Author: Alline Dunbar

Monrovia – Students of the Monrovia Consolidated School System(MCSS) have blocked the main Tubman Boulevard streets adjacent to the seat of the Liberian Presidency.

Monrovia – For Leo Nupolu-Johnson, it all comes down to opportunities and giving young Liberians an opportunity and a haven to learn. “The same opportunities that children everywhere around the world are enjoying, our children too deserve the same. The children in this country have suffered too much for too long,” said Johnson, Executive Director of Empowerment Squared, a Hamilton, Canada-based charity that works with youth and communities to effect sustainable change through education, social development, and lifelong learning opportunities.

Monrovia –  Young girls in Liberia are being urged to speak out against all forms of violence, a major theme highlighting this year’s International Day of the Girl Child. 

Monrovia – The Africa Pulse Report, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region reported Wednesday that growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remained slow through 2019, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of domestic reforms.

Monrovia – Facing eviction from their office and medical center in Logan Town, Albinos in Liberia staged a peaceful protest Tuesday, looking to draw the government’s attention to their plight while pressing for increase in their budget allocation.

Monrovia – Mr. Alexander B. Yonly Sr., Director General of the Liberia Institute for Public Administration (LIPA), the premiere autonomous public service agency mandated by Legislative  enactment to support capacity development in the public sector through training and research, has disclosed that his entity has been able to decentralize some of its services to other parts of Liberia.

Monrovia – Mr. Lenn Eugene Nagbe, the chief spokesman for the George Weah-led government, has declared that going forward, the government of Liberia will not encourage any protest that will in some way undermined the peace and democracy of Liberia.

Monrovia – The Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) is turning to innovative ideas as a means of overcoming its challenges as resource scarcity hits the government very hard.

Monrovia – The Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS) has stated that electrical shock was responsible for the fire disaster that claimed the lives of 28 Liberians, including 26 kids.

Monrovia – The Deputy Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Randall M. Dobayou, II, says through the efforts of the Adaption Plans Project (NAPs), the School of Environmental Studies and Climate Change (SESCC) is now opened at the University of Liberia.