March 30, 2023
Liberia: Lawmaker Campaigning Against Miners 'Unaware' of His Company's Illegal Mine
In late January, Representative Tibelrosa Tarponweh of Margibi County District Number One accused Liberia Mineral Export Inc. of violating a suspension of its mining operations in… Read more »
Liberia: Grieving Families Decry Abandonment By One UN As They Memorialize Loved Ones Killed By Unido Truck
Grieving families and friends stood along the roadside where a white Renault truck owned by UNIDO of One UN House to memorize deceased relatives who lost their lives recently to a… Read more »
Liberia: CSO Council Slams Early Elections Violence, Voters' Trucking
On the road to the much-publicized 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, with the processes beginning with the biometric voters' registration (BVR), the National Civil… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Liberia: National Road Fund Boss' Fate Hangs As His Tenure Expires in May
In May this year, the tenure of the current Chief Executive Officer of the National Road Fund (NRF), Boniface Satu, would expire and uncertainty hangs over his re-selection by the… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Water & Sewer Properties to Be Seized On Failure to Settle Debt of U.S.$7,520.30 to Service Provider
The Judge of the Debt Court, James E. Jones, has ordered the seizure of properties and assets of the Management of the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LSWC) and others for… Read more »
Liberia: United Methodist Church Rejects Same-Sex Marriage
Men of the United Methodist Church in Liberia have described as "demonic and ungodly" the act of same-sex marriage. Read more »
Liberia: The Turkish Illegal Loggers and Their Government Partner
Askon Liberia General Trading Inc., a Turkish-owned forestry company, runs at least one illegal logging operation between Ganta and Sanniquellie in Nimba County. It smuggles timber… Read more »
Liberia: Federation of Liberian Youth Rallies At-Risk Youths to Abstain From Electoral Violence Ahead of October Election
The Federation of Liberia Youth (FLY) over the weekend had a one-day training with several at-risk youths from different parts of Montserrado County to eliminate any potential… Read more »
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: Sen. Snowe Invited to Share Knowledge in Conflict Resolution
Bomi County Senator who chairs the ECOWAS parliament Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. Has honored an… Read more »
Liberia: PASS Women's Accountability Room Condemns Recent Waves of Violence, Calls On NEC to Implement Its Statutory Duty
The Project Accountable Safe Space (PASS) Women's Accountability Room has expressed concern over allegations of violence emerging in numerous regions of the country in the wake of… Read more »
Liberia: Defense Lawyers in U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Case Oppose the Admitting of Defendants' Cellphones Into Evidence
Lawyers representing several foreign nationals and a Liberian in the ongoing US$100m cocaine case at Criminal Court "C" have protested against the display and introduction of two… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Applauds Taxpayers in Lofa
The Liberia Revenue Authority has commended taxpayers in Lofa County for their continuous contributions to revenue collection in Liberia through the payment of their taxes. Read more »
Liberia: NTA Insists On Transporting Any Group That Comes With Money
Authorities of the National Transit Authority (NTA) appear to be unbothered over persistent threats from citizens against attacking public vehicles used to "truck" voters to and… Read more »
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 »
Liberia: U.S. Trials of Two Alleged Top Warlords Delayed
The US trials of two alleged notorious Liberian warlords, scheduled for May and July, will be delayed until late this year at the earliest. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Liberia: Charlyn Brumskine Sues Pastor for Trespassing Her Generator Room
The daughter of fallen Liberty Party (LP) founder Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine and a Representative aspirant in the ensuing presidential and legislative elections has dragged to… Read more »
Liberia: Early Signs of Election Violence in Montserrado District 10 Incumbent, Ruling Party Clash Over Voter Registration
From all indications, the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) cannot afford to sit idly and allow one of President George Weah's fiercest critics, Rep. Yekeh Koluba of… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Liberia: Sister Aid Liberia' Holds Dialogue for the Speedy Passage of the Public Health
The public health sector of Liberia is largely in tatters - operationally and legally. The effective functioning of health facilities, organizational structural issues, and a lack… Read more »
Liberia: MICAT Reporters Network Newly Inducted Chairman Urged PUL's Members to Unite Ahead of Liberia's October Elections
Morris Wleh Tee, the newly inducted Chairman of the MICAT Reporters Network is calling for a roundtable meeting between team Julius Kanubah and team Daniel Nyankonah to find a way… Read more »
Liberia: Legislature Information Service Head Expresses Disappointment in Senate Handling of Fund Intended for Departments
Mr. McCarthy Weh, the man who heads the Legislative Information Service, has written to the Senate Committee Chairman on Ways, Means, Finance, and Development Planning, Sen. Morris… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Liberia: Witness Alleges He and Ex-RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi Brunt People Alive
A man has alleged that he was part of a group of former Sierra Leonean rebels that brunt people alive in Lofa County. Read more »
Liberia: Everybody's Mum Over CIA Briefing At Langley
Liberians were on edge Wednesday awaiting the outcome of a highly touted meeting between President George Weah, and a handful of his officials, who sat down for a highly-touted… Read more »
Liberia: Montserrado District 17 Residents Warn Incumbent Lawmaker, Aspirants, Bus Owners Against Voter Trucking
Residents of electoral district # 17 in Montserrado County have begun the process of engaging their Representative Hanson Kiazolu and other aspirants to avoid manipulating and… Read more »
Liberia: Govt First Witness Nimely Testified in U.S.$100 Million Drug Trafficking Case
Samuel Teteroien Nimely, Prosecution's first witness in the US$ one hundred million drug trafficking case, has testified in court, claiming that the four defendants Malan Conte,… Read more »