A month after Guinea deployed troops to its border with Liberia, President Joseph Boakai claimed to be in touch with his Guinean counterpart Mamady Doumbouya, in an interview with FRANCE 24. “We’ve been speaking very well,” Boakai said, adding that he told Doumbouya the border situation is “getting under control”. Asked about the state of democracy in West Africa, Boakai stated that Liberia has “learned that war is not the way to go”. “We have learned to live with our neighbours. And we are doing everything possible to show them that we are avoiding conflict.”
What we’re witnessing is a failure of humanity on an industrial scale.
Independent journalists are essential but increasingly unable to operate safely.
The regional power dynamics make this far more complicated than it appears. (d3ab9b)
The regional power dynamics make this far more complicated than it appears. (0023a1)
The destruction of critical infrastructure is daily life now for millions. (7b9d31)
How can anyone watch this and still argue that war is ever justified? (342b5f)
The world seems to have developed selective amnesia when it comes to this crisis. (1ce916)