NO, THANKSGitmo Detainee: It’s Too Dangerous to Be Sent Home to RussiaLawyers and family members of a Russian detainee—who is now being held in the UAE—say he should not be sent home to Russia as he may be tortured or killed.Clair MacDougall
SAVIOR COMPLEXEbola Doc: COVAX Just White Men ‘Absolving Their Conscience’As COVID cases reach new peaks around the world, Ebola frontliners are rallying against jab inequity and lambasting WHO’s global vaccine initiative for its obvious shortcomings. Clair MacDougall
DEVASTATING UN: French Air Strike Killed 19 Civilian Wedding Party-Goers“The majority of those hit in the strike were civilians who are protected from such attacks by international humanitarian law,” a UN report released this week noted. Clair MacDougall
PANDEMICHe Was the First UN Peacekeeper to Die of COVID—or Was He?Salvadoran pilot and UN peacekeeper Carlos Guillén Alfaro’s death in Mali remains shrouded in mystery—and his family is desperate for answers.Clair MacDougall
Vioence Against WomenLiberia’s Child ProstitutesIt’s not just in Nigeria or Sudan that young women are abused. The “short-time girls” of Monrovia are victims of a culture that accepts their rape, their prostitution and their pain.Clair MacDougall
AfricaLiberia’s Thelma And LouiseThe mayor of Monrovia—and close friend of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—sprang a pal from jail and went on the lam. Clair MacDougall and Wade C.L. Williams report on the political drama gripping Liberia.Wade C.L. Williams
Liberia: More Trouble For Sirleaf?Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s president and Africa’s first female head of state, yet again stands accused of nepotism, this time by members of her own party.Clair MacDougall
Taylor’s Sentence Sparks War-Crimes DebateLiberia wrestles with whether to prosecute Liberia's former warlords in the wake of Hague trial.Clair MacDougall
Soul-SearchingLessons for LiberiaThe country’s mixed response to the Taylor verdict indicates the soul-searching has just begun. Clair MacDougall
