Author: Lennart Dodoo

BAHN, Nimba – A total of 244 Ivorian Refugees including men, women, and children of 46 households on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, were repatriated to The Ivory Coast.

Farmers from Bambudu planting cocoa in the savannah to combat deforestation and climate change in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue FOYA, Lofa County – In the 1970s the Liberian government signed an agreement with Agrimenco, an Israeli company, to produce rice and palm oil in the craggy forest on Liberia’s borders with Sierra Leone and Guinea.  Later, the company left, and the Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation (LPMC) took over its plantation, retaining the district’s bread basket status. But by 1989, the Liberian Civil War (1989-2003) broke out and the project was abandoned, leaving behind huge swathes of cleared…

MONROVIA – The Monrovia Traffic Court Judge has held in contempt Liberia’s Transport Minister Samuel Wlue for his failure to appear on Monday after being summoned.

MONROVIA – Fighting corruption, expanding the civic space, and improving governance is at the core of many calls coming from Liberia’s international partners. Traditional partners like the United States have cautioned the George Weah-led government about upholding these values.

MONROVIA – Traffic Court Judge Karsor Zubah has subpoenaed the Minister of Transport Samuel Wlue and the Inspector General of Police, Col. Patrick Sudue, to testify to a traffic violation ticket being issued to drivers which are different from the uniform violation ticket passed by law to be issued to drivers in times of traffic violation.

MONROVIA – A 78-year-old woman has filed an official complaint with the Professional Standard Division (PSD) of the Liberia National Police (LNP), accusing some officers and a civilian of manhandling and illegally incarcerating her for four days without food.

Gibi District – Margibi County District# 5 Representative Clarence G. Gahr’s second term bid has received a huge boost at the climax of several stakeholders’ meetings in rural Gibi District involving the august body of influential elders and opinion leaders who sought to give him the moral imprimatur to vie for the second term. The massage was familiar. But the basis was genuinely uncommon.

GRAND BASSA – The United Liberia Inland Church’s Gaye Peter Mission in Wee Statutory District was a scene of jubilation on Sunday, April 3, 2022 as scores of families, friends and supporters gathered to celebrate noticeably, the oldest man to have graduated from High School in the Grand Bassa district.

There is a lot of talk about the need for resources without the realization of what is the most important resource. Usually, the talk about resources points to financial and natural resources. Usually, the talk about resource shortage has to do with the lack of adequate financial resources. All of this talk about resources goes on without the realization that the most important resource is the human resource. When person A who has no record of commitment to doing good is given much money and person B who has a record of commitment to doing good is given little money,…

MONROVIA – From all indications, Liberia should have been the first beneficiary of uninterrupted electricity from the Ivory Coast through the TRANSCO CLSG transmission line. But what many may consider the lack of political will to perfect the agreement has made irrelevant the presence of five fully completed power substations in the country for the provision of cheap and stable electricity.