Author: Mae Azango

MONROVIA – For the first time, thirty-three young leaders from the Youth Climate Change Initiative of Liberia (YCCIL), West African Youth Network Liberia (WAYNL) and the Liberia National Student Union (LINSU) have organized a National Climate Youth Summit to showcase climate solutions and engage with national leaders in the country.

Todee District – Far from modern-day reality, Principal John Isaac, of Shar-Teeman Public School, in Toomey Town, Todee District, has to teach six classes alone.

Todee District – Far from modern day reality, Principal John Isaac, of Shar-Teeman Public School, in Toomey Town, Todee District, has to teach six classes alone.

Monrovia – Martha Roberts recalls an incident she says put her in her tracks. “One of my friends told me that one morning when she came out to put down her market, she saw a broken raw egg on the exact spot where she sells, claiming that it was a spiritual attack by the enemy to stop people from buying her market. So, for this reason, she they always have morning devotions before opening their markets.”

Banjul, The Gambia – Ayesha Jammeh was only 13-years-old when her uncle, the former Gambian president Yaya Jammeh, ordered the killing of her father who was also his very own brother. Ayesha never imagined she would have a front-row seat her father’s executioner’s public confession. Report by Mae Azango, Senior New Narratives Correspondent “I thought after all these years I was healed from the trauma of my father’s death, but when Omar A. Jallow, the Jungler who killed him, took the stand to explain, he had no remorse at all. He was bragging and beating his legs as if he…

Monrovia – Gender Minister Piso Saydee Tarr has backed the removal of the aspect on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from the Domestic Violence Bill. The controversial bill, which, according to the Gender Minister, was recently signed into law on August 13, 2019 by President George Manneh Weah, sparked argument in the country when the FGM component was removed from the Bill before it was passed into law by the legislature. 

Monrovia – The alleged search and seizure of Roots FM radio station Thursday, October 10, forced many businesses in the vicinity of the station to close their doors and made parents to run helter-skelter to get their kids out of school.

GOKAI TOWN, BONG COUNTY – Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she refused to marry his younger brother. While she thought all hope was lost, a man—whose identify she would not reveal over reprisal—confronted her in-laws over the matter.

Monrovia – The Faith Foundation, a Liberian-based charitable organization, is set to begin a three-day leadership seminar from September 2nd to the 4th, and it which will be addressed by international lecturers.  

Monrovia – Mamatouma Siryon is a female Paramount Chief of Salayea District in Lofa County. This county, which is on the northern-most end of Liberia and on the border with the Republic of Guinea, is intrinsically traditionally male-dominated in leadership.