Liberia
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:10:16 GMTAt Least Seven Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks
[Nation] The Liberian government has mounted a rescue operation for scores of people feared missing following the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of the capital, Monrovia.
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:11:04 GMTPresident Weah Sets Up Special Committee On Market Maintenance
[Govt of Liberia] Friday, 16th July 2021
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:33 GMTMassaquoi Trial to Make Surprise Return to Liberia in August
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean former Revolutionary United Front commander accused of committing war crimes in Liberia's civil wars, will return to Liberia, likely in August.
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:26:45 GMTBuchanan's Port Manager and Statistician Suspended, Under Probe for Over U.S.$200,000 Scandal
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Manager of the Buchanan Port in Liberia has been suspended for alleged financial impropriety amounting to over US$200,000.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:32 GMTWhen Development Planning, Engineering and Political Will Intersect - the Case Study of the Relocation of the Red-Light Market to Omega
[FrontPageAfrica] Engineers are normally schooled in the sciences of the forces of nature, the mechanics and properties of materials, the principles of design and the technological capacity to construct for the sole purpose of improving the quality o...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:25 GMTLPRC Joins Fight Against Covid-19, Provides 9k Gallons of Fuel to 12 Medical Facilities Across the Country
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of the efforts to boost the fight against the deadly coronavirus in the country, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) has given 12 medical institutions in several counties 9,000 gallons of fuel to keep their...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:20 GMTCouncil of Churches Terms Govt. Officials' Flamboyant Display of Wealth On Social Media As 'Crazy and Insensitive'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), through its President Bishop Kortu K. Brown, has called on President George Manneh Weah to reprimand public officials who are in the constant habit of flagrantly and mockingly flirt...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:18 GMTBea Mountain Commits to Supporting Fight Against Covid-19
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The management of Bea Mountain Mining Company based in Grand Cape Mount County is commitment to fight alongside the Government of Liberia to curb the spread of Covid-19, says Henry Vincent, Community Relations Superin...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:16 GMTMusical Artist Brownskin Breaks Through With Her Latest 'Merry Go Round' Music Worldwide
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Kendolen Kebbeh Kennedy, alias Brownskin is known in the music industry for her classic talent in the Liberian Afrobeats. As a singer and songwriter, her curiosity for music aroused after the separation of her parents wh...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:10 GMTALJA - Dillon's Admission Is Victory for Independent Journalism
[FrontPageAfrica] Minneapolis, Minnesota -- The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says Montserrado County Senator, Abraham Darius Dillon, recent admission that he lied when he claimed to have flown economy class from Ghana to...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:06 GMTAfrican Heads of State Call for an Ambitious Replenishment of the IDA 20 to Support Their Recovery Agenda
[FrontPageAfrica] Abidjan -- Thirteen African Heads of State and governments concluded their one-day meeting in Abidjan today with a strong resolution to accelerate economic recovery from the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, scale-up investments in h...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:44:03 GMTDr. Amos Sawyer Eulogizes Prof. Togba Nah Tipoteh On His 80th Birth Anniversary
[FrontPageAfrica] Professor Dr. Togba Nah Tipoteh is a renowned public intellectual and economist who has specialized in addressing the challenges of poverty, particularly in Africa. His over 50 years of work in this area demonstrates his abiding com...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:43:57 GMTMonrovia Club Breweries Wins LISCR Unification Cup 2021
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- First division based Monrovia Club Breweries has been crown champions of the LISCR Unification Cup 2021 after securing a 2-0 win over LISCR Football Club in the Grand Final.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:43:56 GMTUMU Lecturer Urges Students to Consider Geography Studies
[FrontPageAfrica] Geography, like few other subjects\courses, are seldom thought about when young people make career decisions now a day, a situation that some think should begin to draw the attention of stakeholders considering the increasing focus ...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:43:53 GMTLawmakers Receive Another U.S.$15k for Personal Project Despite Public Rebuke
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Members of the Legislature have begun receiving the remainder of the US$30,000 budgeted for legislative engagements despite public outcry and rebuke for receiving the first half of the amount last month.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:43:50 GMTSenate Wants President Weah Apologize to War Victims in Line With TRC Recommendations
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Plenary of the Liberian Senate through a committee of a whole has called on President George Weah to, on behalf of the nation, apologize to victims of the Liberian civil war for the injuries, pains and loss inflicted...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:04:57 GMTMarket Women Decry Demolition @ Better Day Market Site
[New Republic] Several Market Women Wednesday morning woke up to the news of the demolition of their market named "Better Day Market" located behind Access Bank in the Red-Light Community.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:04:55 GMTA Rejoinder to the New Republic Newspaper's Monday, July 13, 2021 Editorial Titled Arcelormittal - Investor or Exploiter?
[New Republic] Dear Mr. Editor,
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:03:24 GMT'Liberia's Needs Remain Critical,' President Weah Says As He Calls for Increased Ida Support to Strengthen Covid-19 Impacted Countries
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has called for additional support from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank to increase its intervention to countries largely impacted by Covid...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:01:27 GMTCourt Grants Bility Custody to Two Kids
[New Republic] The civil law court has given custody of the two kids to their father, Mr. Sidikie Bility in keeping with new domestic relation law of Liberia.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:54:12 GMTSen. Henrique Tokpah Says Lawmakers Need More Than U.S.$15k to Address "Heavy Burdens Confronting Their People"
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Bong County Senator Henrique Tokpa has justified the bold recipient of the US$15,000 provided by the Government of Liberia (GOL) to members of the 54th National Legislature in the midst of extreme hardship and difficulti...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:54:09 GMTFOHRD Releases National Human Rights Situation Report
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Foundation for Human Rights Defense International (FOHRD) on June 2, 2021, launched its first National Human Rights Report. According to FOHRD, that was the beginning of a journey intended for the advancement of Libe...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:49:24 GMTAtty. Tonieh Tarley Wiles Leads WANEP-Liberia National Coordinator
[New Republic] The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding in Liberia (WANEP-Liberia) has endorsed Atty. Tonieh Tarley as the institution's new National Coordinator.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:07:01 GMTNo Time to Play Politics With Covid-19 Pandemic
[FrontPageAfrica] Public health officials should manage this global COVID pandemic like medical professionals who care about the health of their citizens. This is no time to play politics with people's lives. Yes, people are reluctant about vaccinati...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:06:58 GMTLying Senator, Lying Light - Americans to Rethink?
[FrontPageAfrica] The American Government does not take lightly foreign government officials who lie.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:06:56 GMTLiberians in the United Kingdom Form Liberia-UK Covid-19 Taskforce
[FrontPageAfrica] Birmingham -- Liberians residing in the United Kingdom have once again united in response to the calls of their fellow compatriots as the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic infects and takes more lives in their home country and the wo...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:06:52 GMTLand Title Authorities Overwhelmed By Disputes Following Land Rights Act
[FrontPageAfrica] Gbonyea -- Emmanuel Tokpah always wanted a home of his own. The 27-year-old bike rider had saved enough money to begin construction on a house in this village. But his dreams were shattered in July 2016 when a group of men from neig...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:06:49 GMTPresident Weah Submits Anti Money Laundering Bill to Legislature for Passage
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill -- Liberia's Chief Executive, President George Weah on Tuesday submitted before the Legislature for enactment into law an anti-money laundering bill.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:59:17 GMTWomen Group, Partners Empower Over 30 Women
[New Republic] The Organization for Women and Children in partnership with Oxfam Liberia is implementing the European Union Enough Project that seeks to empower survivors and at-risk women of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV).
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:48:18 GMTLiberia, Morocco Lead Africa Regional Dialogue - Prepare Africa for UN Food Systems Summit 2021
[FrontPageAfrica] Agadir -- 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 Representat...