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Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:28 GMT
World Bank Group Announces Support to Government's Decentralization Program - Commits Strong Partnership With MIA
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- World Bank Country Manager to Liberia Khwima Nthara has expressed the Bank's commitment to a partnership that supports the Decentralization Program.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:27 GMT
ECC, Irish Embassy Launch Election Reform Project
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) Thursday, December 2, 2021 launched its political governance project with a call to hardness women political participation at all leadership levels.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:24 GMT
Margibi to Raise U.S.$339k in Liberia Revenue Authority Real Property Tax-Shared Projection
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- Margibi County is expected to get over Three Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand United States Dollars (US$339K) in what the Liberia Revenue Authority Assistant Commissioner for Real Estate Tax Division, Hon. James A. Jaber; term...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:23 GMT
Spotlight Initiative Releases 2020/21 Impact Report
[FrontPageAfrica] New York -- The Spotlight Initiative has released its 2020-2021 impact report, 'Rising To The Challenge', showcasing the initiative's success in addressing violence against women and girls and advancing their rights.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:21 GMT
Sierra Leone And Guinea Sign the Power Purchase Agreement With Cote d'Ivoire
[FrontPageAfrica] Abidjan -- Following his robust engagement with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire, the Vice President of Sierra Leone who leads a high-powered delegation to Abidjan has affirmed government of Sierra Leone commitment to conclude arrang...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:18 GMT
Government Launches Bicentennial Activities As Steering Committee Rallies Citizens for Support
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia has officially launched the Bicentennial activities under the theme "Liberia: The Land of Return-Commemorating 200 Years of Freedom and Pan-African Leadership" and the slogan is "the Lone Star F...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:14 GMT
Ambassador At-Large to Italy Declares Interest in Strengthening Research and Health Education in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Ambassador at-large to Italy, Amb. Riccardo Milici has expressed interest in working with the United Methodist University (UMU) to promote human resource capacity building through health and research educatio...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:10 GMT
NPP Expresses Dismay Over Weah's Congress for Democratic Change Continued Disregard of the Other Two Constituent Parties
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The second largest constituent party of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, the National Patriotic Party (NPP) has challenged the decision of the Coalition not to field a candidate in the upcoming By-election in ...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:07 GMT
House Summons Broh for 'Whipping and Handcuffing' Residents in Clean-Up Campaign
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill -- The Plenary of the House of Representatives has summoned the Citizens Engagement Board (CEB) of Liberia, along with its head, Madam Mary Broh for allegedly overstepping its bound.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:58:47 GMT
Mass Covid-19 Vaccinations to be Conducted In Six Counties
[New Dawn] Liberia: The Ministry of Health is expected to conduct a mass vaccination exercise in six counties here.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:56:29 GMT
Frontpageafrica Releases 2021 Evaluation of State Owned Enterprises and Integrity Institutions
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- When a country's economy is depended heavily on foreign aid, foreign direct investment and experts of natural resources such as iron ore, rubber and timber, the rest of the burden falls on State-Owned Enterprises to fill...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:56:27 GMT
Ministry of Finance to Take Over the University of Liberia Payroll Amid Faculty Strike Leading to Students' Protest
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The main campus of the state-owned University of Liberia (UL) was a scene of violent actions when scores of Police Support Unit (PSU) officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of s...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:56:21 GMT
The Amended Arcelormittal Liberia MDA - A Win-Win for the Country and the Company
[FrontPageAfrica] Some 16 years ago when Liberia was emerging from years of devastating civil crises and setting out for its first post-war democratic elections, the country stood in dire need of financial resources to facilitate and boost its post-w...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:38:06 GMT
'Very Special to the World' - British Envoy, Deputy Chief of Mission Tour Wonegizi Forest
[FrontPageAfrica] Zorzor -- The UK Ambassador to Liberia, Neil Bradley says Liberia is very special to the world because its forest remains critical to the health of the entire planet given the rich biodiversity it possesses, especially at a time whe...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:38:03 GMT
Senate Investigative Committee Unveil Low Manpower in Security Sector
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Senate Committee on Defense, Security, Intelligence and Veterans Affairs has presented to Plenary an investigative report containing findings and recommendations on issues relative to the alleged kidnapping and ritua...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:38:01 GMT
SGBV Survivor Support Coalition Presents the 'Stand With Survivors' Campaign
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Sexual Gender -Based Violence against women and girls is increasing at a disturbing level as the culture of impunity threatens progress achieved on gender equality and ending violence against women and girls.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:38:00 GMT
Citizens of Grand Kru County Rally Support to Give 100-Yr-Old School a Facelift
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Grand Kru County's Senior Senator, and President of Liberia's Senate, Hon. Albert Tugbe Chie, has donated five hundred United States dollars toward the upgrading of the Gbanken Public School in the Wedabo (tribe) Distric...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:37:55 GMT
USAID's Direct Cash Transfer Program Helps Over 85,000 Vulnerable Liberians Cope With Economic Fallout From Covid-19
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) completed its Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program today. Launched in October 2020, it helped 85,954 vulnerable Liberians cope with the economic impact ...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:31 GMT
Bong Supt. Ordered Bush School Closed!
[New Dawn] Nimba County -- Bong County Superintendent Esther Walker gives operators of all Poro and Sande (traditional schools) institutions in Bong County up to December 5, 2021, to halt operation.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:29 GMT
UL Faculties Disengage Again
[New Dawn] *Despite government intervention

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:27 GMT
Bush School Has Never Helped Liberian Children
[New Dawn] Report that children in Bong County are abandoning classes to instead, attend Poro and Sande or traditional schools is both disappointing and saddening. In this age when children around the world are glued to technology and digital educati...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:24 GMT
19 Suspects Face Charges
[New Dawn] Following Duala gun battle

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:21 GMT
Public Works Constructs Swedish-Funded Feeder Roads in 3 Counties
[New Dawn] The Ministry of Public Works with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) has embarked on the construction of feeder roads under the Liberian Swedish Feeder Road Project Phase-3 (LSFRP-3).

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:19 GMT
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Supports 16 Days Activism, World Aids Day
[New Dawn] United States Deputy Chief of Mission here, Joel Maybury, and USAID Health Office Director Jessica Healey joined the Super Morning Show on State-owned LBS Radio Wednesday, December 01, 2021, to discuss the ongoing 16 Days of Activism Again...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:18 GMT
Prison Fellowship Boss Urges Govt. to Maintain Peace
[New Dawn] The Country Director of Prison Fellowship Liberia Rev. Francis Kollie urges the Weah-led government to be more robust and proactive in the maintenance of peace in the country.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:59:15 GMT
NEC Certificates Two New Representatives
[New Dawn] The National Elections Commission (NEC) on Wednesday 1 December 2021 officially certificated two of the four newly elected representatives following the conduct of by-elections in November this year.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:56:27 GMT
Monrovia Bible College 20th Commencement Speaker Urges Graduates to Continue Pursuing Excellence
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The Speaker of the 20th Commencement Convocation of The Monrovia Bible College, Rev. Dr. George Harris has charged outgoing graduates not to see their degrees as a stopping point, but to continue pursuing excellence.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:56:24 GMT
House Approves Bao Chico Concession Agreement After Quashing Senate's Version
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve its own version of the BAO CHICO Mineral Development Agreement it signed with the Government of Liberia for the extraction of iron ore in Gbarpolu County.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:56:22 GMT
Renown Human Rights Advocate to Launch Campaign Aims 'To Fulfill American and Liberian Laws
[FrontPageAfrica] Boston -- The Universal Human Rights International (UHRI), through its Free Liberia Movement has announced it will launch the Liberian Bicentennial Awareness Campaign in Boston and Monrovia on December 2, 2021, the International Day...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:13:25 GMT
USAID's Direct Cash Transfer Program Helps Over 85,000 Vulnerable Liberians Cope With Economic Fallout From Covid-19
[New Dawn] The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) completed its Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program today. Launched in October 2020, it helped 85,954 vulnerable Liberians cope with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pan...



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