Since February, Liberia’s border with Guinea has seen repeated incursions, a flag removal, troop deployments, and the displacement of thousands of residents in Lofa County. It calls on the government to communicate more regularly and plainly with affected communities, not just with counterparts in Conakry. FOR NEARLY a year now, communities along Liberia’s border with Guinea have lived with a question their government has not fully answered: what exactly is happening on our land, and what is being done about it? Alleged incursions in February sent panic through border communities. BUT GOOD INSTINCTS are not the same as good governance, and here is where the government’s approach has fallen short: the Liberian public still does not know, in any real detail, where things stand.