May 17

• Liberia: Police Blast Junior Officer Over Rape Story

  Authorities of the Liberia National Police (LNP) have strongly blasted junior officer Rufus Kortee assigned in Saniquillie, Nimba County, for speaking with the media over a... Read more »

• Liberia: Liberia Nets U.S.$117 Million - LEITI Reports

  The head of secretariat of the multi-stakeholders Steering Group (MSG) of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has disclosed that Liberia has generated... Read more »

• Liberia: Bong Attorney Orders Journalists Detained

  Two Liberian journalists, along with their foreign trainer and local driver were ordered arrested and detained for several hours by Bong County Attorney Cornelius Wyenna, who... Read more »

• Liberia: Ghanaian Contingent Relocates to Nimba

  As part of the implementation process of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown plan, the Charlie Company of Ghana Battalion 17 formally located in Greenville,... Read more »

• Liberia: Court Halts Extradition Proceedings

  The Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has halted the extradition proceedings of eight Ivoirians and summoned City Court Magistrate Nelson B. Chinneh to show... Read more »

• Africa: WAJA Writes Ellen

  The West African Journalist Association or WAJA has written President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, expressing concern over the reported row between the Press Union of Liberia and the... Read more »

• Liberia: "My Party Was Hijacked" - PYJ

  The founder and former standard bearer of the National Union for Democratic progress (NUDP) Senator Prince Y. Johnson has disclosed here that power greed individuals with the... Read more »

May 16

• Liberia: Ex-Rebel On Trial for Terroristic Threats

  The Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has begun a jury trial for a man said to be an ex-fighter Habasi Donzo and three others for allegedly threatening to... Read more »

• Liberia: CDC Finds New Allies

  The Congress for Democratic Change or CDC through its National Vice Chairman for Operations, Mr. Mulbah K. Morlu has attended an All African political parties' conference in... Read more »

• Liberia: Sanitation Bill Missing At Capitol

  Montserrado County Electoral District #17 Representative William Darkel, has disclosed that the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) bill before the House has gone missing. Read more »

• Liberia: In Nimba - ERU Officers Gang Rape Woman

  Three officers of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the Liberia National Police have reportedly ganged raped a 23-year-old woman in Yekepa, Nimba County. Read more »

• Liberia: Liberia Pledges U.S.$100,000 to Mali Recovery

  The Liberian Government announced on Wednesday that it has pledged a contribution of US$100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to recovery efforts in the West... Read more »

May 15

• Liberia: Bong County Politics and Impact [opinion]

  Bong County Politics and Impact on the County's Unity and Progress: Generally, politics (borrowing from the Greeks) actually means 'of, for or relating to people/citizens). Read more »

• Liberia: Maritime Finally Runs to Supreme Court

  The Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA) has appealed before the Supreme Court of Liberia, sitting in its October Term, after Civil Law Court Judge Boima Kontoe confirmed jurors'... Read more »

• Liberia: Taylor's Man Appeal Denied!

  An appeal filed by a former defense investigator in the trial of ex-president Charles Taylor against his conviction has been denied due to late filing, Judges at the UN backed... Read more »

• Liberia: Ngafuan Lights AU 50th Anniversary Torch

  As part of activities marking the 50th anniversary celebration of the Organization of African Unity around the continent, Foreign Minister Augustine Ngafuan on Monday officiated... Read more »

• Liberia: China Lauds Government of Liberia

  The government of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has hailed the Government of Liberia for the good relationship subsisting between the two countries. A six-man official Chinese... Read more »

• Liberia: U.S.$200 Million On Rice Importation

  The former Chairman of the National Investment Commission, Dr. Richard Tolbert has disclosed that Liberia as a country spends over US$200 million on the nation's stable food, rice... Read more »

• Liberia: Five Ivoirians Arrested

  The Ministry of Agriculture is reported to have arrested five Ivoirian crewmen, impounding their fishing canoes after they violated Liberia's fishery laws in its territorial... Read more »

• Liberia: Teah Dennis 'Missing in Action'

  Liberia's central defender, Teah Dennis, has reportedly gone missing while attending his trial out with DC United in Washington D.C, the United States of America. The Barrack Young... Read more »

• Liberia: Health Practitioners Recommit to Public Service

  Over 50 nurses and midwives from the 15 political sub-divisions of Liberia as well as administrators from health-related higher institutions of learning have agreed to enhance... Read more »

• Liberia: Ellen Reflects On Tolbert's Legacies

  At Monday's (May 13, 2013) memorial service marking the 100th birth anniversary of Liberia's 19th President Dr. William R. Tolbert, Jr. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf recounted... Read more »

• Liberia: Stop Tempering With Court Records - Judge Warns

  A stern warning has descended on court staff in Liberia, with an urge to stop tempering with court minutes and records for their personal aggrandizement, as well as joking and... Read more »

May 14

• Liberia: Submissions to Constitutional Review Commission

  The most important basis, in legal, political and logical terms, for Repeal of Article 27(b) of the Liberian Constitution for the granting of Liberian citizenship to non-Negro... Read more »

May 13

• Liberia: National Unification-Promoting Unity & Equal Distribution of Resource Wealth [column]

  Tuesday, May 12, 2013 is National Unification Day in Liberia. Every year in Liberia, May 14 is set aside by a Presidential Proclamation as National Unification Day- a public... Read more »