Augusta S. Lafalay
County News
Liberia: Nimba Elders Back Boakai’s Drug Fight, Warn Illicit Drugs Threaten Liberia’s Future
Monrovia — The Nimba Council of Elders has thrown its support behind the government’s ongoing crackdown on illicit drugs, commending President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and...
News
Liberia: What a Secretly Recorded ‘Gift’ Call – and the Koffa Precedent – Mean for the Case against Jewel Howard Taylor
Liberian law is openly hostile to secret recordings. A Monrovia courtroom let one in anyway earlier this year, in the Capitol arson case against...
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African Civil Society Leaders Say the Global Aid System Is Broken; 200 Gather in Accra This Week to Create a New Africa-Led Model
Summary:
200 civil society leaders, funders, policymakers and others from almost 30 countries will gather in Ghana this week to design a new African-led approach...
News
800,000 Liberians Have Kidney Disease. Most Won’t Survive It
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At least 800,00 Liberians have kidney disease according to experts. Doctors say most kidney failure in this country is preventable and can be detected...
Editorial
Follow The Law on The Books, Then Ask What the Tape Actually Proves
Liberia's Constitution and Penal Code already say what should happen to a secretly recorded conversation. A precedent set in one courtroom this year should...
News
Liberia: A Nation Finally Writes its Own Story
The Historical Society of Liberia has launched a 24-volume Presidents Biography Series — one book for every Liberian head of state since 1848. The...
Liberia War Crimes
Gongloe Calls for National Relief Fund for Victims of Liberia’s Brutal Civil Wars
Monrovia — Renowned human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has called for the establishment of a National War Victims Relief...
Legal Issues
Liberia: Supreme Court Clears Way for Enforcement of Judgment in Urban Marketing–Tubman Estate Dispute
Monrovia— The Supreme Court of Liberia has dismissed an appeal in the long-running legal dispute involving Urban Marketing Group, through its Chief Executive Officer...
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