November 01, 2022
Liberia: Eight Drown - Two Killed in Nimba After Canoe Capsizes
At least eight persons have drowned when a canoe capsized in Zahn Bowyee Town, in electoral district # 8 in Nimba County. Read more »
Liberia: Parents Blast Schools, Education Ministry for 'Compelling Students to Abandon Class for Political Rally
UNIFICATION CITY, Margibi County - Angry parents have expressed disappointment in the Margibi County School System and the Ministry of Education for forcing their children out of… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Liberia: Accused Warlord Calls Plaintiffs Criminals in Paris War Crimes Trial
Kunti Kamara has lashed out at the ten plaintiffs in his trial for crimes against humanity here calling them "criminals" and professing his innocence on charges of cannibalism,… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Liberia: Supreme Court Associate Justice-Designate Says He's Not Aware of the Constitutionality of the Law Requiring Assets Declaration
Judge Yarmie Quiqui Gbeissay, the man who is poised to take on the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court has claimed not to be aware of the law requiring him to… Read more »
Liberia: No Contract Has Awarded - NEC Chair Speaks On Biometric Supplies Contract
The chair of the National Elections Commission Madam Davidetta Brown-Lansannah says the Commission has not awarded the contract for the supply of biometric materials and equipment… Read more »
Liberia: Court Abruptly Adjoins As Inconsolable Witness Reflects On Alleged Rape and Ill-Treatment By Kamara's Soldier On Emotional Day of Trial
The judge in the ongoing war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara abruptly adjourned the hearing on Tuesday after an inconsolable witness began a graphic description of her alleged rape by… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Grills Commerce Minister On Who Misinformed the President On Rice Availability Despite Acute Shortage
The Senate on Tuesday hosted the Minister of Commerce Mawine G. Diggs to answer questions about the shortage of the country's staple food, rice and why President George Weah was… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Liberia: National Civil Society Council Requests Full Participation in Remaining Census Activities Amid Chaotic Recruitment Exercise
The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called for the inclusion of civil society in the remaining phases of the planning and conduct of Liberia's first digital… Read more »
Liberia: FDA Reacts Daylight Publication On Illegal Timber Export Permit Issuance
Forestry Development Authority, has reacted to a recent publication by the DayLight's titled, "FDA's Managers Issue Illegal Timber Export Permit" failed to provide factual… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Coast Guard to Review Continual Improvement in Liberia's Port Security Program
On the morning of October 24, 2022, the Liberia Maritime Authority, as Designated Authority of Liberia's International Port Security Program held meeting with a delegation from the… Read more »
Liberia: Court Issues Writ of Arrest On NIC Program Manager Andrew Anderson for Assaulting His Wife
The Paynesville Magisterial Court has issued a Writ of Arrest for Andrew Anderson, Program Manager at the National Investment Commission (NIC) for harassment, domestic violence,… Read more »
Liberia: Police Graduates 24 Security Officers for LTC Mobile
In preparations for the kind of services and the commencement of being one of the GSM service providers, the Liberia National Police Academy (LNPA), through an intensive… Read more »
Liberia: Police Charge George Kailondo Jr. With Assault After Shooting His Friend
George Kailondo, Jr, son of prominent Liberian businessman George Kailondo, Sr, has been charged in connection with the illegal possession of a firearm, while Khalil Bongary, owner… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Liberia: An Eye for an Eye - A Desperate Response to Violence Against Women
11 Year-Old Likely to Suffer Fistula after Forceful Genital Cutting Went Wrong in Sande Bush" was the scary caption of a story of callous cruelty published in the October 19, 2022… Read more »
Liberia: Results of 2022 Population Census At Risk As Enumerators Express Disenchantments
The outcome of the ensuing National Population and Housing Census in Liberia risks being inadequate as a result of the growing wave of disenchantments and misunderstanding which… Read more »
Liberia: 22 Affected Communities File Historic Petition for Declaratory Judgment Against Salala Rubber Corporation and the Liberian Government
Residents of 22 indigenous Kpelle communities, dispossessed of their customary land, cultural sites, and livelihoods, have filed a groundbreaking legal action against the Salala… Read more »
Liberia: Defence Witness Kosiah Dismisses Cannabalism Charge Against Kamara
Alieu Kosiah, convicted of war crimes in a Swiss court last year, appeared as a defense witness in the trial of Kunti Kamara, his one-time United Liberation Movement of Liberia for… Read more »
Liberia: St. Peter's Lutheran High School Punishes Three for Being in Possession of Drugs
Administrative Body of St. Peter's Lutheran High School, situated at 14th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, is withholding the Graduation Diplomas of three members of the School's… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Liberia: Senate Invites LEITI to Provide Update On Extractive Sector and Challenges
The Liberian Senate has invited the Secretariat of the Liberia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (LEITI) to appear before Plenary constituted in a Committee of the Whole… Read more »
Liberia: 11-Yr-Old FGM Victim's Ordeal Prompts Deputy Speaker Koffa to Call for Zoe's Arrest
The story of 11-year-old Tracy (not her real name), who was kidnapped and circumcised, claimed the attention of Deputy Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, who met with authorities at the… Read more »
Liberia: Winners Chapel Accountant Jailed for Stealing Church Funds
Ben T. Kennedy, 34, accountant of the Winners Chapel International in Kakata, Margibi County, has been jailed by police in Kakata for allegedly stealing US$486 and L$20,000… Read more »
Liberia: Child Soldier Confirms Forced Labor - As Kosiah Testifies Today in War Crimes Trial in Paris
A witness claiming to be a child soldier with Kunti Kamara has confirmed testimonies of over a dozen witnesses of forced labor by Kamara--one of the charges the former commander of… Read more »
Liberia: House Reaches Consensus With LISGIS, UNFPA to Readjust Census Date
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Bhofal Chambers has announced that the House has met with top officials of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information… Read more »
Liberia: Drivers Bemoan Police Extortion On Monrovia-Bomi Highway
Road users have bemoaned the increasing rate of extortion by policemen assigned on the Monrovia-Bomi highway. Read more »
Liberia: Ministry of Labor Donates 500 Copies of the 'Decent Work Act' Pocketbooks to the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law Students Association has received 500 pieces of books on the Decent Work Act from the Ministry of Labor. Read more »