After a period of political stratification as a result of elections, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has given a new definition of what she believes is 'true reconciliation;' which her government is struggling to achieve amid controversies over the modus operandi of the process.
In her annual message delivered before the 54th national legislature on Monday, January 23, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Monrovia, the Liberian leader said “making the government and economy work for the people by reducing inequities, ensuring equal opportunity and providing guarantees of social justice” is true reconciliation, which her government, for the next six years, would be working to achieve.
“We will also address more urgent issues that have resulted from tensions, war and marginalization over the years. These include land reform, ethnic strife and inadequate communication between the government and the people,” she told the lawmakers.

-Govt’s Dedicates New Health Ministry 
In a country where government is striving to meet its immense infrastructural needs and stop the renting of private homes for government offices, it is welcome news that the new health ministry has been dedicated. Perhaps it time for Liberians to rejoice with the glimmer of hope that gone are the days when projects of past regimes were abandoned. For those citizens who dream of the day incumbent leaders / governments will complete the projects and fulfill the dreams of pass administrations, the dedication of the new Health Ministry is a feat. As J. Dominic Farley Of Our Staff Reports, the Government of Liberia has finally dedicated theMinistry of Health and Social Welfare. What implications are there for the health sector?
The Liberian Government on Thursday dedicated the new Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Oldest Congo Town and named it in honored of Liberia’s first trained medical doctor, Joseph NagbeTogba, Sr. M.D.