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. The interactions, journey, and visual elements are contextualized to suit the unique needs of the travelers offering a visually rich and excitingly new experience that is personalized and can stand out in comparison to physical travel.The election looked like a walkover for Johnson-Sirleaf. Users are segmented into different categories as per the kind of travel experience they are looking for and can discover curated content and information which is trending for them, as relevant to them. Personalized and convenient for all kinds of travelers The design supports the entire journey of a user with accurate, e2e travel information covering inspiration, research and planning, booking and post-travel activities, capturing metadata, content, booking and community for each point of interest on map, metasearch engine for attraction, activities, and tours. Qua Qua is designed as a global virtual tourism platform that becomes useful as a travel research and planning tool, intelligent to the extent of being relevant and suggestive to the user as per their context.
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