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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…

Photo: Courtesy of Canva 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…

The Monrovia Football Academy Under 15 Girls won the USA Cup in Minnesota 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…

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…

Monrovia – Humane Society International (HSI) joins the rest of the world on July 15, 2019, to celebrates World Chimpanzee Day, a day intended to raise awareness about the importance to protect endangered animals worldwide.

Ganta, Nimba County – FrontPageAfrica has gathered that in the six cities in Nimba County at least 400 foreigners are working, selling and residing illegally. According to reports, these aliens, are yet to get their resident permits from the Ministry of Labor through its local Labor Commissioner based in the county.

Counselor for Political Affairs at the Liberia Mission in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Tunde J. Spencer 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.…

Religious leaders along the Swedish and US Ambassadors, who are seated at the far right end, respectively 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…

Monrovia – Victims of a recent demolition exercise in one of Liberia’s densely populated market have lambasted the Monrovia City Corporation, threatening to take legal action if they are not compensated.

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…