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Liberia

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:56:36 GMT
UNFPA, UNHCR Turn Over 15 Housing Units to Residents At Bahn Settlement Camp
[FrontPageAfrica] Bahn -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has handed over 15 Spotlight Initiative-funded durable shelters to women-headed households and vulner...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:56:45 GMT
Controversial Chinese Firm Creates App for Biometrics Voting - After NEC Says No Bid Awarded
[FrontPageAfrica] "The chair stands by her statement that the contract for biometric registration has not been given out to any company. As to why, the company has built a preregistration software. The company is in the best position to tell why. The...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:54:13 GMT
President Weah Arrives in Tangier for Medays Forum 2022
[Govt of Liberia] Tangier -- His Excellency, Dr. George Manneh Weah has arrived in the Moroccan City of Tangier for the Mondays International Forum's 14th Edition. President Weah arrived at the Ibn Battouta International Airport on the evening of Tue...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:21:09 GMT
Agriculture Officials Summoned After Impasse Over $50m Needed For Rice Crisis
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A disagreement over a request to infuse US$50 million into fiscal year 2023 national budget to boost rice led plenary of the House of Representative to invite heads of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Liberia Agricult...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:14:49 GMT
Voters Rule Out Biometric Registration
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Janet Chengbe, 47, sat behind her table in the Rally Town Market in Central Monrovia on a sunny afternoon, winking her eyes from left to right in search of customers, caring less for a Biometric Voter Registration for th...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:23:23 GMT
Youths Call On Government, Political Leaders to Make Empowerment Top Priority
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A group of young people from diverse political parties and civil society organizations have called on the Government of Liberia and political leaders to change the dynamics in their approach towards them during and after...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:22:06 GMT
Eight Drown - Two Killed in Nimba After Canoe Capsizes
[FrontPageAfrica] Zahn Bowyee Town -- At least eight persons have drowned when a canoe capsized in Zahn Bowyee Town, in electoral district # 8 in Nimba County.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:17:32 GMT
Parents Blast Schools, Education Ministry for 'Compelling Students to Abandon Class for Political Rally
[FrontPageAfrica] UNIFICATION CITY, Margibi County - Angry parents have expressed disappointment in the Margibi County School System and the Ministry of Education for forcing their children out of school to attend a political rally in honor of the fo...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:16:07 GMT
CPP Chair Bility Still Hopeful of Opposition Unity to Defeat Incumbent Weah
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As the 2023 general and presidential elections draw near, the Chairman of the new Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Musa Hassan Bility says opposition political parties in Liberia will form a united front to pre...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:09:42 GMT
ANC Leader Urges NEC to Tread Cautiously Over Biometric Bidding Process
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Alexander Cummings, the Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) and Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Party (CPP) says he is alarmed about the growing perception of incompetence and corru...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:33:17 GMT
Integrity Watch Liberia Urges 'Gender-Responsive Budget'
[New Dawn] Integrity Watch Liberia Executive Director Herold Aidoo has urged the government here to prioritize a 'gender-responsive budget' if Liberians must rise from poverty.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:33:05 GMT
High-Powered PAW Delegation Arrives in Liberia
[New Dawn] A delegation of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW) from the United States headed by Shffragan Bishop-Elect, Julian Johnson, arrives in Liberia.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:30:28 GMT
Gambia to Play DR Congo, Liberia in Int'l Friendly Matches Next Month
[The Point] The Gambia senior national team; the Scorpions will play against Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia in international friendly matches next month in Antalya, Turkey.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:53 GMT
Sustaining the CLSG Project Is Important
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia under President George Manneh Weah has consummated a very important agreement that stands to spur economic activities with the signing of the Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) involving the Liberia Electricity ...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:44 GMT
Thousands Storm Mcgill's Petition Program
[New Dawn] -for Margibi senatorial seat

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:36 GMT
LP Demands NEC Chair Step Down
[New Dawn] Opposition Liberty Party (LP) political leader Nyonblee Kangar-Lawrence and her loyalists have petitioned the international community to prevail on the Liberian government for National Elections Commission (NEC) chair Madam Davidetta Brown...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:29 GMT
Public Works Commits to Completing Roads Before Weah's First Term
[New Dawn] The Minister of Public Works, Ruth Coker Collins, pledges to complete rehabilitation of roads in the country before the end of President Goerge Weah's first term.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:20 GMT
UPP Suspends Six Executive Members
[New Dawn] The leadership of the opposition United People's Party (UPP) over the weekend suspended six of its executive committee members for a period of one month for flagrant violation of the party's constitution.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:25:24 GMT
Freeport of Monrovia Documentary Premiered
[New Dawn] A documentary produced by Mr. Jonathan Graham, outgoing Managing Director of AMP Terminal about the Freeport of Monrovia was premiered last Friday at the Ministerial Complex in Monrovia.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:25:15 GMT
The Country's Census Dilemma
[New Dawn] The Liberian Government along with its international partners represented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced yet again the postponement of the country's pending population and housing census.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:26:42 GMT
Legislative Body Violate Census Law
[New Republic] ... .-Say Concerned Citizens; Ought To Be Rendered Illegitimate; Vow Radical Direct Citizen's Ballot For Immediate Change

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:10:21 GMT
Accused Warlord Calls Plaintiffs Criminals in Paris War Crimes Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Paris, France -- Kunti Kamara has lashed out at the ten plaintiffs in his trial for crimes against humanity here calling them "criminals" and professing his innocence on charges of cannibalism, torture, rape, murder and forced labor...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:16:41 GMT
President Weah Excites Young Students About Reading As He Joins First Lady in Launching Reading Program
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has continued to demonstrate love and concern for the educational well-being of the young people of Liberia, this time joining First Lady Clar Weah and Vice President Jewel...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:12:30 GMT
'Truth Telling' and the Path to War Crimes Justice in Liberia
[The New Humanitarian] Sanoyea, Liberia -- 'The war is over. The man has apologised, and I have forgiven him.'

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:13:47 GMT
Kailondo's Son Bail Out
[New Republic] George Kailando Jr., son of a renowned Liberian businessman was recently arrested by officers of the Liberia National Police for allegedly shooting a friend Mohammed Kamara in the Congo Town area.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:39:23 GMT
WASH Sector Wins 'Most Inspiring Presenter Award'
[New Republic] Liberia is one of the wettest countries in the world, evidenced by its richness in rivers, rainforests, mangroves and swamps. Yet, a large proportion of the population does not have access to clean drinking water, close to 90% of the p...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:39:14 GMT
Integrity in Short Supply
[New Republic] -"The sum product of the ultimate success you seek to achieve is not the degree that you will earn; it will be the difference you will make in society. Success in society is the best attestation of your hard work, not the diploma you w...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:27:54 GMT
Election Commission's Handling of Biometric Bidding Process Driving Triggers for Conflict
[FrontPageAfrica] FOR WEEKS NOW, a silent threat has been brewing that is likely to affect the outcome of the 2023 Presidential elections in Liberia.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:25:47 GMT
Supreme Court Associate Justice-Designate Says He's Not Aware of the Constitutionality of the Law Requiring Assets Declaration
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Judge Yarmie Quiqui Gbeissay, the man who is poised to take on the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court has claimed not to be aware of the law requiring him to declare his assets while taking on his new rol...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:25:38 GMT
No Contract Has Awarded - NEC Chair Speaks On Biometric Supplies Contract
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The chair of the National Elections Commission Madam Davidetta Brown-Lansannah says the Commission has not awarded the contract for the supply of biometric materials and equipment for the 2023 elections.



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