March 16, 2023
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 »
Liberia: 'Nimely Desecration' of Liberia's Pioneer Grave Yard - 'Pine Grove'--Never 'Palm Grove'
The second Wednesday in March of each year is celebrated as a National Holiday (a Presidential Proclamation based on the Country's Constitution) to memorialize our dead relatives,… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Liberia: Monrovia City Mayor Subjected to Social Media Threats Amid Unsubstantiated Allegations
Monrovia City Mayor, Jefferson Koijee's life is being threatened. Some political activists want him dead. They profess that he is an element of insecurity but Koijee believes their… Read more »
Liberia: Cllr. Scott Expresses Fear Police Investigation Into the Attack On Her Home, Killing of Her Ward May Be Compromised
Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott and the Chief Musu family have expressed dismay over the manner in which the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police is going about the… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Resident Representative Complains Threat On Her Life to Justice Minister
The Resident Representative of ECOWAS Commission in Liberia, Josephine Nkrumah, has written the Minister of Justice informing him of the threat posed to her and the staff of the… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Takes Tax Awareness to 5 Southeastern Counties
The Taxpayer Services Division of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has concluded a 15-day intensive tax awareness and education campaign across five southeastern counties of… Read more »
Liberia: NPA Gets New Patrol Boat to Tighten and Enhance Security Operations
The National Port Authority (NPA) has commissioned a new patrol boat to detect, deter and enhance waterfront security at the Freeport of Monrovia. Read more »
Liberia: Ex-Soldier Accuses Gibril Massaquoi of 'Ordering' Burning of Civilians Alive in a House in Lofa
A former Liberian soldier has told a Finnish Appeals Court in Monrovia that Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary Front (RUF) "ordered" his soldiers… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Liberia: Substance Abuse Among Females On the Rise in Bong County
Leaning against a wall, her eyes red and glazed over, Mercy Benz said she wants to quit getting high, but her peers who are also drug addicts are the problem. "Being around my… Read more »
Liberia: Drug Addiction Threatens a Generation of Liberian Women
DRUG ABUSE among young people in Liberia's 15 counties is sadly becoming an all-too-common problem. In Bong County, central Liberia, young people, including girls, are prime… Read more »
Liberia: Ex-RUF Commander Gibril Massaquoi Accused of Ordering Rape and Looting
Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean man, whose acquittal of war crimes and crimes against humanity charges by a Finnish District Court is being challenged, has been accused of… Read more »
Liberia: 'Rapists Are Insane Because Good Men Like us Don't Rape.' - Emmanuel Taplah
"I am carrying the bag that has Rape written on it because, as a father of four girls, rape is a serious issue. Men that are raping our girls are insane and need to be treated as… Read more »
Liberia: 'Govt Will Not Shutdown Media Houses, but Demands Upholding Ethical Standards' - Information Minister
The Ministry of Information on Thursday held a frank but cordial discussion with the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia on the need for the enhancement of ethical standards… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Liberia: Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott, Members of Her Household Appear At Central for Questioning
Former Chief Justice Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott has appeared before the Liberia National Police along with other members of her household who were present when her home was attacked… Read more »
Liberia: Women Storm Capitol Building to Demand Justice for the Murdered Foster Daughter of Former Chief Justice Scott
Liberian Women dressed in all black on Thursday stormed the ground of the Capitol Building to call on their lawmakers to see that justice is served to former Chief Justice Gloria… Read more »
Liberia: Witnesses Accuse Gibril Massaquoi of Wreaking Havoc in Lofa County At His Appeal Hearings in Monrovia
At Thursday's appeal hearings for Gibil Massaquoi, the commander of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front, RUF of standing trial for alleged war crimes and crimes against… Read more »
Liberia: Police Invites Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott, Members of Her Household for Questioning
The Liberia National Police (LNP) has called on Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott and other members of her household, Gertrude Newton, Rebecca Youdeh Wisner, and Alice Johnson, to aid with… Read more »
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 »