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Persistent corruption threatens Liberian stability
Despite President Johnson-Sirleaf's tough rhetoric on the international stage and the country's modest progress in global rankings, there is growing concern back home.
Monrovia, Liberia - At dusk, streetlights come on in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, making it safer to walk the crumbling pavements. Before the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as president in 2006, there had been no electricity for 15 years. On the surface, Liberia looks like a model for postconflict development. But widespread corruption threatens to undermine recent gains. This week, a report released by Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International (TI) ranks Liberia 42nd worst in a list of 180 countries on perceived levels of public-sector corruption, an improvement on its 2007 rank of 23rd worst.
Liberia is fastest-improving African nation
The island of Mauritius is the best-run country in Africa, Somalia the worst, and Liberia the fastest-improving, according to a comprehensive index of governance standards in the region. The second Ibrahim Index of African Governance was published on Monday in Addis Ababa by Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born former telecommunications magnate turned philanthropist. It showed that 31 out of 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa had recorded better scores than last year. The index measures governance by assessing political participation, human rights and the rule of law, transparency, corruption, development and economic opportunity.
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The Liberian Government Response To Corruption Article
The 9/25 article, “Persistent corruption threatens Liberian stability,” does not present a complete or accurate picture of efforts on the ground to fight the systemic corruption that has plagued Liberia for many years. The Liberian government, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption. This is not mere rhetoric. Since coming to office, there have been significant gains in building the legal framework and institutions needed to win this battle.
Introducting Africa Envrionemtal Watch
Recognizing the shared environmental misfortunes among countries on the African continent, the Liberia Environmental Watch, or LEW, that have its lenses focusing entirely on the Republic of Liberia, will now become part of what is now known as Africa Environmental Watch, or AEW, with the sole purpose of taking on the African continent environmental woos head on collectively with other African environmental groups under a new emerging concept “leave no country behind” when it comes to the environment.
Clinton's NGO To Assist Adolescent Girls
The Clinton Global Initiative has announced a new partnership for adolescent girls in Liberia. The innovative public-private partnership involving the World Bank, Liberia and the Nike Foundation was announced last week by former United States President Bill Clinton at the opening plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. The initiative, an Executive Mansion release says, aims to increase economic opportunities for adolescent girls as part of the efforts to reconstruct Liberia following 14-years of civil war.
Two Foreign Companies Win Offshore Liberia Blocks
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) announced on Tuesday that two foreign companies have won a bid for offshore petroleum exploration in Liberian territorial waters. Anadarko Liberia Company, an American company, and Hong KongTong Tai Hong Kong/Chinese Petroleum International Corporation were declared winners of the bid upon the completion of a comprehensive evaluation conducted by an Inter-Ministerial Petroleum Technical Committee (IPTC).
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Chucky Taylor In Court For Torture Monday morning, Chucky Taylor stepped into a federal courtroom wearing a gray blazer and black slacks, looking more like a museum security guard than an accused war criminal. But his trial on torture charges that opened this week will test a never before invoked federal law criminalizing torture, a statute that the Bush Administration examined closely to ensure CIA agents and other civilians involved in the War on Terrorism would not be exposed to prosecution.
50 Members Of Liberia's National Police Suspended
A LNP press release issued Thursday said, the administrative action was taken against the officers due to their failure to report to work, as well as assault against some peaceful citizens in Monrovia. The press release indicated that two of the police officers were suspended for time indefinite for assaulting some peaceful citizens in Grand Bassa County, while four other officers were also suspended for one week each.
It also specified that 46 of the officers were suspended for two weeks each and three others for the period of four months. Accordingly, the LNP has warned all of its officers to desist from such practices of not reporting to work or would face similar administrative action.
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Over 56 police officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) have been suspended for periods ranging from one week to four months. 
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