Liberia
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:01:02 GMTRev. Hart Steps Down As Episcopal Diocesan Archbishop in June
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Diocesan Arch Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Liberia, Most Rev. Dr. Jonathan B. B. Hart has officially announced his resignation as Bishop of the church.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:58 GMTLIROI Calls for Investigation of Prosecutors in ANC's Cummings Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberian Renaissance Office Incorporated (LIROI) has said it has been drawn to media reports which independently confirmed the unethical and diabolical suppression of evidence by State Prosecutors, led by Solicitor G...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:56 GMTPLP to Send Fact-Finding Team to the U.S. to Ascertain Circumstances Surrounding Political Leader's Arrest
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The People's Liberation Party (PLP) has vowed to send a high power delegation to the United States to ascertain information surrounding circumstances that led to the reported arrest of the party's Standard Bearer Dr. Dan...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:54 GMTSaah Joseph Optimistic of Development for Youths of Monsterrado Following Meeting With Rhode Island Governor
[FrontPageAfrica] Monsterrado County -- Monsterrado County Senator Saah Joseph has had a 'fruitful' meeting with the governor of Rhode Island, Daniel J. Mckee in furtherance of the burgeoning United States of America and Liberia bilateral relations.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:52 GMTWho Killed Princess? Lifeless Body of Young Woman Found in Pool of Blood At Elwa Junction
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Police in Monrovia are investigating circumstances leading to the mysterious death of Princess Cooper, a resident of the St. Paul Bridge community, Montserrado County.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:49 GMTU.S. Embassy Calls On Ameu's Students to Uphold Integrity in Their Professional Careers
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy near Monrovia Joel Maybury has told students studying Mass Communication at the African Methodist Episcopal University to use integrity as a hallmark in enhancing ...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:46 GMTSekou Jomanday's Doramart Company Accused of 'Robbing' Local Businessmen
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Two businessmen in Liberia have accused the management of Doramart Trade Limited of allegedly "robbing" them of the supply of more than a container full of 25kg bags of rice they paid for at the company over a year ago.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:43 GMT'I'm Not a CDCian' - Vice President Distances Herself From Ruling Party
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor on Thursday caused uproar while serving as the presiding officer when she refuted attribution of being labeled a 'CDCian' (partisan of the ruling CDC).
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:38 GMTNon-Poro Members Living in Constant Fear in Golakonneh District, Grand Cape Mounty County
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Condo Reconciliation Group Inc., a US-based peace advocacy group, with headquarters in Monrovia, says it has learnt with serious concern the rampant violations of the rights of ordinary, peaceful citizens, mainly non-por...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:35 GMTGovt Drops All Charges Against Costa After Phone Call With Pres. Weah
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Justice has re-echoed the olive branch of peace recently extended to Talk-show Host, Mr. Henry Pedro Costa by President George Manneh Weah, urging Mr. Costa to return to Liberia and live freely like any o...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:00:32 GMTLP, ANC Wants NEC Bar Unity Party and All Liberian Party From Fielding Candidates Outside CPP Arrangement
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The feud and animosity among executives and members of the shattered Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) continue to intensify on a regular basis as evidenced by the latest request made by the Alternative National Cong...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:45:12 GMTCPP's Framework Doc to Hook Boakai, Others
[New Dawn] Two constituent members of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) have written the National Elections Commission (NEC) informing it of their resolve to invoke Section 8.5 (2) of the CPP framework document which prescribes the process by...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:45:09 GMTGAC Wants Civil Servants Payroll Audited
[New Dawn] The General Auditing Commission (GAC) has written to the House of Representatives requesting an audit of Civil Servants' payroll for the period of January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:45:07 GMTWomen Urged to Challenge the Status Quo
[New Dawn] Two prominent Liberian women namely Bong County Superintendent Madam Esther Walker and the Establishment Coordinator of the Angie Brooks International Center (ABIC) Cllr. Yvette Chesson-Wureh have cautioned women in Bong County to take sei...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:45:01 GMTMano River Union - African Development Fund Commits U.S.$88.2 Million for Road Development and Transport Facilitation in Liberia and Sierra Leone
[New Dawn] The Mano River Union is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1973 under the Mano River Declaration
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:44:59 GMTWEDOL Condemns Sande Protest in Weala
[New Dawn] Women Education and Development Organization-Liberia or WEDOL condemns recent protest by members and officials of the Sande, a female bush school in Weala, Margibi County against recent moratorium imposed on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:44:57 GMTUL Defends Koijee's Graduation
[New Dawn] The President of the University of Liberia, Dr. Julius Sarwolo Nelson says the UL Administration did investigate and clear Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee of academic fraud, which led to his graduation recently.
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:44:54 GMTIsrael to Support Liberia's Health and Agriculture Sectors
[New Dawn] Newly accredited Israeli Ambassador to Liberia, Ms. Shlomit Sufa names Agriculture and Health as a priority area her government intends to support in Liberia in line with the Government of Liberia Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Develop...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:44:49 GMTWomen NGO Secretariat Hosts 2nd CSW Side-Event
[New Dawn] The Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) in partnership with Business for Peace Community Development Foundation or B4P CODEFOUND has hosted its second edition of the Liberia-Diaspora Women and Youth Forum (LDWYF) on the Theme, "Fro...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:27:18 GMTSenate Mandates Payment to Families of Victims From Sinking Vessel Niko Ivanka
[New Dawn] Senate President Pro-Tempore Albert Chie discloses here that besides US$100,000 already provided by the Government of Liberia to families of victims from the sinking vessel Niko Ivanka last year in Marshall, off the coast of Monrovia, the ...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:27:15 GMTPYJ Risks Bloody Nose in Nimba
[New Dawn] Nimba County -- Barely 19 months to Presidential and legislative elections in Liberia, an air of disappointment and frustration seemed to be brewing among the people of Nimba County over alleged neglect from their lawmakers with threats to...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:19:21 GMTMICAT Boss Recommends Harsh Punishment for Rapists
[New Republic] The Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT) has condemned acts of sexual violence and rape, suggesting that perpetrators of such demeaning acts must be subjects to tougher punishment including "hard labor."
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:19:26 GMTTop Govt Officials to Testify
[New Republic] Top officials of Government are expected to appear before Criminal Court "C" to testify to their setting knowledge in an ongoing legal battle between businessman George Kailondo and Global Bank Liberia Limited.
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:14:11 GMTFmr. GAC Security Sounds 'SoS'
[New Republic] Patrick S. Wolof, a former staff of one of Liberia's foremost integrity institutions; the General Auditing Commission (GAC), has launched a passionate plea for full settlement of his severance benefit from the Commission (GAC), after w...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:14:10 GMTIneffectiveness, Inefficiency Impede Productivity, Dev.
[New Republic] Presidential Aspirant, Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has avowed that he would insist on timeliness in public service delivery when he is President of Liberia. With this, the Country would rebound from the ineffectiveness and inefficiency t...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:14:08 GMTGbarnga 2022 Declaration Signed
[New Republic] Following an intensive and interactive brainstorming exercise relative to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector of Liberia, participants dominantly Superintendents, relevant stakeholders in the sector as well as Civil Society organi...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:14:05 GMTLNP Nabbed Two Armed Robbers
[New Republic] Gbarnga, Bong County-Liberia National Police (LNP) Bong County Detachment has charged and sent to court two notorious armed robbers in the County.
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:14:02 GMTNaFAA to Install AIS-Equipped Terminals Soon
[New Republic] To ensure additional safety of Liberian fisherfolks at sea, the Management of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has announced that it will shortly begin installing a monitoring device known as the Automatic Ident...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:13:54 GMTCare Humanity - Liberia Begins Officering Free Medical Services
[New Republic] Many years of civil war in Liberia nearly destroyed its entire health system, many doctors and nurses fled the country at the time, leaving 30 physicians to serve a population of over 4 million, according to the World Health Organizati...
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:13:51 GMTDeputy Chief of Protocol Faces Prosecution
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia through the office of the Solicitor General of the Republic of Liberia, Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephus has finally surrendered the Deputy Chief of Protocol to President George Weah, Madam Cleopatra Cummings to Cr...