Liberia: Reassuring the Liberian People

editorial

ACTIVITIES MARKING THE 22nd anniversary celebration of the independent INQUIRER Newspaper ended last weekend with a family day at a local beach outside Monrovia last Friday. Unlike previous celebrations, this year's activities began with a visit to ailing Emeritus Archbishop Michael K. Francis, followed by a divine worship service at the Saint Kizito Catholic Church in Paynesville.

THE INSTITUTION, WHICH now remains the oldest and only surviving post-war independent newspaper in the country, was founded on January 15, 1991 by a group of young Liberian journalists headed by the late T-Max Teah as Chairman of the Board and Gabriel Williams as the first Managing Editor. The founding of the paper was at a time of serious communication gap as a result of the civil conflict. Since then, it continues to serve the nation and its people despite the intermittent state of instability over the years.

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