March 29, 2023
Liberia: Ex-Ulimo Fighter Tells Finnish Appeals Court He Refused Bribe From Human Rights Advocate
As with the trial before a Finnish district court, acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean accused of grave human rights violations in Liberia, bribery… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Liberia: CDC Secretary General Condemns Discrimination Against Muslims By NEC Workers - Wants Extension of Biometric Voter Registration
Jefferson T. Koijee, the Secretary General of the Coalition for Democratic Change and Mayor of the city of Monrovia, has frowned upon staff of the National Election Commission… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Liberia: U..S. Department's 2022 Human Rights Report On Liberia Captures Report of 'Extrajudicial Killings, Cruel... Punishments By Government'
The U.S. State Department in its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices says there were several reports that the government of Liberia or its agents committed arbitrary or… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Liberia: Easy Solar Calls for Gender-Equity in All Areas of Prominence in Recognition of This Year International Women's Day
Easy Solar Liberia Limited a solar company with high-quality energy products, over the weekend hosted its second Women's Day program in commemoration of International Women's Day… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Liberia: 'Banning FGM Only in Montserrado is a Complete Mockery' - Rev. Noah Tour
Eleven-year-old Tracy, the female genital mutilation (FGM) victim who was kidnapped and forcibly circumcised last September, may never be able to live in Kakata Margibi where she… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Liberia: Travelling Bus Fights Digital Illiteracy in Liberia
In Nimba County, a yellow bus is travelling from school to school to teach students how to use computers. Read more »
February 09, 2023
Liberia: Prosecution Appeal Witnesses Accuse Massaquoi of Mass Killings but Give Inconsistent Dates
The first witness took the stand on Wednesday in the Liberia hearings of the appeal of former Revolutionary United Front commander Gibril Massaquoi's 2022 acquittal on charges of… Read more »
January 19, 2023
West Africa: Former Special Representative of ECOWAS President to Liberia Wants War Crimes and Human Rights Violations Actively Addressed
The former Special Representative of ECOWAS President, to Liberia and HD Facilitator to Liberia, Ambassador Babatunde O. Ajisomo, has expressed as a pressing need for actors in the… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Liberia: The Struggle for Justice Continues
MANY PEOPLE would be surprised that the Nimba County 3, Lofa County 2 final result from the County Football Championship provides lessons for moving Liberia from Mess to Best,… Read more »
Liberia: Vice President Taylor Alarmed Over Condition of Prisoners At Monrovia Central Prison
Jewel Howard Taylor has expressed serious concern over the deplorable and over crowdedness of the Monrovia Central Prison in Monrovia. Read more »
Liberia: Kosiah Denies War Crimes - Repeats Unproven Claims of Witness Bribery
The second last day of witness testimony in the appeal hearing of Alieu Kosiah, the Liberian former rebel commander who was convicted of war crimes in Switzerland's first war… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Liberia: Vulnerable Population Demands Safe Electoral Space
The New African Research Development Agency (NARDA) ended a two-day intensive National Youth and Women open space technology conference in Monrovia. Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Human Rights Day Celebration in Honor of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Monday, January 16, 2023, marks 17 years since H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as the first woman to be elected as president of an African country. In recognition of this… Read more »
January 14, 2023
Liberia: Former Child Soldier Asks UN to Hear Asylum Claim During Kosiah War Crimes Trial
In a dramatic replay of his controversial appearance in convicted Liberia war criminal Alieu Kosiah's 2021 trial, a former child soldier called on to testify on behalf of Kosiah,… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Liberia: Inmates At Sanniquelli Central Prison Bemoan Treatment
After spending a day with inmates at the Sanniquelli Central Prison in Nimba County, FrontPageAfrica's Selma Lomax brings an account of what is like to be serving life sentences… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: Journalist Imprisonments Reach 30-Year High
Dramatic rise in arrests makes Iran world's worst jailer of journalists in 2022 Read more »
December 16, 2022
Liberia: Singling Out Bility
Schaack also commends the work of the Liberian human rights organization, the Global Justice and Research Project (GJRP), which has worked with its Swiss partner, Civitas Maxima… Read more »
Liberia: LPRC Deputy Managing Director Makes Employee Kneel Down for Over an Hour As Punishment
The Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Nora T. Wreh has been accused of allegedly carrying out extra-judicial punishments by… Read more »
Liberia: Human Rights Activist Urges U.S. to Push for the Establishment of a War Crimes Court
When Adama Demptser, the Secretary-General of the Civil Society Human Rights Platform of Liberia received the invitation to speak at the African Human Right Leaders Summit in… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Liberia: Death Toll Reportedly Rising At South Beach Over Illnesses but Asst. Min. for Corrections Denies Report
Widespread illness at the Monrovia Central Prison is reportedly leading to a rising death toll among inmates at the facility. Read more »
December 12, 2022
Africa: In a Whatsapp Group Trafficked Women in Oman Plead for Help - Suspect Flees
In Part Two of This Three part investigation Front Page Africa and New Narratives look at efforts to repatriate women trafficked to Oman and efforts to bring traffickers to… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: Renowned Rights Advocate to Intensify Calls for War Crimes Court At U.S. Africa Leaders' Summit
The Secretary-General of the Civil Society Human Rights Platform of Liberia, Adama Dempster, will on Monday join a host of top human rights defenders at the African Human Right… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Liberia: Former President Johnson Sirleaf Wants More Opportunity for Women in Leadership
Former Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has said the world would be a safe place if women were in positions of leadership. Her comment was based on what she described as the… Read more »
Liberia: EU Celebrates the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in Southeast
Every year the European Union Delegation to Liberia commemorates 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with the government and people of Liberia. This year's… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Liberia: Four Rioters Jailed for Protesting Against Lewis Brown During Radio Appearance
The Liberia National Police have detained four persons for their actions displayed Tuesday night against Lewis Brown, a leading member of presidential hopeful Alexander Cummings. Read more »