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Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:57 GMT
Joint Statement By the International Community On July 26 Political Violence
[FrontPageAfrica] The International Community in Liberia, having learnt with concern of the serious violence committed in Monrovia on 26 July, condemns without reservation, such acts which occurred on the 175th anniversary of Independence.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:54 GMT
LNP Arrests Seven Persons in Connection to July 26 Violence
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Seven persons have been arrested by the Liberia National Police in connection to the street violence of July 26, 2022. Those arrested are: Kendrick S. Pelenah, 30, Joshua S. Karr, 28, Pukar Roberts, 36, Ben B. Togba h, 2...

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:52 GMT
UP Members Resist Arrest of Senior Officials, Closure of Headquarters
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Scores of partisans of the Unity Party have heavily resisted court officers backed by police from entering the party's headquarters to effect the arrest of some senior officials of the party.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:27:18 GMT
Institut Pasteur De Dakar, ARC, West African Health Organization, and Africatalyst Form an Alliance to Strengthen Epidemic Preparedness and Response
[New Dawn] DAKAR, Senegal, 2 August 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) has entered into a partnership with the African Risk Capacity (ARC), AfriCatalyst and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) to strengthen...

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:11:14 GMT
2022 On Track to Be a Bad Year for Child Victims of Rape
[FrontPageAfrica] Martu Yardolo had just turned 17 when she says she was given a drug hidden in a drink and gang raped by three men. It was the night of her birthday. Yardolo was looking forward to celebrating with her friends. Instead but it ended i...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:14 GMT
UK Boosts Conservation Efforts
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's most endangered and threatened species are set to be better protected thanks to new funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade announced by the British Embassy in Monrovia.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:13 GMT
Rep. Yekeh Koluba Threatens to Train Men to Counter Attacks On Opposition Political Figures
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia, Montserrado County district # 10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah has vowed to ensure the training of hundreds of supporters of the opposition community in pre...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:10 GMT
AIIST Graduates LLA Staff in Office Productivity and Management
[FrontPageAfrica] The Africa International Institute of Science and Technology (AIIST) has graduated 178 young people in computer science with twelfth of the graduates coming from the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) through a World Bank sponsorship.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:07 GMT
LRA Intercepts, Returns Smuggled Cigarettes to Sierra Leonean Customs
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Anti-Smuggling Unit (ASIU) of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has intercepted and turned over 138 cartons of cigarettes to Sierra Leonean customs collectors at Jenema Customs collectorate in Freetown.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:05 GMT
Pres. Weah Distances Himself From CDC-Cop, Urges the Police to Arrest Leaders of July 26 Violence
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President George Weah has finally called for the arrest of the perpetrators of the July 26 violence that saw a student leader stripped naked and humiliated.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:07:03 GMT
EPA Trains Customs Officers, Others On Ozone Depleting Substances' Detection
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) through its National Ozone Unit over the weekend conducted a one-day training for 15 customs and law enforcement officers at Bo Waterside Border in Grand Cape Mount Co...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:59 GMT
'Fraudster' Indian 'Pastor' Denied Entry Into Liberia And Declared "Nat'l Security Threats"
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Manoj Kumar alias Manoj Kumar Vatwani, who has allegedly been parading himself as the "pastor" of the Geeta Ashram (Indian Hindu Temple), has once again been exposed for telling people that he is the general manager, pri...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:57 GMT
New Unity Party Chairman Admits the Party Cannot Unseat Weah All By Itself
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Rev. J. Luther Tarpeh, the chairman of the Unity Party has told FrontPageAfrica his plans are for the next hundred days in office is reconciliation, restructuring of county structure and a robust recruitment process.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:53 GMT
Omega Insurance Liberia Insures APM Terminals Liberia Workers
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Leading Insurance services provider, Omega Insurance Company, a Liberian company, has signed on APM Terminals Liberia onto its medical and life insurance policies. This follows months of negotiations between the two comp...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:51 GMT
Clergyman Amos Sayjleh Outlines Obstacles Hindering Growth and Development in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A Liberian clergyman has observed that the growing wave of corruption and bad governance remain primary factors strangulating genuine and sustainable developments in post-conflict Liberia and imposing hardship on its cit...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:48 GMT
Man Commits Suicide At JFK Hospital - Family Member Attributes Action to Abandonment, Hospital Launches Investigation
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The John F. Kennedy Medical Center has confirmed a suicide incident involving a patient that was admitted to the hospital but was on the verge of being discharged.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:06:44 GMT
Unity Party Insider Reveals How Boakai's Insecurity Led to Modad, Ali's Defeat At Convention
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The 2017 general and presidential elections left the Unity Party devasted. The ruling party at the time went to that election without the support of its standard bearer emeritus, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. A lot of thi...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:33:29 GMT
Solway Unhappy With Govt
[New Republic] Officials at Solway mining Liberia are said to be unhappy with the Liberian government for delays in issuing a certificate of incentives agreement which will later prepare them to go for the Mineral Development Agreement.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:54:40 GMT
Applied Scholastics Liberia Teams With Cuttington University for Effective, Competency-Based Learning
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- While other broad social crises such as COVID may garner immediate attention, the endemic deterioration of educational standards and widespread illiteracy are the long-term, enduring perils to life in the region.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:40:39 GMT
Act of Dreadful Lawlessness
[New Republic] The Ministry of Justice says it did not receive a request from any group to march in the streets of Monrovia on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 whether in protest for or against the Liberian Government.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:33:36 GMT
President Weah Condemns July 26 Violence
[New Republic] SPECIAL STATEMENT BY

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:45:12 GMT
Christopher's Pains Cry for Justice
[New Dawn] Editorial: The wounds and pains of Student Christopher Walter Sisulu Sivili of the University of Liberia along with his colleagues who were brutally attacked by pro-government supporters on Independence Day (July 26, 2022) before the Embas...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:45:10 GMT
The Fragility of the Liberian State Under George Weah
[New Dawn] On July 26, 2022 (Independence Day), members of the University of Liberia campus-based political party known as the Student Unification Party (SUP) were attacked by a group calling itself Coalition for Democratic Change Council of Patriots...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:45:08 GMT
Miss Liberia Joins Jeety On Food Distribution
[New Dawn] Newly crowned Miss Liberia, Veralyn Vonleh, on Friday, 29 July 2022 joined renowned Indian businessman and philanthropist Mr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva (Mr. Jeety) to distribute hot-cooked meals to kids and disadvantaged youth in Vai Town, Bush...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:45:02 GMT
CDC Regime Responsible for Students' Blood
[New Dawn] Liberian presidential hopeful and human rights lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe's support base says it holds the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) regime responsible for the brutality meted against students of the University of Liberia...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:44:59 GMT
On 2nd Thought - Is CDC Sending the Wrong Message Ahead of 2023?
[New Dawn] The attack on protesting University students by an auxiliary group of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), on July 26, 2022, sends a wrong message to all well-meaning Liberians and foreign residents ahead of the 2023 general a...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:44:58 GMT
Lonestar Cell MTN Momo Waysay-Wasa Gives Out Kehkeh, Other Prizes
[New Dawn] The commercial hub of Duala on Bushrod Island was a scene of attraction and happiness over the weekend as Liberia's giant GSM company gave out several prizes to subscribers, including a tricycle or kehkeh, to a lucky winner.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:44:58 GMT
Kemeyah Welcomes Liberia Pilgrims Hajj 2022 Representatives
[New Dawn] Liberia's Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemeyah Sr. on Friday welcome one hundred and twenty-four Liberia Pilgrims from the Holy Land of Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2022. Representing Liberian Leader George Manneh Weah, the foreign...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:44:56 GMT
Government Must Ensure Safe Space
[New Dawn] The Chairperson of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) Cllr. Dampster Brown has reminded government of its obligation to ensure a safe space where people can exercise their rights to free speech and expression.

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:44:54 GMT
Women Lead Cummings 2023 Bid
[New Dawn] More women groups continue to sign up for the 2023 Presidential bid of former Coca-Cola Executive Alexander Cummings.



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