Tag Archives: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Broken news: DEA busts in Liberia, Plea-deals in the Southern District of New York

2nd
Jun. × ’10
By Johnny

Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York and the DEA announced a striking anti-drug trafficking operation in Liberia–one that Sirleaf, the President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s stepson played a direct role in. Defendants in an existing narco-trafficking case I wrote about last year, apparently, helped make this happen. In a world where narco-traffickers can [...]

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Diplomacy in action: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Hits the Beltway

27th
May. × ’10
By Johnny

My brother pointed this out to me–thanks for the tip. Liberia’s president, Madame Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is in Washington this week. She’s already visited Secretary Clinton and Speaker Pelosi. She’ll be giving the commencement address at Georgetown, as well as, meeting with Obama. Traditionally, these visits provide an opportunity to discuss aid and investment. President [...]

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Diplomacy in action: 2009 Human Rights Report on Liberia

16th
Mar. × ’10
By Johnny

This is a perennial event in embassies around the world. The release of a country’s annual human rights report. In the months and weeks before these documents are made public, diplomats draft and revise and redraft an analysis of how a given country is meeting international human rights standards. Historically with Liberia, this provided an [...]

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Broken news: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf seeks George Boley’s release

4th
Mar. × ’10
By Johnny

Star Radio reports that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  told residents of  Grand Gedeh County  she “would push for the release of their kinsmen Dr. George Boley.” Boley as you know was arrested by ICE agents on January 15 in Rochester, “President Johnson Sirleaf promised she would work with the United States government to ensure the release [...]

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Elaborating on: West Africa, Elections, et al.

25th
Jan. × ’10
By Johnny

Some election news coming out of West Africa. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf reversed a campaign promise and announced she would seek reelection in 2011. At first glance, this may appear to be a power grab, yanked from the playbook of the African big men that preceded Johnson-Sirleaf. The last two leaders elected in Liberia, Taylor [...]

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Not Pleasant: Liberia’s Rape Problem

27th
Aug. × ’09
By Johnny

Quite a few people have talked about Liberia’s rape problem. (Liberia’s president, Nic Kristof) A few weeks back, Americans (and Liberians) were shocked by the story of Liberian children raping another Liberian child in Arizona. And then there’s this: the story of Dale Fosnight, an American UN official who was found dead, in Monrovia after [...]

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