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Monrovia
he suspended Managing Director of the National Port
Authority, Ms. Matilda Wokie Parker told investigators
of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission that
concerns over the lack of readiness of the Port of
Greenville to allow vessels to dock prompted by a letter from
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and others were driving forces
behind the NPA management entering into what has now been
concluded to be a bogus agreement with a makeshift company
and a US$800,000(eight hundred thousand United States
Dollars) corruption scheme unearthed by the LACC.
Documents in the possession of FrontPageAfrica shows that the
embattled NPA boss who co-signed the MOU with Mr. Deneah
M. Flomo to remove wrecks from the Port of Greenville in 2011
giving credence to Denmar Enterprises a Recognized Security
Organization(RSO) in 2012, responded in the affirmative when
she was asked whether she had any knowledge of the bogus
arrangement.
The LACC report states: Having been informed about the
allegations under investigation and questioned whether there
was existing need to remove wrecks from the Port of Greenville,
Madam Parker responded in the affirmative, adding that in 2010
the National Port Authority received written concerns about
the lack of readiness of the Port of Greenville to allow vessels
to dock(enter). She further indicated that because of such
concerns, in January 2011, the NPA was invited to the Economic
Management Team meeting to address the situation. At that
meeting, according to her, she informed the team that Buchanan
Renewable(BRE) was giving the task to remove the wrecks, but
was not performing and therefore needed to be replaced.
According to the LACC findings, Parker at that same meeting
said that the NPA requested to give additional time to BRE to
perform the task. Madam Parker continued by informing
the investigation that the Management of the NPA received
increased number of concerns from the Forestry Development
Authority(FDA) and logging concessionaires. And on June 7,
2011, a letter from the President, Her Excellency Madam Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf stating numerous concerns and urged that the
Management of the NPA needed to take such actions as necessary
to expedite the removal of sunken vessels, and that delay on the
part of the management will be considered a lack of attention
and undermining of governments development agenda.
It was based on that, according to the LACC, that the NPA boss
said, thirty days after the concerns were raised, including the
presidents letter and others, that the NPA went into an agreement
with Deneah M. Flomo using no objection approval letter from
the Public Procurement Concessions Commission(PPCC) dated
March 3, 2009.
On the memorandum of Understanding(MOU) for a Recognized
Security Organization(RSO), Madam Parker informed the
Investigation that a memo sent by the U.S. Homeland Security
in May of 2011 indicated that most of the Ports in Liberia were
not adhering to the Anti-Terrorism Procedures. Therefore, for
Liberia to be removed from the black list, the Port of Greenville
needed to strive for International Ship & Port Security(ISPS)
Compliance. Accordingly, the Management of the NPA went
into an agreement with Denmar Enterprise to prepare the port
security assessment and the port security plan for NPA to ensure
compliance with the ISPS Code, according to Madam Parker.
Parker, according to the LACC informed investigators, that the
two contracts had performance bonds issued to cover the full
amount of the contract value and that both contracts were

performed successfully.
But multiple sources have confirmed to FrontPageAfrica that
both Denmar Enterprises and Mr. Flomo are not listed among
the approved ISPS operators by the U.S. government who have
reportedly expressed concerns that the port management was
not forthcoming in its report to the Homeland Security that both
contracts were performed.
The ISPS was put in place shortly after the September 11, 2000
terrorists attack on the United States in a bid to detect, deter and
counter threats as early as possible. As part of the program, the
Coast Guard fosters strategic relationships with partner nations
and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)
Code provides an international regime to ensure ship and port
facilities take appropriate preventative measures consistent
with our domestic regime under the Maritime Transportation
Security Act.
According to the US Homeland Security website, through the
International Port Security Program, the Coast Guard conducts
foreign port assessments to determine the port security
effectiveness and antiterrorism measures of foreign trading
partners. Since the inception of the International Port Security
Program in 2004, Coast Guard personnel have visited more
than 150 countries and approximately 1,200 port facilities.
These countries generally receive biennial assessments to
verify compliance with the ISPS Code and U.S. maritime security
regulations, as appropriate. Vessels arriving in non-ISPS Code
compliant countries are required to take additional security
precautions while in those ports and may be boarded by the
Coast Guard before being granted permission to enter U.S. ports.
In specific cases, these vessels may be refused entry. It is unclear
how the NPA bogus scheme slipped through the cracks.
According the LACC report, Parker was furthered asked to
provide explanation on some issues which were not made clear
in her statement even though she was asked. They include:
bidding and procurement processes leading to the award of the
two contract; the NPA Board involvement in the awarding of
the contracts; payments processes and performance report to
which she responded in the following manner:
That the emergency waiver letter by the late Keith Juba, Former
PPCC Executive Director, and Schedule A of the PPCC Act of
2005: Part I: Section 3(a): Non-application was considered
for the awarding of the contracts to Deneah M. Flomo and
Denmar Enterprise; That both contracts were discussed by the
respective Boards of Binyah Kesselly and Hon. M. Nathaniel
Barnes. The Wrecks removal MOU was signed by Hon. Morris
M. Dukuly, the then Chairman of the Board and the addendum
of the RSO agreement was signed by Hon. M. Nathaniel Barnes,
then Chairman of the Board; That performance reports at every
phase of the contracts were generated and submitted.
Ironically, in his statement before the LACC inquiry, Mr. Kesselly
told investigators that the separate periods he served on the
board of the NPA and in the respective capacities several
discussions were held regarding the resumption of normal
operations at all the sea ports within the Republic of Liberia
and discussed were the processes that would ensure that
plans were actualized. According to him, one of critical issues
discussed was the challenge of movements of vessels within the
various basins, especially within the Freeport of Monrovia and
the Port of Greenville, Sinoe County. Wrecks removal at the Port
of Greenville, Sinoe County had no immediate resolution as to
methodology or a particular company to carry out the removal
project none in sight following several discussions at the level

of the Board, to the best of his knowledge.

Asked whether he signed the contract awarded to
(whistleblower) to remove wreck from the basin of the Port
of Greenville, Sinoe County, Mr. Kesselly, according to the LACC
denied signing the contract himself and further unequivocally
told the investigators that he did not remember any discussion
and authorization at the level of the Board of having someone
sign on his behalf for said contract between (whistleblower) and
the Management of the National Port Authority up to the time
he left. He added that if such situation existed, there would be
at least a minimum of board minutes and /or board resolution
authorizing transaction.
Mr. Kesselly further told the LACC investigators that if he
was unavailable at the time or out of the country, the Acting
Chairman of the Board would have signed in his capacity as
Acting Chairman and not sign per procuration (PP) for him by
any person as is reflected onthe contract document.
Asked by the LACC regarding his knowledge of the Security
Consultancy MOU committing the NPA to Denmar Enterprisethe alleged Recognized Security Organization to provide
security consultancy services to the ports of Liberia, Mr. Kesselly
made it clear to the investigation that at no time the contract
was consummated he was neither member nor the chairman of
the board of the NPA.
Nevertheless he informed the investigation that in his capacity
as commissioner and chief executive officer of the Liberia
Maritime Authority, he is the Designated authority charged with
responsibility to implement the International Ship and Port
Security(ISPS) Code in Liberia, but in this particular case, his
entity had neither knowledge of the contract entered into for
the security consultancy nor did it grant permit to any company,
and did not accredit or validate Denmar Enterprise as a
Recognized Security Organization(RSO) thereby authorizing
same to engage in any form of ISPS and/or Maritime related
activities in Liberia.
Parkers comptroller, Christiana Kpabar Paelay also told
investigators that she was aware of an existing need to remove
wrecks at the port of Greenville, as well as consultancy to
provide security service to the ports of Liberia.
The LACC recommended that Parker, her comptroller and
Internal Affairs Minister Morris Dukuly, a former Vice Chair of
the Board of the NPA, be charged for violation of fraud on the
Internal Revenue of Liberia in the tone of nearly one million
united states dollars.
The report further recommended that Parker and her
comptroller, Pealay be charged with Misuse of public money,
property or record: 15.81(a and c) and Theft and/or illegal
disbursement and expenditure of public money: 15.82(b) for
knowingly, purposely and willfully ignoring all procedures and
processes in disposing of eight hundred thousand United States
Dollars (US$800,000) of government money to an individual
and a firm with no proven record nor expertise in marine
works and no clear evidence of performance in both the Wreck
removal and ISPS consultancy contracts as agreed in the terms
of the contracts.
President Sirleaf suspended with immediate effect Parker and
Pealay, respectively, based on findings of the LACC investigation.
Sirleaf directed the Ministry of Justice to collaborate with the
LACC, and all accused persons associated with this investigation,
in order to inform additional actions, should they be required.
But since the president issued the directive, neither the LACC or
the Ministry of Justice have been able to announce how far they
have gone in the process.
Sirleaf has also suspended all members of the Board of Directors
of the NPA, except for statutory members, and the Chairperson
who was recently named. Barnes announced his resignation
from the board last year. The Liberian leader has instructed the
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs to immediately liaise
with all chairpersons of Boards of all State-owned Enterprises
to collate, and report to her, all resolutions which have been
passed by these Boards especially on board fees, benefits and
other compensations.
The investigation into the NPA management began in March
2014 when a whistleblower addressed an anonymous complaint
to the Executive Chairperson of the LACC reporting what he
dubbed Grand Corruption at the National Port Authority.
A company called Denmar Enterprise, was charged under the
contract with the responsibility to provide security consultancy
services. The award of the security consultancy contract
gave credence to Denmar Enterprises and thereby presented
it a Recognized Security Organization (RSO) and, as such, it
was recommended to the International Ship & Ports Security
(ISPS) Department to be responsible for making decisions
regarding safety and security managements at the Seaports
of Monrovia, Buchanan and Greenville, and also to conduct
Port facility security assessment in consideration of the sum
of US$300,000.00(Three Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).
The LACC recommended: That Matilda Wokie Parker, Managing
Director of the NPA and Christiana Kpabar Paelay, Comptroller
of the NPA and Seneah Martin Flomo be charged for violation
of Fraud on the Internal Revenue of Liberia 15.80(a,b and c) for
knowingly, intentionally and purposely creating the opportunity
to deprive government of Liberia of its just revenue in the
amount of fifty thousand United States Dollars (US$50,000)
by not withholding the 10% service tax on the Wreck Removal
Contract Valued at five hundred thousand (US$500,000) and
also failing to withhold thirty thousand (US$30,000) on the IPS
Consultancy contract valued at US$300,000.

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EDITORIAL LIBERALISM IS ON TRIAL
CALL ON POINT IN BALTIMORE 387
DO NOT NEGLECT
EBOLA SURVIVORS
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CLINTONS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

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FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT Bill Clinton, paying a

one-day visit to Liberia Monday made a poignant call during
a meeting with the Incidence Management System and
partners (local and international) who have assisted Liberia
in its fight against the Ebola virus disease.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT URGED Liberians to embrace
survivors of the deadly Ebola outbreak and make them feel a
part of society. Dont be afraid of them; they are okay. They
should be embraced, rather than discriminated against, the
former president declared.
PRESIDENT CLINTONS CALL comes less than a week before
the World Health Organization is expected to declare Liberia
free of the deadly virus on May 11. The virus has infected
24,753 people and killed 10,236. All but 15 of those deaths
have occurred in Liberia and its neighbours, Sierra Leone
and Guinea.
LIBERIA WAS on the verge of being declared Ebola free
when a patient tested positive for the virus on March 5,
on the eve of the 42 days countries must wait before being
declared Ebola free, deflating hopes of many anticipating a
full return to normalcy
LIBERIA HAD GONE 27 days without any new case when the
infection was recorded.
BUT EVEN AS one of the deadliest epidemic to hit the region
retreats, the threats and after effects remain.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZAITON is already
acknowledging that many of those who survive the outbreak
are experiencing crippling complications long after walking
out of treatment units.
MATSHIDISO MOETI, the WHOs new head in Africa, is quoted
in the Japan Times as stating that Liberian survivors are
reporting a range of problems, including sight and hearing
impairment. We need to be aware that (complications)
may be occurring and pay attention when people are being
treated in case there is something that can be done to help
them, she said in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
MOETI SAID THE U.N. agency initially focused on keeping
people alive in its battle against the worst-ever outbreak of
the virus, which it says has left almost 11,000 people dead in
Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, US nurse Nina Pham, who
was infected while caring for a Liberian man at a Texas
hospital, told the Dallas Morning News in March that she
had experienced hair loss, aches and insomnia after being
given the all-clear in October. Aches and fatigue are common
side-effects in patients recovering from serious infection,
resulting from the immune systems release of chemicals to
fight the illness.
THIS IS WHY it is important for health authorities to invest
more time and resources in ensuring that survivors are
given the right psychological evaluations, therapy and care
to help them cope with the after effects of the deadly virus.
WE APPLAUD PRESIDENT Clinton for his presence in
Liberia to illustrate that his foundation and the American
people still have deep appreciation for Liberia and those
who survive the outbreak. We want to do what we can to
help. I want the people in Liberia not to discriminate against
you. They should not be afraid, he urged Liberians, adding,
We have to get past this stigma. We cant have your country
men and women discriminate. They should celebrate with
you that you survived and help you deal with these other
problems that come up.
WE ALSO HOPE that President Clintons visit which has
taken him to Tanzania, Kenya and en route to Morocco on

altimore and Ferguson, symbolically represent

the failure of liberalism throughout the U.S.
Liberalism has been weighed in the balances and
has been found wanting. Liberalism has been
tried in the court of public opinion and now it's time for its
public sentencing.
As I am fond of saying, when all is said and done, there's
more said than done. This is very appropriate for the
crisis surrounding the city of Baltimore after the murder
of Freddie Gray.
Have you noticed that with all these riots over the past
year, the Black businessman has been totally invisible?
They know what it takes to deal with the pathologies that
affect the Baltimores all over the country, but tragically no
one ever reaches out to them.
Am I the only one that noticed the irony of Baltimore being
the city where the national headquarters of the NAACP is
located? Did they not notice the unemployment rate in
the Black community, or the teenage pregnancy rate, or
the high school dropout rate, or the housing problems in
Baltimore until Gray's murder?
Isn't it amazing that groups like the NAACP, the National
Urban League, and the Congressional Black Caucus have
spent more time promoting homosexuality, amnesty for
illegals, and increasing the minimum wage than they have
dealing with issues that directly affect the very communities
they claim to represent?
In pondering the spate of deaths of unarmed Black males
during the past year, there are some striking similarities
that can't be ignored.
You have had recent killings by the police of Michael Brown
in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York, Oscar Grant in
Oakland, Ezell Ford in Los Angeles and now Freddie Gray
in Baltimore, just to name a few.
The common thread among all these cities is that they have
been controlled by liberal Democrats for decades, both
Black and White. In the case of Baltimore, you have not had
an elected Republican mayor since 1967 and what's even
more ironic is current day Baltimore has a Black mayor, a
Black police chief, a Black prosecutor, a black president of
the city council, a Black congressman and an almost fifty
percent Black police force; yet the Black unemployment
rate in Baltimore among those 25-64 years of age is 41%.
According to the latest census: 25% of the residents of
Baltimore live in poverty compared to the national average
of 17%; 18% of Baltimore's housing stock is vacant
compared to the 13% national average.
It's not about party, it's about agenda. Most reasonable
people would agree that the liberal approach to urban
policy has been put on trial and has been found guilty in the
court of public opinion. Guilty of being an abject failure.
So, doing more of the same is definitely not the solution.
The above indicators don't just show up overnight; but
rather are the culmination of gross negligence with malice
aforethought. Remember, the core tenet of liberalism is
intent; not results.

the last leg of the African tour, will trigger the government of
Liberia to take the plight of Ebola survivors more seriously.
THERE HAVE BEEN too many reports in recent days of
survivors complaining of neglect; too many cases of nurses and
doctors feeling abandoned by the national government and
too many reports of healthcare workers being laid off due to
what government says is the lack of funds to keep them on the
job and caring for those still feeling the after effects of Ebola.
Countless others are continuing to die from other diseases
because major referral hospitals simply do not have the basic

So, what was the liberal response to Baltimore? It was

very predictable, "we need more money spent in our
communities." If money was the solution, then Baltimore
would be a shining example of the virtues of liberalism.
They spend almost $ 15,000 per student for education,
the second highest in the country; but yet remain near the
bottom of every index for results (only10% of Baltimore's
residents have a college degree).
Maryland is the wealthiest state in the country in terms of
income according to the latest U.S. Census
($ 70,000
median household income). In 2007 and 2012 then
governor and former Baltimore mayor, Martin O'Malley
raised taxes on the wealthy and wondered why the wealthy
started leaving the state. In 2014, he then raised the
minimum wage from $ 7.25/hr to $10.10/hr.
So, let me make sure I understand this liberal approach.
Liberals want to further tax those who are generating all the
jobs and paying the most into the state's coffers; then they
want to increase the cost of labor for those who have the
least amount of education and skills; thereby guaranteeing
that employers will hire fewer of them.
Baltimore, Ferguson, Oakland, etc., present a great
opportunity for the Republican Party to speak directly to
the Black community about Republican solutions to the
pathologies that plague these communities.
The first thing the Republican Party, especially the
congressional leadership, should do is meet with key Black
businessmen. In the Black community, the businessman is
typically the head of the trustee board and the deacon board
within the church. So, if you get the businessman on your
side, he will bring you the preacher and the congregation.
Under Obama, the Black business community has been
devastated.
The Wall Street Journal reported last year that under
Obama, "1.7% of the $ 23 billion in SBA loans went to Black
owned businesses in 2013," the lowest level on record. The
Journal went on to report that under George W. Bush the
rate was 8%.
The other issue that plays to the Republican's strength is
education.
I have previously written about how Obama's policies
have decimated Black colleges. Based on conservative
estimates, HBCUs have lost $ 150 million in funding during
his presidency and caused at least 28,000 students
to drop out of school due to lack of money.
Why the Republicans don't use their congressional
majorities to address these issues is perplexing to me.
I have said before and I will say it again, Blacks are begging
Republicans to give them a reason to vote for them.
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necessities to cater to them.

NOW THE PRESIDENT Clinton has come and gone, his call
must not end with the photo-ops and showcasing of big shots
putting up their best face for the media and the cameras, the
Sirleaf administration and those managing the healthcare of
Liberia must take it upon themselves to do the right thing for
those survivors, still living with neglect, abandonment and a
post-ebola syndrome that may linger with them for a very long
time.

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INVESTMENT MISSTEPS:
17 BILLION LATER: WHERE
LIBERIA WENT WRONG
JAY WION TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT AMTRAK
WASHINGTON, DC
MY TURN: Ellenomics or voodoo economics. You have two Harvard
University graduates, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, certificate
turned "economist?" and Finance and Economic Planning, Amara
Konneh, IT certificate turned "International Finance" (sarcasm),
directing the country to economic bouyancy and you have these
respected Liberians, Dr. Tipoteh, John Morlu and Sam Jackson trying
to discredit our Harvard standouts.
In 2012, Ellen's government said the country's unemployment rate
voodoocally went from 85% in 2006 when she took office to a global
all time record low of 3.7% in 2012, according to the regime's Bureau
of Labor Statistics and Geo Information Services announcement at the
Ministry of Information by its director, a Dr. Liberty. I will finish my
essay later as I am on the farm trying to pay my hills.
CYRUS L GRAY TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON
The difficulty Liberia has faced in making meaningful economic
recovery is not because Madame Sirleaf and her officials do not love
Liberia. It is primarily because the President buried her head in the
sand over the belief that she, a kitchen cabinet of a few and a handful
of international business friends, the World Bank, IMF, ADB and the
like had the answers to solving Liberia's problems. In the 10th year
of her administration, the slow pace of development speaks for itself.
In a society where all the systems had collapse because of prolonged
war, the quality of people who make decisions for the government
matters above all others. Senior offices of the government from
ministries to public corporations have been continuously staff with
either unqualified or inexperienced heads, seemingly on the basis of
"who knows you" rather than proven capabilities. The performance
of our economy is a result of that inadequacy. Ebola, World Financial
meltdown, commodity prices depreciation, etc. etc are all but normal
challenges that government faces time after time. Bad as they may
appear, they always offer opportunities, but opportunities no matter
how bright the color they may come require keen eyes to identify and
harness. Frankly, there is not much President Sirleaf can do to stabilize
the economic situation in Liberia over the time remaining. The best
thing this government can offer are lessons to be learned by those who
will come after President Sirleaf. The quality of Civic Leaders matter.
Yes you can travel from Paynesville to Gbarnga going directly toward
the Executive Mansion but you will probably spend a better part the
two Presidential terms doing that because you will need boats for the
world oceans, visas for the countries you will trans-pass and a lot of
wasted time. In contrast there is a shortly way. Most time you need the
best set of brains to identify and utilize that solution.
JESSE FAHNGON
TOP COMMENTER HUMLINE
UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, MN
Here are some facts: post-war Liberia is susceptible and government's
negotiators at the time, including the National Investment Commission
under Mr. Richard Tolbert were not truthful to the Liberian people.
They, for selves gains, recommended tax incentives for these
international investors/companies who promised (myths) the creation
of thousands of new jobs for Liberians, which they never and will
never delivered. I still remembered Mr. Tolbert constantly boasting
that thousands of jobs were to be created once these agreements were
ratified and signed: these are job scams that foreign investors use to
blackmail weak and corrupt government like ours to get tax breaks.
Compounding our woes were the greedy Representatives and Senators
who were coerced through bribes to obligate the Nation into these
scam concessionary agreements. Damage control is always too late in
the public domain. This government failed to negotiate strategically,
thereby giving unnecessary tax incentives to so-called investors.
ADOLPHUS MAWOLO CORRESPONDENT AT RFI-ENGLISH
SERVICE
This is wishful thinking, Honorable Nyenka. We cannot even be
assured that bringing these people on board could turn the tide of a
decade of bad governance, economic sabotage, corruption and selfdeception. I cannot speak to the integrities of those you recommend
for reformation/ restructuring of the government, but I know for a
fact that, we had some of these very brains you recommend in the
government before who were faced with some of the very challenges
we encounter today but could not turn the tide to rescue the nation and
its people. How sure can we be today that they can pull the trackers to
reverse gear and move in the right direction?

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LOSER TUBMAN HAS

NO SHOT IN 2017

The Editor,

idn't the last presidential election prove to you that

Winston Tubman was a sore loser and black liar?
(Re "Tubman Bounces Back...")
Bounces back, my butt!
Perhaps you may have forgotten about this sore loser's
duplicitous behavior, so allow me to refresh your memory:
1) This was the same Tubman who told a crowd in Ganta
(Nimba County) that "The only way we (CDC) will not win
is if we are cheated"...as if to say Winston already knew the
results of the SECRET ballots.. (Re "Too Unwarranted Winston
Tubman, The New Dawn Editorial, Sept 16, 2012)
2) This is the same Thug-man who threaten to make "Liberia
bitter and ungovernable"!, if their (CDC) weren't met!
3) This was the same Tubman who said that government
security killed 6 or 7 criminals, oops, I mean CDC protestors,
bu only 1 person was actually killed, according to Sister Lauren
Browne Commission (Re "Bloody Monday", Frontpageafrica)
Those of you who still support this loser and unscrupulous
liar should be ashamed of yourselves! Can you do us a favor
and stay away from the voting booth in 2017?
Martin Scott
Atlanta, Georgia
martyretire@yahoo.com

NOCAL BOARD MINUTES

SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC

The Editor,

ho give these damn rogues (20 executives

of NOCAL) immunity to steal from us with
impunity? (Re "Lavish NOCAL Travel Rumors
Abound...")
The last time I checked, NOCAL was a state-owned
enterprise! In other words, we the Liberian people own
NOCAL.
As owners (shareholders) of NOCAL, shouldn't we have
access to the minutes of their board meetings and audited
financial statements?
And shouldn't we hold them
accountable to spend our money wisely?
But like most Liberian owned state enterprises, these born
rogues, aka NOCAL executives, have arbitrary power to
spend other people's money on themselves and third parties
(prostitutes, politicians, political prostitutes) recklessly:
1) Want $5,000 cash (plus gas slips) to pay each member
to attend board meetings? No problem. Randolph McClain
usually get his $5,000 six months in advance! ...
2) Want money to pay prostitutes to give blow job to board
members and Randolph McClain ? No problem.....
3) Want money to pay lobbying fees to lawmakers to look
the other way? No problem.. .
So why are you surprised that 20 executives of NOCAL
have allotted themselves super-sized travel allowance?
I'm not. Because most of these people are members of an

organized crime family (LTA looters, NPA MD, LWSC Board,

lawmakers).
But look. As long as those clowns in the Capitol Building,
with oversight responsibilities, keep taking bribes, oops,
I mean lobbying fees, to look the other way--don't expect
the Liberian people (shareholders) to have any idea on
how much travel allowance NOCAL executives have allotted
themselves!
Martin Scott
Atlanta, Georgia
martyretire@yahoo.com

POWER DRUNK ABE

KROMAH ABOVE THE LAW

The Editor,

.B. Koromah was too drunk with power; very

reckless in violating the rights of citizens with
impunity. He saw himself as above the law. But
the corrupt system he vehemently protected
has now dumped him. Please make sure you take away
his police gun that he was brandishing when he ruefully
told the bikers that their member who was murdered
by a police officer "died from falling from his bike." Also
take away his government police car and his assigned
police bodyguards. Now he will walk and look around his
shoulders.
He and others like him who are eye-servants or enforcers
of the regime's draconian policies against the poor will
be shamefully dumped when their behavior threatens the
survival of the status quo. So A.B. Kromah will learn that
he is and will always remain another "country a_ _"" as far
as the system regards him.
See the difference between him and Congua Matilda
Parker and how she is treated after stealing over one
million dollars at the Free Port? Our country people
will learn the hard way. I always maintain that Liberia
runs on a two-tier society between the tiny five percent
privileged Americo-Liberians or Congua, and the majority
marginalized natives or country people.
So motorbikers there is your hated former Police Deputy
Director. He is all yours now. He had shown total contempt
and disdain for anyone in the opposition including the
now Senator George Weah, Henry Costa, Jonathan Koijee,
people in the nedia including the brave journalist Rodney
Sieh of FPA and many others who crossed his path as the
enforcer for the regime. He never left his old ugly rebel
past behind in his role as a police officer.
Watch your back A. B. And good luck as you await your
new appointment because you were a "good country boy"
except that your behavior with the bikers had ruffled
feathers in the power heireachy and Ma Ellen and Auntie
Jenny were now uncomfortable with your poor handling
of the bikers situation.
Jerry Wehtee Wion
Journalist and Political Commentator
Washington, DC, USA
jerrywwion@gmail.com

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M
Monrovia-

amie
Brown,
already facing the
pain of blindness
suffered another a
week ago when her young baby
went missing while leaving the
hospital where she had given
birth.
Mamie, 38 year old, a
resident of the Pipeline
community in Paynesville
told FrontPageAfrica that on
Wednesday April 29 after
giving birth at a clinic in her
community she decided to call
a friend Esther to come and
visit her because Esther had
earlier established friendly ties
with her children.
According to Mamie, Esther
requested to help her upon
delivery and based upon that
she decided to call Esther to
come and see them at the clinic,
but said she had earlier called
her sister in-law to come and
take she and her baby home.
I delivered Wednesday 10
clock, before I delivered one
girl, she made friend with my
children and she told them
that any time I deliver I should
call her but before I called her I
called my sister in law so when
I called her she brought her
own blanket said Mamie.
Mamie narrated that her Sister
in law and Esther arrived at the
clinic and Esther congratulated
her, after which she asked her
Sister in law to take the baby so
they could head home.
According Mamie, she decided
to tell one of the midwives
good-bye before leaving, but
the midwife advised that the
sun was hot so it was better to
leave at sunset.
Mamie explained that Esther
decided to provide 300
Liberian dollars to the sister in
law to go home and cook but
she (Mamie) told Esther that
she had already bought some
food stuffs and did not need
much food.
The blind mother narrated that
Esther asked for 100 Liberian
dollars and the remaining 200
Liberian dollars was left with
the sister in law to go and cook.
She came and said thank you
ooh, so I told my sister-in-law
take the baby let go home, but
before that I told her let me go
and tell my play ma goodbye so
when I went there, she told me
the sun hot and I should wait
5 clock before we go home,
Mamie said.
When Mamies sister in law
left them to go cook, at about
3:00pm, Esther asked that she
takes Mamie home because
it would be difficult to get
transport vehicle when it gets
late.
Upon leaving the clinic, Mamie
said she decided to buy tablets,
Folic acid from a nearby drug
because she was feeling weak
and eye swinging.
At the drug store, Mamie
further said due to her
condition, the pharmacist
asked her who could he
prescribe the medicine to and
she decided to call her little
daughter to come and help.
Mamie said little did she
realize that it was a mistake to
call her daughter to leave the
baby with Esther and go to the
pharmacy to help her.
During that period, Mamie
lamented that Esther left with
the baby and ran away to an
unknown location.
At three she told the doctors
that car business can be hard

BLIND MOTHER REUNITED WITH STOLEN ONE

WEEK OLD BABY, ACCUSED TO BE SENT TO COURT

DOUBLE PAIN
At three she told the doctors that car business can be hard let me carry the woman home
when we got out of the hospital my eye was turning, so I went to the drug store to by Folic
Acid and left she and my daughter waiting but in the drug store, the pharmacist asked who
to prescribe the medicine to and I decided to call my little daughter from side her during that
period she ran away with my baby- Mamie Brown, Blind Mother of Stolen baby

Massa F. Kanneh masskanneh@yahoo.com or 0886848625

let me carry the woman home

when we got out of the hospital
my eye was turning, so I went to
the drug store to by Folic Acid
and left she and my daughter
waiting but in the drug store,
the pharmacist asked who
to prescribe the medicine to
and I decided to call my little
daughter from side her during
that period she ran away with
my baby Mamie said.
From that moment on Mamie
said she has been looking
for her missing daughter
and spent the whole time
dispatching people to help her
find her daughter.
Since Wednesday I have been
looking for this child I had
my father, my sister in law,
the community chairman all
helping to look for my child.
Baby Found in Topoe Village

After days of searching from

Wednesday, Mamie said it
was on Saturday, May 02
before one of her friends who
lives in Topoe village in the
Gardnesville area heard people
talking about a young baby
getting missing before some
found out that they had seen
a young girl who was not seen
with pregnancy carrying a
baby.
My friend called me, she said
one girl here, we never saw
her with pregnancy but she
has a young baby and it was
almost 12clock midnight when
we left to go find out, Mamie
explained.
Mamie continued She said
nothing good and it was
already late, so the next day,
my sister in law had to dress
like a Mandingo woman
pretending she was looking for

empty room. During the course

of that she came across Esther
she said when Esther saw her
she begun to run away but
she managed follow her to her
house.
Mamie said when Esther
entered her house, her father
helped to hide her by locking
the door on her.
The Blind Mother said her
sister in law decided to inform
the police and that was how
Esther got arrested and was
sent to Zone 9 police depot in
Jacobs town.
When I told her she was lying
she started abusing me and
later on she told police to beg
me but I said no, Mamie said.
Appealing for refund

Mamie is appealing to the

government to refund money

spent on searching for her

missing baby, saying she spent
closed to US$1,500 to be able
to find her child.
She said due to her condition
she is unable to move about
now to beg for money as she
usually do and she is also
demanding justice against the
person that stole her child.
I want government to do
something now, I am sitting
down here I dont have five
dollar, since my child got stolen
I have spent 1,500 dollars
sending people from one zone
to the other. So, I want the
government to pay my money
back, because with the new
born in my hand I am not able
to go in the street to go beg so
let them please help me to pay
for my money and help take
care of my child she said.
According to information the
accused whose full name is
yet to be disclosed as she is
known by two separate names
Esther or Decontee Bladen was
pregnant but said that her baby
did not survive and she had

already informed her husband

that she was pregnant.
Sources said it was based
upon that she allegedly stole
Mamies baby to make it her
own.
Neighbors to the accused
confirmed that the accused
husband bought baby clothing
for her upon hearing that his
wife had given birth and he
even put up fight when the
police went to get the child and
arrest the accused.
Charged for kidnapping

Police have arrested and

charged the accused for
kidnapping and is expected to
be forwarded to the Paynesville
Town Hall court at 10am today.
The father of Mamies three
children is also appealing
to well-meaning Liberians
and
other
international
organizations to come to the
childs aid saying since the
baby return she appeared to
be sick and needs medical
attention.

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ajority of African
teenagers
who are lucky
to make it to
the US never bothered to
call back home and greet
parents left behind after
the first few months. Never
even mention kids as young
as 5 year-old; they are just
too young to keep a better
memory of closed relatives,
including their biological
parents; writes James Kokulo
Fasuekoi in Minnesota
But for little Barway Collins
who at age 5, had to leave
his biological mother Louise
and travel to the US to live
with his dad Pierre Collins,
that motherly touch was
always present and it didnt
go away till recently when
he got missing followed by
the discovery of his body in
the Mississippi River, near
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Unlike most typical American
teens of Barways age who
will run to the toys store
whenever they get some
money, little Barway Collins
remembered his mom each
time he raised a considerable
amount of money through
his piggy-bank. It is said the
last amount he sent to Louise
prior to his tragic demise was
$50. 00.
This
information
was
revealed
by
Liberian
immigrant pastor Alexander
Collins during a news
conference Thursday, at the
offices of the Organization
of Liberians in Minnesota
(OLM), located in Brooklyn
Park, Minn. The gesture no
doubt confirms the African
adage that a child destined

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

MURDERED US-LIBERIAN KIDS

LAST GIFT TO MOTHER

at news reporters and TV
Cameramen who scrambled
to get their best out of the
event.
At Louises request, the
committee for the Barway
Search Team made a special
appeal to sympathizers
to wear all-white attires
during funeral rites today
for the purpose of honoring
the deceased, Barway, who
according to the master of
ceremony, will be dressed in
all-white.
Louise was later escorted to
the Estes Funeral Chapel in
Minneapolis to get her first
glimpse of her sons corpse
but she immediately broke
down while viewing the body

to do great things in life shall

exhibit the signs at an early
age and such was 10 year-old
Barway.
The kids father Pierre
Collins has been charged
in connection to the boys
murder and is currently
awaiting trial in the state of
Minnesota.
At the press conference, the
boys mother Louise spoke

briefly to US media for the

first time since she arrived
from Liberia Wednesday, in
preparation for her sons
funeral slated for today,
Saturday, May 2nd.
She thanked the American
people and Liberian women
for their continued support
to the grieving family,
including finding the remains
of Barway so he can be given

a decent burial.
Overcome by severe grief,
Louise appeared agitated,
unable to answer questions
from the media. She didnt
acknowledge
a
female
reporter that tried to
persuade her to narrate story
about Barways childhood
in Liberia. She stayed
silent during much of the
conference, and often stared

three West African countries

worse affected by the
outbreak of the deadly Ebola
virus- Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Guinea announcing a

whopping 1.6 billion package

for all three countries.
In Liberia the bank has been
providing support through
logistics in the setting up of
Ebola Treatment Units and
other forms of support but
with Liberia at the verge of
being declared Ebola free, the
bank is looking to other ways
in helping the weak health
sector of Liberia which was
devastated by the Ebola
outbreak.
A senior official of the
Bank, Dr. Tim Evans, Senior
Director, Health Nutrition and
Population Global Practice
who is currently visiting the
country has disclosed that
the bank is looking to support
Liberia build its primary
health care system, provide
support to community health
care workers and develop
specialists in major health
areas.
Dr. Evans told reporters in
Monrovia that the bank will
continue its support in the
long term to help the country
rebuild its health system but
stressed that accountability
is crucial to all the support
from the World Bank.

The World Bank in all of

its financial transactions
has to have very clear
accountability and so we are
very well looking forward
to seeing accountability in
the use of resources that we
are mobilizing for all three
countries which is crucial to
more support, said Dr. Evans.
Recently President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf responding to
a damning audit report on use
of the Ebola funding by the
Government of Liberia said
the government will account
for what it raised internally
and expended why donors
will require accountability
from implementing partners
to whom they have entrusted
their support.
A lot of their money went
to UN agencies, went to
international NGOs, went to
local NGOs, they are going
to require those audits
most times by international
external auditors based
upon reports. There will
also be audits of the amount
that they give us for budget
support
specifically
for
Ebola, money that went into
the consolidated account,

ACCOUNTABILITY CRUCIAL
TO WORLD BANK SUPPORT

Monroviahe World Bank has

been instrumental
in
providing
funding to the

and was led away.

She sobbed endlessly in the
chapels hallways and it was
such a devastating scene that
even some family-friends and
religious leaders who had
tried to comfort her ended up
giving in to tears.
As she screamed in her native
language and English, Louise
kept asking why her son was
murdered. It is a question
that perhaps no one will ever
find a straight answer for.
Meanwhile, a wake-keeping
over the deceased took place
last night at the Cross of Glory
Lutheran Church on Brooklyn
Boulevard, Brooklyn Center,
Minnesota.

subject to our budgetary

process, that one will be
audited by the General
Auditing Commission out of
the consolidated fund, said
President Sirleaf.
Good use of resources
Dr. Evans said so far from the
assessment, the World Bank
is satisfied with the usage
of resources for the Ebola
response.
I think there has been very
good use of the resources,
response was really sufficient
to cool down the epidemic.
I think the support which
went to setup the ETUs, to
support logistics and health
workers have been helpful,
very helpful alongside the
support and contributions of
other development partners,
Dr. Evans observed.
The World official further
said From our assessment,
the resources for the
response have been used
very effectively to achieve
very positive outcome at this
stage of the epidemic, there
is still long to way to go, need
to make sure we achieve
zero cases but for now yes,
resources have been used
wisely.
The World Bank, he disclosed
is looking forward to
supporting Liberia through
support
to
community
health workers, developing
specialists through the post
graduate medical program

in Liberia which will help in

the long term with a viable
health sector.
Dr.
Evans
expressed
confidence that Liberia is on
the right path to rebuilding
its health sector with the
ambiguous 10 year plan
developed by the government
of Liberia.
He expressed that Liberia
will have to ensure the
success of the plan by
showing
commitment
through whatever resources
it can mobilize locally.
Dr. Evans visited Liberia
last October when Ebola
was still on the increase in
Liberia to access the level of
response by the World Bank
to the crisis during which
time expressed that he was
impressed with the level of
constitution of ETUs to fight
the outbreak.
During his current visit where
he toured the Redemption
Hospital Dr. Evans expressed
satisfaction with the ongoing
preparation for post Ebola
efforts in improving the
health sector of Liberia.
The World Bank is a major
donor to Liberia. During
the outbreak the bank
pledged 650 million to the
three affected countries
before raising the pledge by
another one billion taking
the total earmarked support
to Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Guinea to 1.6 billion.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

PAYNESVILLE MAYOR DISCUSS POST EBOLA

RECOVERY PLAN
O

Monrovia n May 4, 2015,

The
Mayor
of
Paynesville,
Honorable
C.
Cyvette M. Gibson joined
several high level participants
at the World Economic Forum
Ebola Response Roundtable
Discussion in Lagos, Nigeria
to discuss Post Ebola
Economic Recovery Plan.
The purpose of the forum was
to improve understanding of
the potential for new forms
of partnership and to create
a practical proposition for
a platform of public-private
collaboration to help manage
the risks and impact of future
epidemics.
During the one-day event,
participants from the United
Nations, the World Bank,
the African Development
Bank, the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, and
Private Corporations discuss
major lessons learned from
Ebola and defined
high

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priority areas for investment

to prevent and manage future
epidemics. The panel also
identified short and longterm recommendations for
public-private collaboration.
Mayor Gibson was invited
by the panel to provide an
in-depth presentation on the
Liberia Ebola epidemic from
the Paynesville prospective.
The presentation highlighted
local
governments
achievements, lesson learned,
and current challenges.
Mayor Gibson, whos putting
Paynesville on the map,
departed Liberia on May 3,
2015 to attend the World
Economic Forum in Nigeria.
Paynesville is a suburb
located east of the capital
city of Monrovia, Liberia.
Paynesville was founded as
a township in 1865 and later
established as a city on July 4,
1975. Despite being a suburb,
it is geographically larger
than the city of Monrovia
with a population of 400,000
and is currently expanding.
Paynesville is home to the
largest commercial area in
the country, the Red Light
Market District, where all
goods sold in the greater
Monrovia area are bought
and distributed. This market
area is the work place and
home of over 30,000 people.

Also located in Paynesville

is the Samuel K. Doe Sports
Complex, the largest stadium
in the country and RLJ
Kendeja Resort, a beach
resort built on a historical
site by African American
mogul Robert L. Johnson.
Paynesville is home to
several major factories, such
Coca Cola, AquaLife (water),
and RITCO (liquor).
With the longest municipal
shoreline
and
large
untouched
land
spaces
in close proximity to the
nations capital, Paynesville
could potentially be the next
industrialized city, which can
change the national economy
by bringing jobs, growing
the population, and in turn
increase development. With
a large residential area
and lower land prices, the
majority of those employed
in downtown Monrovia
reside in Paynesville.
Paynesville
has
several
neighborhoods, which are
called communities by
residents. The communities
are notable for their unique
names. Some communities
are named after town chiefs,
while others are named
based on common terms from
local dialects, landmarks, and
major boulevards/roads.

their table ,he heard one of

the girls in the club making
palava with a fellow he did
not know he was able to push
both of them apart but the
victim was able to hit him on
his left side of his head with
a bottle.
According to the defendant
he called his friend Donzo to
hold unto the fellow, while
the fighting was going on,
people came around to his
rescue as he was wounded by
the bottle.
The defendant claimed that
all he could remember on
that day of the incident was
that he drank heavily and
was under the influence of
alcohol.
The police said the defendant
was charged with the
crimes of murder and
attempt to commit murder
and aggravated assault in
violation of Section 14.1 of
the New Penal Law based on
accounts of witnesses and
the physical examination of
the victim/deceased.

was so much impressed

with those projects. He said
West Africa Productivity
Program is a regional project
that covered 13 ECOWAS
Countries. He encouraged
the Ministry of Agriculture
to continue with its good
work and strengthening the
capacity of farmers in the
country.
Meanwhile there is a need
that Government of Liberia
shoulders its responsibility
and supports the Agriculture
sector to enhance reduce
hunger in the country.

MAN STABS FRIEND TO DEATH AT ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Monroviaolice in Monrovia
have
arrested,
charged
and
forwarded to court
for prosecution a 36-yr old
man identified as James
Nippy for murder.
The defendant aka Karbongo
a resident of the Borough
of New Kru Town on the
Bushrod Island is currently
detained at the Monrovia
Central Prison awaiting trial.
He has been charged
according to the police for
intentionally,
knowingly
and deliberately causing the
death of victim Abdullah
Kromah on April 22, 2015.
The
victim
has
been
identified by the police as a
26-yr old Guinean who is also
a resident of the Borough of
New Kru Town.
An eye witness identified by
the police as Konah Ballah is
quoted by the police as saying
that she and her boyfriend
had gone to the Lucky Best
Entertainment Center called
Abuja at the Point 4 junction

Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781

took an object to hit the

victim but she rushed to him
and the defendant hit her
with the object which caused
her to fall and collapse and
was taken to the hospital and
treated.
According to the witness
later she met the brother
of the victim who told her
that Karbongo had killed his

brother Abdullah.
Another witness identified
also by the police as Finnoh
Joima said on Wednesday,
April 22, 2015 at about 8pm
while with his friends at
Point 4 someone came in
running on the road and told
them that Karbongo was in
possession of a knife and was
fighting another person over

lover affairs.
Joima continued that before
he could arrive at the scene
Karbongo
had
already
stabbed the victim several
times and he was running
with the knife in his hand
with blood on his clothes.
He stated that after the
victim was stabbed he was
struggling for life and took
his phone and called the CSD
Commander of the Zone -1
Police station but could not
get him.
According to the witness after
the incident, the defendant
went into hiding but through
a joint search within the
Borough of New Kru Town he
was arrested and taken to the
Zone 1 Police Depot.
The police charge sheet
in
the
possession
of
FrontPageAfrica stated that
on Wednesday the day of
the incident the victim and
his friend only identified as
Donzo have gone to the Lucky
Entertainment to entertain
themselves.
He claimed that while on

Jefferson D. Tweh,
Contributing Writer

not supported agriculture

and that since the Ministry
of Finance and Development
Planning
made
the
public pronouncement of
allottingUS$35 millions to
the Ministry of Agriculture,
nothing has been done about
it.
Minister
Chenoweth
explained that the Ministry
of Agriculture is renting
trucks and that agriculture is
difficult and is not something
cheap. She said taking the
message out to the farmers;
Ministry needs support.

According
to
Minister
Chenoweth, the Ministry of
Agriculture had put together
distribution plans and the
Ministry determination is to
ensure that effort is made for
farmers in the southeastern
regional of Liberia. She has
lauded WAAPP, WB regional
Team Leader for his visit in
Liberia.
Also speaking at the press
conference, WAAPP, WB
Regional Team Leader Tour
Abdoulaye said he spent few
times in Bomi monitoring
WAAPP projects and he

Defendant Nippy On His Way To Prison

when the incident occurred.
She claimed that while at
the club she saw Karbongo
pushing a fellow she knew to
be Abdullah on his chest.
Ballah furthered that the
second
time
Karbongo
pushed Abdullah on his
chest, he reacted by punching
Karbongo in the face and in
that process the defendant

BUDGETARY CONSTRAIN HIT MOA

Monrovia he
Minister
of
Agriculture,
Dr.
Florence Chenoweth
has lamented that
the Ministry of Agriculture
supposes to get 10% of
its budget but nothing has
happened.
Speaking at the press
conference over weekend
in
Monrovia,
Minister
Chenoweth explained said
government
of Liberia has

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sites located in any of the following countries: Cote dIvoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

TRANSCO CLSG, COTE DIVOIRE, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA

TRANSCO CLSG, COTE DIVOIRE, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA
(CLSG) Interconnection Project
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now invites eligible applicants ("Individual Consultants") to indicate their interest
(CLSG) Interconnection
ID No. P113266
in providing the services described above. Interested consultants should provide information
ID No. P113266
demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the
services, including CVs, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, etc..

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
INTERNAL AUDITOR (Individual
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ASSIGNMENT
TITLE:
INTERNAL AUDITOR (Individual Consultant)

The requirements are:

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employees); at least one
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or finance-related
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stakeholders, reinforce internal controls as well as serve as TRANSCO CLSGs point of contact for
Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work load, handle multiple tasks
stakeholders, reinforce internal controls as well as serve as TRANSCO CLSGs point of contact for
external parties on audit related issues. The duration of the assignment is for two and half years (30
simultaneously and attend to detail.
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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Fillable PDF Programmer for NBC Concessions Reporting Template (2 Positions)
Background: IBI International is implementing the USAID-funded Governance and
Economic Management Support Program (GEMS), a five-year technical assistance program
to improve performance through strengthening public sector capacity in Liberia. One of the
GEMS five objectives is to support GoL to efficiently, effectively and transparently manage the
natural resource concessions.

The support to the management of natural resource concessions focuses on the National Bureau of
Concessions (NBC) and the concession granting entities (CGE) responsible for managing concessions
and the concessions process. The NBC and representatives of these CGEs designed reporting
templates to capture data required from concessionaires. When implemented, the templates will give
the NBC and the other concession-related entities the data they need to perform their statutory
functions with respect to concessions.
The templates are largely prepared and are in Excel for ease of preparation but those forms are not
convenient for data entry. While the ultimate solution is a relational database with a set of userfriendly data entry screens in a web-based environment, an interim solution is required. Fillable .pdf
forms, as a temporary data-entry solution, will be utilized pending development of the relational
database. Two consultants are required to develop the fillable pdf reports.
1. The Objective of the assignment is to:
automate four (4) concession reporting templates in pdf format for data entry. The data once
entered must be stored in such a way the data may be transferred to a database for analysis
2. Scope of Work
The consultants will prepare fillable .pdf forms for the collection of concessions-related data. The
forms will be based on the Excel-based forms to be provided to the consultants. Four separate form
templates must be developed one each for forestry concessions and mining concessions and one each
for the rubber and oil palm agricultural concessions. Each of four Excel templates details the fields to
be included in each pdf form template and has approximately 22 separate worksheets. Some of the
worksheets are the same across all four Excel templates; most are different.
The data fields stored in the pdf forms should be able to be sent to a database. The pdfs should be able
to be completed offline or online using free client tools.
The form templates must be submitted to USAID-GEMS for review and testing by USAID-GEMS,
NBC staff and a concessionaire. . The consultant will make revisions based on the review of the form
templates. The consultants will develop instructions for completion of the forms.

3. Deliverables
Form templates and instructions for completion no later than June 23, 2015
Final form templates with revisions and instructions for completion, by July 17 2015.

1. Staffing Requirements
Two developers to create the .pdf forms
2. Period of Performance and Level of Effort:
The period of performance is May 18 to July 17, 2015, with each consultant utilizing 25 work days
during that period.
3. Location:
Monrovia, Liberia
4. Qualifications and Selection:
Five years experience in the development of fillable .pdf forms and other data-entry screens.
Extensive experience with users in the development of user interfaces for data entry.
Solid understanding of the principles and practices of data entry.
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business or related area. .
Masters degree in computer science, information science or management information systems
would be an advantage.
The consultants, as part of the selection process, will select a representative sample of
template worksheets (up to six) from one Excel template, and use these requirements to
develop an illustrative pdf form template so members of the USAID-GEMS selection panel
may judge the quality and suitability of the candidates work product.

To Apply: Please send your CV & Application to careers@gemsliberia.com. Please include

information about your availability in your application. IBI appreciates all applications, but
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.
For full consideration, please apply no later than: Thursday May 7, 2015
For more information about IBI International, please visit www.ibi-usa.com.
IBI International is an equal opportunity employer.

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FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT CLINTON URGES LIBERIANS

NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST EBOLA SURVIVORS

GET PAST THE STIGMA

Monrovia
ormer United States
President Bill Clinton
is urging Liberians
not to discriminate
against Ebola survivors
rather embrace them and
make them feel a part of
society. Dont be afraid of
them; they are okay. They
should be embraced, rather
than discriminated against,
he said.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, former
President Clinton made the
comments to reporters at
the Emergency Operations
Center following a whirlwind
visit to Liberia on Monday,
May 4, 2015 where he
held a meeting with the
Incidence
Management
System and partners (local
and
international)
who
have assisted Liberia in its
fight against the Ebola virus
disease.
During his visit to the
Center, the President Clinton
interacted with some Ebola
survivors
including
the
leadership of the Ebola
Survivors Network. Speaking
on behalf of the survivors,
the president of the network,
Patrick Faley, highlighted
problems affecting them
including
discrimination,
stigmatization, access to
income, jobs and healthcare.
President
Clinton,
responding, said they were
in the country because they

didnt want the world to

forget about them. We want
to do what we can to help. I
want the people in Liberia
not to discriminate against
you. They should not be
afraid, he urged Liberians,
adding, We have to get
past this stigma. We cant
have your country men and
women discriminate. They
should celebrate with you
that you survived and help

you deal with these other

problems that come up.
On the visit overall, President
Clinton said it is necessary to
support Liberias post-Ebola
recovery plan and assist
President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf rebuild the countrys
healthcare delivery system,
specifically in training more
healthcare workers so just
in case there is another
outbreak of the disease, they

will be able to deal with it

expeditiously.
We need
to get the funds in here to
train community health
workers and other health
practitioners to make sure
you dont get this disease, he
said.
Upon arrival in Liberia late
in the afternoon, former
President Clinton held a
meeting with President
Sirleaf and high-ranking

government officials before

his visit to the Emergency
Operations Center.
President Clinton and his
daughter Chelsea are on a
nine-day, four country tour
to observe foreign projects
the Clinton Global Initiative
has supported connected to
healthcare, global warming,
wildlife protection, education
and agriculture.
He and his delegation have

healthcare delivery program.

Weve got to figure out how to
keep this from happening and
this health workforce plan, we
strongly support, he said.
Continued President Clinton:
All over the world, people will
be vulnerable to epidemic like
this, until we have community
health workers who are
trained to identify problems,
and sh8ut them down early in
very remote rural areas and
small towns. We are kidding
ourselves if we think that we
can redeem the losses that
Liberians suffered by just
simply thanking those who
bravely saw you through the
crisis. The only way to redeem
the losses is to make sure it
dont happen again by building
genuine healthcare system.
He said investing in healthcare
is the ultimate remedy for the
losses incurred by Liberia
during the deadly Ebola
outbreak and called for more
training to be made available
to people who work in the
health sector.
Believe
me,
Training
community
health
care
workers,
training
health
managers, training nursing
midwives and others; it is so

much cheaper than letting this

happen again. Were here to
support you and come here to
do whatever we can, to work
through all the road blocks; so
that you can do this, he said.
I know that you want; Sierra
Leone is getting to be able to
do the same thing. But I think
the fact that you are ready and
youve come up with this plan,
we endorse this and I think the
world should endorse it.
President Clinton, responding,
said they were in the country
because they didnt want the
world to forget about them.
We want to do what we can
to help. I want the people in
Liberia not to discriminate
against you. They should not
be afraid, he urged Liberians,
adding, We have to get past
this stigma. We cant have
your country men and women
discriminate. They should
celebrate with you that you
survived and help you deal
with these other problems that
come up.
On the visit overall, President
Clinton said it is necessary
to support Liberias postEbola recovery plan and
assist President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf rebuild the countrys

BILL CLINTON VISITS LIBERIA

Pledges to Health Sector Recovery, Post Ebola

ormer President of
the United States of
America, Bill Clinton
has paid a visit to
Liberia. During the one-day
visit along with his daughter
Chelsea Clinton, the former U.S
President met Ebola Survivors
and healthcare workers and
stakeholders in Monrovia.
Speaking during the meeting
with President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf and Liberian healthcare
stakeholders
including
its international partners,

President Clinton praised the

resilience of the people that led
to the successful fight against
the deadly Ebola virus disease.
We are just five days away
from celebrating in theory,
Liberias return to normal life.
You have to make it a practice.
The citizens of this country
have to embrace one another
and not be afraid of those who
went through this terrible
ordeal and survived and
many of who still have health
challenges, he said.

He said Liberia and its

international
partners
must pay keen attention to
developing
a
sustainable
healthcare delivery system. He
said with such a system, the
country can withst5and the
shock of any such outbreak as
the Ebola Virus disease.
He pledged his organizations
fullest backing to Liberias post
Ebola recovery agenda and said
the Clinton Global Initiative
would stand by Liberia in
creating a more sustainable

already visited Tanzania,

Kenya and are now on their
way to Morocco on the last
leg of the African tour. This is
the 12th time the president
has visited Africa, and this is
a nearly annual trip that he,
and more recently Chelsea,
take to visit the work the
foundation supports.
healthcare delivery system,
specifically in training more
healthcare workers so just in
case there is another outbreak
of the disease, they will be able
to deal with it expeditiously.
We need to get the funds in
here to train community health
workers and other health
practitioners to make sure you
dont get this disease, he said.
Upon arrival in Liberia late
in the afternoon, former
President Clinton held a
meeting with President Sirleaf
and high-ranking government
officials before his visit to the
Emergency Operations Center.
President Clinton and his
daughter Chelsea are on a
nine-day, four country tour
to observe foreign projects
the Clinton Global Initiative
has supported connected to
healthcare, global warming,
wildlife protection, education
and agriculture.
He and his delegation have
already
visited
Tanzania,
Kenya and are now on their
way to Morocco on the last
leg of the African tour. This is
the 12th time the president
has visited Africa, and this is a
nearly annual trip that he, and
more recently Chelsea, take to
visit the work the foundation
supports.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Monrovia
he United States
Embassy in Monrovia
says it played no role
in the recent shake-up
in the hierarchy of the Liberia
National Police.
Sally Hodgson, head of the
Public Affairs at the United
States Embassy responding to
a FrontPageAfrica inquiry said
the action to dismiss the police
officials was not triggered
by the US embassy but was
done by the President and
that is her action. The United
States Embassy has no idea
on their dismissal it was done
unilaterally by the president,
She said.
Monrovia has been abuzz with
speculations since last Fridays
decision by President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf to dismiss for
senior officials in the LNP, that
the U.S. government forced the
hand of the Liberian president
into making drastic changes in
the LNP.
Those
dismissed
were
Col.
Abraham
Kromah,
Deputy Director of Police
for
Operations,
Samuel
Nimley, Assistant Director for
Intelligence, who also doubled
as security coordinator and
principal liaison between the
police and the Ebola burial
team won praise during the
crisis for his work in various
communities which included,
working with bereaved families
to turn their bodies over and
convincing Ebola infected not
to escape treatment centers.
Phil Tougbey, an Assistant
Director for Administration;
and, Joseph B. Flomo, as
Assistant Director for Crimes
Services Department and
transferred to Intelligence as
Acting Assistant Director.
A senior police official speaking
on condition of anonymity said
Monday that the dismissal of
the three senior police officers
followed what the US embassy
described as bridging the rules
of law enforcement.
One source disclosed that the
US embassy recommended
that the police deputy director
for operation be dismissed for
his link to brutalities against
motorcyclists and Liberian
citizens.
It can be recalled; a resident
of the Broad Street, Snapper
Hill Community, who was
reportedly involved into an

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DID US EMBASSY AUTHORIZE

BOMBSHELL AT LNP?
The United States Embassy has no idea on their dismissal it was done unilaterally by the
president. - Head of the Public Affairs at the United States Embassy Sally Hodgson
Bettie Johnson, betty.johnson@frontpageafriconline.com

accident with the vehicle of

Deputy Police Director Colonel
Abraham Kromah denied ever
receiving any money from the
deputy police boss for medical
attention as stated by him.
On February 15, the vehicle
of Col. Kromah allegedly hit
a passenger on a motorcycle
identified as Victor Johnson in
Monrovia.
The victim both legs got
seriously injured from the
accident and was subsequently
admitted at the John F. Kennedy
Hospital in Monrovia.
According to victim Victor
Johnson, all of his medical
bills at the Johnson F. Kennedy
Memorial Hospital were taken
care of by his family, and not
Col. Kromah although it was
later revealed that Kromah did
in fact contribute to paying the
medical bills and facilitating
Johnsons treatment.
Another incident, according to
the source involved the early
morning discovery of a body
near the ELWA junction which
sparked protest as residents
condemned
the
reported

killing of an unidentified man.

The residents accused officers
of the Liberian National
Police of murdering the man,
especially with the body lying
near the area where Police
officers served Fridays night
security shift.
According to some residents
the decease whose name and
identity remains unknown
was a money changer and was
beaten to death by officers
of the Police for breaking the
11:00 Pm curfew.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to
FrontPage Africa said at the
time that the decease ran and
threw stones at a Police vehicle
that chased him in an attempt
to apprehend him for staying
out after the curfew hour.
I am a car loader and this is
where we sleep, I was in my
corner when I saw the man
running from the Police they
chased him and beat him
with sticks and guns. We were
seeing them, but we couldnt
do anything if we come out
they will arrest us and say

curfew so we could not do

anything so we decided to set
road blocks this morning to
claim governments attention,
one eyewitness said.
The deceased body was pickup
by the National Ebola Task
Force burial team as many
believed that he would be
cremated and treated as an
Ebola victim.
In
an
interview
with
reporters at the time, Police
Commissioner
Gregory
Coleman said, the Police was
conducting
investigation
in the wake of claims and
counterclaims from residents
of the area.
Coleman said: They were
rioting because of this body.
They are making claims that
this person was killed by
Police officers, but I cannot say
anything about it right now in
the absence of investigation.
Police sources also pointed
to a robbery shooting of an
unknown man, at the home of
Thomas Nimely, Commissioner
for Intelligence and widely
known as (PI), of the Liberian

National Police (LNP), on the

Old Road in Monrovia.
Police spokesperson Sam
Collins confirmed the shooting,
but maintained that it was an
armed robbery situation and
the victim was undergoing
treatment at a local clinic.
The opposition Congress for
Democratic Change (CDC)
at the time condemned the
incident and called for PI to be
disrobed and prosecuted.
It can be recalled that six
police officers were recently
suspended for time indefinite
in connection to the brutal
murder of another civilian at
the ELWA Junction.
For his part, our source
said Police Assistant for
Administration, Phil Tougbey
was dismissed following an
arrest made by him on an
American diplomat.
According to our source,
dismissed Tougbey arrested
the American diplomat for
violating the laws of Liberia,
something the US embassy saw
as an affront.
Police sources disclosed that

is being funded by the Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO),
in collaboration with Farm
Forest Facility (FFF).
He observed that the charcoal
sector is being neglected as
people engaged in charcoal
activities
are
considered
insignificant,
despite
the
energy charcoal provides for
larger portion of the Liberian
population.
The charcoal sector has been
neglected for years. People in
this sector are considered poor
people; even consumers are
not taking the sector serious,
as we provide energy to many
Liberians, the Charcoal Union
boss indicated.
Dorbor said, to change this
mentality, the Union decided
to assist charcoal producers
and sellers to organize them
in finding the sustainable
and efficient way as well as
alternative sources.
Quoting a GTZ 2009 Report,
Dorbor said Monrovia alone uses

four million bags of charcoal

yearly; adding that the number
might increase to five or six
million bags yearly now.
This, he said, raises the question
as to where the wood will come
from for charcoal in four to five
years when all of the trees shall
be been cleared.
Against this backdrop, Dorbor
said the project
is aimed at
educating charcoal producers
and sellers on how to identify
their basic needs and encourage
them for sustainable production
as well as forest management.
Dorbor was quick to note that
the project is not intended
to stop charcoal production
activities; but to assist those
involved with productions and
sales on the modernized and
sustainable way.
He named tree-planting for
charcoal production as the major
sustainable way, which he said
will also minimize deforestation.
At the same, Dorbor disclosed
plans to introduce a new

method of production which

will minimize environmental
pollution as well as prevent
losses by the traditional
production method.
Launching the project was the
head of Region-I of the Forestry
Development Authority (FDA),
Mrs. Ruth Varney, who praised
organizers of the Charcoal Union
and urged producers to embrace
the idea.
The FDA official also stressed
the need for charcoal burners to
assist in the forest management
so
that
their
upcoming
generation will not suffer,
adding, You must not just cut
down the trees and leave the
land clear, do something on it
like planting.
She said: As we launch this
program today, we advise that
you put yourselves together. This
is self-employment; therefore,
please use the forest in a
sustainable way.
Grand Cape Mount County
Representative Marbu Sonii was

expected to launch the project,

but he could turn out due to an
official engagement.
Also making remarks, the
Chairman of the Alliance for
Rural Democracy (ARD), Paul
L. George, spoke of the need
for charcoal producers to be
watchful of detractors who may
want to politicize the project to
undermine its goals.
Alex
Balo,
civil
society
organizations (CSOs) Grand
Cape Mount County Coordinator,
lauded the efforts of the Union
for the idea in bringing together
coal producers.
Balo, however, underscored
the importance for the Union
to work closely with charcoal
producers if its dream must
come true.
Meanwhile, charcoal producers
at the occasion embraced the
idea and vowed to mobilize
their colleagues in the county to
become part of the process.
According to them, coming
together under the umbrella

no investigation was done by

the LNP on the action taken
by dismissed Tougbey but was
accused by the Americans for
abuse of power and human
rights violation against an
American citizen.
Tougbey
dismissal
by
President
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf was surprising to
police officers as they said he
is man of Administration who
have worked tirelessly for the
growth and improvement of
the police force.
Giving it back
Monday, at the Liberia National
Police the dismissed senior
officials turned over several
items assigned to them back
to the Logistics division of the
police.
PI was seen with a transparent
plastic containing his ID card,
badge, and gadgets that he
used during his stay at the
force.
Also Kromah car marked RL102 was seen parked at the
basement of the Police central
headquarter.
FrontPageAfrica
citing
sources reported Monday that
issues about the existence of
unregistered firearms in the
LNP was also major factor in the
Presidents decision with one
source suggesting that Police
Director Massaquoi himself
has not been certificated by the
UN to carry firearms.
The international community
is concerned about reports
that some senior ranking LNP
officers are carrying guns
not issued by the police. The
Americans in particular are
concerned and do not want
anyone with poor human rights
record running things in the
security sector when UNMIL
leaves, said a senior security
sector
official,
speaking
on condition of anonymity
Sunday.

CHARCOAL UNION EMBARKS ON PILOT PROJECT

he National Charcoal
Union
of
Liberia
(NACUL) has embarked
on a pilot project
called Sustainable Charcoal
Production.
Organized on December 23,
2014, NACUL is a communitybased organization (CBO) of
charcoal producers and sellers
in Liberia.
The project was launched on
Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the
Sinje Multipurpose Community
Center in Sinje, Grand Cape
Mount County, bringing together
charcoal
producers
from
across the county and other
stakeholders.
Speaking at the program,
NACUL President, Richard T. A.
Dorbor, said the yearlong (May
1, 2015-April 2016) project is
intended to mobilize and create
awareness to strengthen the
capacity of charcoal producers
and sellers in the five districts of
Grand Cape Mount.
According to Dorbor, the program

of the union will address some

of the problems they (charcoal
producers) face.
We have been suffering in the
coal business for long and so
we are happy for the people
to put us together. People can
take our coal for sell pay and
when they go we cant see some
of them again. So, I thank the
union for bring us together
to take this problem from us,
Jebbeh Senwan, the charlady of
Garwulor District, who is also a
charcoal producer, said.
Junior Fahnbulleh, another
charcoal producer of Massaquoi
Town, said: Coal burning is a
difficult work for me; but I have
to do it because it is through this
I pay my school fees.
Junior said, at times, he loses
because he buys gas for power
saw to cut his logs and he hires
people to cover the stick with
dirt; and after all, he will not
realize the money spent.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

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HOICE OR CHANCE
Is an initiative to
discourage
people
attempting to migrate
to Europe through the back
door. Experience shows the
relative small numbers of
actual Refugees from war torn
areas is grossly over shadowed
by the enormous number of
economic Migrants from all
sources.
There is a serious need to
provide the correct information
and education in Africa and
elsewhere, to encourage local
self-help opportunities to
improve their social, economic
well-being.
The core intention of the
Initiative, is for the right
information to be passed
directly into the local villages
and larger communities by
word of mouth, about the
perils of illegal migration to
Europe.
These are the building blocks.
A documentary using local
people in their native tongue,
relating the horrors and
problems illegal migrants
face when arriving in Europe
through the back door, and
subsequently.
We will record interviews from
migrants and their experiences
at arrival points within
detention centers, in Spain and
Italy. To show the people in the
villages the horror of the real
reality.
It is needed to deter the
unscrupulous profit making
traffickers who prey on the
illegal migrants.
The approach is based on early

veryone thought I was

crazy when I moved
to Africa in 1989. I
was going to live in a
place with no televisions, no
electricity and a high risk of
malaria, and at a time when so
many other Irish were leaving
in search of better lives in the
US or England.
I had a different view of a
better life. I needed to find
more meaning. I had married
very young, at 18, and joined
the Army to provide for my
family. My wife died several
years later, and I went soulsearching. I moved around the
world a lot, especially Europe,
but found it difficult to make
connections.
Work brought me to west
Africa in 1989, to work as a
security officer for a shipping
company based on the Isle of
Man. I travelled a lot working
for it, all around Liberia, but
about 10 years ago I settled in
Gambia, where I live with my
second wife and our children.
When I arrived in Africa I
plugged out, quite literally:
I didnt feel that I needed
electricity any more. I wanted
to live life in a simpler way.
Whether you have a TV or
not, or have electricity or
not, doesnt matter. They
are
not
the
important
things in life. I became more
of a humanitarian, less
materialistic.
In 2008 I was appointed head
of security in charge of 100
personnel on a 200km road
project in Gambia. This brought
me to remote rural locations

An Initiative to reduce the number of illegal migrants

from Africa And Elsewhere Entering Europe. April 2015.
Adrian Corish, adriancorish93@gmail.com

intervention and prevention,

to reduce the number of would
be illegal migrants.
To change and make a
clearer understanding of the
circumstances, under which
illegal migrants will have
to survive. It will correct a
persons pre-existing incorrect
knowledge, the realities of the
journey, perceptions of images
of Europe, people, places and
cultures.
To show meaningful and
achievable
alternatives,
to individuals from rural
villages to be able to fulfil

their potential. To improve

economic living conditions, to
sustain families and contribute
to community building in the
longer term, by showing them
how, and assisting them to
improve their agricultural food
production.
The first initiative will be
East or West Africa. After the
foundations are established
it will be easily replicated in
other neighboring countries,
at minimal cost and in a very
short time.
The initiative will be to target
rural villages, and larger

communities, with the rapid

development of a Pictorial
range of information, materials,
and simple technologies.
We will use
people who
have had illegal immigrant
experience, to become mentors
to potential illegal migrants.
The programme will offer and
encourage basic numeracy
and litery skills where they are
lacking. In order that they may
commence or improve their
commercial activity.
It will assist to provide basic
education and skillsets, to
returnees to their home

country after deportation.

The essence of the information
to be provided will be. Valid
Reasons for leaving or staying
in my Country; All the factors
for Making the decision.; The
concept of choice as an illegal
migrant; The Importance
of home social economics,
and family; How to improve
food production with what is
already in place.
The flow of migrants is
escalating very considerably,
there is a continuing increase
of loss of life during transit.
The increasing financial cost in

humanitarian aid, is becoming

of great concern.
The financial cost of this
initiative is of minimal
proportion
and
requires
virtually
no
external
administration. It can be
promoted and continued at
local level.
The items required are Two
vehicles suitable for rough
ground operation, two portable
generators, two large screen
monitors, two video players to
match, one video recorder, one
small P.A. system, one suitable
laptop, and sundries for all of
the above.
There will be a need to set up
a financial arrangement for the
nominal day to day running
expenses and provisions. All of
the above could be assembled
and transported to a location
within days. The title for these
items would remain with the
sponsors.
The principle for this initiative
is a European National who has
been resident in Africa for over
25 years, He has been involved
within senior management
of companies and substantial
projects in Africa, and has
considerable local knowledge
of the people and terrain.
The Problem of illegal
migration will not go away
own on its own. Experiences
are showing that it is not
being prevented by inter
-governmental actions.
This initiative will work
because it will have no top
end bureaucracy to stifle the
direct and effective personal
contacts.
This initiative cannot fail to
work, but on its own its not
enough. It must be coupled
with a similar initiative
equal and opposite, which
will rapidly promote willing
repatriation.

ON ARRIVING IN AFRICA, I FELT I

DIDNT NEED ELECTRICITY ANY MORE

Adrian Corish is working to prevent migrants making perilous illegal journey to Europe

where villagers may never

have seen a white person.
Sometimes they ran away, or
would want to touch my skin.
Their way of life is very basic,
living in grass huts. It was a
very grounding experience.
One of the things I noticed very
quickly was the drain of youth
in these villages. I discovered
that they were heading for
Europe through the back door

to Libya, across the desert

and up to Morocco. Their
motivations were economic.
Their parents sold land, cattle
and everything else they had to
send their young sons away.
More than 900 migrants have
already died this month trying
to cross the Mediterranean to
reach Europe. The European
Union and others focus on
the refugees fleeing war-

torn countries like Syria

and Somalia, but many are
economic migrants, leaving by
choice because they think the
streets of Europe are paved
with gold.
Most of the migrants leaving
Gambia are from rural areas.
Their education is limited, and
they believe the stories they
hear about Europe. But most
of them dont realise that its a

perilous journey that they may

never return from, that could
kill them.
The EU has been talking
this week about practical
measures
to
strengthen
borders, fight smugglers and
improve
search-and-rescue
efforts, but they need to be
looking at the cause rather
than the cure, about what can
be done to prevent migrants

travelling in these ships in the

first place.
Potential migrants need to be
educated about the journey
they are planning to undertake,
about what it is like to work
illegally in Europe, and about
trafficking risks. I have come to
Spain now to lobby the EU on
the need for local sensitisation
programmes.
It is all about information.
There
is
unprecedented
unemployment in Europe.
These migrants think that if
they come to Europe they will
be able to send money back
to their families, but they are
wrong. They will be lucky if
they even reach the shores of
Morocco.
I want to get access to the
detention centres in Libya,
Spain, Italy and Morocco, to
film what life is like there, and
to travel around the villages of
Gambia first of all, spreading
the word about the reality of
illegal migration to Europe.
It is an issue I feel passionately
about , which is why Ive
come to Spain to work on this
full time. I am a single voice,
which is challenging, but I am
determined. Too many people
are dying, and this is what I feel
I can do to help.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

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The radio producer will develop a six-month program matrix capturing weekly program
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select music appropriate to the radio programme, the audience and the station;

manage the logistics of getting people, resources and equipment together to the right place
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broadcasting, gender or health news reporting etc

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Candidate must show demonstrated commitment to gender equality and the protection of
women and girls, in both speech and action.

A prior knowledge of working at UNMIL Radio is an added advantage

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All interested applicants must submit an application letter, CV with a UN standard personal
history form and send to: sourcing.liberia@unwomen.org . Please download the P11 form

from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment. The deadline for application is

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We will only consider applications with complete P11 attached. UN Women will only be able

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he Head Coach
of Barrack Young
Controllers
(BYC) has told
FrontPageAfrica
that
his
team 2-0 win against Mighty
Barrolle on Sunday in the
ongoing Liberia Coca-Cola
Bottling Company (LCCBC)
football tournament was a
result of improvement in their
tactics against their opponent.
Robert Lartey said his players
recovered from their mistakes
during their first match against
Nimba United and played well
during Sundays encounter.
It can be recalled that last
Friday Coach Lartey blamed
his team failure to score more
goals in their 1-0 victory
against Nimba United to the
team lack of finishing touches.
The experienced way in
which my players performed
today showed that we are
now in the driving seat for
the championship title for this
tournament and I am calling on
my players to be more focused
in our next match against

whosoever we are to meet

in the semifinal in order to
overpower them and advance
to the grand final, said Coach
Lartey.
The win qualified BYC for
the semifinal spot of the
tournament.
Chris Momo and Trokon Myers
scored BYC 2 goals in the first
and second half individually.
BYC booked a semifinal spot
after two successive wins
against Nimba United and
Barrolle.
Earlier in the day, LISCR FC
forced Nimba United to a 1-1
draw.
Titus Cooper got Nimba
United goal in the 27th minute
through close range shot and
Mohammed Varney equalized
for LISCR in the 37th minute
from the penalty spot.
Varney missed the opportunity
to seal the three points for
LISCR after missing another
penalty kick in the 68th minute.
The tournament continued on
Monday with NPA Anchors
and Invincible Eleven (IE)

playing to a 1-1 draw.

Sholee Quieh scored for the
Yellow boys from a spot kick
after a defender of NPA was
booked for committing a
foul while Benjamin Smith
equalized for the Anchors three
minutes from time.
Aries who lost 1-0 to IE in their
opening match on Saturday
drew 2-2 against FC Fassell.
Fassell had earlier suffered
a 4-0 defeat at the hands of
the Anchors in their opening
match.
In today matches, BYC who
have already booked her place
in the semifinal stage will
tackle LISCR FC who has
drawn all her two matches,
while Barrolle meet Nimba
United to close the day.
LISCR needs a win over
BYC to reach the tournament
semifinal but the coach of
opponent BYC has vowed
that his team will reach the
semifinal without defeat.
Either Barrolle or Nimba
United can qualify for the
semifinal with a win.

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IN BRIEF

WORLD NEWS

igeria and South

Africa
are
no
strangers
to
diplomatic
disputes.
Recently,
the
Nigerian government told its
top diplomats in the South
African capital toreturn
home after a series of attacks
on foreigners in South
Africa. The SouthAfrican
government has sharply
criticized the Nigerian action.
Many South African officials
have criticized the attacks on
African immigrants. At least
seven people have died in
the violence. Thousands of
others wereforced from their
homes.
The governments of three

African countries helped

hundreds of their citizensto
leave South Africa after the
unrest. The three countries
are Malawi,Mozambique and
Zimbabwe. But the Nigerian
government was the first
inAfrica to withdraw its top
diplomats from South Africa.
Nigerias governmentsays it
did not officially order the
diplomats to return home.
It says they wereasked to
return to Nigeria for routine
discussions.
But that has done little to stop
the sharp disputes between
Nigeria and SouthAfrica.
This week, the South African
Foreign Ministry released a
statementnoting
Nigerias

FAMED NEUROSURGEON
BEN CARSON ANNOUNCES
WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGN

relationship
between
Africastwo
economic
powers.
Their open disagreement
over who should head
the African Union led to
eachcountry expelling the
others citizens in 2012.
Those people were accused
ofusing fake reproductions
of yellow fever vaccination
documents.
Nigeria and South Africa
also clashed over the South
African science fictionfilm
District 9. In the movie,
Nigerians are treated like
criminals and eatpeople.
Nigerian government officials
later banned the film.
Nigerian officials are unhappy

of the killers of her husband,

she said.
"They took me so I can marry
one of their commanders,"
she said of the militants who
carried her away from her
village after slaughtering her
husband and forcing her to
abandon their three young
children, whose fates remain
unknown. That was five
months ago in Lassa village.
"When they realized I was
pregnant, they said I was
impregnated by an infidel, and
we have killed him. Once you
deliver, within a week we will
marry you to our commander,"
she said, tears running down
her cheeks as she recalled her
husband and lost children.
Musa gave birth to a curlyhaired daughter the night
before last week's rescue.
As gunshots rang out, "Boko
Haram came and told us they
were moving out and that we
should run away with them.
But we said no," she said
from a bed in the camp clinic,
a blanket wrapped around
ankles so swollen that each
step had been agony.
A girl rescued by Nigerian
soldiers from Boko Haram
extremists at Sambisa Forest
lines up with other
"Then they started stoning
us. I held my baby to my

stomach and doubled over to

protect her," she said, bending
reflexively at the waist as
though she still had to shield
her newborn.
She and another survivor of the
stoning, 20-year-old Salamatu
Bulama, said several girls and
women were killed, but they
did not know how many.
The horrors did not end once
the military arrived.
A group of women were hiding
under some bushes, where
they could not be seen by
soldiers riding in an armored
personnel carrier, who drove
right over them.
"I think those killed there were
about 10," Bulama said.
A doctor attends to a
malnourished child at a
refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria
Sunday, May 3, 2015, aft
Other women died from stray
bullets, she said, identifying
three by name.
There were not enough
vehicles to transport all of
the freed captives and some
women had to walk, Musa
said. Those on foot were told
to walk in the tire tracks made
by the convoy because Boko
Haram militants had mined
much of the forest. But some of
the women must have strayed
because a land mine exploded,
killing three, she said.

Bulama shielded her face with

her veil and cried when she
thought about another death:
Her only son, a 2-year-old
toddler who died two months
ago of an illness she said was
aggravated by malnutrition.
"What will I tell my husband?"
she sobbed after learning
from other survivors who
used borrowed cell phones to
try to trace relatives that her
husband was alive and in the
northern town of Kaduna.
Musa, who had been in pain
and withdrawn after her
arrival the night before,
greeted a reporter with smiles
on Sunday and the news that
her breasts were finally giving
milk and nourishment to her
yet-to-be-named daughter.
A doctor attends to a
Malnourished child as women
and children rescued by
Nigerian soldiers wait to
Another
survivor,
Binta
Ibrahim, was 16 years old and
accompanying her sister-inlaw to the dressmaker when
Boko Haram insurgents rode
into their village of Izghe, firing
randomly at civilians. On that
day in February 2014, the AP
reported at least 109 people
were killed and almost every
hut destroyed as the militants
lobbed firebombs onto their
thatch roofs.

MOHAMMED CARTOON
EVENT GROUP PUSHES
RELIGIOUS ENVELOPE

DETROIT (AP)
etired surgeon Ben
Carson
declared
his
candidacy
for
the
Republican
presidential nomination Monday,
resting his longshot bid on his
vision of the nation as "a place of
dreams" where people can thrive
when freed from an overbearing
government.
Carson, the only AfricanAmerican in the race, spoke in
front of hundreds of people at
Detroit Music Hall, a few miles
from a high school that bears his
name. A choir singing the chorus
from Eminem's "Lose Yourself"
set the stage.
He told supporters that he's not
anti-government but believes
Washington has exceeded its
constitutional powers.
"It's time for people to rise up
and take the government back,"
he said. "The political class won't
like me saying things like that.
The political class comes from
both parties."

failure to stop Boko Haram

militants. The statement
noted
thatthousands
of
people have died in the
militants
campaign
of
violence againstthe Nigerian
government.
The South African Foreign
Ministry
also
criticized
Nigerias
actions
after
achurch hostel collapsed in
Lagos last year. The building
collapse
killed
84South
Africans. We did not blame
the Nigerian government
for the deaths andmore
than nine months delay in
the return of the bodies, the
ministry said.
The
diplomatic
dispute
demonstrates a complex

about the inclusion of South

Africa in theBRICS group
of developing countries.
The groups other members
are Brazil,Russia, India and
China. Nigerian officials
also have objected to South
Africadescribing itself as the
gateway to Africa. They
note that Nigeria becamethe
largest economy in Africa last
year.
Diplomatic relations between
the two countries are cool,
but
business
linkshave
grown over the past 10 years.
South African investments in
Nigeriahave risen five times
between 2004 and 2010.
Last week, Nigerians gathered
near the offices of a South
Africantelecommunications
company to protest the
attacks on foreigners. The
protesttook place in the city
of Kaduna outside the offices
of MTN. One of theprotesters,
Yusuf Amoke, threatened
to attack South African
businesses inNigeria.
If South Africans are not
ashamed, if South Africans
are not reasonableenough
not to kill our people, not to
destroy our businesses, then
weNigerians will also not be
reasonable enough to leave
their businesses tosurvive in
Nigeria.
Shadrack Gutto is a professor
at the University of South
Africa. He notes thatboth
countries
would
very
much like to be named to a
permanent African seaton
the United Nations Security
Council. But the Councils
current membershave yet
to approve such a seat.
Professor
Gutto
thinks
relations betweenthe two
countries may improve after
a change of presidents in
Nigeria.

ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS IN S. AFRICA

nd the princess
has a name. The
daughter of Kate
Middleton and
Prince William is Charlotte
Elizabeth Diana, according
to an announcement by
Kensington Palace.
"This name is fitting for
the princess because it's
historically significant but
it's also personal to the duke
and duchess of Cambridge,"
Linda Rosenkrantz, cofounder of Nameberry, tells
Yahoo Parenting. "Charlotte
is the feminine version of
Charles, the father of Prince
William and is a version of
Carole, the name of Kate's
mother. Charlotte is also
the middle name of Pippa
Middleton, Kate's sister."

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

AFRICAN POWERS ARGUE AFTER

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE
ELIZABETH DIANA: ROYAL
BABY NAME REVEALED

Washington (AFP) he group behind the

Prophet Mohammed
cartoon event in Texas
where police killed two
gunmen Sunday has a history of
making provocative statements
about Islam that it says are
aimed at defending "freedom"
and critics see as antagonizing
Muslims.
The
American
Freedom
Defense Initiative (AFDI), led
by provocative activist Pamela
Geller, offered a $10,000 prize in
a competition to draw a cartoon
of the Prophet Mohammed.

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YOLA, Nigeria (AP)

ven with the crackle
of gunfire signaling
rescuers were near,
the horrors did not
end: Boko Haram fighters
stoned captives to death,
some girls and women were
crushed by an armored car and
three died when a land mine
exploded as they walked to
freedom.
Through tears, smiles and eyes
filled with pain, the survivors
of months in the hands of the
Islamic extremists told their
tragic stories to The Associated
Press on Sunday, their first day
out of the war zone.
"We just have to give praise to
God that we are alive, those of
us who have survived," said
27-year-old Lami Musa as she
cradled her 5-day-old baby girl.
She was among 275 girls,
women and their young
children, many bewildered
and traumatized, who were
getting medical care and being

registered a day after making it

to safety.
Nigeria's military said it has
freed nearly 700 Boko Haram
captives in the past week. It
is still unclear if any of them
were among the so-called
"Chibok girls," whose mass
abduction from their school
a year ago sparked outrage
worldwide and a campaign
for their freedom under the
hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
Musa was in the first group of
rescued women and girls to
be transported by road over
three days to the safety of the
Malkohi refugee camp, a dustblown deserted school set
among baobab trees opposite
a military barracks on the
outskirts of Yola, the capital of
northeastern Adamawa state.
A woman and a child rescued
by Nigerian soldiers from Boko
Haram extremists at Sambisa
Forest carry
Last week's rescue saved her
from a forced marriage to one

WITH RESCUE NEAR, BOKO HARAM

STONED NIGERIAN GIRLS TO DEATH

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LABOR MINISTER, DEPUTY SPORTS MINISTER SHOW LOVE TO DEAF COMPATRIOTS

LOOKINGAsFOR
AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO
PLAY
national team prepares for Accras Africa Nations Cup in June

port, as some believe,

is the passion of life
and there seems to
be more anxiety for
it as different teams emerged
to represent Liberia at
international events.
The latest formed is the
deaf national football team.
According to the president of
the Deaf Football Federation
(DFF), the team was organized
to provide the opportunity for
people who have been denied
the chance to exercise their
desire for the discipline.
Octavius Vorkpor said, if fully
supported, they will ensure
that deaf are given another
alternative to enhance their
career.
Vorkpor
explained
that
for too long some of them
suffered
humiliation
and
marginalization in their quest
to foster their sports career.
He noted that the new venture
intends to recruit interested
players and ensure that they
exercise daily to make a
difference at international
levels.

Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Vorkpor was speaking on

Saturday when the DFF held
a mini tournament to create
awareness and raise funds for
their pending international
competition.
The
event
witnessed
Paynesville All-stars, Ministry
of Youth & Sports and deaf
national squad in a three-team

tournament at the Zubah Town

sports pitch in Paynesville.
The all-stars beat the Deaf
4-3 in an entertaining match
and the sports ministry also
crushed the deaf 5-2 in the late
kick-off to climax all of the
excitements.
Labor Minister Neto Zarzar
Lighe, Deputy Sports Minister

Henry Yonton and other key

officials of government were
on hand to grace the occasion
but it was Lighe and Yonton
who featured for Paynesville
and the ministry respectively.
Truth FM/Real TV sports
reporter Varmah Kamara has
been organizing their media
activities and he told UNMIL

AFTER A SHABBY PREPARATION

AND LATE DEPARTURE

Ghana eliminates Liberia 7-1 on aggregate from Rio Olympic qualifiers

Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com

iberia
have
been
eliminated from the
preliminary rounds of
Brazil 2016 Olympic
qualifiers after a 5-1 defeat to
Ghana at the Tamale Sports
Stadium on May 2.
The Black Meteors led 2-0
after 25 minutes with goals
from Richard Gadze and Baba
Mensah but the Young Satellites
got one back through debutant
US-based striker Cooper Gypia
in the 34th minute.
Young Ashanti Kotoko striker
Dauda Mohammed scored
twice in the second half to

make it 4-1 and the defeat

was confirmed in an emphatic
fashion by a Tamimu Muntari
goal in the 77th minute.
Ghana will play DR Congo in the
second qualifying round with
the first leg on the weekend of
May 22-24 in Tamale and the
second leg set for the weekend
of May 29-31 in Kinshasa.
Liberia lost 0-2 in first leg
qualifier at the same venue
on April 26 but head coach
Thomas Kojo was still upbeat
about their chances in the
return leg.
Ghana
dominated
the

proceedings in an almost
empty stadium with a goal in
each half from Mohammed
and Kennedy Ashia of Liberty
Professionals to put the second
leg beyond the reach of their
opponents.
With a September ban imposed
by the Confederation of African
Football
(Caf) on Liberia, Guinea and
Sierra Leone due to escalation
of Ebola, Kojo said the back to
back home matches for their
opponents can serve as a
motivation for his young team.
Greece-based striker Herron

Berrian had to leave Tamale

on April 29 on the request of
Olympiakos Voulos, thereby
entrusting Sporo Somah of
Ivorian club Sewe Sports

and Gypia of the Mount Olive
University with the herculean
task of overturning the first leg
defeat.
Liberias ill-preparation once
again came to the fold with
most of the players match
rusty due to the closure of the
national league for a year.
The team, with three friendly
matches against Barrack Young
Controllers, LPRC Oilers and

Radios Sports Extra the team

needs US$40,000 to make the
trip.
Currently, they [DFF] have
received US$5,000 from the
chief patron of sports, President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the
management of the National
Port Authority also provided
US$3,000 to support their
campaign. And they are left
with a balance of US$32,000,
which should be raised ahead
of the tournament in June,
Kamara disclosed.
According to Kamara, the
amount, if secured, will
register Liberia and pay for
lodging, accommodation and
tickets amongst others.
The Nations Cup should have
been held early this year but
was pushed to June and the
venue changed from Abidjan,
Ivory Coast to Accra, Ghana.
Sixteen countries, including
Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast,
Togo, Benin and Liberia, are
expected to feature in the
maiden edition.
ELWA United, trained for two
weeks.
It was their departure to Accra
on the eve of the match, which
drew comparison to Liberias
6-1 defeat to Nigeria in a 2013
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
in Calabar in October 2012.
But LFA president Musa Bility
has since disagreed, believing
that the second leg would have
vindicated him.
Today, we didnt make no
mistake. [The Calabar scenario
you are talking
about] is a quite different one.
Today the team is going [to
Ghana which is a] direct flight
[for] one and the half hour.
They are going to Accra; they
are resting, sleeping in Accra
with no problem.
And they have a one hour
flight in the morning [Sunday]
to go to Tamale. And they will
arrive [in] Tamale at seven in
the morning. And they will rest
for another eight hours before
the game. This is very normal
[for a football team], Bility
told FrontPageAfrica on April
25.
He blamed the teams late
departure, not on the usual no
money syndrome, but on the
reduction of flights coming to
Liberia since the Ebola crisis.
You have to understand that
this was the country that had
about 16 flights coming a
week. Today, we only have two
[flights]. To get all 30 persons
on board that flight was the
problem. It has never been
about money, he added.
Next-up for Liberia, who
withdrew from the female
version of the qualifiers, is the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
with a trip to Lome, Togo in
June but head coach James
Salinsa Debbah has already
begun to complain. Details will
be in our subsequent editions.

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SPORTS

WENGER: ARSENAL
DONT NEED BIG

CHANGES THIS SUMMER

rsene
Wenger
does not believe
that Arsenal need
big changes this
summer as his players have
proved this season that the
Gunners have a strong squad.
The north Londoners take on
Hull City on Monday having
lost just once in their last 13
games, a run that has seen
them surge into third place
in the Premier League and
secure an FA Cup final spot.
Summer
signing
Alexis
Sanchez has been key to
Arsenal's form this season,
top-scoring with 22 goals so
far, while Mesut Ozil's return
from injury has also given the
Gunners a boost.

RAMIRES: KIDNEY PROBLEM

NOTHING SERIOUS

amires has thanked

Chelsea fans and
reassured them that
he is recovering
well from the illness that kept
him out of Sunday's Premier
League title-clinching win
over Crystal Palace.
The Brazilian was named in
Jose Mourinho's starting XI
for the match at Stamford
Bridge but fell ill in the warmup and was replaced by Juan
Cuadrado.

BENZEMA BLOW FOR MADRID

AHEAD OF JUVENTUS CLASH

arim Benzema will

miss Real Madrid's
Champions League
semi-final first leg
with Juventus after failing to
recover in time from a knee
problem.
The France international has
not featured for the reigning
European champions since the
goalless draw in the last round
with city rivals Atletico.
Benzema returned to training
on Sunday to raise hopes
that he could feature against
Juventus, but Madrid have now
announced that he is not part of
Carlo Ancelotti's 20-man squad
for Tuesday's trip to Turin.
The absence of the former
Lyon striker means that Javier
Hernandez is likely to start up
front again.
The
Mexico
international
scored the winner in the quarterfinal clash with Atletico at the
Santiago Bernabeu, while he has
also been involved in four goals
in his last three Liga outings.

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RONALDO, TEVEZ SHOWDOWN IN TURN

uventus have no time to

celebrate
their
fourth
consecutive Serie A title as
they host Real Madrid in the
Champions League semi-final.
Massimiliano Allegri's men sealed
the Scudetto on Saturday with
a 1-0 win at Sampdoria, Arturo
Vidal's goal enough to claim all
three points.
But the Turin club will have to
quickly refocus on Tuesday's
visit of the defending European
champions, who scraped into
the last four courtesy of a 1-0
aggregate win over rivals Atletico
Madrid.
And Allegri is under no illusions as
to who the favourites are heading
into the encounter.
He said: "It's not every day you get
to play Real Madrid, so we have
to keep our heads to reach the
final. If we don't get there, it'll be
expected."
The hosts are still without
midfielder Paul Pogba for the clash
due to a hamstring injury that has
kept him on the sidelines since
March.
Kwadwo Asamoah, Martin Caceres
and Luca Marrone are also
unavailable for Juventus as the
club bids to reach the final for the
first time since 2003, when they
came from behind to beat Real 4-3
on aggregate in the semi-finals.
Madrid, meanwhile, head into the
game with the fitness of France
international
striker
Karim
Benzema still in doubt.
Benzema has missed the last five
games because of a knee injury, but
may be able to return to training,
potentially handing a further
boost to a Real team who saw
Gareth Bale make his comeback at
Sevilla following a calf complaint.

Having sealed the domestic crown once again, Maximiliano Allegri's side now
take on a resurgent Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League semi-finals

"Benzema we will see in the

next two days," coach Carlo
Ancelotti said after Saturday's
3-2 La Liga win over the
Andalusians.
"Tomorrow [Sunday] we will
see if he can train with the team.
The good thing is that Bale
played 30 minutes without any
problems. We have recovered a
very important player [in Bale]
and it would be even better if
we could get Karim back too."
Madrid and Juve have appeared
in the final of Europe's premier
club competition 20 times

between them and have recent

history in the Champions
League, having met in the
group stages last term.
The Spanish side won 2-1 at
the Santiago Bernabeu before
claiming a 2-2 draw in Turin,
with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring
three goals over the two games.
And, with Ronaldo heading into
a repeat of the 1998 final won
by Real on the back of hat-trick
versus Sevilla, a typically solid
Italian defensive display will be
required if Juve are to overcome
the odds.

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