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Gbarnga – The Turkish gold mining company operating in Kokoyah, Bong County, MNG Gold Liberia, has donated 25 bags of rice to the Gbarnga Central Prison amid the shortage of food being faced by inmates. MNG Gold’s government and community relations officer, Eugene J. M. Kollie, who led the delegation, said the donation was part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility. Kollie said the company deems it a great privilege to assist the Gbarnga Central Prison, which has been facing food shortage for the last one month. “The company was informed about the shortage of food at the prison, so…

Monrovia – The 7th steering committee of the African Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC) in West Africa gets underway Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at the Mamba Point Hotel in Monrovia. The day-long event is being organized by the Government of Liberia and its partners. According to MFDP press release issued late Monday evening says Finance and Development Planning Minister Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., will chair the meeting which focuses on issues of achievements, challenges, as well as lessons learned during Phase One of the last five years. Preparation for Phase Two of the program over the next five years…

Monrovia – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dropped a request from the Liberia Football Association (LFA) to move their Sunday’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away match from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

MONROVIA – The Civil Law Court has ruled in favor of the Liberia Chess Federation in the case involving the federation and the dethroned president, Winston Ireland.

Monrovia – A former National Basketball Association (NBA) star, Olumedi Oyedeji, has called on coaches and referees of basketball in Liberia, to help develop the game.

Bomi, Grand Cape Mount Counties – In an effort to fulfill a mandate from the House of Representatives Sime Darby Plantation Liberia is set to begin the removal of 787 illegal occupants from the company’s housing units in estate camps across the plantation area in Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties. The House of Representatives through Speaker Bhofal Chamber in April 2018 setup a committee headed by Rep. Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh (Margibi Dist. #1), mandating the committee to verify whether Sime Darby was following all provisions of the concession agreement, especially its social corporate responsibilities in the areas of health,…

MONROVIA – As Liberia struggles to clean up its messy educational sector to meet up with international standard, a Liberian educator and education developer, Moses Blonkanjay Jackson, wants the sector in Liberia be stabilized by employing the right teachers.

NIGER – The Nigerien subsidiary of Orange is contemplating shutting down its operations in that country over a tax dispute with the government of Niger. According to African Confidential and other news sources, the government of Niger had hiked its taxes on the GSM company and was demanding more than 50% of the company’s revenue, a situation which Orange Niger termed as “unacceptable.” Over the years, Orange has been rapidly expanding its presence across Africa and made recent entries into the Liberian and Sierra Leonean markets, which marked a new step for the company which had mostly had a presence in francophone…

Monrovia – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated several equipment worth over US$250,000 dollars to the Liberia Institute for Statistic and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) for a smooth conduct of this year’s “Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS) and the National Population Census (NPC)”.

MONROVIA – A high level delegation of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, led by Honorable Justice  Edward Asante, President of the Court, arrives in Monrovia on Saturday, 16th March 2019 on the second leg of the Court’s regional outreach programme that was launched in neighbouring  Sierra Leone on 7th March 2019. The weeklong campaign in Liberia will enable the Court to engage with all its critical stakeholders’, mainly judges, lawyers, students, government officials, representatives of civil society organisations, women organisations and market women. The Court already undertakes sensitization campaigns as well as Radio and TV programmes in four Member States…