Liberia
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:17:50 GMTSurvivors of Civil War Massacre React to News of U.S. Trial
[RFI] Monrovia -- Lawyers representing victims of one of the deadliest massacres in Liberia presented evidence to a judge in the United States this week for the prosecution of Colonel Moses Thomas, the former head of an elite unit within the Armed Fo...
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:46:45 GMTOpposition Secretary General Declared Wanted
[New Republic] The Secretary General of the Unity Party and member of the Coalition of Political Parties, Mohammed Ali has been declared wanted by the Liberia National Police for comments he made on his a face book page early this month on delay to c...
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:33:10 GMTUnity Party - 'Mo Ali's Arrest Warrant Is an Intimidation to Dissenting Voices in Liberia'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The opposition Unity Party (UP) says the decision by the Liberia National Police (LNP) declaring its secretary general Mo Ali "wanted" over a Facebook post is an attempt to intimidate dissenting voices in the country.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:40:11 GMTMaritime Authority Debunks Reports of Gtms Involvement in Removing Liberia From U.S. Coast Guard Advisory List
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Maritime Authority clarifies that a recent media report attributing the removal of Liberia from the U.S Government's Advisory List of countries that do not maintain effective anti-terrorism measures to the Gl...
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:05:50 GMTUP, Police At Each Other's Throats
[New Dawn] The former ruling Unity Party is at the throat of authorities of the Liberia National Police for reportedly declaring its secretary general Mohammed Ali, alias Mo Ali, a 'wanted man' over the weekend.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:27:18 GMTPresident's Son Arrested in Paris for Public Disorder
[RFI] George Weah Jr, the son of Liberia's president, was brought into custody on Wednesday morning over charges of public disorder for noise nuisance related to a house party in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to French media.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:46 GMTSwagger Island Residents Crave for Access to Safe Drinking Water
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Swagger Island is located along the Somalia Drive road and is inhabitant to over five thousand residents' bulk of whom are living with a challenge of fetching safe drinking water. On a daily basis they go to faraway resi...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:43 GMTUnity Party U.S. and Canada Wants NEC to Certificate Senators
[FrontPageAfrica] U.S. -- The National Leadership of the Unity Party USA and Canada calls on the National Elections Commission of Liberia to respect the will of the Liberian voters and immediately certificate all Senators-elect whose election have be...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:41 GMTOver 700 Women From Bong and Margibi Counties Graduate From Extreme Poverty
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata, Margibi County -- Three years ago, Nancy Tokpa, 45, a mother of 4, and resident of Gwekpolorsue village in Margibi County struggled to get food for her family in the past but she now stands as the breadwinner of her family t...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:35 GMTHouse Passes Resolution Authorizing CBL to Print New Banknote in the Tone of L$48.7 Billion
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Plenary of the House of Representatives has finally approved the Central Bank of Liberia's request to print a new family of banknotes in the tone of L$48.7 billion to completely replace the ones that are currently in use...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:31 GMTTown Where Gibril Massaquoi 'Buried Man Alive' Wants Him Imprisoned
[FrontPageAfrica] Kpakamai -- People of Kpakamai in Lofa County accuse Gibril Massaquoi of a string of crimes in the 1993, and they say they hope his war crimes trial ends with a guilty verdict to bring justice to alleged victims there.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:29 GMTPolice Invites Opposition Mo Ali Over Facebook Post They're Linking to Arson Attacks On the Elections Commission, Justice Nagbe's Home
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia National Police has cited Mr. Mo Ali, the National Secretary General of the former ruling Unity Party for questioning over a Facebook post which they think could be linked to the recent arson attacks on the h...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:26 GMTLiberia Misleads On Justice At UN Rights Review
[FrontPageAfrica] President Weah Should Commit to Real Progress, Back War Crimes
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:21 GMTReplacing Moye - Twenty Aspirants Jostling for District Two By-Election in Bong
[FrontPageAfrica] Gbarnga -- Politics is in the air in Bong's District Two. No fewer than 20 aspirants are jostling to replace the district's former representative Prince Moye, who won as senator in the December 8, 2020 Special Senatorial elections.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:18 GMTWFP, Government of Liberia and Canada Provide Support to Families of 5,000 Vulnerable School Children
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing take-home rations to 5,000 pre-primary and primary school children and their household members. The rations com- prising of rice, fortified vegetable oil, and pu...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:39:16 GMTOHCHR Conducts Trainings On CEDAW) Shadow Report Writing and Advocacy in "Spotlight Counties"
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has begun a series of trainings on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Shadow Report Writing ...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:16:18 GMTHouse Passes Resolution to Print Over L$48 Billions
[New Republic] The House of Representatives has signed and forwarded to the Liberian Senate for concurrence a resolution authorizing the Central Bank of Liberia( CBL) to print new family of banknotes of over forty- eight billion Liberian dollars.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:04:11 GMTL$48 Billion Printing in Sight As House Passes Resolution
[NEWS] Members of the House of Representatives have passed a resolution for the printing of new family of money for circulation in the Liberian economy.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:02:09 GMTNIR Boss Cautions Liberians Against Using Fake National ID Card
[LINA] The Executive Director of the National Identification Registry (NIR), J. Tiah Nagbe, has cautioned the public against the use of fake National Identification Cards which, he said, are being produced by unscrupulous individuals within the count...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:18:35 GMTPres. Weah Consoles Tanzania Following President Magufuli's Death
[New Republic] The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Dr. George Manneh Weah has sent a condolence message to the Government and people of the United Republic of Tanzania, following the death of His Excellency Dr. John Pombe Maguful...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:18:33 GMTWhere Is the Concession Review Committee?
[New Republic] When President George Weah took the helm of power in 2017, he told his audience that he would ensure that the economy is revamped to meet present day realities, even though he did not rule out the challenges ahead.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:18:29 GMTSenator Snowe Warns
[New Republic] The newly elected senator of Bomi County, Melvin Edwin Snowe has issued a stern warning to Liberians that the 2023 elections may lead to serious problems if nothing urgent is done to look at the elections law.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:18:28 GMTEx-NEC Officials Alarm Over Unresolved Elections Matter
[New Republic] Two ex-officials of the National Elections Commission(NEC) have alarmed over the delay by the current leadership of NEC to settle elections dispute within the shortest possible time and also failing to certificate Lofa county senator e...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:44 GMT12 Months of Covid-19 Reverse 12yrs of Gains in the Global Fight Against TB
[New Dawn] The corona virus pandemic response is said to have pushed aside tuberculosis outreach and services resulting in 20% drop in diagnosis and treatment worldwide, a new study shows.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:40 GMT2023 Will Be a Disaster, If...
[New Dawn] -Sen. Snowe warns
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:37 GMTLCC President Condemns Wave of Violence
[New Dawn] -Wants Speedy Investigation
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:33 GMTMysterious Disappearance in Duazon
[New Dawn] A 63-year-old charcoal producer in Duazon, Lower Margibi County Alfred G. Weah, has mysteriously gone missing since Wednesday, March 17.The Town Chief of Duazon Emmanuel Blain, narrates to this paper that Mr. Weah, who had lived and produc...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:28 GMTMICAT Raises Concern Over Voice of Pleebo Closure
[New Dawn] The attention of the Ministry of Information, Culture Affairs and Tourism has been drawn to a news report stating that the Voice of Pleebo Community Radio Station in Pleebo, Maryland County, has been shut down by the Pleebo City Mayor, Wel...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:25 GMTRep. Jones Wants Executive Explains Pension Status
[New Dawn] Margibi County Electoral District #2 Representative Ivar K. Jones has written the full plenary of the House of Representatives craving its indulgence to invite three agencies of the Executive Branch to furnish the House with information re...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:09:22 GMTPres. Weah Consoles Tanzania
[New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has sent a condolence message to the Government and people of Tanzania, following the death of President John Pombe Magufuli, on Wednesday.