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Sierra Leone: Elections Bring A Gleam Of Hope
Bhuwan Thapaliya - 8/13/2007
Sierra Leone’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections on August 11th may do little more than legitimize the end of the country’s bloody civil war that ended in 2002. Yet the election stands out in Sierra Leone , partly because of its rarity. For the first time the election will be held without the assistance of international peace keepers.

Hate Crimes And The Death of Free Speech
Dymphna - 5/5/2007
Mikko Ellilä is a Finnish blogger has been summoned by the police for a hearing next week, all because of the content of his blog posts. But the Finns aren’t the only ones having trouble with a chill wind blowing across their free speech rights — we’re about to face a big battle against the enemies of the First Amendment here in the USA, beginning tomorrow. Can’t happen here, you say? It very well may happen tomorrow.

Liberia: The Willis Knuckles Saga
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye - 4/16/2007
There are quite a number of lessons to be learnt from the scandal which hit the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Administration in Liberia recently, and which resulted in the resignation of the highly influential Acting Chief of Staff, Minister Willis D. Knuckles jnr. One of the country’s tabloids, The Independent, had published the nude picture of Mr. Knuckles in a revolting threesome sexual act with two women, thus provoking a national outrage and widespread calls for the resignation of Knuckles, whose office was also known as Acting Minister of Presidential Affairs.

Liberia: The Willis Knuckles Saga
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye - 3/12/2007
There are quite a number of lessons to be learnt from the scandal which hit the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Administration in Liberia recently, and which resulted in the resignation of the highly influential Acting Chief of Staff, Minister Willis D. Knuckles jnr. One of the country’s tabloids, The Independent, had published the nude picture of Mr. Knuckles in a revolting threesome sexual act with two women, thus provoking a national outrage and widespread calls for the resignation of Knuckles, whose office was also known as Acting Minister of Presidential Affairs.

Liberia's future looks hazy
Bhuwan Thapaliya - 11/15/2005
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has claimed victory in Liberia's first presidential elections since the end of 14 years of civil war two years ago and if confirmed, she will be Africa's first elected female president.