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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:48:19 GMT
Ex-Rebel Grabbed for Stealing
[New Republic] Ex-ULIMO-J Rebel Ophoree Diah has been hooked in another legal crisis after nearly six years of conviction in the mercenary case that took a center stage at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:48:16 GMT
Liberia, Morocco Lead Africa Regional Dialogue
[New Republic] Liberian Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., and Representative of the African Group to the Advisory Board of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and Ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocc...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:48:13 GMT
'I Will Not Lie Again'... .says Sen. Dillon
[New Republic] Montserrado Senator, Abraham Darius Dillon has apologized for publicly lying about his first class ticket issue to the United States of America (USA).

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:54:19 GMT
Partners Call for Adequate Budgetary Allocations
[New Dawn] for County Service Centers

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:30 GMT
A Human-Rights Approach to Global Challenges
[New Dawn] The COVID-19 pandemic has recast the world for millions of people. Or, more correctly, the pandemic has exposed and aggravated deep inequalities of race, gender, and class across societies, and highlighted the inability of many political s...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:28 GMT
NEC Chairman On Speaking Engagement in Nigeria
[New Dawn] The National Elections Commission or NEC Chairperson is expected to arrive Wednesday in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, in Nigeria at the invitation of the Pan African Women Projects of South Africa to serve as a guest speaker to the South-South Sen...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:27 GMT
Court Grants Bility Permanent Custody of Children
[New Dawn] The Civil Law Court "A" in Monrovia has granted Mr. Sidike Musa Bility permanent custody of his two minor kids, but with the proviso that they will spend the first and third weekends of every month and all holidays with their mother, Warti...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:25 GMT
Botswana Police Use Israeli Cellebrite Tech to Search Another Journalist's Phone
[New Dawn] Tsaone Basimanebotlhe was not expecting security agents to appear at her home in a village outside Gaborone, Botswana's capital, in July 2019, she told CPJ in a recent interview. But they didn't come to arrest or charge her, she recalled -...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:23 GMT
Kemayah, Others Host Africa Regional Dialogue
[New Dawn] Liberian Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., has joined a host of other officials to co-organize an Africa Regional Dialogue in the city of Agadir, Morocco to discuss issues affecting agriculture sector of th...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:47:20 GMT
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Palava Hut Hearings Take Off in Rivercess County
[New Dawn] Liberia this week began another round of Palava Hut hearings in Central C District, Rivercess County, where over 30 mass graves were documented. The Palava hut hearing is one of the 142 recommendations of the country's Truth and Reconcilia...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:17:48 GMT
AfDB, Partners, Renew Commitment to End Child Stunting in Africa
[New Dawn] Urging unity and action to accelerate nutrition targets amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, representatives of the African Development Bank, the Aliko Dangote Foundation and Big Win Philanthropy renewed their commitment to end child stuntin...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:59 GMT
HSI Celebrates World Chimpanzee Day
[New Dawn] pays tribute to fallen staff

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:50 GMT
Koijee's Call for Journalists' Financial Support Anger Reporters
[New Dawn] A media pressure group, Voice of Reporters (VOR) has sharply reacted to Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee's recent statement calling on members of the Liberian media to rally financial support to the government's fight against Corona...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:38 GMT
Senate Cites NEC, Others
[New Dawn] for bio-metric voter registration talks

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:34 GMT
Associate Justice Summons House Leadership
[New Dawn] Associate Justice Joseph Nagbe has summoned the leadership of the House of Representatives to the conference following a writ of prohibition filed against the body by Montserrado County District #10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:30 GMT
Ecowas, Partners Hold Training Course On Cybercrime for Judges and Prosecutors
[New Dawn] The ECOWAS Commission and the Council of Europe are partnering, through the OCWAR-C and respective GLACY+ projects to support strengthening national and regional judicial capacity in the ECOWAS region through a training program on cybercri...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:06 GMT
Marketers Threaten Revenge Vote Against CDC
[New Dawn] Marketers here have threatened revenge vote against the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) during its second term bid in the 2023 presidential and legislative elections as a protest against their removal from the densely populate...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:09:09 GMT
Cummings, Boakai Write Senate
[New Dawn] The political leaders of the opposition Alternative National Congress, Mr. Alexander Cummings and the ex-ruling Unity Party, former Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai have written the Liberian Senate, saying that they won't appear for the...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:09:06 GMT
AL Liberia Launches Youth Sustainable Peace Policy Framework Project
[New Dawn] Accountability Lab Liberia (AL Liberia) with funding from UNDP has launched "Promoting Sustainable Peace through National Youth Policy in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda project".

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:09:03 GMT
ECOWAS to Launch Trade Promotion Organisation (TPO) Network in Abuja
[New Dawn] The official launch and the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organisation (TPO) Network will hold from July 15 to 16, 2021 at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:08:56 GMT
Opioid Deaths Continue to Rise As Cities Reopen
[New Dawn] Tens of thousands of American lives end prematurely every year due to opioid overdoses, leaving families shattered. Dr. Paul Christo, an associate professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:02:46 GMT
'This, Too, Is Liberia' - the Legendary Tom Kamara's Writing Collection Officially Launched
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- It was a moment of celebration mixed with somber reflection over the weekend when families, professional colleagues and friends gathered together for the launch of the book containing selected writings of legendary Liber...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:02:39 GMT
No Money for Biometric Voter Registration
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Senate Joint Committees on Autonomous Commission and Agencies and Ways, Means, Finance and Budget is recommending to the Plenary of the Senate to request the National Elections Commission to re-program its US$91.9 mi...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:02:35 GMT
House Passes Mid-Year Budget At Us$342.1 Million As Health, Education Top Priority List
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Special Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 in the tone of US$342,186,000.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:02:25 GMT
Senate Instructs Cancellation of Eton, Ebomaf Financing Agreements
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Plenary of the Liberian Senate has instructed the Ministries of Public Works, Justice and Finance to terminate or cancel two concession agreements that could in the future indebt Liberia to two foreign companies in the a...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:02:11 GMT
Senator Dillon Admits Lying About Flying Economy Ticket to America - Apologizes to Supporters
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon says he "screwed up" when he lied about his business class ticket from Accra, Ghana to the United States of America - something he says has brought disgrace to his family ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:20:40 GMT
Senator Brown Wants War Crimes Perpetrators Prosecuted but Not On Account of the TRC
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Senator Gbleh-Bo Brown of Maryland County has joined others in calling for ending the culture of impunity, especially for people who are responsible for the killing of hundreds of innocent Liberians. However, he is again...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:20:38 GMT
Humane Society International Celebrates a Legacy of Care for 60+
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Animal protection charity Humane Society International, and its sanctuary Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge Liberia, are celebrating World Chimpanzee Day on 14th July with a moving tribute to colleague Joseph Thomas who di...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:20:32 GMT
Maritime Boss Says Increase in Piracy At the Guinea Gulf Places Liberia At Risk
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Commissioner-General of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), Lenn Eugene Nagbe, says the increase in piracy along the Guinea Gulf poses a serious risk to Liberia and its citizens.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:20:30 GMT
UBCAA Election - 'Team Caimon Has a Clear Agenda'
[FrontPageAfrica] Minnesota -- A candidate in the pending elections for a leadership for the United Bong County Association Mr. Caimon Joe Kollie, and his team for (UBCAA) have received endorsement from The United Bong Citizens in Liberia.



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