![]() We just talked about it and the awareness was created but many people went free." Quaqua would like to see stiff legal measures introduced. "As the president said, this term will be the term of punishment. "That remains one of the serious challenges the president has," Peter Quaqua said. The hope is that such partnerships will bring both money and jobs into the country.īut the exploitation of natural resources is not without problems, notably corruption. Contracts to mine iron ore were signed with the world's largest steel producer Arcelor Mittal and there's a deal with Chevron to drill for oil off the Liberian coast. The land is rich in raw materials and Johnson-Sirleaf was widely praised for her success in attracting new investors during her first term. The elections were followed by riots in the capital Monrovia in which four people died.īut President Johnson-Sirleaf does hold a number of trump cards. "The sheer numbers of unemployed youth, they are like gasoline on the ground waiting for somebody to light a match. "The challenge of what to do with Liberian youth is to provide them with a future," Keating told Deutsche Welle. Especially among the young male population, there is enormous explosive potential, said Michael Keating, a development specialist at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and an expert in post-conflict states. Unemployment is currently around 80 percent. Top priority must be the creation of new jobs. Her election promises must be followed by action, said Peter Quaqua. While Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's first term in office was buoyed by the euphoria of many Liberians, delighted that the 14-year civil war was now a thing of the past, her fellow countrymen and women are now watching her very closely. "People have the feeling they're not getting a piece of the national cake," he said. From widespread corruption to the problems in creating new jobs. "There are too many things that I'm sure other people are anticipating to see in the coming years." Many young Liberians are without work Image: DWĪlso, Quaqua feels, the old problems are still there. "There are too many people who feel that they have been left out of what's happening in society," he told Deutsche Welle. But Peter Quaqua, President of the Press Union of Liberia, is disappointed. In the runoff in November 2011 she notched up 90.7 percent of the votes cast. In addition, he is also the President of the Wildlife Conservation Reporters Association of Liberia, working with several pro environmental organizations to report on Liberia’s wildlife and rich biodiversity.The election looked like a walkover for Johnson-Sirleaf. He writes extensively on Liberian Politics, as well as environmental and human rights issues. He is a 2018 graduate of the University of Liberia (BSc in General Forestry) and the Peter Quaqua School of Journalism (PQSJ) in 2016. Gerald is a beneficiary of the United Nations Least Developed Countries’ Journalism Fellowship Program for the coverage of the UN 5 th Conference for the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) sponsored by the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), in partnership with the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). He is also benefiting from the United States Embassy to Liberia’s journalism fellowship program. Gerald is also a media trainer for the Journalists for Human Rights’ anti COVID-19 project called the Mobilizing Media to Fight COVID-19 Project. ![]() He serves as a senior reporter and covers the Liberian Legislature. Koinyeneh is a Liberian journalist who reports for FrontPage Africa.
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