March 23, 2023
Liberia: AfDB Board of Directors Pays a Courtesy Visit to PPCC
Today, March 22, 2023, the visiting Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), met with the senior management team of Public Procurement and Concessions Commission… Read more »
Liberia: Resist Electoral Violence and Voter Trucking During This BVR Period - CECPAP Boss Urges
The Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (CECPAP), Mr. Charles Crawford, has stressed the need for Liberians to resist the acts of voter… Read more »
Liberia: Tragic Accident Leaves 7 Dead, Including 10th Grade Student and a Traffic Police Officer, Several Severely Wounded
Seven people, including a traffic police officer identified only as 'Emmanuel Bowieh,' are reported dead in a fatal car accident that took place at the RLJ Hotel junction on the… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Highlights Safety Issues in the Extractive Sector
The United States has pointed out health, safety, and environmental problems that occurred last year in Liberia's extractive industries, criticizing the Liberian government for… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Liberia: Witness Tells Finnish Appeals Court Ex-RUF Commander, Massaquoi Left Liberia in 2001
A witness has told a Finnish Appeals Court in Monrovia that a Sierra Leonean man accused of aggravated war crimes and aggravated crimes against humanity, including murders and… Read more »
Liberia: What's Behind Pres. Weah's Purported Meeting With the CIA?
The reported invitation to President Weah and his Minister of Justice by Langley (CIA Headquarters) and not the State Department or the White House is a strange one. I have been… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Liberia: Demarcate Constituencies Before Conducting Voters Registration - CPP Petitions Supreme Court to Instruct NEC
Ahead of October presidential and legislative elections this year, the opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) has filed a petition at the Supreme Court of Liberia over… Read more »
Liberia: FPA Analysis of the Unending Tussle Between UL's Student Activism and Liberian Political Elites
Unabatingly, there have been continued violent incidents repeatedly dodging the campuses of University of Liberia (UL), particularly its Capitol Hill Main Campus for times in… Read more »
Liberia: Landlord, Lebanese Lessee Head to Supreme Court Over Property Ownership
The case involving a Liberian landlord and the Lebanese lessee could headed to the full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia. This stems from a Writ of Ceteriori filed by the… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Liberia: Prosecution Witnesses in Massaquoi Appeal Hearings Give Contradictory Testimonies, but Blame Them On Forgetfulness
Prosecutors in acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi maybe attempting to clear the issue of reasonable doubts that saw a Finnish District Court exonerating the former Sierra… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Passes Pension Bill With Modification
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has passed into law a bill seeking to adopt an integrated pension and benefits scheme with three modifications for certain categories of… Read more »
Liberia: Whistle Blower in Bong Mines Hospital U.S.$50k Alleged Corruption Saga Calls Impartial Investigation
Mr. Allison Tubah, the man who unearthed a massive corruption scheme at the Bong-Mines Hospital in Bong County, has formally written the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC)… Read more »
Liberia: Trafficking Victims Unaware of Funds Awarded to Them in Landmark Trafficking Trial
January's landmark conviction of a former government security agent for human trafficking should have delivered $11,000 to his two victims, women who the court found were… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Completes a One-Day Tax Education in Zorzor, Lofa County
Eight senior members of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) have concluded a one-day meeting on tax awareness in Zorzor City, Lofa County. Mr. Darlington Talery, Commissioner Read more »
Liberia: BMMC Workers Union Distances Itself From Planned Protest
The workers union of Bea Mountain Mining Company Workers Union has distanced itself from a leaked audio recording on social media that it is planning to join forces with other… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Liberia: LISGIS Reaffirms Provisional Census Results Is Valid, 'Succinct Planning and Development Data'
The Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), and its partners have deplored "the unsubstantiated information in the public space from some political… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Says Evidence Being Gathered for Possible Sanctions Against Corrupt Officials of Government, Private Citizens
Visiting U.S State Department's Global Anti-Corruption Coordinator Richard Nephew said the U.S. is currently compiling evidence for possible imposition of sanctions against corrupt… Read more »
Liberia: Non-Violence Is the Best Way
WITH ALL of the news about various types of violence, including rape, disappearances, murders, ritualistic killings road killings and house burnings, it is most important to… Read more »
Liberia: Defense, Prosecution Grill Credibility of Finnish Police Fixer in Appeals Hearings of Ex-RUF Commander, Massaquoi
Following Monday's mix-up, in which an individual impersonated as a witness before the Finnish Appeals Court hearing acquittal proceedings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Liberia: Witness Caught Impersonating While Testifying Against Ex-RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi
A prosecution witness has been caught impersonating before the Finnish Appeals Court during his testimony against Gibril Massaquoi, an ex-commander with Sierra Leone's… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Calms Nerves Ahead of General Elections
As the presidential and legislative elections draw closer, the Supreme of Liberia has assured Liberians that it will dispense justice without fear or favor in every electoral… Read more »
Liberia: Rep. Acarus Gray Announced Lunch On University of Liberia Campus Turns Bloody
It was a scene of bloodshed. A man was stripped naked, beaten and stoned at the same time. He is believed not to be a student of the University of Liberia rather one of those who… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Liberia: Leaked Audio Reveals How Officials Plotted to Steal U.S.$50k From Bong Mines Hospital
FrontPageAfrica has obtained a recording of a telephone conversation in which the administrator at Bong Mines Hospital is heard telling the head of procurement there that some… Read more »
Liberia: Two More Witnesses Crown Week of Harrowing Testimonies of Alleged Rapes and Murders Against Ex-RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi
Two additional witnesses have told appeal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front, RUF in Monrovia that he ordered civilians,… Read more »
Liberia: ULSU President Calls for Calm On All Campuses of UL Following Attacked On CDC Supporter Aloysius Howe
The president of the University of Liberia Students Union (ULSU), Varfee J. M. Dukuly has frowned on students involved in the act of violence meted against partisan Aloysious Howe… Read more »