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Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:32 GMT
Alleged Victims Tells Swiss Court Kosiah Ordered Killings, Looting
[FrontPageAfrica] Bellinzona -- A former fighter for the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) told the Swiss Criminal Court Tuesday that Alieu Kosiah ordered the killing of people and forced civilians to transport looted goods ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:15 GMT
War Crimes Trial Finally Comes to Liberia. Will It Be the Last?
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Finally, this month a trial over war crimes will start on Liberian soil. It's been 18 years since the end of the Liberian civil war and nine years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended the country hol...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:05 GMT
Freetown City Mayor Promises to Partner With Monrovia City Mayor in Fostering Development in the Two
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The City Mayor of Freetown, the Capital of Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has promised to join hands with the Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee to foster plans to develop both the City of Freetown and the City of M...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:01 GMT
'Liberty Party Sold for Pickups' - Simeon Freeman
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The legacy of the late Charles Walker Brumskine who was the political godfather and founder of the opposition Liberty Party seems to be in the mud immediately after the party's recent convention that saw the surfacing of...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:58 GMT
Daily Observer, Liberia's First Independent Daily Celebrates 40th Anniversary - Dedicates Digital Newspaper Archive
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Publisher of Liberia's first independent newspaper, Mr. Kenneth Y. Best, has recounted the "costly pains and challenges" him and several of his staffs suffered and encountered for establishing a news organ and report...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:54 GMT
Nine Liberians Merit Managerial Posts At Golden Veroleum Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Management of Golden Veroleum Liberia Inc. (GVL) has promoted nine Liberian staff to managerial levels based on work performance, diligence and commitment in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties as part of the company's on-g...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:53 GMT
Weah Rescues Challenged Theological Students in Gbarnga
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President George Manneh Weah has presented US$20,000 (to students of the United Methodist University School of Theological in Gbanga, Bong County.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:48 GMT
Independent Complaints Panel Finds Golden Veroleum Liable of Destroying Liberia's Forests
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Amsterdam, Washington D.C. - The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry sustainability body, has confirmed longstanding allegations that Golden Veroleum Liberia, the Liberian investee of palm oil giant...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:44 GMT
Health Authorities Heightened Surveillance Following Confirmed Cases of EVD in Guinea
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Following the confirmation of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in seven patients and three deaths in Guinea, the Government of Liberia has heightened surveillance in the country, with specific attention placed on counties borde...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:40 GMT
Zoe Pennue Gets Green Light to Senate - to Be Certificated On Wednesday
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- After a long legal battle between Mr. Thomas Yaya Nimely and Mr. Zoe Pennue, the National Elections Commission (NEC) says it will go ahead on Wednesday to certificate Senator-elect of Grand Gedeh County Zoe Emmanuel as w...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:38 GMT
MMG Gold Risks Termination of Contracts With Govt for Failure to Live Up to Concession Agreement
[FrontPageAfrica] Bong -- President George Manneh Weah has warned concession companies operating in the country to live up to their social development mandate or risk replacement.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:36 GMT
Liberia Medical Health Products Regulatory Authority Awards U.S.$1.5 Million Contract to Company Linked to Ruling Party Senator Saah Joseph
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A FrontPageAfrica investigation has uncovered that the Liberia Medical Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has awarded contract for the Construction of its Laboratory in Careysburg, Montserrado County to a compa...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:29 GMT
Rep. Seboe Spends L$5.1 Million On Scholarship in New Kru Town
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Montserrado County Electoral District #16 Representative Dixon Wlawlee Seboe spent L$5.1 million on scholarship in the Borough of New Kru Town (which runs Bong Mines Bridge to St. Paul Bridge) for academic year 2019/2020...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:30 GMT
Edith Gongloe-Weh Wants Recount, Re-Run of Nimba County Senatorial Election
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Lawyers representing the legal interest of the Collaborating Political Parties or CPP's senatorial candidate, Edith Gongloe-Weh, are calling for recount of ballots for Electoral Districts #7, 4 and 5, and rerun election ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:28 GMT
Internal Wrangling, Allegations of Corruption Mar Liberia's Premier Anti-Graft Institution
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's Premier anti-graft institution, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) continues to sink into a sea of one controversy after another since the appointment of its embattled outgoing Executive Chairperson,...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:21 GMT
First Witness in Kosiah Trial Says Ex-Rebel General Killed Brother, Six Others
[FrontPageAfrica] Bellinzona -- The first victim in the war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah testified on Monday, as the court resumed after an 8-week break, telling the court harrowing details of the day, he said, the former rebel commander ordered the ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:11 GMT
'I Want to Die and Be Cremated in Liberia' - Former Indian Honorary Consul-General to Liberia "Jetty"
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Barely few days after being recalled from diplomatic service, the former Indian Honorary Consul General to Liberia, Mr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva, has vowed to continue to live and work in Liberia to help combat against hunge...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:51:03 GMT
Open Letter to the Supreme Court of Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] I will first thank the Chief Justice Korpor that he has recently underscored the rights of the citizens of Liberia to the expression of their views in cases heard at the Supreme Court, as he puts it void of politics.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:55:29 GMT
Citizens of Ziah Region in Diaspora Appeal to President Weah to Build Farm-to-Market Road Linking Tappita
[FrontPageAfrica] Tappita -- Amid President George Manneh Weah's much anticipated maiden tour of the counties, a group of diaspora citizens hailing from the Ziah region in Nimba County are calling on him to build the feeder road linking their communi...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:55:21 GMT
Sen. Dan Morais Accuses Chief Justice Korkpor of Bending Justice
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Maryland County Senator, Dan Morais (NPP), who 'lost' his seat to James Biney (NPP) believes the Supreme Court of Liberia deliberately tampered with justice prior to the Special Senatorial Election, through the manner an...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:55:13 GMT
Lofa Citizens Vow to Raise and Restitute U.S.$1.4m On Behalf of Senator-Elect Brownie Samukai and Others After Supreme Court Ruling
[FrontPageAfrica] Voinjama -- Following the Supreme Court's ruling last week against Senator-elect Brownie Samukai, residents of Lofa County have denounced the move as the "single greatest witch hunt of a politician" under the presidency of George Ma...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:29:08 GMT
First for International Justice - Finnish Court Moves War Crimes Trial to Liberia
[RFI] Monrovia -- A Finnish court has started trying a Sierra Leonean accused of war crimes allegedly committed in Liberia between 2001 and 2002. In a first-of-its kind move, the court will temporarily relocate to Liberia for part of the trial.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:36:16 GMT
New UNAIDS Country Director Pledges Continued Support to Liberia's HIV Response
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The new UNAIDS Country Director to Liberia Madam Pepukai Chikukwa has said it's quite commendable that Liberia is recognized as one of the countries that have accelerated their HIV response especially for testing, disclo...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:36:10 GMT
Cllr. Nwabudike's Last-Minute Appointments and Promotions Creates Feud At the LACC
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Cllr. A. Ndubuisi Nwabudike is poised to leave the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission in 11 days, but FrontPageAfrica investigation has found that he is not leaving in peace - his last-minute decisions have been stirring...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:36:03 GMT
Liberia Does Not Have an Army - Liberia Has a Brigade and Here's Why
[FrontPageAfrica] The Liberian people deserve to know the truth ahead of Armed Forces Day on February 11. Liberians remain very vulnerable to heightened insecurity including external aggression. Do not tell me that I hate my country. Bring your facts...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:35:59 GMT
Liberia Basketball Association Ends Coaching Workshop
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Basketball Association (LBA) has ended a two-day coaching Clinic for Coaches of the first, second and female divisions of the National Basketball League.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:35:50 GMT
Montgomery Gets CAF Assignment in Nigeria
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia Football Association secretary-general Isaac Montgomery has been selected to serve as match commissioner for a 2020/2021 CAF Confederation Cup second leg tie between Nigeria's Rivers United and Enyimba FC at the ...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:35:44 GMT
No Project for Pres. Weah to Turn Over in Bong County On First County Tour Despite U.S.$1.8 Million Development Fund
[FrontPageAfrica] Kokoyah District -- Not a single project will be dedicated during president George Mannah Weah's three-day tour of Bong county despite his government dishing out a whopping US$ 1.8 million in Social Development Funds to fund project...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:35:28 GMT
Police Inspector Busted for Allegedly Buying Stolen AG Yahama Motorbike
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta -- Police in Ganta, Nimba county have arrested and charged Nimba county Inspector for buying an AG Yamaha motorbike stolen from a social worker in the county.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:35:16 GMT
Liberia Crusaders for Peace and Partners Begin Nationwide Immunization Dialogue
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Liberia Crusaders for Peace has launched a nationwide community engagement and dialogue on immunization initiative.



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