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Amb. Conteh & late Lt. Col. Kole’s family; Center Pic: Flashback of Lt Col. Kole & Defense Min. Ziankhan; right pic: Amb. Conteh and Comm. Koroma Abuja, Nigeria – Vice President Madame Finda Koroma, ahead of a delegation of senior staff of the ECOWAS Commission, paid a condolence visit to the Embassy of Liberia in Nigeria on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, for the passing of Lieutenant Colonel Oyango Kole. 

The Internal Affairs Minister urged the Management of Firestone that even though garden spots and some homes fall within its concession, portions closed to towns and villages should be set aside for the residents and parts of wetlands for gardening. HARBEL, Margibi County – On Saturday, September 12, 2020 the people of Kparnyah Town, in Margibi County and the Management of Firestone Liberia began a dialogue process which is expected to end a long running tension between the people and the company.  

MONROVIA – The Gray D. Allison High School has received assorted educational and personal health supplies to help with the educational year from the United States Embassy, near Monrovia.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Governments to ensure that financing for nutrition is included in their country’s COVID-19 response and recovery plans. The position paper, titled “Embedding Nutrition within the COVID-19 Response and Recovery,” was sent to African member states by His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho, an ALN “Nutrition Champion”.Embedding Nutrition within the COVID-19 Response and Recovery recommends that countries maintain and increase the level of funding allocated to nutrition to safeguard previous efforts to address malnutrition, and ensure there…

Monrovia – Lonestar Cell MTN, Liberia’s leading GSM and Mobile Financial Services company, has partnered with WorldRemit to make it possible for Mobile Money customers to receive international remittances straight to their Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money accounts, free of charge. 

MONROVIA – The Mighty Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) categorically condemns the threat of violence and war-mongering emanating from the opposition Collaborating Political Party’s senator, Hon. Abraham Darius Dillon.

Washington, D.C. – The International Justice Group announces that it has since July 2020, reconstituted its Board of Trustees to include Mr. Mike Mueller and Mrs. Ysyndi Martin – Kpeyei to strengthen its public policy advocacy and outreach to Liberians all around the world.

Monrovia – The Independent Review Panel (IRP), recently constituted by the CPP to investigate the violence in Nimba, today met with the leadership of the CPP and representatives from the constituent parties of the CPP.

Monrovia – The Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON) welcomes the start of the voter registration update which commenced today and is publishing results of its survey into how many people need to update their registration details. LEON is concerned about the lack of time provided for the update given the number of people indicated by the survey that will need to update their details and the lack of information and public awareness on when each center will be open.  

MONROVIA – Twenty-five high school students were certificated after successfully participating and completing TRIBE’s YEBC (Young Entrepreneurs Boot Camp). The YEBC is a five-week hybrid program consisting of virtual learning and in-person activities, primarily focused on Entrepreneurship and Digital Literacy. These students form part of the pioneering cohort, which was designed with an experiential learning model consisting of masterclasses, on-sites visitations, and social impact project design in addition to entrepreneurship and digital literacy classes. Students visited some leading social enterprises including J-Palm Liberia, The Kreative Zone and the Atlantic Foods Company. During the onsite visits, the participants interacted with the…