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Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:52:33 GMT
Stay or Go? Tough Choice for Ivorian Refugees Living in Liberia for Two Decades
[RFI] Buutuo -- Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d'Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they've lived since 2003. Others, how...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:16 GMT
Several African Athletes Arrive Today
[New Dawn] Scores of athletes from across Africa are expected to arrive in Liberia beginning today, April 14, 2022, for formal opening of the Invisible Sports Park in Monrovia.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:15 GMT
UP Lawmaker Threatens NEC - There Will Be No By-Election in Lofa
[New Dawn] Opposition Unity Party (UP) Representative for Lofa County Electoral District #3 Clarence Massaquoi has warned the National Elections Commission (NEC) that there will be no bye-election conducted in the county if the NEC does not rethink i...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:15 GMT
Liberia - U.S. Records Killings, Corruption and Media Suppression
[New Dawn] The 2021 Human Rights Report on Liberia released by the United States Department of State records significant human rights issues in the country, including arbitrary killings, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by police.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:13 GMT
Investigate Police Officer Accused of Rape-Human Rights Commission Urges Moj
[New Dawn] The Independent National Commission on Human Rights calls on the Ministry of Justice to act on allegations of rape reported by a female junior officer of the Liberia National Police against a senior police officer.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:10 GMT
Dillon Faces Legal Setback
[New Dawn] The opposition senator for Montserrado County Mr. Darius Dillon has suffered a legal setback in a civil case filed against him by his fellow opposition leader, Mr. Musa Hassan Bility, embattled chairman of the opposition Liberty Party (LP)...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:05 GMT
National AIDS Commission Lied On the Media
[New Dawn] A Global Fund Investigative Report debunks claim by the Program Manager for the National Aids Control Program at the Ministry of Health that four payments totaling US$23,285 were made to the Liberian media for radio advertisement, public r...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:02 GMT
Maryland - Fire Guts 5-Bedroom House
[New Dawn] Maryland county -- Just days after the burial of the late Samakolo, a resident of Maryland county, a fire gutted his a five-bedroom house in Pleebo, Electoral District#2, southeast Liberia.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:57:00 GMT
Tolbert Family Calls for Decent Burial
[New Dawn] Family of slain President Dr. William R. Tolbert, Jr, who was assassinated 42 years in a bloody military coup on April 12, 1980 and children of officials of the former True Whig Party-led government have reiterated call here for the late P...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:54 GMT
Liberia Coordinating Mechanism Calls On the Ministry of Health to Take Transparent, Strong Action Following the Global Fund OIG
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Coordinating Mechanism (LCM) acknowledges the investigative report published on April 8th by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Global Fund (TGF) to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. The OIG report h...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:51 GMT
Redundant LIBTELCO Employees Plead With Pres. Weah to Fast Track Severance Payment of Over U.S.$564,000
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former employees of the Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LIBTELCO) are calling on President George Manneh Weah to intervene and ensure the fast-track payment of their benefits of US$564, 906 owed them by the compa...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:48 GMT
APM Terminals Commissions the Newly Refurbished Roro Yard
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- APM Terminals Liberia has commissioned a newly refurbished terminal yard at a brief ceremony with staff and stakeholders of the company. This is part of reforms to improve efficiency and operations at the Free Port of Mo...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:43 GMT
Debunking the Myth That CLSG Is a Silver Bullet to Liberia's Electricity Needs
[FrontPageAfrica] What is a silver bullet? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a silver bullet is "something that acts as a magical weapon, especially: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem." Many would-be pundits of Liberia's el...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:41 GMT
Jeety Extends Inmates Feeding Program to Kakata
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata, Margibi -- Renowned Indian business tycoon Dr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva has extended his regular feeding program for inmates in Liberia to the Kakata Central Prison in Margibi County with a vow to continue to give to humanity vo...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:39 GMT
Ministry of Health Acknowledges Allegation of Abuse and Misuse of Donor Fund
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Health has officially responded to the latest report released by acclaimed international health body Global Fund, partially distancing itself from some of the allegations and instituting measures to addre...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:37 GMT
Court Trashes Sen. Dillon's Petition to Have Slander and Libel Case Dismissed
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Judge Kennedy Peabody of the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice on Wednesday denied Senator Abraham Darius Dillon's motion to quash the legal proceedings against him. According to the judge, his request does not ap...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:35 GMT
Dutch Bank Pulls Out of Probe Into Alleged Deforestation and Land Grab in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Dutch Bank, ING, has backed down from an OECD investigation into a complaint filed by NGOs that accused it of supporting companies that are allegedly clearing forests and grabbing land in Liberia and other parts of the w...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:34 GMT
Grand Gedeh Youths Condemn Call for the Removal of Supt. Kai G. Farley
[FrontPageAfrica] The United Grand Gedeans for Sustainable Peace and Development condemned the recent communication sent to the President of the Republic of Liberia, through the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the press conference called by 'senior ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:17:32 GMT
Diaspora UP Partisans Raise Issues With Chairman Amin Modad and Secretary-General Mo Ali
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Mr. James Rogers, the Unity Party's vice regional chairman of the East Coast USA, has accused the party's National Chairman and Secretary-General Amin Modad and Mo Ali, respectively of constantly disregarding the leaders...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:52:20 GMT
Army Wives Association Gets U.S.$125, 000 Vocational Complex
[New Dawn] The First Lady of Liberia, Madam Clar M. Weah, has made good her promise to the Army Wives Association by dedicating and turning over to the group a Vocational School worth over US$125, 000.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:52:18 GMT
Min. Ziankahn, Maj. Gen. Johnson Inducted Into U.S. Army Prestigious International Hall of Fame
[New Dawn] Liberia's Defense Minister, Maj. Gen. Daniel Ziankahn, (Retired), Class of 2011, and Liberia's Army Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Prince Johnson, Class of 2012, were among four senior Military leaders inducted into the CGSC International Hall ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:52:15 GMT
All Set for the 3rd Edition of Pennoh Bestman Memorial Tournament
[New Dawn] Liberia Black Star will this Saturday, April 16, 2022, hold a four-team tournament in honor of its former president, Mr. Pennoh W. Bestman.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:44:57 GMT
The Rice Saga Is Worrisome
[New Republic] With all sincerity, the government must act now and do it very quickly and put an immediate halt to the back and fro puzzling alarm regarding 'the rice shortage in the country. We saw in recent times the warehouses are stuffed and heav...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:44:00 GMT
U.S. State Department Human Rights Report Emphasizes Corruption in the Judiciary
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United States Department of State has released the 2021 Country Report on Human Rights, which among other things, suggests the lack of independence in the Liberian justice system.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:52:24 GMT
AMA and Afrocet Montgomery Aim At Fostering Innovation and Development Across the Security, Fire & Safety Industry
[New Dawn] African Media Agency (AMA), a leading pan-African PR and communications firm today announced its partnership with Afrocet Montgomery's Securex West Africa taking place from 10 to 12 May 2022, in Lagos, Nigeria. The partnership is aimed at ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:26:58 GMT
PYJ in Uphill Fray
[New Republic] The Senatorial battle for Nimba County in the upcoming 2023 General and Presidential Elections has now emanated with names of "Nimba County political god" children going against their embattled political leader.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:26:56 GMT
Govt Incapable to Combat Drugs?
[New Republic] The newly assigned Commander Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) in Bong County is admonishing citizens of the County to cooperate with the entity in diminishing illicit drug traffickers in the County.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:26:53 GMT
Liberians Reflects On Dark Day of April 12
[New Republic] Many Liberians early Tuesday, April 12, 2022 begin to reflect on the dark day in the history of Liberia (1980) when some lower ranking members of the Armed Forces of Liberia staged the first coup to unseat a constitutionally elected Li...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:26:50 GMT
Pres. Weah Convenes First PADP Meeting
[New Republic] President George M. Weah, Cabinet Ministers and partners of the Liberian Government were lacked up in the first Pro Poor Agenda for Development and Prosperity (PAPD) meeting at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Ministerial Complex in Congo T...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:08:55 GMT
Govt to Aid Rice Importers
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia said it would not allow rice prices to be increased under its watch. The George Weah-led administration, which has its root in the fight against poverty and lifting citizens up, said they would do everything t...



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