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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisHas Liberia’s ‘feminist’ president forgotten his promise to tackle rape?Despite declaring rape a national emergency two years ago, George Weah has delivered little for victims
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Published in: Frontline InsightsWhen child traffickers work across West Africa’s borders, activists need help to do the sameGuinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone share many things – including a problem of child trafficking. Local organisations...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsThis Liberian lawyer has withstood presidents, multinationals and militiasAlfred Brownell, head of environment law campaigners Green Advocates, has just won the Goldman Environmental Award....
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Published in: 50.50Is Liberia's Sirleaf really standing up for women?President Sirleaf's promise to campaign for women candidates in Liberia's upcoming elections comes too little, too late.
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Published in: HomeThe UN had to go, but is Liberia really prepared for peace?Liberia’s peace will continue to be fragile if it focuses exclusively on security while neglecting the rule of law,...
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Published in: 50.50Ebola: exposing the failure of international developmentThe Ebola crisis has revealed the consequences of deep-seated, unequal global social and economic relations that...
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Published in: TransformationThe greatest coping strategy is helping others: a conversation with Liberian activist B. Abel LearwellieYou can’t ambush a virus with a bullet. A former child soldier speaks out on Ebola in Liberia.
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Published in: 50.50Confronting Ebola in Liberia: the gendered realitiesIn Liberia 75% of those who have been infected or killed from Ebola are women. Last month, a rapid assessment and...
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Published in: HomeResponses to Ebola are still way too little, and may now be too lateThe lack of ambulances, hospital beds, and even plastic gloves have all played a role in allowing the disease to get...
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Published in: openSecurityEbola: between public health and private profitKnown to the international community since 1976, why has the world dragged its feet for decades to find a vaccine...
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Published in: HomeMoving the MDG debate on
A failure to reconcile a concern for human development with genuine economic development will make the High Level...
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Published in: HomeThe Taylor verdict - a fair result but a highly flawed process
Overall the conviction of Charles Taylor represents only a very partial achievement for the broader cause of...
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Published in: openSecurityProxy-War Responsibility and the ‘Taylor Doctrine’
The most important of the secondary effects of the guilty verdict against Charles Taylor will be the notion that...
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Published in: HomeLiberia: the post-election challenges
The years of conflict in Liberia have left a heavy legacy and ensured that the return to democracy has been bumpy....
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Published in: Shine A LightA cog outside the machine
The experience of entering the world of the human rights "professional" leads the author from Cairo to Liberia, from...
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Published in: openSecurityEight magnitude earthquake leaves hundreds dead, millions displaced in Chile
Earthquake in Chile causes mass destruction and displacement. Islamist opposition orders the World Food Programme...
