Liberia, April 2 -- Rodney Sieh, Managing Editor of FrontPageAfrica, is calling for a national reckoning with Liberia's past, warning that the country continues to repeat governance failures that once plunged it into conflict.

Speaking in an interview on OKAY FM with broadcaster Clarence Jackson, Sieh stressed the need for reconciliation, accountability, and a break from what he described as a cycle of political mistakes and sycophancy.

He pointed to the killings of former presidents William R. Tolbert Jr. and Samuel Doe as "unnecessary mistakes" that continue to cast a shadow over the nation's political culture.

"There was no reason to kill Tolbert. There was no reason to kill anyone for power in Liberia," Sieh said. "Everyone who com...