Liberia
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:39:28 GMTRegister or Get Out!
[New Dawn] -UL Pres. Dr. Nelson tells students, as registration arrears hit US$1m
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:39:27 GMTGOL, Public Sector Workers Sign MOU
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia and the Consortium of Public Sector Workers have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the latter's grievances. The MOU followed four days of closed doors meeting held with youth groups that had planned to...
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:39:24 GMTResidents Applaud Yekeh Kolubah's Suspension
[New Dawn] Some residence of Montserrado County Electoral District #10 under the banner "District #10 Advocates for Transparency and Accountability" (DATA) have petitioned members of the House of Representatives applauding them for suspending Represe...
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:39:22 GMTWHO Supports Global Youth to Combat Covid-19 Impact
[New Dawn] A global initiative by the world's six largest youth organizations and supported by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Foundation has availed young people around the world an opportunity to apply for funding to support in...
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:34:39 GMT'Do Not Fail Yourselves'
[New Dawn] -Cummings tells graduates
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:34:35 GMTGrand Bassa Departs
[New Dawn] -Shows Weah what they can do
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:11:58 GMTDeputy Speaker Lights Up Streets of Buah Geeken, Chenwriken, Worpluken, Tarken in Grand Kru County
[FrontPageAfrica] Grand Kru County -- Citizens of four communities in Buah Statutory District --Geeken, Chenwriken, Worpluken and Tarken Wednesday night took to the streets in jubilation of the 55 solar-powered streets light turned on by Deputy Speak...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:57 GMTGanta in Smoke
[New Dawn] -As land dispute spikes violence
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:53 GMTResidents Applaud Yekeh Kolubah's Suspension
[New Dawn] Some residence of Montserrado County Electoral District #10 under the banner "District #10 Advocates for Transparency and Accountability" (DATA) have petitioned members of the House of Representatives applauding them for suspending Represe...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:53 GMTLERC Approves LECs Request
[New Dawn] The Board of Commissioners (BoC) of the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) on 9 March 2021 provisionally approved a request from Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), to implement an "Incentive Framework" for large electrici...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:49 GMTWeah Takes Boakai On
[New Dawn] Duazon, Margibi County-It appears like former Vice President Joseph N. Boakai, did not know that he was opening himself and his former Unity Party administration up to attacks when he criticized the Weah regime's roads development project.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:47 GMTTweah Seeks Increased Assistance to Africa
[New Dawn] Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr., has expressed the need for development and multilateral partners to increase the "Official Development Assistance (ODA), to Africa. The ODA is a category used by the Developmen...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:46 GMT'Not a Sex Scandal'
[New Dawn] -Mo Ali clarifies leaked audio
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:43 GMTUSAID, Kroll & Associates Assure CBL of Collaboration
[New Dawn] MONROVIA - April 20, 2021: A visiting team from Kroll & Associates, accompanied by a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Tuesday April 20, 2021, met with senior executives of the Central Bank ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:05:40 GMTSenate Wants Stimulus Package Accounted for
[New Dawn] The Liberian Senate is calling on the steering committee that headed the distribution of the coronavirus stimulus package to account for US$25 million that was given to the committee for the stimulus package during the health crisis here.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:56 GMTQNET Rubbishes Claims of 'Scam Operation' in Liberia - Attributes Negativities to Unfair Distributors
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- QNET, a pioneer of the direct selling industry in many emerging economies has rubbished claims of being 'a scam company' in Liberia.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:53 GMTProminent Childhood Friends of Jefferson Koijee Debunk Claims He Participated in Liberian Civil War
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A group of prominent Liberians under the banner 'Childhood Friends of Jefferson T. Koijee' has sharply denied allegations linking Koijee to the Liberian civil war.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:49 GMTRuling Into Long-Standing Land Dispute Sparks Anger and Destruction in Nimba
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta -- A one-day demonstration fueled by some angry residents over the burning of a warehouse Tuesday paralyzed the commercial city of Ganta in Nimba County.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:45 GMTLCC President Questions the Rationale Behind the Printing of New Liberian Bank Notes
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As the signing of a Joint Resolution by members of the National Legislature for the printing of L$48million remain in limbo, the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), through its President Bishop Kortu K. Brown has termed a...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:43 GMTANC's Cummings Blames Government for Lack of Opportunity for University Graduates
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- Alexander B. Cummings, the political leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) has lashed at the government for failing to provide the needed opportunities to Liberians, especially the youth who he says are wo...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:41 GMTU.S.-Based Charity Gbawin Literacy Project Identifies With Over 200 School Going Kids in Grand Bassa
[FrontPageAfrica] Gran Bassa County -- A non-profit organization based in the US, "the Gbawin Literacy Project has made intervention through the donation of several assorted school materials to over 200 less fortunate students at the Barsee-Giah Publ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:39 GMTEx-President Sirleaf, Former NPHIL Director Nyenswah Speak On High-Level Panel On Global Health
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's former President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Global Public Health Expert and Senior Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Tolbert G. Nyenswah will this weekend speak at a global health event.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:38 GMTAfter 85 Years LFA Breaks Ground Headquarters
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The president of the Liberia Football Association Mustapha Raji along with representatives of FIFA delegation have broken grounds for the construction of a new LFA headquarters along the SKD Boulevard, Paynesville, outsi...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:34 GMTGbowe Peace Foundation Trains Peace Brigade in Lofa County
[FrontPageAfrica] Voinjama, Lofa County -- The Gbowee Peace Foundation in collaboration with the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund recently ended a weeklong refresher training for peace brigades in Liberia's northern Lofa County.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:31 GMTCPP Wants House Rescind Rep. Kolubah's Suspension
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Members of the House of Representatives are engulfed in a sea of acrimonious recriminations weeks after the suspension of Rep. Yekeh Kolubah by the Plenary of the House of Representative for 30 sitting days (about four m...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:27 GMTUSAID, Kroll to Assist Central Bank Technical Processes Leading to the Printing of New Liberian Dollar Banknotes
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A visiting team from Kroll & Associates, accompanied by a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) met with senior executives of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to discuss issues o...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:41:23 GMTEU Delegation Sponsored Inclusive Civic and Political Participation and Peaceful Election Project
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The European Union (EU) Delegation to Liberia sponsored Inclusive Civic and Political Participation and Peaceful Election Project has strengthened the capacity of scores of Muslim, disabled and marginalized Liberian wome...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:19:53 GMTCalm Restores to Ganta
[New Republic] Relative calm has returned to Ganta, the provincial city of Nimba following two days of demonstrations which led to the setting ablaze properties, police spokesman said.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:19:51 GMTDiabolical and Unfounded'... .Group Defends City Mayor of Fighting War
[New Republic] A group of prominent Liberians under the banner 'Childhood Friends of Jefferson T. Koijee' has sharply denied allegations linking Koijee to the Liberian civil war.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:19:47 GMTReport Drugs Users... .. Prest. Weah Urges Margibi Citizens
[New Republic] President George Weah on Monday told citizens of kakata, Margibi county to report drugs smugglers and users to the security so that the law can take its course. He told residents of Margibi at the start of his third nationwide tour.