Author: Rodney Sieh

Monrovia – After featuring in dozens of Nollywood films, actor, producer and director Artus Frank, continues his vision of producing quality films in his homeland, Liberia, with the release this week, of Breaking the Bush, tackling the controversy surrounding the Sande society bush.

Monrovia – The decision by the Millennium Challenge Account in January 2021, announcing that it was folding its Compact with the Government of Liberia, came as a major blow to the administration of President George Manneh Weah. Liberia ended its first compact in 2021 which was a grant of US$257 million that contributed to the rehabilitation of the Mount Coffee Hydroelectric dam. MCC Compact is highly rated by countries for its focus on relaxing constraints to private sector growth.

Monrovia – The death in 2019 of Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine, the late political leader of the opposition Liberty Party left a massive void in one of the major political parties in Liberia. Since Cllr Brumskine’s death, the party has been in disarray, with opposition rivals scrambling to win the party’s support and alliance in hopes of gaining an edge in next October Presidential elections.

Monrovia – In October 2020, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council commenced a data audit process to check the transparency and reliability of the automated voting system used in the legislative elections that year. The aim of the audit was to guarantee compliance with regulations aimed at ensuring the right to vote. Although there have been some concerns that the Venezuelans have been flirting with a Chinese model that uses smart cards to track social, political and economic behavior, using vast databases to store information gathered with the card’s use, the audit in Venezuela sought to certify the voters’ fingerprint database of…

London – Last week the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turned 100 years old, marking a century milestone that not only changed the face of global radio broadcasting but also marked a turning point in the lives of many communities around the world.

Monrovia – Long before the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Security Agency received a tip-off from the US Embassy in Monrovia regarding a reported US$100 million worth of cocaine placed in a container bound for Monrovia, a FrontPageAfrica investigation has gathered that Oliver Zayzay, a Liberian national had booked three rooms at the Royal Grand Hotel for what is now believed to be the three of the ringleaders behind the shipment.

At about 1:00 PM, LDEA stormed the SONIT Liberia Inc. compound and seized from there a huge quantity of raw cocaine concealed among frozen goods owned by SONIT Inc. Monrovia – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Security Agency have arrested a 31-year-old Guinean Bissau national named Malam Conte. The arrest was made in plain view following well-verified intelligence from the U.S. government.

Pres. Weah, his wife, Madam Clar Marie Weah and other members of the Liberian delegation were escorted by the U.S. Secret Service upon arrival in the United States for the UN General Assembly Washington – The George Weah-led government has taken serious exception to a report by blogger Michael Rubin in his 1945 blog post suggesting that the President and his delegation attending the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York were subjected to detention at the John F. Kennedy Airport for several hours while immigration and customs enforcement officials treated them as ordinary travelers rather than VIPs in…

On Monday, the US Ambassador to Liberia, Mr. Michael McCarthy, speaking to a select group of media manager and editors at the US embassy Monday, expressed the hope that President Weah would do the right thing in the aftermath of the sanctions. Monrovia – Less than 24 hours after the United States Treasury Department slapped sanctions on three senior members of the George Weah-led government, the Liberian President has suspended his most trusted ally and Minister of State Nathaniel McGill, Bill Twehway, head of the National Port Authority and Solicitor General Sayma Syrenius Cehpus. In a statement dispatched to FrontPageAfrica…

MONROVIA – Michael McCarthy rarely minces his words on issues of governance, the rule of law and corruption. The tough talking US Ambassador to Liberia raised eyebrows recently when photographs of him playing basketball with Liberian President George Manneh Weah and senior government officials made the trends on social media.