Liberia
Tue, 04 May 2021 11:14:14 GMTMaternal and Child Mortality Crisis Demands More Women as Community Health Assistants
[The Aspen Institute] There's no debating the impact of poor health on Liberian women. They have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, poor access to modern family planning methods, and endure increased levels of sexual and gender...
Tue, 04 May 2021 14:41:01 GMTLiberia Maritime Authority Names Ex-U.S. Congressman Royce Policy Advisor
[LINA] Monrovia -- The Liberia Maritime Authority has disclosed that it has succeeded in obtaining the service of American Congressman; Ed Royce to serve in the capacity of Policy Advisor on Liberia's maritime program.
Tue, 04 May 2021 14:39:53 GMTEducation Minister Calls for Precautionary Measure After School Shooting
[LINA] Monrovia -- The Minister of Education, D. Ansu Sonii, has stressed the need for precautionary measures by revisiting the students handbook aimed at inculcating the issue of inspection of school-going kids across the country.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:46 GMTGaye Town Development Association Monrovia Branch Honors Grand Gedeh District 3 Rep. Alex Grant
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Gaye Town Development Association Monrovia Branch has honored Grand Gedeh District #3 Representative Alex Chersia Grant for his role played in the developmental drive since he became representative of their district.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:44 GMTCustom Brokers, Port Truckers Union and Duck Workers Union Demand Improvement in APM Terminals Services
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Three Liberian trade unions at the National Port Authority (NPA) under the umbrella of Custom Brokers Association have embarked on a go-slow action, threatening to prevent containers from leaving the port until their dem...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:41 GMTLKF League - Blackton Upset God's Anointed, Amazon Beaten By Success
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia kickball national league continued over the weekend with entertaining matches and upsets in the league.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:39 GMTNollywood, Ghallywood Star Frank Artus Shooting Television Pilot Series in Footsteps of Malawala Balawala
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Gregory Frank Artus, a bonafide actor, director, and producer in both the Nollywood and Ghallywood film genre is hoping to ignite interest in series television in his homeland Liberia, with the pilot series Back to My Ro...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:36 GMTCitizens Want Ganta Home Demolition Investigated
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A group of Liberian citizens hailing from Nimba County are calling on the government of Liberia to conduct a thoroughly impartial investigation into recent peace-threatening events in Nimba County. The Ganta Support Grou...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:30 GMTSolidaridad Launches Support for 3,000 Cocoa Farmers in Grand Gedeh, River Gee Counties
[FrontPageAfrica] Zwedru -- In its quest to assist farmers with skills in Cocoa best management practice, Solidaridad has extended its Cocoa Value Chain Development Program (COVADEP) to farmers in Grand Gedeh and River Gee Counties.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:30 GMTLiberia Must Embrace Electoral Reforms Ahead of 2023 Elections
[FrontPageAfrica] THE AFTERMATH of the December 2020 Senatorial Midterm elections has dealt a major blow to Liberia's electoral system and put the constitution on the brink of a costly deletion that could take years to recover from.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:26 GMTInternational Bank Limited Unveils State-of-the-Art Facility
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The International Bank Liberia Limited (IBLL), formerly the Internal Trust Company (ITC) is recognized as the oldest commercial Bank in Liberia celebrating over 60 years of service to the Liberian people and going throug...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:23 GMTLiberian-Born Kwity Paye Breaks 82-Years Rhode Island NFL Draft Record
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberian -- born American, Kwity Paye became the first Rhode Islander in 82 years taken in the first round of the National Football League (NFL) Draft on Thursday night when he was selected at No. 21 by the Indianapolis Colts.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:21 GMTWeah's Militia-Ministers Endangering Education of Liberians
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, a former official of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), says the 'right to knowledge without interference' and the 'academic freedom to receive and impart knowledge and informat...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:18 GMTHealing Liberia Foundation Launched With Emphasis On the Sick and Ailing
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Seeing an unfortunate rise in sicknesses, especially among the less fortunate in Liberia, Benita Urey saw the need to jumpstart the Healing Liberia Foundation, she says is committed to providing medical support and care ...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:15 GMTDeputy Speaker Wants Media Institutions Expose and Shame Incorrect Sources
[FrontPageAfrica] Barclayville -- In an effort for journalism to remain a noble and credible profession in the country as the fourth estate, coined in mediocrity times and maintain tremendous power and influence in society, Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fo...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:12 GMTCovid-19 Stimulus Food Package Were Either Stolen or Sold As Pres. Weah Dismisses Commissioner in Cape Mount for Such Act
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe says the program set aside by the Government of Liberia to ensure the provision of food to vulnerable Liberians across the country during the heat of the Coronavirus pandemic was on...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:09 GMTUnited Methodist University Students Protest Over Abrupt Cancelation of Nursing Program
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Some aggrieved students from the Nursing Department of the United Methodist University on Monday stormed the Ashmun Street Campus in protest over the cancellation of the Nursing program.
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:06 GMTCAF Suspends Ban On SKD Sports Complex
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has suspended the ban placed on the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex following intervention from Liberia's chief patron of sports George M Weah - that's according to Youth and S...
Tue, 04 May 2021 10:20:03 GMTMontserrado County District 12 Former Representative Candidate Hon. Kreplah Launches Cleaning-Up Exercise in the District
[FrontPageAfrica] Gardnerville -- A former Representative candidate of Montserrado County District 12 Prince D. Kreplah has embarked on a massive cleaning up exercise in the district to bring relief to residents of the district.
Tue, 04 May 2021 15:08:02 GMTExecutive Mansion Wall Falls
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Part of the gigantic wall of the Executive Mansion facing the old Budget Bureau has fallen as a result of heavy rainfall this morning.
Tue, 04 May 2021 09:23:54 GMTThe Age for Imperial Intervention Is Dead
[New Republic] Did the mistakes made in Iraq and Libya kill Western governments' appetite for intervention in subsequent conflicts?
Tue, 04 May 2021 09:23:53 GMTSolomon Watkins Initiative - Win - Identifies With Storm Victims
[New Republic] A ravaging storm has made hundreds of residents homeless in communities across Montserrado County Electoral District 10, worsening victims' conditions in that part of the country amidst the hash economic situation confronting citizens.
Tue, 04 May 2021 09:23:48 GMTEPA Commences Nationwide Chemical Inventory Monitoring
[New Republic] The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) is expected to commence a nationwide chemical inventory and effluent quality monitoring across the country beginning Wednesday May 5th. 2021
Tue, 04 May 2021 09:23:44 GMTAFELL Demands Speedy Investigation Over 'Humiliation' of Female Police Officer
[New Republic] The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) has condemned in the strongest term what it calls "barbaric, brutal and gruesome physical assault' on Officer Rebecca Nimely of the Liberia National Police in Maryland County.
Tue, 04 May 2021 08:17:37 GMTPresident Weah Meets FIFA President Infantino Wednesday
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, will on Wednesday, April 5, 2021 meet the President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino.
Tue, 04 May 2021 08:17:34 GMTPresident Weah Suspends Tariff On Rice in Executive Order #105
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has suspended import tariff on rice, Liberia's staple.
Tue, 04 May 2021 08:15:54 GMTExpired Covid Vaccine?
[New Republic] The 96,000 doses of Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine donated by the African Union (AU) with support from MTN, expired mid last month, but health authorities have been administering vaccines to people failing to state which of the vaccines...
Tue, 04 May 2021 08:13:02 GMTI Have Forgiven My Child's Killer
[New Republic] ... SAYS, DR. IRELAND
Mon, 03 May 2021 10:05:46 GMTAverting Regional Rebel Resurgence - A Must for Liberia, Ivory Coast
[FrontPageAfrica] LIBERIA AND IVORY COAST HAVE both had bouts of civil unrests, civil war and chaos.
Mon, 03 May 2021 10:05:44 GMTCovid-19 Case Backlog Causing Headaches for U.S. Diversity Lottery Applicants
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Due to a significant backlog of all categories of immigrant visas, U.S. embassies and consulates around the world continue to experience questions regarding the status of winners of the annual Diversity Lottery.