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Ganta, Nimba County – Disaster control and management is not only a concern to Liberia but the world at large, due to the risk disaster poses on the livelihood of inhabitants within affected environments. Report by Willie N. Tokpah/0777039231 [email protected] Several communities in Liberia have over the years suffered disasters, including flooding, fire outbreak among others. In order to mitigate or keep its citizens alert, the Liberian government had installed seven meteorological detective equipment in some counties across Liberia. At the start of a three-day training session for traditional leaders and local administrators on “Traditional Word of Mouth Dissemination” and…

The protesters are outraged that MTM covered up the sexual abuse of teenage girls and want the charity investigated throughly Monrovia – Protesters, mainly women, attired in black outfit have presented petitions to international organizations calling for justice for under-aged girls that were reportedly raped by a co-founder of More Than Me charity foundation. Report By: Bettie Johnson-Mbayo; [email protected] The petitioners are also calling on the government to revoke the license of the American charity organization, which opened in Liberia 2011 to protect girls from sexual exploitations by offering them education. The protest dubbed #UNPROTECTED is a reaction to a…

Released last week to howls of outrage, ProPublica’s Unprotected is a chilling expose about a rotten and unaccountable international charity industry. In particular, it peels away the shroud of secrecy around an American NGO, More Than Me (MTM), whose white American cofounder gallivanted around the globe for years raising millions of dollars for an academy she founded in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, while her Liberian partner repeatedly raped young female recruits. By Robtel Neajai Pailey In the ProPublica feature, Liberian nurse Iris Martor – a former employee of MTM who first exposed the abuse – sums up profoundly why founder Katie Meyler, her largely…

Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, turned another historical page in his presidential manifesto by conferring upon himself the enviable appellation of “Liberia’s Feminist-In-Chief.” By the declaration, the President reaffirms unwavering commitment to the pursuit of the feministic ideals that guarantee the rights and wellbeing of women. “In closing, allow me to share a story with you. During a discussion about this conference that I had a few days ago, one of my colleagues “accused” me of being a feminist, under the mis-impression that only women can be feminist,” President told the gathering at the…

Monrovia – Over the weekend, the Management of Orange Liberia called a press conference to announce a major new promotion, which the company says is geared at following its tradition of bringing early Christmas joy to its more than one million subcribers. The announcement was made at a major press conference held at the company’s headquarters on Capital Bypass and led by its Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Isaac Muthama and its Corporate Communications Strategists Dr. Kimmie Weeks. In announcing the new promotion, Mr. Muthama explained that it followed the trend Orange had established in 2017 and 2018 with the launch…

Monrovia – Recent comments by Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs about the establishment of war crimes court in the country hint at the sort of approach the Weah-led government is considering to deal with the situation. News Analysis by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni / [email protected] The government of George Manneh Weah has until July 2020 to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations, according to the United Nations. Ahead of that, Liberians – home and aboard – along with over 80 local and international groups, continue to push for the establishment of a criminal tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of war…

More Than Me Katie Meyler Monrovia – The More Than Me (MTM) charity organization catering to the welfare of girls but accused and under investigation for covering up sexually abuse of teenagers in its care will now face a new lawsuit. Report by Kennedy L. Yangian [email protected] The suit filed against the charity organization is not about the rape scandal, which was recently exposed by a ProPublica investigative report, but an attempt to regain possession of a property the foundation is currently occupying in Monrovia. Matu Kumba Montgomery, the Plaintiff, is claiming to be the legitimate owner of the building…

An unknown vehicle crushed down the Daily Talk chalkboard newspaper on Tuesday night, October 16 Monrovia – In Monrovia, many ordinary Liberians often gather in their numbers at the James sprig Payne Airfield road intersection in Sinkor to access information from Daily Talk, a chalkboard newspaper unique to Liberia. But many people woke up on Wednesday morning to shocking news that the chalkboard newspaper had been badly damage. “I’m very disappointed and discouraged because the public do not have access to information this morning,” said Alfred Sirleaf, editor of the chalkboard, after discovering that a vehicle had damaged the booth.…

Minnesota, USA – A Liberian-born immigrant, Wynfred Russell, is on pace to be elected as a Member of the City Council of Brooklyn Park, a northwest suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the State of Minnesota. Russell, a renowned community leader, and advocate is regarded as a formidable candidate in this year’s election as he vies for a seat in a local community which hold the highest single area population of Liberians in the United States. It is estimated that an estimated 40,000 Liberians reside with the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul with an overwhelming…

Monrovia – The international SHEROES forum has got underway in Monrovia with scores of prominent women advocates from the African continent attending. Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected] The SHEROES Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to end gender inequality in all facets of life in Africa and focuses on economic and political empowerment to achieving the SDGs aim of gender equality. Speaking at the opening ceremony at the opening ceremony in Monrovia on Wednesday, October 17, Liberia’s President George M. Weah reiterated his government’s commitment to promoting women development and gender equality. President Weah declared himself a feminist and…