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When justice means impunity

Oct 15, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Jonathan Ort |Mohamed Duale |Robtel Pailey |Mary Moran

At a hearing this summer about a war and economic crimes tribunal for Liberia, US Rep. Chris Smith twisted the history of Africa’s first republic.
Liberia: Could Joseph Boakai Do a Biden in Liberia's Run-Off Election?

Nov 9, 2023 | allafrica.com | Robtel Pailey

At 78, Boakai is the veteran bridesmaid of Liberian politics; like his American counterpart, he runs against a populist megastar with a comical grasp of governance. Will the run-off settle it for the old man? If Joseph Boakai wins Liberia's high-stakes presidential run-off on 14 November, he will be taking a page out of US President Joe Biden's playbook. This outcome is very probable given the two elder statesmen's uncanny similarities. Their first names (Joseph) and initials (JB) are identical.
Could Joseph Boakai do a Biden in Liberia's run-off election?

Nov 9, 2023 | globaldiasporanews.com | Robtel Pailey

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African Arguments

Nov 9, 2023 | africanarguments.org | Robtel Pailey

If Joseph Boakai wins Liberia’s high-stakes presidential run-off on 14 November, he will be taking a page out of US President Joe Biden’s playbook. This outcome is very probable given the two elder statesmen’s uncanny similarities. Their first names (Joseph) and initials (JB) are identical. With November birthdays separated by two years and ten days, both men have been married since the 1970s and raised four children.
Liberia: Joseph Boakai Could Be Liberia’s Biden

Nov 7, 2023 | liberianobserver.com | Robtel Pailey

By Robtel Neajai PaileyIf Joseph Boakai wins Liberia’s high-stakes presidential run-off on 14 November, he will be taking a page out of US President Joe Biden’s playbook. This outcome is very probable given the two elder statesmen’s uncanny similarities. Their first names (Joseph) and initials (JB) are identical. With November birthdays separated by two years and ten days, both men have been married since the 1970s and raised four children.
Liberia’s President Weah Must Go

Oct 6, 2023 | roape.net | Robtel Pailey

Robtel Neajai Pailey writes that after six years in power, President George Weah has proven he is not up to the job. For the sake of Liberia’s future, he must be removed in next week’s elections. There is a hunger and need for change across the country. As Pailey explains,”there is little doubt that 10 October will be a referendum on the president.
Liberia: Why Liberia’s President Weah Must Go

Oct 5, 2023 | liberianobserver.com | Robtel Pailey

By Robtel Neajai PaileyIf a blind man threatens to stone you, assume he already wields the first pebble. This local adage permeated national politics in Liberia six years ago when George Manneh Weah, the proverbial ‘blind man’ in question, was elected president amidst a tidal wave of anti-intellectualism. Since then, the football-phenom-turned-politician has pelted my country and its people with subpar leadership.
Liberia: Why Liberia's President Weah Must Go (Democratically)

Oct 3, 2023 | allafrica.com | Robtel Pailey

Liberia's disaffected citizens are more than justified in hoping that the 10 October election brings change. If a blind man threatens to stone you, assume he already wields the first pebble. This local adage permeated national politics in Liberia six years ago when George Weah, the proverbial "blind man" in question, was elected president amidst a tidal wave of anti-intellectualism. Since then, the football-phenomenon-turned-politician has pelted my country and its people with subpar leadership.
Why Liberia’s President Weah must go (democratically)

Oct 3, 2023 | globaldiasporanews.com | Robtel Pailey

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