There are allegations that he's also charging unidentified investors licensing fees for permitting them to mine diamonds in eastern Sierra Leone. Intimidated and helpless, Liberian civil groups have opposed the use of their country as an incubator for war, but they have been warned by the President to shut up or face his wrath, which means death or imprisonment. But the onus is now on the House of Representatives. They cannot pretend that the slow disintegration of the country, along with its international status as a pariah and rogue state, is not their concern. For once, the challenge is that they show their bravery or sink with their boss.
Cowards die many times indeed and some deaths can be more painful than others.