New Democrat (Monrovia)
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June 28
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Liberia: RIA a Deathtrap
The runway of the Roberts International Airport (RIA), inundated with potholes and other life-threatening cracks, is in danger of being turned into a death trap for incoming and... Read more »
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Liberia: Taylor's Arms Supplier Arrested?
The Center for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL), has, again called for the trial of Ibrahim Bah, who the United Nations has classified as "very instrumental" and "a trusted... Read more »
June 27
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Liberia: Nine Jurors Thrown Out - in 19 Indicted Mercenaries Trial
The trial involving 19 Liberians implicated in the Ivory Coast civil war has opened at Criminal Court 'D' with nine out of 27 jurors being booted out while one was sentenced to... Read more »
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Liberia: 60,000 Ivoirian Refugees Settle in Liberia
Though Côte d'Ivoire has officially been at peace for over two years, many of the nearly 60,000 refugees who remain in Liberia are settling in for the long haul, citing... Read more »
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Liberia: Jonathan, Ellen Want Job Creation
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President Goodluck Jonathan and Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar have advocated for job creation in their respective countries and... Read more »
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Liberia: Ex-Boy Soldiers Rob Cemetery
Peter Toe used to carry an assault rifle in one of convicted warlord Charles Taylor's "small boy units" during Liberia's civil war. Now he sleeps at a graveyard robbing the dead... Read more »
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Liberia: UL Must Repair Image After Entrance Exams Fiasco
Uncontrolled explosion in student enrollment with consequent rapid expansion in academic and other services as well as budgetary constraints appeared to be engulfing the University... Read more »
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Liberia: Eviction Affects 200 Victims
Over 200 residents of Bassa Community on Capitol Bypass were Wednesday seen in a tearful mood after a bulldozer, under the watch of armed police officers, moved in to demolish... Read more »
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Liberia: President Cautions Lawyers
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Tuesday launched the International Law Group or LLC warning private law firms against compromising national interest. Read more »
June 26
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Liberia: 100 Science Teachers Trained
The Ministry of Education Tuesday began ten-day classroom management training for over 100 science teachers who came from ten counties across Liberia. Read more »
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Liberia: Postal Affairs Minister Fumbles - Unable to Account for U.S.$160,000
Post and Telecommunication Affairs Minister, Dr. Fredrich Nokel Tuesday fumbled yesterday when members of the House Ways, Means and Finance committee quizzed him to account for... Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia No More Fearful - President Sirleaf
As she wooed investors and international partners here, President Ellen Johnson has assured that Liberia was no more a country of fear, but one that is determined to be freed from... Read more »
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Liberia: Police Seek More Female Recruits
Authorities of the Liberian National Police have begun intensive recruitment of women into the force according to partial objectives of government's Poverty Reduction Strategy,... Read more »
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Liberia: Taylor's Man Dies in Mali
The body of the late Kukoi Samba Sanyang, the mastermind of the attempted coup d'état against President David D. Jawara of Gambia in 1981, was early Saturday morning... Read more »
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Liberia: Austria Company Meets Potential Iron Grade
Tawana Resources Testwork has completed metallurgical testwork confirming that iron ore from the Gofolo and Koehnko Prospects in Liberia can be processed using simple gravity to... Read more »
June 25
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Liberia: Liberian Trapped in Europe
A young Liberian refugee arrives in Italy, where he is left to fend for himself and winds up homeless in a filthy slum. When he flees to Germany, the government there invokes EU... Read more »
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Liberia: Dismissal Fears At Labour
The Ministry of Labor has been rocked by dismissal fears targeting employees taken there by the former minister Varbah Gayflor but Deputy Minister for Administration Mr. J. Cole... Read more »
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West Africa: Liberia, Others to Meet MDGs
Six West African countries are projected to record a minimum seven per cent growth rate in 2013, sufficient to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) particularly the goal on... Read more »
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Liberia: Employees' Protection Assured in Finance & Planning Merger
Employees who have been gripped with fears that the planned merger of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs could cost them their jobs have been... Read more »
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Liberia: Tipoteh Vows for the Poor
After five months of intensive medical treatment in the United States, former presidential candidate Dr Togba-Nah Tipoteh says he has returned home looking highly energetic to... Read more »
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Liberia: New Agriculture Project for Six Counties
The Liberian Government, World Bank and development partners today launched the US$23.1m Small-holder Tree Crop Revitalization Support Project (STCRSP). This project will increase... Read more »
June 24
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Liberia: 23 Acquire Entrepreneur
About 23 Liberian students from Montserrado, Bong, Lofa, Nimba and Bomi counties have acquired entrepreneur skills after a weeklong intensive training at the Risk Mission in... Read more »
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Liberia: Indian Thermal Project Safe
A major Indian infrastructure has asserted that its proposed Greenfield thermal project in Liberia to address the country's crippling power shortage is perfectly safe, countering... Read more »
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Liberia: Nobel Peace Laureates Must Keep Peace & Reconciliation On Front Burner
When two prominent Liberian women and a Yemeni woman journalist shared the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 2011, Liberia was filled with euphoria and excitement for this rare and... Read more »
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Liberia: World Bank Targets 18 Projects
The World Bank has approved USD613.8 million for 18 projects in Liberia including roads, the hydro, urban and rural infrastructure development, the Bank's Task Team Leader for the... Read more »
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