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Group of 17 pre-trial detainees released from prison by court order. The former detainees are flanked by USAID/LPAC Scholars working for LNBA/LAC: Mr. Dickson (far right), Mr Sam C. Jah, Jr. (far left) and Mr. Rawlins Jardia (back) Monrovia – The Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) has joined the national fight against the spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) by seeking the expedited, safe release of hundreds of pretrial detainees from Liberia’s overcrowded prisons.

Monrovia – Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, my name is Joseph Bush Trinity, Executive Director of the Movement Against Violence and Impunity in Africa (MAVIA). MAVIA is human rights and non-violent Civil Society Organization established in Liberia and the United States of America since 2009, advocating for the rights to justice for all and ending IMPUNITY in Liberia, Africa and the world at large.

Christian Revival Church Association Bishop Aggrey said this current initiative will target about twenty towns and villages in Foya and Kolahun MONROVIA – Christian Revival Church Association (CRCA), Water of Life and the Last Well Institutions operating in Liberia have embarked on the drilling of wells in Kolahun and Foya districts, Lofa County. This initiative will benefit about 6000 households in that part of the country.

Wee District, Grand Bassa County – The Muslim Community in Grand Bassa County like millions around the world ended the month of Ramadan which was characterized by weeks of fasting and praying. As part of the District Number Four Muslims Association’s Ramadan programs, they, for the first time, organized a special prayer for the district’s representative on the celebration of Eid al-Fit which was held on Sunday May 24, on Compound #3, Grand Bassa County. The ceremony, according to the District Muslims Association, was to appreciate and “offer a special prayer” for their lawmaker as he leads people of the…

There should be admiration when astute legal minds become Members of the House of Wisdom. I think it becomes a matter of concern when a politician turned lawyer, or lawyer turned politician, or a legal-politician, or a representative of people is insinuating something that borders on constitutional reluctance.  Such action raises a concern, thru a question, the abrogation of specific constitutional provision.  – Brownie Samukai Monrovia – This article is simply a brief to respectfully disagree with reports of a proposal made in the form of a question, about the possibility “…that even though some people are eligible for voting,…

President Weah must show that he has the Political will to fight corruption. Corruption which was a vampire of the previous administration, acquisition of properties, alleged 16 missing billions, 25 millions mopped up exercise,  amongst others will be the opposition campaign messages to the electorates. Today, the Collaborating Political Parties ( CPP ), signed a legal framework document that would allow them hold together as a Coalition Party for the impending 2023 Presidential election. Liberia, as a nascent democratic state, welcomes the idea of having a coalition or collaboration, for the purpose of reducing the proliferation of Political Parties in…

While the failure of the Government to fulfill the ICCPR requirement of notification may not explain some of the excesses of the State functionaries in the enforcement of the SOE (INCHR press statement 28 April 2020), there are growing concerns that freedom of expression has been unlawfully restricted and that a deliberate policy of media censorship institutionalized. The surge of the global COVID-19 pandemic has provided a compelling reason for States to impose restrictive measures, some in the form of health protocols to beat back the spread of the deadly disease. 

The Editor, Yesterday, Liberia and Liberians witnessed the most appalling political maneuver in contemporary Liberian political history – Mr Alexander Cummings official alignment with the Unity Party. The significance of this political folly cannot be overstated.

The author, former Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan Introduction On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, President George M. Weah declared a 21-day State of Emergency (SOE) along with a two-week partial lockdown of Montserrado and Margibi counties effective midnight April 10, 2020. The Legislature would later endorse the SOE and extend it for a period of 90-days. The Legislature also empowered the President to periodically review the SOE and choose whether to lift it or not anytime within the 90-day period. Since then, the two-week partial lockdown that include a de facto curfew from 3 PM to 6 AM and the…

The author, Johnny Baryougar White Again, the curtain rises and the floodlight dances across the stage revealing characters and scenes that the author has summoned for his plot. The audience continue to play their role, watching on. However, the length of the play has created mixed feelings and emotions within the mind of the audience. A segment of the audience has concluded the outcome of the plot – failure, while others establish a mind-set that the storyline is just about to get better. Nevertheless and without doubt, the contents of the plot are not the best that any author would…