the "one China" policy and supports the great cause of China's national reunification, Wesley Johnson, the acting chairman of National Transitional Government (NTGL) of Liberia, said here Friday.

LIBERIA: Refugees finally start to wend their way home
MONROVIA, 1 Oct 2004 (IRIN) - Trucks crossing the border from Sierra Leone and a plane from Ghana on Friday brought home the first of about 300,000 Liberian refugees targeted by a UN repatriation exercise.

UNHCR Begins Repatriating 340,000 Liberian Refugees
The U.N. refugee agency is launching a three-year program to return home 340,000 Liberian refugees scattered throughout West Africa during 14 years of civil war. The UNHCR says this is one of the agency's largest voluntary repatriation efforts in the region.

Nimba Mandingos Complain To Superintendent
Several members of the Mandingo ethnic group in Nimba County have complained to Nimba Superintendent Harris Karnwea that the Gios and Manos were seizing their properties.

Sekou Takes Dweh to Task
The embattled Chairman of the fast disintegrating LURD, Sekou Damate Conneh, has indicated that NTLA Speaker, George Dweh, has no intention of allowing peace to prevail in Liberia.

Liberia refugees return home
Some 100,000 Liberians, who fled 14 years of war, are being sent home a year after the fighting ended.The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is starting an operation to repatriate those who escaped to neighbouring Sierra Leone and Ghana.

LIBERIA: UN opens last disarmament site in Harper
MONROVIA, 30 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The last disarmament centre in war-scarred Liberia has finally opened its doors just one month before the deadline for ex-combatants to hand in their weapons, the United Nations mission in the country (UNMIL) announced on Thursday.

US urges post-war Liberia to focus on rural governance ...
Without serious attention to developing government in rural areas, Liberia (news - web sites) risks tumbling back into war, a senior US State Department official said during a visit to the west African state.

LIBERIAN LAWMAKER GOES ON INDEFINITE STRIKE
A Liberian Lawmaker in the Liberian National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA), John Gbally, has gone on strike in protest of what he called "The Conspicuous delay" by the Executive Branch of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) to make available to thousands of ordinary Liberians 25 30 seated buses promised for the use of the Liberian masses in order to ease the acute transportation problem in the country.

UNHCR BEGINS REPATRIATION FRIDAY -For Liberians in Ghana, Sierra Leone
First batch of Liberian refugees residing in Ghana and Sierra Leone as of October 1st, 2004 will be repatriated by the Uniterd Nations High Commission of Refugees.

NIGERIAN ARTIST LAUNCHES A MONROVIA MOVIE, THE BYJ BOYS
A popular Nigerian artist, Chief Emeka Ani, who also served as special guest has launched a Liberian movie, the BYJ Boy in Monrovia last week and promised to do everything within his power to assist his Liberian counterparts.

UN experts say Liberia lacks fund to institute diamond certification
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Liberia needs external funding to institute a certificate-of-origin regime for diamond trade, a condition for the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on the country's diamond exports, said UN experts monitoring the ban on Wednesday.

Police seize half million dollars cocaine in Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia, 09/30 - Joint Liberian and UN police operations have seized cocaine worth more than US$500,000 in the capital city, as police authorities announced Wednesday an upsurge in the narcotic drugs trade.

Too soon to end Liberia sanctions, UN experts say
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.N. bans on Liberian diamond and timber exports should remain in place for now because the government has not yet taken needed steps to ensure the proceeds benefit the Liberian people, U.N. experts said on Wednesday

Conteh Unveils Plans for UL
The president designate of the University of Liberia, Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, has revealed plans for the revival of the nation’s highest institution of learning. He said he would soon be hosting a national conference in the United States of America to galvanize financial support for the UL to enable it measure up in standard with other universities around the world.

LIBERIA: Taylor loyalist denies recruiting fighters to destabilise Guinea
MONROVIA, 29 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Tiagen Wantee, a comrade-in-arms of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, has denied allegations that he was recently involved in the recruitment of Liberian fighters to launch an insurrection in neighbouring Guinea.

Liberia: Post & Telecom Brings Relief to Subscribers ...
a Postal Affairs release issued Monday under the signature of Abraham Kromah, Deputy Minister for Technical Services, said the Ministry believes that the interconnection by the two companies will afford the Liberian people the opportunity to communicate with each other without hindrance.

Broken Alliances-Jacques Klein Criticizes Bryant’s Gov’t. How Will That Affect NTGL’s ‘Shaky Credibility’?
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, Jacques Paul Klein, has said that fiscal management in Liberia is still a game of competing corrupt interests.

Japan gives emergency aid to Liberia
Japan has announced an emergency grant of 110 million yen to support the repatriation of Liberian refugees and internally displaced persons through the activities of three Japanese non-governmental organisations.

DEPORTATION OF MANDINGOES IN LIBERIA
- Gen. Kamara Predicts “Trouble” - Wants Disarmament Deadline Changed
A Senior Coordination of the National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration, Gen. Philip Kamara of LURD has warned that the continue deportation of Mandingoes in Liberia by the Liberian Immigration officials on a regular busy if not stopped, may lead to another round of confusion in that country.

Caution to Lofa Citizens: Not every new thing is durable, some are from Taiwan
Paramount Chief Sekou Dudu while addressing the Liberian National conferences at Hotel Africa, when conferees were expressing the desire for a new interim government against IGNU. He said, “Liberian people are very much found of new things so much so that they don’t realized that some are from Taiwan and therefore not durable.” If such is not the characteristic of a typical Liberian man, then we need to prove the paramount chief wrong and elect men of substance in our slots of the both houses and not those who got their “palm kennel cracked by benevolent spirits”

LIBERIA-SIERRA LEONE: Sierra Leone to send back 500 detained Liberian fighters
MONROVIA, 28 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Sierra Leone will release about 500 Liberian gunmen linked to former president Charles Taylor and return them to Liberia later this year, a Foreign Ministry official in Monrovia said on Tuesday.

INFLUX OF NEW MEMBERS- A HOPEFUL AND OPTMISTIC SIGN FOR LIMANY

The Turay administration has registered more new members in the four weeks Mr. Abraham Turay has been president than at any time or in any four-week period in the history of LIMANY. The amazing thing about most of the newcomers is that they are all long time New York residents who had been uninterested in, and reluctant to join any type of “Mandingo Organization.” All of the new members endorse the leadership of Mr. Turay and approve of the new direction taken by LIMANY’S board. About 40% of them are females and a majority attribute their renew interests in LIMANY, to the fact that the president, Mr. Abraham Turay personally approached them and invited them to join LIMANY and promise them that “all Liberian Mandingoes, irrespective of religious beliefs are eligible to join LIMANY.” Any Liberian Mandingo who is a New York State resident can join LIMANY.

Prosecutor Accuses Former Liberia Leader
The top prosecutor for Sierra Leone's war crimes court on Monday accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of recruiting fighters in the country he once led and working to destabilize other West African nations. A spokesman for Taylor denied the allegations.

U.S. Commends Liberia's Progress Toward Democracy, Reconstruction
In a meeting with Charles Guyde Bryant, chairman of Liberia's National Transition Government, Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage reiterated U.S. support for the progress the country has made toward reconstruction and democracy, including efforts to reform the diamond and timber industries.

Tribalism at the University Of Liberia and Decentralization
Recent outcries on decentralization are a twist in national priority if we are to consider, let say, tribalism for example, which is tearing apart our country at an alarming rate. Even at the helm of our educational system, tribalism is such an issue.

AISHA KEITA CONNEH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

Liberians Ex-combatants from all factions in the Liberian conflict are now enjoying services being offered by a local NGO, the Aisha Keita Conneh Endowment Foundation, (AKCEF) an agency catering to the wellbeing of many Liberians.

The Aisha Keita Conneh Endowment Foundation (AKCEF) was established early last year by Madam Ashia Keita Conneh, in order to supplement the efforts of the United Nations and the International Community to help bring relief to Liberians, especially the needy.

UNICCO CONDEMNS ALLEGED RECRUITING IN NIMBA COUNTY
UNICCO PRESS RELEASE- The United Nimba Citizens' Council, UNICCO, based in the United States of America has learned with grave concern rumors about recruitment of individuals to engage in insurrection against the Government of the Republic of Guinea.

UNMIL DEPUTY BOSS GIVES STERN WARNING TO SPEAKER DWEH, DDRR CHIEF JARBO
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Liberia, Souren Seraydarain says any attempt by anyone or group to obstruct the UN backed Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) progem in Liberia would not be taken lightly by the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL

The Rational behind Tingba’s Outrage
It may seem silly and lowdown that some petty men will try to build their notoriety by devoting to discredit the notable and respectable characters of Nvasekie Konneh even if means self-destruction. That is exactly what I get since I have been following the recent debate between Vasiekie Konneh and Aagon Tingba and it mortify me that Tingba will divulge his hatred so publicly against people on mere ethnicity, yet still not realizing his own flaws.

ASSEMBLYMEN ADD "MORE GREASE" TO THEIR ELBOWS

Monrovia: While Civil Servants and the public are facing economic hardship, members of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (NTLA) have increased their monthly allowances in continuation of their enjoyment.

Instead of receiving a monthly allowance of US$1,500, for each member of the assembly will now receive a monthly allowance of US$2,000 (of over 150,000 Liberian dollars) an increment of US$500.00.

UN awards peace medal to Chinese civilian police contingent in Liberia
MONROVIA, Sept. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations Mission In Liberia (UNMIL) awarded UN Peace Medal to the Chinese Civilian Police Contingent on Friday in Monrovia for their performance in peacekeeping in Liberia.

LIBERIA: Resettlement of IDPs will start in November - UNHCR
MONROVIA, 24 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - An official drive to resettle about 300,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Liberia will start in November, a month after the programme to repatriate refugees living in other West African countries, Golam Abass, the deputy head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Liberia said on Friday.

"Surgery was successful," say the Doctors.
Mr. Sidiki and Mrs. Sonah Trawally would love to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all those who remembered them in prayers. God has answered your prayers. Their son, baby boy Trawally, has successfully undergone one of the most fearful operations in our times: - heart surgery in infancy. On the question of how he feels in the midst of this situation, Mr. Sidiki Trawally said, "Though we are very depressed by the way our son's life has started, we must however, state here that we really appreciate the support of our community. The prayers were very powerful, and have made a huge difference for us."

There are reports hat an inter-tribal conflict is gradually brewing in Nimba county between the Mandingos on the one hand, and the Manos and Gios, on the other, which requires the urgent intervention of the NTGL in order to bring this situation under control.

GHANA-LIBERIA: Agreement signed for repatriation of Liberian refugees in Ghana
ACCRA, 22 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The government of Ghana signed an agreement with Liberia and the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday for the progressive repatriation of 42,000 Liberian refugees who have been living in the country for up to 14 years.

Nigeria Ready to Handover Taylor
Special Court Chief Prosecutor, David Crane, has expressed optimism that Nigeria would soon transfer former Liberian president, Charles Taylor to the Special Court for trial, a press release from the Court states.

LIBERIA: Taylor loyalist recruits Liberians to fight in Guinea - ex-combatants
GANTA, 22 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Tragen Wantee, a comrade-in-arms of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, has been recruiting former members of Taylor's armed forces for the past two months in order to launch an insurrection in neighbouring Guinea, former combatants in the Liberian frontier town of Ganta said.

A YOUNG LIBERIAN HAS OBTAINED DOCTORAL DEGREE IN LAWS

Despite his busy work schedule, Cllr. Jalloh has not wavered in his commitment to Liberia in general and to our community here in America. Even if you wake him up at 2:00 a.m., he will do whatever is asked of him without any grumbling. We as members of the Foundation For Progress are very happy that our brother has reached this educational milestone and we congratulate him for a job well done. His tireless efforts to acquire knowledge and his commitment to the cause of social justice for all Liberians have been a great sign of inspiration and encouragement for us.

THE AKOSOMBO TALKS – HOW LONG WILL THE CIRCUS CONTINUE?
Were Liberians like many other nationalities or peoples around the world that “truly” love their respective countries, there’s no telling that our war-torn nation would be enjoying some semblance of peace and stability by now as opposed to continually engaging in senseless wars that are subjecting our people to a life of despair, abject poverty, untold misery and hopelessness. But, I guess, we [Liberians] are just of a very different breed of humans or mankind!

Corruption Alive in Liberia, Says Amb. Jacques Klein
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Liberia, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein says corruption appears to be very much alive within the National Transitional Government of Liberia(NTGL).

Liberia On IMO's Black List for Not Applying Strategic Security Code
There are reports that Liberia is among 16 countries that have been 'black listed' by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for failing to implement the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.

U.S. $5 Million Missing From Liberian Government Coffers
Philadelphia, 9/21/04 (SlohInfoService) - LURD, a Liberian warring faction, has issued a press release in which it accuses the chairman of the interim government, Charles Bryant, of stealing over four million United States dollars from the treasury and getting richer and richer at the expense of the Liberian people.

“WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS,” SAYS MR. AND MRS. TRAWALLY

Mr. Sidiki and Mrs. Sonah Trawally, along with their respective families, are calling on friends and well-wishers to keep up their prayers for their newly arrived son, Baby Boy Trawally, who undergoes a major heart surgery today, Monday September 20, 2004.

Sekou Korleh Cinches Two Degrees at one strike

As if the year 2004 was specifically destined to be young Sekou Korleh's year of harvest, his name reverberated in the auditorium of the Mitten Hall on the Campus of Temple University as he netted two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Psychology and another in Political Science.

NEW DATE FOR THE LIBERIAN MANDINGOES RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE
As The date for the proposed All Liberian Mandingoes Conference draws near, there are growing calls and interests from the Liberian Mandingoes leadership to postpone the Conference date from September 24-26 to Thanksgiving Day Weekend (November 25-28).

Peace Process in Danger
A faction of LURD loyal to Justice Minister Kabineh Ja’neh convened a news conference last Saturday to accuse Bryant of creating confusion and conflicts among the warring factions and therefore called on the international community to assist in his removal as head of the transitional coalition government.

Muslim women donate to returnees
The Women Wing of the National Muslim Council of Liberia over weekend distributed some assorted materials and relief items to displaced people in Brewerville, outside Monrovia.

LIBERIA: Four counties declared safe for return of refugees and IDPs
MONROVIA, 16 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The Liberian government, the United Nations and several relief agencies have jointly declared four counties in western Liberia safe for refugees to come home to.

PHILLY MOSQUE EMBARKS ON MAJOR PROJECTS

Masjib Al-Islaah is a local mosque situated on 65^th and Elmwood Avenue in southwest Philadelphia. Its chief Imam, Sekou Sheriff has embarked on a major renovation and expansion project of the mosque, which when completed, will create enough room to accommodate worshippers, who attend daily prayers services.

Official Transfer of ULAA's Administrative Authority To Arthur K. Watson
SEPTEMBER 14, 2004- The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA), on Saturday, September 11, 2004, held its ceremonies marking the official transfer of administrative authority to the newly elected National Administration of Mr. Arthur K. Watson.

At the ceremonies, outgoing National President Madam Roberta Davis-Rashid formally turned over the power and authority of the Union to newly elected President Mr. Arthur K. Watson.

Liberia Needs More Help to Rebuild After War -UN
U.N. peacekeepers have made good progress stabilizing Liberia after years of war but the country needs more international help to rebuild its shattered economy and create jobs, U.N. officials said on Wednesday.

Liberia Has "Come a Long Way" in One Year, U.N. Envoy Says
United Nations -- The U.N. Mission in Liberia has continued to make progress in stabilizing the country, but many challenges, especially economic and political, lie ahead for the West African nation in the coming years, U.N. special envoy Jacques Klein said September 15.

I REASONED WITH CLLR. SHERMAN BUT HE IS NOT THE ONE
I read with very keen interest the recent Interview that Cllr. Sherman had with the editors of the Perspective. I must admit that the guys at the perspective.org, limany.org and other internet news magazine are doing an excellent job in providing a platform for the national debate as our country moves closer to yet another election and hopefully, just hopefully, farther away from war and violence.

Liberia sets Oct. 31 deadline to disarm fighters
"We are appealing to you that if you have not turned in your guns by now, please do so, so that we do not have to come after you," Gyude Bryant, the chairman of Liberia's transitional government told a news conference. "After the deadline for turning in your weapons, it will become illegal to have weapons."

LIBERIA: Bryant appeals for $44m to complete DDR and send IDPs home
MONROVIA - Liberia's interim chairman Gyude Bryant has added his voice to rising calls for donors to fulfill their financial pledges to the war-torn west African state, warning of a breakdown in the disarmament process without the badly-needed funds.

IRC Resumes Activities in Liberia s Lofa County as Fighters Disarm
VOINJAMA, LIBERIA - September 13, 2004 The IRC is in the process of reopening its office in Voinjama, the main town in Liberia s remote Lofa County. The plans come after the United Nations Mission in Liberia this week began disarming and demobilizing former combatants in the remote province.

Press Releases Liberia: Resource - Curse or Cure
Liberia: Lifting UN sanctions before Security Council criteria are met will jeopardise Liberia’s recovery and threaten regional peace and security.

We Owe Our Children Better

What then is the essence of education if we can not meet, discuss, and resolve our internal differences and set the pace for our deserving children to build on? What difference does it make even if we can individually join various political parties but with one common agenda for the betterment of our people? While it is a blessing for all of us to belong to the same tribe, it is at the same time impracticable for us to see politic in the same direction.

Economic Reform in Liberia
Economic Reform in Liberia, John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs Monrovia, Liberia. "To acheive lasting peace Liberia needs to acheive an economic recovery by instituting reform measures that would leave no room for corruption and provide transparency and accountability in the allocation and management of resources. This is necessary if Liberia's friends, including the United States, are to remain committed to helping Liberia achieve economic prosperity."

LIBERIA: Returning refugees will starve unless donors provide more food - WFP
MONROVIA, 13 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Refugees returning to Liberia later this year under the auspices of a UN repatriation programme will face starvation unless donors urgently provide more money to feed them, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned

S.O.S. – A LIBERIAN FINANCIAL “WATCHDOG” GROUP NEEDED
When one realizes how the incumbent Charles Gyude Bryant’s interim government still hasn’t yet come clean on the allegations that were levied against it recently by the Commissioner of Customs, the LURD appointee and the Chairman’s namesake, Charles Bennie, coupled with other ongoing scandals involving senior members of the NTGL, the need for a “watchdog” group becomes even more compelling.

In Solidarity with Archbishop, Michael Kpakala Francis
“To Achieve genuine and authentic peace, there must be reconciliation…but to have reconciliation and therefore peace there must be justice. If there is no justice, if the fundamental rights of our people are not respected, it will be near impossible for genuine peace and reconciliation to come about in our country.

A pressure group bids Greaves resign, if…
A national pressure group, Citizens United for Better Liberia (CUBEL), Inc. has described as unfortunate, hypocritical and laughable utterances by the Economic Advisor to Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant alluding to the purchase of expensive cars by NTGL.

We are ready to start working. Are you ready?
I am honor to serve as LIMANY’S President until elections are held, and will do my utmost to justify the confidence reposed in me. Our administration will work with the membership and the Board of Directors to immediately begin a registration drive and will encourage all members to re-register so as to ensure fairness in the upcoming elections. (FULL)

UL saddled with problem
The appointment of Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh to head the nation’s highest institution of learning is rendering that institution intellectually hazardous with two conflicting position positions emanating from the University of Liberia Faculty Association (ULFA).

Liberian National Congress
the political failures and tragedies Liberians have experienced did not occur in a vacuum but rather within a political culture built by successive generation of leaders who focused on priorities at loggerheads with the interests of the Liberian masses.

Crisis at University of Liberia Deepens as Dr. Conteh Arrives In Monrovia
The crisis at the University of Liberia (UL) over the appointment of Dr. Al Hassan Conteh as President if the nation’s highest institution of learning by the Visitor to the University, Charles Gyude Bryant, chairman of the two years power sharing transitional government of Liberia, has deepened, to the extend that solution remains elusive.

Liberia: UN Begins Disarming Former Rebel Stronghold
United Nations peacekeepers in Liberia have begun disarming former rebel fighters in their remote northern stronghold in Lofa County.

LIBERIA: Disarmament finally begins in Lofa county
MONROVIA, 8 September (IRIN) - The United Nations opened a new disarmament centre for former fighters of the LURD rebel group at Voinjama in the remote northwest of Liberia on Wednesday, but reiterated that it would end its nationwide disarmament programme by 30 October.

WHY SAWYER IS SO WRONG THIS TIME
I have read Dr. Sawyer’s argument for the postponement of the 2005 election and it is against this background that I have decided to add my voice to the debate and make every effort to reflect the views of many young people who don’t have the time to participate in the debate either because they lack the resources to do so or have been given guns rather pens.

Founding Chairman of LIMANY selected to lead LIMANY toward election
The Board of Directors of the Liberia Mandingo Association of New York (LIMANY) announces its unanimous selection of Mr. Abraham Turay to lead LIMANY toward a fair and transparent election. Mr. Turay is the founding Chairman of LIMANY, and his elevation to the presidency can only help this organization move confidently forward. Mr. Turay pledged to work with everyone for a renew spirit of unity.

Justice tightens screws on Police brutality
Justice Minister Kabineh Janneh made a brief stop over at the offices of the independent ANALYST newspaper yesterday to inquire into the case of the paper’s reporter who reported that he suffered brutality at the hands of a police officer James Yama, said to be the bodyguard of Finance Minister Lusinee Kamara.

Liberia: former top aide to Taylor surrenders weapons to UN ...
Liberia's immediate former President, Moses Z. Blah, who took over from exiled President Charles Taylor in August last year, today surrendered his weapons to United Nations peacekeepers in the capital, Monrovia. The arms were turned over to Lt.-Gen. Daniel Opande, Force Commander of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), five days after senior UN envoy Jacques Paul Klein had announced the that the disarmament programme would wrap up within two months.

LIBERIA: DDR commission rejects October deadline for completing disarmament
MONROVIA, 7 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - A government commision overseeing disarmament in Liberia has rejected a UN statement that the process must end in October. It said the campaign must go on for longer to mop up weapons still held by the warring factions in remote areas.

Why The Fuss About Decentralization And Elections In Liberia?
The hysteria about decentralization in Liberia has become overwhelming so much so that some Liberians are now publicly advocating the postponement of the scheduled 2005 general elections to accommodate the tentacles of some mystical decentralization scheme in Liberia.

Liberian man 38, died of mystery cause
Trenton, NJ. A Liberian man, Joseph S. Ghoson, 38, of Trenton, died last Saturday of a mystery illness at Mercer Hospital in Trenton four days after returning from Liberia.

YAMARECO Launch In Nimba
The Yan River Minerals and Agriculture Resources Corporation (YAMARECO), a newly formed community-based company in Nimba County, has been launched in the county. The launch and awareness program was held in Gbor-Payee Town, Nimba County on Saturday, August 28, 2004.

Mrs. Sirleaf Calls for Public Hearing On Budget
We want to see transparency and accountability in the NTGL's operation, we want the people to demand for an open hearing on the budget....Corruption is rampant and we must fight to eliminate it in our society ", Madam Sirleaf stressed.

A Letter from Trenton during the ULAA Convention
Liberians living in Trenton have greater influence over Liberia’s sporting and political affairs than anywhere else in the United States. However untrue this may be, it is the popular perception here. So as soon as news spread about the coming of the ULAA convention in Trenton, every John, Peter, Flomo and Sekou was dressed up in coat suits and ties or expensive African barzan, other rented expensive cars just to impress friends and relatives from else where.

LIBERIA: UNHCR plans to repatriate 50,000 refugees by year end
MONROVIA, 2 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency UNHCR has said it plans to repatriate 50,000 Liberian refugees from neighbouring countries by end of this year in an organised programme that will start on schedule on 1 October.

UN Repatriating Child Soldiers in West Africa
The United Nations says it is trying to repatriate hundreds of child soldiers who had been recruited from around West Africa to fight in Liberia's civil war. The U.N. mission in Liberia says it is also hoping to complete the disarmament of the former combatants by the end of October.

Liberia: ICRC launches new projects
The ICRC has begun new operations in the rural county of River Cess and in southeastern Liberia to repair and upgrade wells, install new hand pumps, build latrines and distribute essential items to needy families during the current rainy season.

Liberia: UN gives ex-combatants two more months to complete ... UN News Centre
2 September 2004 – With more than 71,000 ex-combatants from Liberia’s 15-year-long civil war - double the original estimates - having given up their arms so far, the United Nations mission seeking to bring peace and democracy to the strife-torn West African country has given remaining former fighters just two more months to disarm.

DHS Announces Termination and Re-Designation of Liberia for Temporary Protected Status for 12 Months (PRESS RELEASE)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the re-designation of Temporary Protected Status for nationals of Liberia until October 1, 2005. Under this re-designation, nationals of Liberia (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia) may be eligible to live and work in the United States for an additional year.

Militia On Extortion Spree in Nimba
With disarmament yet to take firm roots in rural Liberia, reports of harassment of civilians by former militia fighters who are awaiting disarmament continue unabated. Marketers who came running into the offices of The Analyst to alert authorities, said the former GOL militiamen were in the habit of forcibly demanding money from them without reason.

LIBERIA: UN brings forward deadline for ending disarmament to 30 October
MONROVIA, 1 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The head of the UN mission in Liberia said on Wednesday that the war-scarred country's disarmament programme would officially end on October 30 and any former fighters found with weapons after then would be prosecuted.

Liberia take risk ... (Soccer)
Liberian officials are worried that the country may not present a team for Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Zambia. Only five local players are included in the 29-man delegation travelling from Monrovia to Lusaka.

Liberians Must Make Their Voices Heard for War Crimes Tribunal, Says Chief Prosecutor David Crane
Former U.S. government official, professor of international law, and Chief Prosecutor to the Special hybrid International War Crimes Court for Sierra Leone, David Crane, called on Liberians Wednesday, to speak out for a special war crimes tribunal for their country.
Thanks A Million!!!

In view of your demonstrated support in the entire process, starting with the wedding meetings, pledges, contributions and attendance of the wedding/reception ceremonies, we want to extend our special appreciation to all. You have positively touched our lives and we are glad that you could reawaken our spirit of togetherness. (FULL)

In ULAA Elections: KOFFA LOSES, WIFE CRIES
True to his words, Koffa accepted his defeat courageously. “ I am okay and I accept the results.” He got off his seat with his wife and started clapping continuously as delegates walked to them and hugged them. But when Koffa took the microphone to give his historic concession speech, his wife, Annie burst in tears.

UN probes reports of Liberian child mercenaries
MONROVIA, Liberia (Reuters) -- Child soldiers who fought during Liberia's 14-year civil war may be being recruited to fight again as mercenaries in neighboring Guinea, a senior U.N. official said.

ALAHAJI WILLIAM MOHAMED KROMAH, CITIZEN _ 1899-2004
On Friday, August 20,2005 Alahaji W.M. KROMAH died peacefully in his sleep at his 194 Tubman Boulevard, Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia residence. Upon receiving the news, my father, having lived a full life, I began to reflect on what his enduring legacy would be.

Book Review: “Proposition 12 For Decentralized Governance in LiberiaPower Sharing For Peace And Progress”-Yarsuo Weh-Dorliae
Over the years Liberia, one of Africa’s oldest republic, continues to lag behind her counterparts due to its overly powerful presidency, inequitable distribution of the nation’s wealth and centralized government structure. It is in these regards that Mr. Yarsuo Weh –Dorliae locates himself with 12 Propositions toward a structural reform.

LIBERIA: Too little money for rehabilitation of former combatants, UNICEF says
MONROVIA, 26 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) criticised donors on Thursday for failing to fund the resettlement and retraining of former combatants in Liberia

Liberian returnees find out it takes more than resilience to remain home
GANTA, Liberia, Aug 25 (UNHCR) – Liberians impatient to return home after 14 years of civil war are finding out that it takes more than resilience to begin a new life in the face of so much destruction, lack of income-earning opportunities and insecurity in some places.

UNICEF helps Liberia’s child warriors return to home and school
26 August 2004 – Just four months after the launch of a massive disarmament campaign in Liberia, almost 85 per cent of about 5,800 demobilized children have been reunited with their families after being forcibly abducted or recruited into the West African country’s 15-year-long civil war, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today.

Justice Min. Wants Rule of Law Respected
Minister Ja’neh who is also the Attorney general of the Republic of Liberia further stressed the need for Liberians to conform to international law, especially that which has to do with the convention on rights of the child.

Ellen Pleads For Women Rights, Education
Presidential aspirant of the Unity Party (UP), Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has embarked on an advocacy initiative, pleading for women rights and education.

UN peacekeeping fosters rebuilding in war-ravaged parts of Liberia
Areas of post-conflict Liberia where United Nations peacekeepers are stationed are being reconstructed as refugees and internally displaced persons return, but some are trying to go home even to insecure areas where armed groups are harassing villagers and extorting money, the UN refugee agency said today.

LIBERIA: Disarmament to end in December, later than planned
MONROVIA, 25 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Liberia's disarmament programme will be extended until the end of this year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, dashing hopes that all former combatants would hand in their weapons before the UN starts to bring refugees home in October.

Liberians in the U.S to vote in 2005 presidential election?
Speaking at the Union of Liberian Associations in America, ULAA’s 30^th convention in Trenton, NJ, presidential aspirant of the Liberia Action Party, Dr. Joseph D. Korto called on ULAA to make sure Liberian in the U.S take part in the next presidential election.

The Meeting of the Gladiators In Trenton, How Was It?
As we entered the conference hall in the morning of the 21^st of August, my imagination was that every car parked on the conference hall’s parking lot was carrying one of two things in its trunk, a boxing glove or a lap top computer prepared to take on a rival that is perceived to have equally come prepared for the final encounter since threats and counter threat were waged awaiting this Trenton Conference...Wherever the missal land and whoever it affect comes after it has been emotionally unleashed. Such is the gladiator behind the keyboard. FULL

Liberia: UNICEF chief reviews efforts to aid war-traumatized
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)head Carol Bellamy is on a three-day visit to Liberia to assess progress in reintegrating thousands of youngsters who were abducted, recruited as soldiers or sex slaves and otherwise exploited in the 15-war civil war that tore the West African country apart.

LIBERIA: Some patients in southeast have to travel by canoe to get healthcare
MONROVIA, 24 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - There are so few working hospitals and health clinics in southeastern Liberia that patients in one district have to be ferried by canoe to neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire to receive any treatment at all, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a report.

In ULAA election, Arthur Watson won the votes, Morris Koffa got the honor

The candidacy of Arthur Watson and Georges Wou was on Sunday, August 22, declared winner of the highly contested presidential and vice presidential elections of the Union of Liberia Association in America, ULAA, in , NJ, bringing an end to the long leadership crisis that has plagued the organization for the past two years.

THE 2005 ELECTIONS – THE "CRITICAL" CENSUS ISSUE
As Liberians prepare (or may I say brace) themselves once again for the upcoming Presidential and General elections in 2005 in their now badly ruined country, the issue of conducting a nation-wide census prior to the nervously awaited "big event" is somewhat becoming a rather hot topic (as it should) for serious discussions amongst people that are interested in seeing things done correctly this time around - and rightfully so.

LIBERIA: Grenade explosion kills two at new disarmament camp
MONROVIA, 18 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - The opening of a new disarmament camp in northern Liberia this week, was marred by a grenade explosion which killed two fighters loyal to former president Charles Taylor, a spokesman for the disarmament programme said on Wednesday.

U.N. disarm program in Liberia growing
Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The U.N. Mission in Liberia has brought its disarmament and demobilization program to the strife-torn West African nation's remote Nimba county.

200 ex-government soldiers surrender weapons in Liberia
Dakar, Senegal, 08/18 - More than 200 ex-soldiers who fought for exiled President Charles Taylor have surrendered their weapons to UN peacekeepers in the remote town of Ganta, Nimba County, on the first day of the latest stage to disarm and demobilize combatants in Liberia.

My Return to Philadelphia

Having completed my studies in Lansing, Michigan, it is nice to be back with other Liberians. So much has changed here. The number of Liberians has increased considerably. Liberians are making progress. Liberian symbols are everywhere. And with a few improvements, Liberians could raise the bar for others to follow.

Liberia: UN extends disarmament to birthplace of country's long ...

18 August 2004 – The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has brought its efforts to restore peace to the very region where the prolonged civil war first began 15 years ago, launching its latest disarmament and demobilization program in the strife-torn West African country's remote Nimba county.

Liberian ex-fighters riot over education benefits
Monrovia, Liberia, 08/17 - Scores of Liberian ex-combatants rioted in Monrovia Monday demanding education benefits promised them after their disarmament to the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

AFPL Liberian fighters disarmed in Taylor's former stronghold, Nimba
MONROVIA, Aug 17 (AFP) - Liberia's disarmament process arrived Tuesday in the northern town of Ganta, a stronghold of former president Charles Taylor's militia. The disarmament site was crowded early in the morning by militia fighters keen to hand in their arms to a Bangladeshi contingent of UNMIL, the UN mission in the west African state.

Ex-Combatants Pickets Monrovia Streets-Demands DDRR Benefits
"We want our money; we tire with lies and big, big cars. If they don't give us our benefits we will make them pay for its. We will burn their cars so all of us will suffer. Then they will know how suffering can hurt," said one ex-combatants who was apparently leading the match from Vai Town on Bushrod Island toward Bassa County Capitol Hill to link up with another group that was holding out at the Headquarters of the NCDDRR near the Monrovia City Hall on Tubman Boulevard.

Amnesty International: Human Rights Progress Slow in Liberia
A leading rights group has praised U.N. efforts to demobilize Liberian fighters, but says progress on improving human rights in the west African nation is too slow.

LIBERIA: A shattered nation on a long road to recovery

MONROVIA, 17 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Liberians, impatient for better times ahead, have begun the slow process of rebuilding their country, shattered by 14 years of intermittent civil war that ended one year ago.

The guns have fallen silent, 15,000 UN peacekeeping troops patrol the country's main towns and highways and tens of thousands of refugees have spontaneously begun to return home.

LIBERIA: WFP cuts food rations for second time as funds run out
MONROVIA, 16 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Dwindling food stocks and a shortfall in donor funding have forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to cut rations for more than 700,000 Liberians for the second time in two months, a senior WFP official said on Monday.

I.E and Barrolle USA Game Falling Apart
$34,000 mismanaged, official alleges.
The Invincible Eleven (I.E) and Mighty Barrolle soccer game play every year in celebration of Liberia’s Independent in the United States is on the verge of falling apart if nothing is done to bring the conflicting parties together so the game can be play at a single venue.

Liberian Launches Book on Decentralization

A prominent Liberian political activist, Lawyer, and educator, Yarsuo Weh-Dorliae, will this Saturday, August 21, 2004, launch his new book in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The book, carrying the timely and relevant title "PROPOSITION 12 FOR DECENTRALIZED GOVERNANCE IN LIBERIA: Power Sharing for Peace and Progress," will be launched at the University of Pennsylvania's Newman Center at 3720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Nvasekie: It’s All Wrong, Nothing Correct
Hence once again, I would try to follow said principle as I attempt to address the emotionally charged loaded language of Mr. Nvasekie Konneh’s paradoxical “360 degrees off course”, (http://limany.org/360degree.html) which was only meant to “poison the well” but ironically termed as a response to my article (http://limany.org/afting2.html), Bridging the Ethnic Divide-Answers to my Critic.

Liberian song hit the market, "Running" By Eddie Africa
He took his boyhood memory from dusty Kakata, Liberia, and turned his talent into a Afro-Jazz musical world beat that appeal to all nationality. Eddie Africa new six track CD, "Runining" comes on august 7, add to the list of growing Liberian talents in the diasporas.

360 DEGREES OFF COURSE (Responding To Aagon Tingba)
Nvasekie Konneh..Since Mr. Tingba failed to address the main issues of the discussion, I will do so for him again. But before I do that, let me offer some clarifications on some of the issues he raised, even though they have nothing to do with the demonstrations in question.

Gios, Mandingoes Smoke Peace Pipe - Kruah, Konneh Are Forerunners
Nimba County citizens resident in Monrovia have been meeting to resolve differences amongst the five tribes of the county. For some time now, the five tribes of Nimba including Gbee, Mano, Gio, Mandingo and Krahn have harbored differences that have persisted for more than a decade.

One year on, Taylor's Nigerian exile growing uncomfortable

The former Liberian president is running out of funds and has been unable to pay some of his staff their salaries for the last three months, a Liberian official who accompanied his boss into exile told AFP on Tuesday.

LIBERIA: Rebels dig in at rubber plantation
More than 1,000 former fighters of the LURD rebel movement are holed up in Liberia's second largest rubber plantation and are refusing to turn in their guns to UN peacekeepers, a member of Liberia's transitional parliament said on Tuesday.

Aafia Siddiqui bought diamonds from Liberia for Qaeda
UN report says six top Qaeda operatives were in Liberia to launder money through diamonds before September 11 attacks

Close Relationship to US Did Not Help Liberia Much

n their brave film "Liberia: An Uncivil War" Jonathan Stack and James Brabazon make us witnesses to the continuing implosion in one of Africa's failed states. But they do something else as well in the documentary that has its premiere tonight on the Discovery Times Channel. They also show how the United States has turned its back on the land it created as a colony in 1821.

EDUCATION-LIBERIA: Civil War Leaves School System in Tatters ...
MONROVIA, June 16 (IPS) - The Day of the African Child, celebrated Wednesday, is a sober occasion for Liberia, where fourteen years of intermittent civil war have undermined the education system on which many of the country’s children depend.

LIBERIA: Government seeks foreign investment to revive mains ...
MONROVIA, 6 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - The government of Liberia is seeking a private overseas investor to help restore mains electricity to the capital Monrovia at an estimated cost of US$14 million, Joseph Maya, the managing director of the state-run Liberia Electricity Corporation said.

KEEPING THE NTGL UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
In the eyes of some Liberians, the recent allegations made by a senior official in the incumbent interim government, the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), in effect that the country’s very scarce financial resources were being “misapplied” [squandered] by the Charles Gyude Bryant administration instead of providing basic social services for the people or even paying longstanding salary arrears to its employees, is nothing more than the issue of a team player gone berserk for one reason or the other.

LIBERIA ON PARIS MOU WHITE LIST
THE Liberian Registry says that the 2003 Annual Report of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control shows Liberia to be the best-performing open register on the MoU's White List.

LIBERIA: Leadership battle in LURD leads to fighting on streets of Monrovia
MONROVIA, 4 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - A long-running power struggle for the leadership of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel movement has spilled over into violence on the streets of Monrovia, forcing UN peacekeeping forces to send in tanks.

LIBERIA: Security fears and poor infrastructure will limit repatriation of refugees
MONROVIA, 4 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Concerns over security in some parts of rural Liberia and the battered state of infrastructure will limit the number of refugees able to return home from neighbouring West African countries later this year, the UN refugee agency has warned.

Funding shortfall could spark food crisis in Liberia, UN warns
ensure that some 500,000 Liberians have enough to eat in coming months

Liberia to deport 20,000 Ghanaians?
Just days after Libya started an enmasse deportation of illegal Ghanaian immigrants from their soil; Liberia has also announced their intentions of ridding their country of the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

Liberia's Taylor gave aid to Qaeda, UN probe finds
The senior Al Qaeda operative captured in Pakistan last week met Charles Taylor, who was president of Liberia at the time, in the years before and after Sept. 11, 2001, and received refuge from the former U.S. ally while planning further terrorist operations, according to U.S. intelligence officials and United Nations investigators.

COTE D IVOIRE: UN finds 99 bodies in mass graves after rebel clashes
ABIDJAN, 3 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - UN human rights experts have uncovered three mass graves packed with at least 99 bodies in the northern town of Korhogo where heavy clashes between rival rebel factions took place in June, the UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) said.

GUINEA: Refugee influx adds fuel to AIDS crisis in southeast Guinea
NZEREKORE, 26 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - There are only two AIDS testing centres in the whole of Guinea and only one pilot project supplying anti-retroviral drugs to a group of 50 people.

UN official hails work of Chinese peacekeepers in Liberia - UN News Centre
As part of celebrations marking Chinese Army Day, a senior United Nations official in Liberia has paid tribute to the “commitment and dedication” of Chinese peacekeepers working in the war-ravaged West African country.

"Lofans, I want to be your Senior Senator"

Massaquoi Morlu Kamara: Lofans, as I have mentioned, I want to be your Senior Senator. I believe that I will work tirelessly to represent you fully in Monrovia. I want to work with you to build the kind of Lofa County that will be the envy of others in Liberia. I believe that it is not just enough to regain the status of Lofa as the breadbasket of Liberia, but we also need to make Lofa a place for academic excellence, job opportunities, foreign investment, and a first choice of business location for Liberian owned businesses. Full Press Release

Bridging the Ethnic Divide- Answers to my Critic
I read with complete interest but disappointment the “author”, Mr. NvaseKie Konneh’s response to my deliverables at the King Zolu Doma’s lecture series. The speech, which was published on the Limany’s web site on July 22, 2004 (http://limany.org/afting1.html) under the caption, “The dynamics of the Liberian war: (FULL)

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE MARCHED FOR FREEDOM Are there no more collective calls for matching [marching] on Washington? How about collectively matching [marching] to sustain the peace in Liberia and for the establishment of war crimes tribunal? Well, history is watching and I am only trying to play a little role of a gadfly." (FULL)

A Fighter Hands In A Gun In Gbanga
MONROVIA, - The United Nations has poured 15,000 peacekeepers into Liberia and more than 54,000 former combatants have been disarmed, but UN officials admit that not everyone is handing in a weapon and vast tracts of the West African country remain inaccessible to UN patrols.

“Readiness” Before Conducting Any Elections (Press Release)
To conduct free and fair elections, the electorate should be well informed of the issues involved and the candidates participating. To be able to form a well sound judgment, one ought to be part and parcel of the process. By this, we mean one has to be present at most meetings to appreciate and identify the players and issues involved. It is not acceptable anymore to just show up and cast votes. (FULL)

ABOUT US

LIMANY In French
STUDENT CENTER

The Foundation Reacts to the Death of Brother Nvasekie's Wife

DO YOU KNOW WHAT RECONCILIATION MEANS?
By Mohammed Bility

Minnesota Mandingo Association Induction Ceremony
By Issa Fofana

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY YEAR!
Roberta Davies-Rashid (Mrs.)
NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ULAA

Why We Must Not Turn A Blind Eye
To The Ranny Jackson Question
By Saah C. N'Tow

MISINTERPRETING OUR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
By Nvasekie Konneh

For The Record: We Need Answers
Ramses K.Nah

ABOUT US

LIMANY In French STUDENT CENTER

The Foundation Reacts to the Death of Brother Nvasekie's Wife DO YOU KNOW WHAT RECONCILIATION MEANS? By Mohammed Bility Minnesota Mandingo Association Induction Ceremony By Issa Fofana MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY YEAR! Roberta Davies-Rashid (Mrs.) NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ULAA

Why We Must Not Turn A Blind Eye To The Ranny Jackson Question By Saah C. N'Tow MISINTERPRETING OUR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES By Nvasekie Konneh For The Record: We Need Answers Ramses K.Nah

LIMANY In French
STUDENT CENTER

The Foundation Reacts to the Death of Brother Nvasekie's Wife

DO YOU KNOW WHAT RECONCILIATION MEANS?
By Mohammed Bility

Minnesota Mandingo Association Induction Ceremony
By Issa Fofana

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY YEAR!
Roberta Davies-Rashid (Mrs.)
NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ULAA

Why We Must Not Turn A Blind Eye
To The Ranny Jackson Question
By Saah C. N'Tow

MISINTERPRETING OUR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
By Nvasekie Konneh

For The Record: We Need Answers
Ramses K.Nah