August 17, 2022
Liberia: Seeking Answers for Liberia's China Snub, Critics See UN Condemnation As Bid to Avoid U.S. Sanctions
Twice in the last twelve months the Liberian government has confounded observers by breaking with a decades-long foreign policy of non-interference in other states' internal… Read more »
August 12, 2022
Liberia: Labour Minister Calls for the Safety of Industrial Workers in Liberia
Liberia Labour Minister, Cllr. Charles H. Gibson says the issues of employment and industrial safety of workers in Liberia are high on the agenda of the government. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Liberia: Liberian Homosexual Who Escaped Death, Fears Threat From Family, Friend Back Home
Bobby Quille Toe, a proud gay who escaped death for his advocacy for LGBT rights to live freely in a country's cultural orientation doesn't accept such norms and is currently… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Liberia: Morality Not Brutality
While the Message of Morality, saying God Bless Liberia and Save The State, as given on the 175th Birth Anniversary of Liberia, was being spread in the local and global media, the… Read more »
July 29, 2022
Liberia: Council of Churches Calls for Speedy Investigation of '26 Violence - Calls for Involvement of Human Rights Commission
The Liberia Council of Churches says serious attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social media where a student of the University of Liberia is being manhandled and… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Liberia: UN Joint Rule of Law Programme Supports Local Structures Get Justice for SGBV Survivors - a Relative Tells Her Story
The UN Joint Rule of Law Programme seeks to address key developmental challenges by promoting the rights of women, gender equality, and children's rights while ensuring that… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Liberia: 15-Year-Old School's Closing Speaker Defends Persons Living With Disabilities
The program was for the Grace & Glory Academy--an educational institution that begins from Kindergarten and ends at 6th Grade--located at 2nd Street, Sinkor, Monrovia. The… Read more »
Liberia: UNFPA Lauds Government for Developing Proposed Anti-FGM Law
The United population Fund (UNFPA) has congratulated the Government of Liberia including the Executive and the Legislature for the 'excellent' steps taken in developing the… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Liberia: National Commission On Disabilities Launches Empowerment Project for Disabled Community
The National Commission on Disabilities (NCD) over the weekend launched an initial US$250,000 empowerment project for people living with disabilities. Read more »
July 10, 2022
Liberia: Fate of INCHR Vice-Chair in Limbo As Majority Declared Vote of No Confidence for Administrative Lapses
The crisis has deepened at the Independent National Commission on Humans following a vote of no confidence filed by there are members of the Board of Commission, against INCHR… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Liberia: Universal Human Rights International Celebrates Ded Victory, Launches Representative Ben Swan Petition for Visa Waiver for All Liberians
The Universal Human Rights International (UHRI) has extolled the Biden-Harris Administration for extending relief to Liberians suffering for years in the United States due to the… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Liberia: 'PFM Reform Is an Effective Tool for Equitability in Public Service Delivery' - Deputy Minister Brunson Says
Deputy Minister of Budget and Development Planning Tanneh G. Brunson has said that the Public Financial Management Reform policy is an effective tool for equitability in public… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Africa: Report Reveals Dreadful Human Rights Abuses in West Africa
"Oh God, my land has been forcibly taken from me! What will happen to me and my family at the moment"? A struggling man in lower Margibi County, Liberia cries out at the seizure of… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Liberia: Weah Govt Not Supporting the Disabled Community?
People with disabilities in Liberia find themselves in a precarious existence. As a West African country with nearly five million people, the Swedish International Development… Read more »
Liberia: The Sime Darby Concession Agreement and the Falling Takeover - Local Residents Express Gross Violations
A leading voice in the Natural Resource Management, Extractive, and Human Rights Sectors of Liberia, Green Advocates International (GAI), has embarked on a process that brought… Read more »
Liberia: On Juneteenth - U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Deepens On African Americans' Journey to Liberia for Freedom
It was a moment of celebration as June 19, also known as Juneteenth was yesterday celebrated in the United States of America, but with even a deeper sense of identity when Joel… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Liberia: Plan International's Country Director Launches Child-Friendly Version of African Charter On Rights and Welfare of the Child
Plan International Country Director, Dr. Ufuoma Omo-obi Festus has officially launched a Child-Friendly Version (CFV) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Read more »
June 17, 2022
Liberia: Girls Get Equal-Liberia Wants Parents to Discourage Early Marriage in Observance of International Day of the African Child
Todee District, Montserrado County - Girls Get Equal-Liberia (GGE) joined the rest of Africa in celebration of the International Day of the African Child, calling on parents,… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Liberia: Rescue Women Liberia, Partners Intensify Awareness Against SGBV, Harmful Traditional Practice in Rural Montserrado
The fight against Sexual Gender based Violence (SGBV) and Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) remain a challenge for all actors in various communities across Liberia. Sadly not… Read more »
June 13, 2022
Liberia: Albino Society Petitions Legislature for Empowerment, Support to End Discrimination
The Liberia Albino Society (LAS) has petitioned the House of Representatives to enact laws that will end discrimination against them and improve their livelihoods. Read more »
June 01, 2022
Liberia: Prosecutor Alarms Over 2000 SGBV Cases Reported in 2021 - Calls for Enhanced Awareness and Speedy Trial
A prosecutor and Program Officer of the Sexual Gender-Based Violence Crimes Unit at the Ministry of Justice, Att. Josephine Grose has alarmed that statistics received by her… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Liberia: 'Very Scary' FPA News Desk Chief Describes Search of His Vehicle By Unknown Person(s)
Some members of the Press Union of Liberia are calling on the Liberia National Police (LNP) to immediately investigate the burglary of journalist Lennart Dodoo's vehicle to… Read more »
Liberia: United Nations Human Rights Commission Praises Liberia for Good Human Rights Prospects
The visiting Chief of Africa Branch of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, Madam Maarit Kohonen Sheriff has disclosed plans by the Commission to build a National… Read more »
May 05, 2022
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Mccarthy Calls for Concrete Steps to Tackle 'Numerous' Human Rights Violations
The NAYMOTE partners for democratic development in Liberia Wednesday hosted US Ambassador to Liberia Mr. Michael McCarthy at the 12th edition of its Democracy Lecture Forum in… Read more »
April 30, 2022
Liberia: Former Grand Gedeh Senatorial Candidate Backs the County's Senior Citizens Grievance Committee Against Supt. Kai Farley
In early March 2022, a group of Grand Gedeh County citizens, the "Grand Gedeh County Senior Citizens Grievance Committee," submitted a petition to the County's superintendent, Hon.… Read more »