Author: Mae Azango

Monrovia – The Liberian Government has sent 16 additional students to study in Morocco, with their relatives allegedly agreeing to foot some of the bills should the government find it difficult to pay. The 16 students departed the country sometime last week via Royal Air Moroc. Liberia and the Kingdom of Morocco’s bilateral scholarship agreement, which has existed for over 50 years, is geared towards educating Liberians students in higher education disciplines. Under the agreement, Morocco is to provide institutions for Liberia students to enable them study in variety of fields, while Liberia’s part is to evaluate students, provide their…

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Monrovia – Mr. Aaron Weah of the Search for Common Ground, ‘Talking Drum Studios’, has been awarded a three-year Vice-Chancellor PhD Research Project at Ulster University. The scholarship is offered on condition that awardees obtain an (Academic) English qualification with an overall grade of 6.0 and a minimum of 5.5 in each component. 

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WHEIN TOWN, MOUNT BARCLAY – Wede Julius Morris, a mother of eight, says she had no idea that the government of Liberia would build the largest solid waste disposal site in the country close to her home when she moved to Whein Town in 2001. She says she bought the land in 1986 in a place full of promise. Now she lives among rats, roaches and flies. She says her family gets sick often and they must live with the stench of a mountain of garbage every day.   

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