Selma Lomax
Selma Lomax, our sub-editor, is an experienced journalist with a strong affinity for evidence-based and well-researched writing, a passion for investigation, fact-checking and bringing a spotlight on marginalized people in society.
News
Liberia: UMC Bishop Declares Africa “New Epicenter Of Faith” At Thanksgiving Service In Monrovia
Monrovia, August 30, 2026 – The preacher at the Thanksgiving Service in Monrovia ahead of 2026 Africa College of Bishops Meeting has called on...
Health
Jackson F. Doe Hospital Expansion Signals Liberia’s Push to Decentralize Specialized Healthcare
TAPPITA, Nimba County — The Government of Liberia is advancing plans to expand specialized healthcare services outside Monrovia with a major upgrade of the...
News
Liberia: Cummings Demands Speedy, Fair Trial for Howard-Taylor, Accuses Government of ‘Selective Justice’
Monrovia - Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress, Alexander Benedict Cummings, has called on the Government of Liberia to ensure a speedy and...
County News
Liberia: Nimba Elders Back Boakai’s Drug Fight, Warn Illicit Drugs Threaten Liberia’s Future
Monrovia — The Nimba Council of Elders has thrown its support behind the government’s ongoing crackdown on illicit drugs, commending President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and...
News
Liberia: What a Secretly Recorded ‘Gift’ Call – and the Koffa Precedent – Mean for the Case against Jewel Howard Taylor
Liberian law is openly hostile to secret recordings. A Monrovia courtroom let one in anyway earlier this year, in the Capitol arson case against...
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African Civil Society Leaders Say the Global Aid System Is Broken; 200 Gather in Accra This Week to Create a New Africa-Led Model
Summary:
200 civil society leaders, funders, policymakers and others from almost 30 countries will gather in Ghana this week to design a new African-led approach...
News
800,000 Liberians Likely Have Kidney Disease. Most Won’t Survive It
Summary:
At least 800,00 Liberians have kidney disease according to experts. Doctors say most kidney failure in this country is preventable and can be detected...
Editorial
Follow The Law on The Books, Then Ask What the Tape Actually Proves
Liberia's Constitution and Penal Code already say what should happen to a secretly recorded conversation. A precedent set in one courtroom this year should...
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