Liberia
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:17:09 GMTPresident Under Pressure Over Handling of Corruption Allegations Made by U.S.
[RFI] Liberian President George Weah is facing a backlash over how he has handled corruption accusations made by the United States against three top officials.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:10 GMTCommending Heroine Public Works Minister Ruth Collins
[New Republic] LATE MARGARET THATCHER, EX-Prime Minister of Great Britain, Michele Bachelet, ex-President of Chile, late Ruth Sando Belleh, ex-Chairman of LiberiaĆ¢?(TM)s Transitional Government, late Angie Brooks Randolph, ex-Liberian Ambassador to ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:42:49 GMTWeah Takes On Cummings - Says Sanctioned Officials Deserve Due Process
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Dismissing three sanctioned officials of government is far from Pres. George Weah's plans despite numerous calls for him to do so. He says, he would rather grant them due process as also suggested by the U.S. government.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:42:48 GMTAfrican World Airlines to Suspend Flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa World Airlines (AWA), a regional airline based in Accra, Ghana, has announced the suspension of its flights from Monrovia and Freetown due to high operation costs resulting from the rising cost of jet fuel.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:42:44 GMTEx-Diplomat and Police Commander in Illegal Logging
[FrontPageAfrica] Weimu, Gbarpolu County -- Isaac Richmond Anderson, Jr. had just come back to Liberia after serving as First Secretary at the Liberian Consulate in South Korea and decided to start a logging business.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:57:37 GMTPresident Weah Replies Cummings - 'I Am a Man of Peace, a Man of Integrity'
[Govt of Liberia] The President of Liberia, Dr. George Manneh Weah, has issued a well-measured response to the Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) who, in an opened letter to the President, endeavored to make political points ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:36:22 GMTEast International General Manager Says Company Has No Link to Nathaniel Mcgill
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The General Manager of East International Construction Company and Quality Construction Company says the company has no link with the suspended Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:21 GMTGovernment of Liberia Calls On Oman to Halt Granting Visas to Liberians
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Labour has requested the Omani government to halt the issuance of visas to Liberian job seekers for domestic work in Oman.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:16 GMTAlex Cummings Calls On Pres. Weah for More Decisive Actions On Sanctioned Officials
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Political leader of the Alternative National Congress, Mr. Alexander Cummings, has in an open letter informed President George Weah that the suspension of the sanctioned officials of his government does not commensur...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:15 GMTPLP Cassell Denounces Rep. George for 'Domestic Terroristic Threat'
[FrontPageAfrica] Perkasie, Pennsylvania -- The Vision and Standard Bearer of the opposition People's Liberation Party (PLP), Dr. Daniel Cassell, has branded as domestic terroristic threat the recent declaration by Montserrado County Representative S...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:13 GMT'We'll Continue the Sande Bush Practice of Our Ancestors' - Zoes in Margibi Vow
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Hundreds of Liberian school-aged girls and young women stand the risks of being initiated into the Sande Society, also known as the bush school, because, traditional leaders of Margibi County pledged to continue their an...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:10 GMT24-Year-Old Man Declared Guilty for Murdering Elderly Woman
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A 12-man jury has handed a unanimous guilty verdict against defendant Morris B. Togbah, 24, in a murder trial at Criminal Court "A", Temple of Justice.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:30 GMT'Education Most Effective Enabling Enterprise' - Pres. Weah Tell Umu Graduates
[New Republic] President George Weah has informed graduates of United Methodist University (UMU) that he is a lover of education.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:28 GMTArcelormittal Liberia Awards Scholarship to 22 Liberians to Study Abroad
[New Republic] Twenty-two young Liberians have been awarded academic scholarships by ArcelorMittal Liberia to study overseas, for advanced degrees in various science-related disciplines.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:18 GMTJudiciary Announces Chief Justice Korkpor's Retirement
[New Republic] The Judiciary Branch of Government has announced the retirement of His Honor, Francis S. Korkpor as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, and head of the Judiciary Branch of Government, a retirement that will take effect at th...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:17 GMTCassell 'Barks'
[New Republic] The Vision and Standard Bearer of the opposition People's Liberation Party (PLP), troubled Dr. Daniel Cassell, has branded as domestic terroristic threat, the recent declaration by Montserrado County Representative Solomon George that ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:54:11 GMTMin. Sirleaf Begins Discussions With UN Officials - As He Rallies U.S. Liberians to Form Strong Partnership With Govt
[New Republic] Liberia's Internal Affairs Minister, Varney A. Sirleaf has been slated to hold discussions with top United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office at the UN Headquarters in New York, in the United States o...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:23:42 GMTCBL to Withdraw Smaller Banknotes From Circulation
[New Dawn] The chairperson of the technical committee on currency reform at the Central Bank of Liberia, Musa Kamara says the CBL is set to remove smaller banknotes in circulation and subsequently replace them with a new set of Liberian currency espe...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:23:41 GMTJudiciary Announces Korkpor's Retirement
[New Dawn] Liberia's Judicial branch of government has announced the retirement of the country's Chief Justice, Cllr. Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:23:37 GMT'No Road, No Vote'
[New Dawn] Lofians threaten to boycott 2023 elections
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:23:29 GMTDissent Against Boakai
[New Dawn] As DPPL withdraws from DAL for God's business
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:36:23 GMTBRAC Liberia Promises Continued Improvement of the Poultry Sector in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Grand Bassa County -- The Country Director of BRAC Liberia, Rosy Choudhury has disclosed that BRAC is supporting over 200 poultry farmers to develop their commercial poultry farms into sustainable ventures that will not only provide...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:36:18 GMTJudiciary Announces the Retirement of Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Judiciary Branch of Government has formally announced the retirement of Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. from service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, and head of the Judiciary Branch of Governm...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:36:17 GMTLiberia's Disabled Persons 'Rescued' By Born-in-Ghana International Church
[FrontPageAfrica] On the 19th of August (Friday), 2022, an announcement of "free foods" across a Street attracted a body of 100-plus disabled Liberians (blind, wheelchair-mobile, etc.) from their 'daily street-begging spot' (located at the Vamoma Hou...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:36:13 GMTDistrict 10 Honors Pewee Bestman for Contributions to Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Some residents of Montserrado County Electoral District #10 have honored Pewee Bestman (CKA: The Nation One or Magic Hand) for his immense contribution to the nation's Peace, growth and development through sports.
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:36:09 GMTRenowned Historian Dr. Joseph Saye Guanue Is Dead
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia's foremost historian, Dr. Joseph Saye Guanue has died at the age of 81. Dr. Guanue died on August 29, at about 8:43 p.m. in Ganta City, Nimba after a protracted of illness.
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:35:32 GMTSoutheastern Liberia - Where Power and Poverty Co-Exist
[New Dawn] Before anyone decries this piece as 'anti- south-eastern,' or even 'pro-northern and central part,' it is neither. I am from River Gee County, located in the southeastern region of Liberia.
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:26:02 GMTOn 2nd Thoughts - Weighing in On the Sanction Debate
[New Dawn] It has been exactly two weeks since the United States Treasury Department designated three Liberian officials under the current Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) administration for acts of corruption.
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:17:05 GMTConex Employees Get Access to My Watchman
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Emergencies can occur anywhere, anytime, and to anyone. Employees may have to deal with an emergency when it's least expected, either at home or while at work. Having a proper emergency response plan or service app is es...
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:17:01 GMTChief Justice-Designate Says the Old Fashion Way of Record Keeping Will Have to Change
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia Chief Justice Designate Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh has told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that her number one priority as chief Justice if confirmed by the Senate is a change in the style of records keep...