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By the announcement from the National Elections Commission (NEC) that the Montserrado County by-election is slated for Monday, July 29, it seems all is now set to finally hold these elections, which have been pushed ahead not once but twice. A source at the Elections Commission had informed this newspaper that NEC reached the decision on the new date on Friday, July 28, during a board meeting. The materials had arrived in the country onboard a Kenya Airways flight on Thursday of last week. NEC had earlier announced that a full consignment of 1,046,100 ballot papers is currently in the…

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Monrovia – Mohammed Kamara, on a break from one of his classes, walked into the seaside apartment of his friend in a clustered community of corrugated roofs for a nap. Then 17, Kamara, not his real name, was a newly minted high school graduate and a college freshman, studying public administration at a local university in Monrovia. Community members, suspecting Kamara’s friend was gay, broke down the door and caught the duo making out, thirty minutes after he entered. “They dragged us outside naked as we were and started to beat us,” Kamara recalled as he wiped away tears from…

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President George Manneh Weah has congratulated the Monrovia Football Academy’s Under 15 Girl team for being crowned champions of the USA Cup in Minnesota on Saturday, July 20, 2019. The tournament ran from July 16 to 20, 2019. The Liberian girls fought hard to defeat Michigan’s Vardar United 3-2 in post-match penalties after regular time ended 2-2 resulting into fans storming the field to celebrate the Liberian girls’ victory. The Liberian side won the admiration of the spectators at the National Sports Center from their first game as their displayed classical football defeating Maplebrook Blaze 7-1. Monrovia Football Academy went…

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Dear Mr President: I present compliments of my highest esteem to you and your family including members of your cabinet. As a concern citizen and an advocate for social justice, I am hugely constrained writing you this letter. You Excellency, few day weeks ago, I learned that you are planning a huge celebration for our Independence day on 26July. My understanding also is that such celebration is to be sponsored by the State, meaning that every penny that will be spent will come from the national cover. Mr President, permit me to kindly appeal to you in the name of…

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Bangkok, Thailand – The Counselor for Political Affairs at the Liberia Mission in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Tunde J. Spencer, was among several individuals who received certificates after completion of an intensive diplomatic Training in Bangkok, Thailand on July 9, 2019, at the International Institute of Peace and Development Studies (IIPDS) in that Asian country. The training, which was titled, “Social Work, Peace Building and Democracy,” brought together 35 individuals from about 13 countries of which Counselor Spencer was the only African represented at the event. Participants at the program, included diplomat, professors, politicians, government officials, representatives from local and international…

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Monrovia – As part of efforts to curb the HIV and AIDs virus in the country, a three-day consultation of church leaders and faith actors was held at the Lutheran Church Compound, 13th Street, Sinkor. Report by J.H. Webster Clayeh 00231770745986 [email protected] The event brought together religious leaders, government officials, diplomats and civil society actors. The theme of the three-day HIV and AIDS consultation of church leaders and faith actors was ‘Waking the Giant: Faith Community Acceleration Response to HIV and AIDS.’ Speaking at the event Tuesday, July 9, the Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Liberia and First Vice…

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Buchanan – Liberians of the five electoral districts of Grand Bassa County have launched a group dubbed Citizens Movement to End Political Division in Bassa (CIMOEPDB), which objective is to promote reconciliatory messages in the county. CIMOEPDB says it is a pro-democracy organization comprising of conscious-minded Grand Bassa residents with a mandate is to “liberate and rescue the Political future of Grand Bassa County from the continuous pattern of destructive and negative political division through reconciliatory awareness”. Victor Flomo, the lead advocate of the group, told FrontPageAfrica that disunity has greatly undermined the development of the county and continues to…

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