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Given the huge amount being spent on the food distribution exercise was gotten through a loan that the Liberian people are to pay back (or have already begun paying back through the imposition of the US 30 cents tax on petroleum products), is there any provision in the agreement for audit of the entire process by the General Auditing Commission (GAC)? Government of Liberia planned food distribution exercise to be executed via the World Food Programme (WFP) continues to rally headlines, particularly with regard to the amount of more than US$9 million allocated for operational and administrative costs.

Tubmanburg – The National Bomi Citizens Association in the Americas, a conglomeration of a cross-section of citizens hailing from the county currently residing in the Americas, has pledged its unflinching support and commitment to galvanizing financial and material resources to urgently intervene in providing hope to the most vulnerable population in the county.

Monrovia  – As part of efforts to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus, the Library for Africa – a non-governmental organization – is providing hot meals to disadvantaged youths and elders in some parts of Montserrado County.

Boston  – For 40 years, Yves Lewis, owner and producer of the WildCubby Music record has worked successfully in the music business. He released a new single, I Can’t Breathe, featuring Seychelle Elise.

Journalist Samuel Wazizi. CPJ recently joined a statement calling for an independent inquiry into his death. (Tah Mai Javis) The Committee to Protect Journalists joined nine other human rights and press freedom groups yesterday in a statement calling on the Cameroonian government to allow for an independent probe into the death of journalist Samuel Wazizi. The statement calls for U.N. Security Council members to take advantage of a June 12 meeting with the U.N. Office of Central Africa to urge Cameroonian authorities to allow an independent, effective, thorough, and impartial investigation into the circumstances around the journalist’s death. Police arrested Wazizi, whose…

The author, Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah Since the second Republic of Liberia was ushered in 1980, we have now seen the emergence of a personality to a position of trust, intentionally determined to break with the past. The “Dillon Effect” on politics in Liberia should be seen by all Liberians as an opportunity to rewrite the values we ascribed to the true meaning of leadership, which are defined by character and principles such as integrity, discipline, humility, self-control, respect, maturity, faithfulness, etc.

The author, Tee Wonokay, Executive Director / FOHRD The stories of nepotism and economic crimes in Liberia go back many generations, but for the purpose of this piece, I will focus on the recent decades of institutional corruption and economic crimes that have prevented the Liberian nation from achieving its best potentials.

President George Weah says given the country’s level of experience with the Coronavirus and its mode of transmission, the strides being made in its containment and in view of developments in other countries, the need for further extension of the constitutional measure is not required. Monrovia, Liberia:  The President of the Republic, Dr. George Manneh Weah has said that the state of emergency which is due to expire on June 9, 2020 will not be renewed.

Police arrested Wazizi on August 2, and transferred him to military custody on August 7, after which he was held incommunicado, according to CPJ research. New York — In response to a statement issued by the Cameroonian Ministry of Defense today that journalist Samuel Wazizi died in government custody in August 2019, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:

In other jurisdictions, a Senate commands much respect in the political structure of the state given its constitutional responsibilities. For this august body to blatantly, deliberately and intentionally violate its rules in a rush to silence a campaigner for good governance, a senator at that, speaks to one of the reasons Liberia still lags behind in nearly all socioeconomic indices. Amos Tweh, [email protected], Contributing Writer An Executive Mansion backed-letter apparently under the supervision of Senate Protempore Albert Chie, purportedly written by Lofa County Senator George Tengbeh, requesting the Liberian Senate to investigate Montserrado county Senator Abraham Darius Dillon for “acts unbecoming of a Senator of this Republic”, is a pile of baseless claims. The letter…