Liberia History & Information

Continued from Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3

 
Palava Hut: You described recent polls in Liberia as “erroneous.” You were said to have been favored in the polls. Some Liberians say they would prefer a lady, not a man, to assume the chief magistracy of the country. Do you have any interest in the future to [...]

Continued from Part 1 and Part 2
Palava Hut: The Abuja Treaty indicates that factional heads should participate in the May 1997 elections. Some Liberians are vehemently opposed to that proposition. They say that any decision to go after an elected rebel would be far from unanimous, so they would “let principle count now for something [...]

“To Kill Innocent People is Unforgivable,” Sirleaf Observes
 
 
Below is an interview Palava Hut Magazine had with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf six about ECOMOG’s disarmament of combatants, her interest in Liberia’s economic reconstruction and her role in the Association for Constitutional Democracy in Liberia to pressurize the late Samuel Doe Government. This conversation was had six months before [...]