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RLF, ECOWAS @ 50 And the Rich Promise of Radical Populist International Institutionalism

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2025In: GovernanceTags: Bosnia, ECOWAS, Europe, Liberal institutionalism, Liberia, NATO, Prof Funmi Olonisakin, Prof John Mearsheimer, Radical populist internationalism, Rosa Luxembourg Foundation, Sierra Leone, Structural realismNo CommentsViews:
RLF, ECOWAS @ 50 And the Rich Promise of Radical Populist International Institutionalism

International institutions entered the post-Cold War world on a controversial note. As early as 1994, Prof John Mearsheimer had published his essay ‘The false promise of international... Read more

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President George Weah’s Interim Farewell to Liberia

Posted By: adminon: November 18, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Ambassador Joseph Boakai, Coalition for Democratic Change, Defeat of incumbent, Electoral democracy, Liberia, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:
President George Weah’s Interim Farewell to Liberia

In a way, it can be called his farewell address to Liberians even as he remains in power till the hand over date. but he is already looking at 2029, thereby saying ‘till then’ The presidenti... Read more

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Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission in the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia is suing for calm. A statement titled “Preliminary Declaration – Liberia General Elections” p... Read more

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Can Goodluck Jonathan’s WAEF & Attahiru Jega’s EOM Make an African Exception of the October 2023 Elections in Liberia?

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Can Goodluck Jonathan’s WAEF & Attahiru Jega’s EOM Make an African Exception of the October 2023 Elections in Liberia?

The stakes are high, not only because two signifying individuals in democratic practice in Africa are involved but also because democracy itself is in a stalemate. Democracy has been mobilis... Read more

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A Review of Kike Ojo’s Fire in The Wind

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2020In: BookspaceTags: Fourabay College, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Street Children NGONo CommentsViews:
A Review of Kike Ojo's Fire in The Wind

Publishers:  Kraft Books, Ibadan Year of Publication:  2020 Number of Pages: 218 Reviewers: Chukwuemeka E. Onukaogu and Chijioke Uwasomba Just exactly two years after the publication of her... Read more

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Dr. Chris Kwaja’s Reminder on the ECOWAS/ECOMOG Mystique

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2017In: BookspaceTags: CPA, ECOMOG, ECOWAS, Historicism, Humanitarian Imperialism, Humanitarian Intervention, Liberia, OAU, PSOs, R2P, SSR, UN, United Nations Common Country AssessmentNo CommentsViews:
Dr. Chris Kwaja’s Reminder on the ECOWAS/ECOMOG Mystique

With the narrative of Humanitarian Intervention and its Responsibility to Protect (R2P) thesis virtually in ruins following the quick attack on it as Humanitarian Imperialism, the question o... Read more

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Gen Victor Malu, Nigeria and ECOMOG

Posted By: adminon: November 02, 2017In: FlashbackTags: ECOWAS, First Gulf War, Katsina Ala, Liberia, NATO, NNS AMBE, The Gambia, USNo CommentsViews:
Gen Victor Malu, Nigeria and ECOMOG

By Paul Ejime Originally published as “Tribute to Gen Victor Malu, Nigeria’s ECOMOG Hero” on Pambazuka Online, (Nov. 2nd, 2017), this piece provides solid, additional bits that ties together... Read more

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General Victor Malu: The Passage of a Warrior

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Charles Taylor, ECOMOG, LiberiaNo CommentsViews:
General Victor Malu: The Passage of a Warrior

The now late General Victor Malu was not a soldier but an officer. However, the imagery of the soldier or the warrior remains more fitting for him: no politics and every assignment given to... Read more

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Africa’s is a Crisis of Contested Legitimacy -Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Interview, Part 2

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2016In: GovernanceTags: African, BOKO HARAM, Claude Ake, DONALD TRUMP, Europe, GATT, Ghana, Hilary Clinton, John Magufuli, Late Nelson Mandela, Liberia, NATO, Obama, Prof Richard, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, UNCTAD, USNo CommentsViews:
Africa’s is a Crisis of Contested Legitimacy -Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Interview, Part 2

  By Adagbo ONOJA In part 1 of this interview published October 13th, 2016, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, political scientist and a leading opposition figure in Tanzania outlined the basis... Read more

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Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

Posted By: adminon: October 06, 2016In: FlashbackTags: African, Angela Merkel, Brazil, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, Dr. Nkosana Zuma, Germany, IMF, Liberia, Mrs Hilary Clinton, Park Geun-Hye, Sir leaf Johnson, South Korea, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, UN, UNSCNo CommentsViews:
Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

The expected preponderance of women in power as from 2017 has suffered severe setbacks within the last few months. By the earlier projection, a woman contender was expected to win the Secret... Read more

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