Author: Rodney Sieh

Monrovia – If members of the four institutions making up the Collaborating Political Parties were asked to choose who should be at the top of the ticket to challenge the incumbent President George Manneh Weah, it is becoming increasingly likely that many would settle for the political leaders at the helm of the party.

Monrovia – Ambassador John Blaney, regarded as one of the toughest United States Ambassador to Liberia ever to serve in Liberia, remembered as playing a key role in stabilizing the country’s post-war transition, is rattling nerves over a recent Facebook post weighing in on governance lapses in Liberia.

Monrovia – Nearly a year after the flawed justice system in Liberia dropped charges against one of most controversial figures of the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf era, the justice system in the United States of America has nailed Ellen Corkrum for fraud.

Monrovia – Exactly fifty years after Emma Shannon Walser broke the glass ceiling to become the first woman to become a judge in Liberia, and decades after Elizabeth Collins became the first woman elected to the Senate, representing Maryland County, women in Liberia are still struggling for a seat at the table of national politics.

Monrovia – The United States embassy in Monrovia is drawing a line of demarcation from damning comments against the George Weah-led administration by Congressman Chris Smith, a high-ranking member of the US Congress.

Monrovia – The Liberia Civil Aviation Authority, responsible for  regulating Liberia’s aviation sector says all precautionary measures have been put in place to ensure a safe distance from the James Spriggs Payne Airport and the Invincible Park being undertaken by the George Weah-led government.

Monrovia – An investigation by FrontPageAfrica suggest that the construction of an Invincible Park within striking distance of the James Spriggs Payne Airport, which for years served as practice ground for President George Manneh Weah’s former football team, Invincible XI, aiming to include a modern Soccer Pitch, Basketball Court, Tennis Court, and playground for kids, is in clear breach of the guidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Monrovia – Health authorities in Liberia are urging calm amid reports of a suspected case of the deadly Ebola Virus deriving from next-door Guinea. An official from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare confirmed to FrontPageAfrica early Thursday that tests are currently being conducted on a suspected case of the killer virus. That result, the source said should be ready by the end of business day Thursday. The patient, a female, reportedly came from Guinea Wednesday evening and is currently at the Redemption Hospital awaiting lab work. The potential index case patient, reportedly returned from Nzerkoure, one of the…

Washington – US President Joe Biden on Monday named Dr. Raj Panjabi to lead the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Monrovia – Assuming the mantle of authority of Africa’s oldest republic, three years ago today, President George Manneh Weah sent a clear message of his government’s intent to break away from the past and put his stamp of authority on the recurring issues of corruption, bad governance, economic downturn and a rapidly shrinking decline in the rule of law.