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Liberia (9)

Monday, 09 October 2017

Working against the grain: Can Liberia avoid violence in the upcoming elections?

Working against the grain: Can Liberia avoid violence in the upcoming elections?
Tomorrow, Liberia will hold an election marking its first post-war handover of power. Cited by political analysts as ‘highly unpredictable’, the ballot will reshape Liberia’s political landscape and may have an impact on peace and security, governance, development and economic growth.
Published in Opinion & Analysis
Thursday, 09 October 2014

Ebola and Cultures of Engagement: Chinese Versus Western Health Diplomacy

The Ebola Treatment Unit at Island Clinic, Monrovia, Liberia, opened with the support of the US government. How do Western and Chinese approaches to the Ebola outbreak differ?
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 3,000 people—so far. It is spreading at an alarming pace, despite the efforts of governments and regional and multilateral organisations to stem the tide.
Published in Opinion & Analysis
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Future Oil Revenues and Political Dynamics in West and East Africa: A Slippery Slope?

SAIIA Occasional Paper No 188, June 2014
Tuesday, 06 May 2014

China and Liberia: Engagement in a Post-Conflict Country 2003–2013

SAIIA Occasional Paper No 182, April 2014
Thursday, 13 June 2013

APRM at 10: Invigorating its leadership

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, addressing a meeting of the Security Council. President Johnson Sirleaf has been appointed head of the APR Forum, the highest decision-making authority in the APRM.
The recent 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, injected new momentum into the decade old African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) with the appointment of new leadership to the APR Forum and the APR Panel. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Barrister Akere Muna will play pivotal roles in the two afore-mentioned governing bodies of Africa’s unique voluntary governance assessment instrument. How will the new appointments affect the mechanism that is heading into its second decade of existence?
Published in Opinion & Analysis
Thursday, 31 March 2011

Côte d'Ivoire: The Spectre of Warlordism

The slide towards civil war in Côte d’Ivoire looks, on the face of it, like a fight between two men in business suits. One refuses to leave power and the other  wants to exercise the right bestowed on him by the country’s voters and take over as president.
Published in Opinion & Analysis
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit

The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Western Cape Branch invites you to a book launch by Tim Butcher, Author of ‘Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit’ .
Published in Events
Monday, 21 April 2008

A New Wind of Change is Stirring

IN A first for Africa, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will become the continent’s first democratically elected female president when the results of Tuesday’s presidential run-off elections are confirmed. Since this follows hard on the heels of the 15th ratification of the African Union Protocol on Women’s Rights, it seems Africa may well be on the cusp of a long-delayed wave of empowerment of women.
Published in Opinion & Analysis
Monday, 21 April 2008

Trying Times for Sierra Leone Court

Sweden offers a prison cell as debate continues over where former Liberian leader Charles Taylor should stand trial. A decision by the Swedish parliament to allow former Liberian president Charles Taylor to be imprisoned in Sweden if he is convicted of war crimes has removed a major blockage to a trial in The Hague.
Published in Opinion & Analysis