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- Liberia: Police Surround LTA Headquarters, Search Employees; Suspended Chairperson’s Assistant Decries Intimidation
- Major Milestone in Combatting Malaria Amongst Children in Liberia
- Prearranged Suspension Affects LTA’s Board of Commissioners
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- Liberia: National Survey Flags Potential Crises as Climate Change Drives Nine in Every Ten Farmers to Seek to Migrate
- Liberia: How Nya Twayen Broke the Jinx of “Godfatherism” in Nimba Politics
- Joint Ways, Means and Finance Committee Discovers Additional US$51M Revenue, Pushing FY2024 Draft Budget to US$743.8M
- Liberia: The Impact Of Teenage Pregnancy On Girls’ Education In Buchanan, Grand Bassa County
Author: Lennart Dodoo
MONROVIA – While the Liberian Senate is still debating how impactful the amended Mineral Development Agreement of ArcelorMittal would be on the country and its economy, the Vice President of the European Union Parliament for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borell, says the amended Agreement is important to Europe and has benefits for Liberia.
MONROVIA – Social media followers have applauded the political leader of the Alternative National Congress for his request and acceptance of the resignation of his Chief of Office Staff, Isaac Vah Tukpah, over his recent publication of a book with a chapter that denigrates the First Lady of the Republic.
OWENGROVE, Grand Bassa County – Children living on the banks of the Farmington River in Zangar Town Community in Grand Bassa County have tough time reaching school.
Satta Sheriff The President with the help of the Minister of Gender might want to twist the truth around the prevailing situation on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Liberia just to paint the President as a “HeForShe Champion” or Feminist-in-chief” who “remains committed to the dignity of upholding human rights” but, it is clear that the President lied when he claimed that his government has significantly reduced rape since 2020 during his Annual Message to the National Legislature.
MONROVIA – The political leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Cummings, has predicted that the embattled conglomeration of opposition political parties of which he is a member, the Collaborating Opposition Political Parties (CPP), may not go to the 2023 Presidential and General Elections as a common front, at least, not in its current composition.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE system has been failing victims of rape for a long time. From the initial reporting of a crime, through to investigation and trial. This menace has been a topical issue in this country for over a decade, yet, we seem to have gone nowhere in ensuring survivors do not only receive justice, but also proper medical care. FEW DAYS to December last year, a 14-year-old girl who was raped by a man twice her age in a village in Gbarpolu County. According to reports, due to lack of adequate medical facility and ambulance service, she bled until she died. …
KAKATA, Margibi – Police authority in Margibi County on Saturday arrested two men impersonating as arm-carrying officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
MONROVIA — Young people from across Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County, and Fiamah Community- Monrovia, Montserrado County, gathered separately in their numbers on the 24th and 30th of December 2021, to participate and witness two separate musical concerts funded by ‘Music in Africa’, and organized by Accountability Lab Liberia Voice2Rept Campaign, with performances from 16 local artists from the Liberian Hip-Co Accountability Network.
MONROVIA — “Civic Participation and Collaboration” are two key strategies I learned about today during this workshop that stood out for me as a musician. Giving back to the society is high on my advocacy agenda especially now that we have general elections coming up 2023. I am working on a civil education song to sensitize citizens to be aware of politician fake promises during elections, as they are not in our interest – Thomas Moserary, alias Theoto, one of the workshop participants and a member of the Hip-Co accountability network.
The January 28, 2022 Induction Ceremony of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) has motivated me to write this Commentary: Rule of Law Not Rule of Outlaw. With the overamericanization of Liberia, it is most important to focus on why the Rule of Outlaw prevails when the Constitution of Liberia calls for the Rule of Law to prevail. While the Constitution of the United States of America (USA) calls for the Rule of Law to prevail, we observe the prevalence of racism in the USA and the January 6, 2021 attempted coup d’etat in the Seige of the Capitol in…