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Liberia

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:19:14 GMT
U.S. Court Finds Former Military Commander Liable for War Crimes
[RFI] A Pennsylvania court in the United States found Colonel Moses Thomas, commander of the defunct Armed Forces of Liberia's elite Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, responsible for the 1990 massacre of over 600 civilians sheltering in the St. Peter's Lu...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:56:31 GMT
IE Return Top-Flight Football
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia oldest football club Invincible Eleven Football Club has returned to the topflight of Liberian football after spending time in the third tier of Liberian football.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:45:56 GMT
Lawyers Are Pillar of Constitutional Democracy
[New Republic] Civil Law Court Presiding Judge J. Kennedy Peabody term lawyers as a pillar of constitutional democracy for the rule of law in a giving society.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:20:22 GMT
Wilmot Paye - My Expulsion Belated
[New Dawn] Dethroned People's Liberation Party (PLP) chairman Wilmot Paye says the party's announcement of his expulsion Monday, 20 September 2021 is a late response to his formal written resignation both as acting chairman and member of PLP on 17 Se...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:20:19 GMT
EPA Debunks U.S.$100,000 Bribe Claim
[New Dawn] The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has described it as baseless, false and diabolically misleading, and untrue claims that authorities of the Agency received US$ 100,000 to permit the illegal dumping of hazardous waste in...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:20:17 GMT
Disabled in Bong County Receive Help From Government
[New Dawn] Following a report from a person with disabilities (PwD), fellows and NewDawn newspaper's Bong County correspondent about the livelihoods of Persons living with Disabilities in Bong County, the National Commission on Disabilities has made ...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:20:15 GMT
Rep. Frank Foko - Montserrado District 9 Coffer Is Empty
[New Dawn] Montserrado County District 9 Representative Frank Saah Foko says absolutely nothing is left in the district's coffer.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:32 GMT
NPHIL Delegation in Washington DC for Discussions On Strengthening Public Health Systems
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A six-member delegation from the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), headed by Hon. Jane A. Macauley, the Director General, is visiting the United States to hold discussions with several high-level US Go...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:30 GMT
Center for Peace and Education Celebrates International Day of Peace
[FrontPageAfrica] Brewerville -- A local nongovernmental organization, Center for Peace and Education joined the rest of the World in recognition of the International Day of Peace through a grand parade and indoor program spreading messages of peace.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:24 GMT
Lawsuit On Freedom Day Seeks U.S. Visa Waiver for All Liberians
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Human rights activist, Rev. Torli Krua, a Liberia native of Boston, Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the United States Government seeking a court to declassify unlawful and racist secret message from Washington,...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:20 GMT
GOL, Crusaders for Peace End Audition for Selection of Drummers and Traditional Dancers for Dubai Expo 2020
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Liberia Crusaders for Peace (LCP) have ended a day auditioning ...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:17 GMT
Liberia Enters Global Transparency Program Aimed At Disclosing Beneficial Owners of Extractive Companies
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Like many governments across the world, the Liberia government has realized that being fully aware of the identities of people who ultimately control and benefit from companies, especially ones in the extractive industry...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:50:11 GMT
Montserrado District Tournament Enters Semifinal
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The 2021 Montserrado county district league has reach it semi-final after entertaining match in the quarterfinals.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:52 GMT
Gbarpolu Legislative Caucus Gears Up for First County Council Sitting in Five Years
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- After five more than years, the Gbarpolu County Legislative Caucus will this Saturday, September 25, 2021 conduct its First County Council Sitting.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:50 GMT
Former People's Liberation Party Chairman Claims He Resigned Prior to His Expulsion
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The former acting Chairman of the People's Liberation Party (PLP), Mr. Wilmot Paye, has vowed to remain in politics despite the shattered happenings and occurrences that continue to characterize his political life in rec...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:47 GMT
Liberia Host Technical Fisheries Workshop On 'Ending Illegal Fishing'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The government of Liberia through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, NaFAA has begun a two-day technical fisheries worship in Monrovia aimed at ending illegal fishing on three treaties to ensure Port State...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:46 GMT
Ezekiel Doekpa Takes Charge of Lofa County Kickball Team
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Lofa County sports steering committee has appointed Ezekiel Sunday Doekpa as head coach of the county kickball team for the upcoming national county sports meet.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:43 GMT
'Gibril Massaquoi Spied On Taylor' - Witness Tells Finnish Court
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A witness at the ongoing war crimes trial of ex-Sierra Leonean rebel leader, Gibril Massaquoi has told the Finnish court hearing the case that Massaquoi was a spy on the then Liberian President, Charles Taylor.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:41 GMT
Health Workers Lament Conditions of Work
[New Dawn] The secretary-general for the Health Workers Union of Liberia Mr. George Poe Williams says unfolding developments within the public sector are appalling.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:27:57 GMT
Witness - Massaquoi Escaped Hours Before Arrest By Taylor
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- A witness at the ongoing war crimes trial of ex-Sierra Leonean rebel leader Gibril Massaquoi has told the Finnish court hearing the case that then Liberian President Charles Taylor heard that Massaquoi was a spy...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:50 GMT
Suspect Charged for Manslaughter
[New Dawn] Police authorities in Monrovia have charged a 40-year old man identified as Nyanford W. T. Benson, Jr., with manslaughter for allegedly beating on a wheelbarrow rider, victim Johnson Tokpah in the Gobachop Market in Paynesville, leading to...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:47 GMT
More Liberians Should Turn to Tennis
[New Dawn] Tennis is one of the most popular sports played across the world, but why do most Liberians seem to have less interest in tennis?

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:37 GMT
Plenty for the Selected Few and Hunger for the Majority - the Case of Liberia
[New Dawn] A good proportion of young people today were taught from primary school that agriculture is the mainstay of the Liberia economy. Agricultural Science as a subject is part of our educational curriculum and therefore taught at all levels of ...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:19:29 GMT
An Important and Timely Gift - Hospital Director Thanks Pope for Donated Equipment
[Agenzia Fides] Monrovia -- "The medical supplies donated by Pope Francis were very important to the hospital and timely. His example is not just one of words but with actions that should be emulated by other leaders", says to Fides Brother Peter Lan...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:29 GMT
MoH to Screen Newborns for Sickle Cell Disease
[New Dawn] A team of experts from the hematology association in America is in partnership with Liberia to start screening newborns for sickle cell disease at the JFK hospital in Monrovia.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:27 GMT
Government Reviews UL Faculty's Demands
[New Dawn] The president of the University of Liberia (UL) Rev. Prof. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson says the Government of Liberia is reviewing demands made by the UL Faculty, which include salary disparity and salary increment, among others.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:24 GMT
Maryland County - Missing Woman Found Alive After 2 Weeks
[New Dawn] Maryland County -- Maryland County: A 50-year-old woman, Eliza Robert, who reportedly went missing on September 4, 2021, in Wlowien town, Maryland County has been found alive after spending two weeks in the bush.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:22 GMT
WSOT 2021 - Crypto Trading Competition of the Year Made History With U.S.$4.09 Million in Prizes
[New Dawn] ยท Record number of participants in Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT) 2021 drove up total prize pool to a historic $4.09 million, up from last year's $1.27 million

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:20 GMT
PAC Capital Limited Bags CFI.co Best Investment Banking Team Nigeria 2021 Award
[New Dawn] PAC Capital Limited ("PAC Capital"), a leading transaction advisory firm and the investment banking arm of PanAfrican Capital Holdings, has been announced the winner of the Capital Finance International (CFI) awards for Best Investment Ban...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:19 GMT
Drivers Protest Against Fares Reduction
[New Dawn] Several commercial drivers staged a peaceful protest early Monday, 20 September 2021 in Monrovia, expressing their opposition to the reduction in transport fares by the government here.



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