Author: Mae Azango

MONROVIA – Lofa County’s newly elected Senator, Cllr. Joseph Jallah, was recently invited by the office of the Trade Commission of the state of North Dakota to discuss Teacher Education, Nursing, and Cultural exchange programs. While in the US, Senator Jallah outlined his visit to four other states, including Minnesota, Georgia, Florida, and Pennsylvania, from June 16 to July 6, 2023. He also mentioned borrowing methods from shared experiences when meeting organizations that have rehabilitated drug addiction survivors, who are now champions and integrated into society.

MONROVIA – The Women Deliver (WD) Organization, which advocates for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and advances gender equity, has invited Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) to serve as a speaker at their Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) recently organized a lessons-learned summit for their Feminist Policy Lab. The event saw 12 young women conducting research and presenting policy papers on various pressing issues, including the inhumane treatment of detained new mothers in hospital facilities, the lack of proper healthcare for female inmates in prisons, and sexual harassment in the educational system.

MONROVIA – Koko Town in Careysburg, Monsterado County woke up to a shocking revelation recently when a 14-year-old girl, using the pseudonym Korpo Kollie, disclosed that one of her relatives, Nathan Koko, also known as Tutuboy, had been sexually abusing her for the past four months.

A group of students who were aggrieved over decision by the Administration of the Bomi County Community College (BCCC) to suspend them from attending classes, dissolution of Students Council elected leadership as well as placing a ban on the affected students from partaking in campus politics ran to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court seeking the aid of the court to restore their rights.

Supreme Court Communication Director, Darryl Ambrose Nmah, has clarified the recent Marshall land dispute case involving Chief Justice Her Honor Sie -A- Nyene Yuoh. In an exclusive interview with FPA at his Supreme Court office, Nmah addressed the allegations made against the Chief Justice, stating that the story is untrue.

MONROVIA – Sundaygar Town in Marshall Margibi County witnessed a protest by a group of disadvantaged youth commonly referred to as ‘zogos’ from the New Life Recovery Rehabilitation Center, operated by the United Methodist Church. The frustrated youth, chanting “Bring our school back,” took to the main highway leading to the Airport, blocking it with burning tires, sticks, and zinc. Their demonstration was in response to the demolition of a ten-classroom vocational school building in Marshall.

MONROVIA – On a cold, wet day on Center Street downtown Monrovia, with just L$150.00, Johnny starts his day with a substance known as “kush”, which he mixes with half of a cigarette and rolls it into a joint before smoking it.

MONROVIA – The Jallah family is appealing for help to save the life of their fourteen-year-old son, Stanley Jallah, who has been afflicted by a tumor on his right heel. Due to this condition, Stanley has become an outcast in his community, facing rejection and isolation. Mr. James Jallah, the boy’s father, shared that the problem began as a small knot on Stanley’s foot when he was just a year old, but it has progressively grown over the years.

MONROVIA – The National Chairman of the National Muslim Council of Liberia, Mr. Abraham Fumbah Sherif, has condemned the marriage of a 12-year-old girl to a 57-year-old man two weeks ago in Logan town.