Author: Press Release

MONROVIA – Amara Konneh returned to Liberia Saturday after nearly six years in abroad, vowing to contest the 2023 elections as a Senator. The former finance minister, however, didn’t say which position he would contest and in which county, amid speculation that he was returning to contest in Gbarpolu as senator.

MONROVIA – The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) said, it welcomed the use of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) for the conduct of the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, but with caution. The ECC is the largest civil society platform that observes elections in Liberia and is comprised of several pro-democracy organizations including the Center for Democratic Governance (CDG); Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) and the Center for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (CECPAP).

Montserrado County, Electoral District#:10 was a place of attraction and jubilation over the weekend as the Watkins Initiative for Nations (WIN) graduated over three hundred students who are residents of the district.

Monrovia – Defendant Jonathan Williams is expected to serve a life imprisonment penalty for murdering Journalist Tyron Brown, following an affirmation of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in the Bomi County decision.

MONROVIA – Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., recently met with his Japanese counterpart, Mr. Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the margins of the Japan-Africa Summit of Heads of State and Government, at the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD – 8) in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia.

MONROVIA – The President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) has expressed profound thanks and appreciation to the ‘Chief Feminist,’ President George Weah for accepting the call of the organization to nominate a Female Chief Justice of Liberia.

ALCOD Eminent Chairman Emmanuel S. Wettee leaving the Capitol Building after one of his lobbies with legislators for the passage of the Dual Citizenship Law MONROVIA – The Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Eminent Emmanuel S. Wettee, has come up to provide clarity that the new Dual Citizenship Law that was passed and signed recently doesn’t make natural-born Liberians holding other citizenship less than naturalized Liberians holding other citizenship. 

GBARNGA, Bong County – Residents of Bong and Nimba Counties have expressed their gratitude to the Swedish Government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for their continued support to several development initiatives in their respective counties.

SCHIEFFLIN, MONTSERRADO COUNTY – Representative Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh of Margibi Electoral District one has expressed delight over works done so far in implementing the electrification of the Robert International Airport Road Project.  

YEKEPA, Nimba ─ ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has broken grounds for the construction of a community townhall and football pitch in Camp-four Township, Yekepa. The combined estimated value of both projects is US$100,000.