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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​News about the struggle for better democracy in Liberia.​ ​​​According to Freedom House, the "organizational and policy capacity of most parties remains weak, and politics continues to be largely personality-driven". Also check out our section on World Democracy and our Africa articles.

Is Liberal Democracy Under Threat In The Czech Republic?

June 27, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Democracy Under Threat In The Czech Republic

On June 23, organizers estimate that more than 250,000 protesters in Prague gathered to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Liberia

Liberian Leader Tested by Mass Anti-Government Protest

June 8, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberian Leader Tested by Mass Anti-Government Protest

Thousands of protesters gathered Monrovia, marking Liberia’s largest anti-government demonstration since George Weah became president in early 2018.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Liberia, West Africa

Liberia Police Charge Son of ex-Leader in Banknote Scandal

March 6, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberia Police Charge Son of ex-Leader in Banknote Scandal

Liberian police charged 61-year-old son of country’s ex-president, Ellen Johnson, in connection with banknote scandal worth millions of U.S. dollars.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Liberia, West Africa, Worldwide Corruption

Liberian Journalists Alarmed over Government ‘Hostilities’

December 27, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberian Journalists Alarmed

Journalists in Liberia sounded alarm on press freedom after two ministers mounted attack on a paper that ran an article about alleged top-level corruption.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Journalism and Free Speech, Liberia, West Africa, Worldwide Corruption

Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins African Ibrahim Prize

February 12, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Former Liberian president Sirleaf won the rarely-awarded Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Charity, Liberia, West Africa, Women Voting Rights

The incredible story of Liberia’s departing President Sirleaf

January 21, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberia's departing President Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women’s rights, is stepping down after making history as Africa’s first elected female president in Liberia. Taking the reins of a nation that had just emerged from a civil war leaving an estimated 250,000 dead, Sirleaf will be remembered for maintaining […]

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Liberia, West Africa, Women and Democracy, Women Voting Rights

President-elect George Weah: What’s next for Liberia?

December 31, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

President-elect George Weah

A peaceful transition of power in Africa’s oldest republic is cause for optimism, according to analysts, but major challenges lie ahead for Liberia’s president-elect George Weah. A former international football star, Weah tapped into a yearning for change and widespread discontent to win this week’s presidential run-off in a landslide. Boosting the economy will be […]

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Liberia, West Africa

Liberia’s George Weah Prepares to Form New Government

December 28, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberia's George Weah

The soccer legend, now a politician, George Manneh Weah, is very hopeful that he would be declared winner of the December 26 Presidential Runoff. He’s already putting up a team “to go to the drawing board,” he said. Weah lost one Presidential election to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005. In 2011, going as a […]

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Liberia, West Africa

From stardom to politics: some international precedents

December 28, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

international precedents

Former international football star George Weah, who has won Liberia’s presidential run-off, follows several celebrities who have achieved the top job in their countries. However, only one sportsman — Hungary’s double Olympic fencing champion Pal Schmitt — has previously become president. Here are some precedents: – US: Reagan and Trump – B movie actor Ronald […]

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Africa, Celebrity Politics, Liberia, West Africa

Liberia to vote in delayed run-off for new president

December 23, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Liberia to vote in delayed run-off

Liberians choose a new leader Tuesday in a run-off between Vice President Joseph Boakai and footballing icon George Weah, a vote that will mark the country’s first democratic transition since 1944. After seven weeks of delays caused by legal complaints lodged by Boakai’s ruling Unity Party against the country’s electoral commission, polling stations are due […]

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Liberia, West Africa

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