Author: Mae Azango

MONROVIA – General Services Agency (GSA) Director General Mary Broh has threatened to shut down any house she finds within Central Monrovia, without toilets.

MONROVIA – A Liberian has obtained a doctorate degree in International Criminal Law. Dr. Sylvester Sammie graduated from the University of Groningen’s Graduate School of Law in Groningen, The Netherlands on November 4, 2021. His studies examined 100 individual cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes and 10 modes of liability to prove such crimes. “Combining study with a full-time job and ensuring a work/life balance were the biggest challenges in my life. As a Ph.D. student, I was expected to study all the time and be in the office every week and work late every day, not just in headquarters…

MONROVIA – It was a year ago that President George Weah declared rape a national emergency. His announcement came in response to a crime that shocked the nation: a fifteen-year-old boy had raped a three-year-old girl, using a razor blade to commit the crime. By Mae Azango with New Narratives

MONROVIA – Weatta Gbelly has seen hardship in her 35 years but nothing prepared her for the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Gbelly has never had the virus, neither does she know anyone who has, but she has suffered just the same.

MONROVIA – On the final day of hearings in this second visit to Liberia by the Finnish court trying former rebel leader Gibril Massaquoi for war crimes, the head judge in the trial has weighed in on the push for a war crimes court for Liberia.

MONROVIA – The United States Ambassador to Liberia has given a powerful endorsement to Hassan Bility, the justice activist accused in court proceedings this month of bribing witnesses. In a visit to the Monrovia office of Mr. Bility’s organization the Global Justice and Research Project, Ambassador Michael McCarthy, commended Bility’s work in gathering evidence that has led to the convictions of three war criminals and charges against nearly a dozen more.

MONROVIA – The man at the center of allegations of bribing and tampering with witnesses in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, took the stand on Monday to refute the allegations.

Monrovia – A witness at the ongoing war crimes trial of ex-Sierra Leonean rebel leader, Gibril Massaquoi has told the Finnish court hearing the case that Massaquoi was a spy on the then Liberian President, Charles Taylor.

The Liberia courtroom in March credit: Hanna Nordenswan MONROVIA — The trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the former Revolutionary United Front commander accused of murder, aggravated rape and aggravated war crimes during the 1999-2003 civil war in Liberia, returns to Monrovia this week.

Monrovia — The National Colloquium on Sexual Gender-based Violence Spotlight Initiative, which was held under the theme: “Increased Awareness on the Judicial Process to Prevent and Respond to the Sexual Gender-based Violence”, has ended with participants vowing to intensify the fight against SGBV in Liberia.