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MONROVIA – The Leadership of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), consistent with the ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission in the intra-party dispute within the Party, held a one-day consultative meeting between the Party’s Standard Bearer, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor and Chairman, James P. Biney and other officials. 

Ignace Sossou, a Beninese journalist who is head of production at Bénin Web TV, is currently serving an 18-month jail term MONROVIA – Freedom of the press is one of the most important pillars of democracy, and any democratic society that imprisons its journalists just for doing their job risks demeaning itself.

Some of the chiefs, elders and tribal governors at the regional consultation in Tubmanburg, Bomi County on March 4, 2020. FrontPage Africa/Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform TUBMANBURG, BOMI COUNTY – People who played major roles in the Liberia Civil War should be barred from participating in elections in Liberia and occupying any positions of public service, traditional leaders from western Liberia have urged.

Minister Cooper demanded practical actions now in the oil palm sector instead of studies and assessments which have been done Monrovia – Agriculture Minister, Jeanine Milly Cooper, has insisted on the inclusion of Liberian private sector actors in the production and export of oil palm on the National Oil Palm Platform of Liberia (NOPPOL).

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki The European Union and Africa are longstanding strategic partners, whose prosperity and security are closely interlinked. The partnership between Africa and Europe is finally coming of age and it is time to take it to a new level. Africa wants to take its future into its own hands and Europe needs a strong Africa. Our aspirations coincide. We want to promote women and create jobs for youth, drive the digital innovation, promote sustainable economic growth and opportunity, and silence the guns in…

Tee Wonokay / Executive Director Foundation for Human Rights Defense / [email protected] The Liberian True and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established for the purpose of advancing national unity and reconciliation, promoting peace, justice, and security etc. But from the very beginning, it was obvious that the works of the TRC would result in nothing much more than a public display that made victims relive their psychological and emotional pains. Firstly, while the intentions were good, it was unrealistic to begin with, that an under-funded commission with a panel that included political operatives would successfully investigate the human rights violations that occurred…

Governor Moses Weah of the Borough of New Kru Town New Kru Town – The Governor of the Borough of New Kru Town, Moses Weah has lauded the work of the Liberia Crusaders for peace (LCP) for helping to promote public health in Liberia.

Defendant Williams told the court he and the Tyron Brown engaged in a fist-fight, got overpowered and decided to stab him to scare him away. Photo credit: Peter Nimley Toby TUBMANBURG, Bomi County – The man who allegedly killed Journalist Tyron Brown has defended his action against the journalist saying he was attacked by the journalist on the night of incidence at his Duport Road resident.

Flashback- Visually impaired students, staff of the school of the Blind bluffed with canes donated by Den Tut Rayay, Saqar and Martin-Scott Tabi of the Malachi York Foundation Monrovia – Liberia School of the Blind has informed this newspaper that the Malachi York Foundation (MY) has not reneged on its regular monthly feeding program for the students of the school.

I normally would prefer to avoid commenting on issues involving corruption and government’s brazen use of state power to incarcerate and intimidate dissenters. But then, as a civil society, we owe it both to future generations and the brave advocates of social justice who came before us, to raise our voices for what is right, we have learned from the lessons of history that governments come and go, but that legacy remains, and that those who support the principles of democracy must persevere in the face of dictatorship. Government is supposed to be on the side of the people, it…