Rwanda: Leymah Gbowee to Speak At Women Deliver Conference in Kigali

The Women Deliver (WD) Organization, which advocates for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and advances gender equity, has invited Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah… Read more »

Liberia: FLY Solicits Political Parties' Commitments to Upholding Butuo Declaration Peace Accord Before and After Elections

The Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY) with support from the European Union (EC) wants political parties to sign the Butuo Declaration as part of peace and promotion of a united… Read more »

Liberia: World Bank Pledges U.S.$300 Million for Construction of Second St. Paul River Hydroelectric Dam in Lower Bong County

The World Bank Group has pledged US$300 million to the Republic of Liberia for the construction of a second Hydroelectric Dam (SP-2) further up the St. Paul River in Lower Bong… Read more »

Liberia: Chief Zoekweh Assures Mayor Koijee of Nimba Support to Pres. Weah in October Elections

Mayor Jefferson Koijee, following his recent trip to Israel, reached out to Maj. Gen. Albert G. Paye, affectionately known as Chief ZOEKWEH, a respected elder in Nimba County, to… Read more »

Liberia: The UN Human Security Project Conducts Digital Technology Training On Establishing Smart Villages

Five United Nations agencies implementing the joint Human Security Trust Fund project conduct a three-day digital technology training workshop that emphasizes the establishment of… Read more »

Liberia: Depoliticizing Timothy Weah's Astonishing Soccer Life and Shaming the Pretense of Martin Kollie

In Liberia, politics has been used to weaponize our perception against people or established institutions--this is often done for several reasons. One is to enforce an internal… Read more »

Ghana: Liberia and Ghana Hold Fisheries Discussion On Sideline of Fisheries Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic Meeting

Liberia's Fisheries Director General Hon. Emma Metieh Glassco has held a bilateral discussion with Ghanaian Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and current Chair of… Read more »

Liberia: Bodger Scott Johnson Takes Over PPCC As New Executive Director, Vows to Make it 'Best Integrity Institution'

The newly appointed Executive Director of the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) Bodger Scott Johnson, has pledged his unflinching commitment to ensure the PPCC… Read more »

Liberia: Foundation for Better Liberia Calls for Fair Trial in Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott's Case

The Foundation for a Better Liberia (FOBEL), an intellectual center at Barnesville Junction, is calling for a fair trial in Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott's case following the death of… Read more »

Liberia: Goodluck Jonathan Calls for Issue-Based Campaigning Ahead of Elections

The Head of the West African Elder Council (WAEF) and Chairperson of the West African Elder's Forum in Monrovia, Goodluck Jonathan, has called for calm in Liberia and urged… Read more »

Liberia: Foreign Minister Highlights Unprecedented Freedom of Speech By Outgoing U.S. Ambassador During His Term

Liberia's Foreign Minister, Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, has emphasized that the outgoing US Ambassador to Liberia, Michael McCarthy, has enjoyed an exceptional level of freedom of… Read more »

Liberia: Former Liberian Track Athlete Bill Rogers Set to Receive African Achiever Award in the United Kingdom

Bill Rogers, a former Liberian international track athlete and the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill Rogers Youth Foundation (BRYF), is set to be honored with the African… Read more »

Liberia: Anti-Doping Coming to Liberian Football

In a groundbreaking move, footballers in Liberia are set to undergo drug tests for the first time, as announced by The Liberia Football Association (LFA). The LFA released a… Read more »

Liberia: ALCOP Names Former Cape Mount Senatorial Candidate Matthew V. Z. Darblo Vice Standard Bearer

The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP), through its standard bearer Lusinee F. Kamara, has named former Grand Cape Mount County senatorial candidate, Matthew V. Z. Darblo, as… Read more »

Liberia: UP Chairman, Joseph Boakai, Jr. Give Conflicting Statements On Amb. Boakai's Meeting With Foreign Campaign Financiers

Controversy arose on Monday when Henry Costa revealed that Joseph Boakai, the standard bearer of the Unity Party, had reportedly engaged in discussions with potential campaign… Read more »

Liberia: Former ALP Vice Chairman Describes the Party's Withdraw of Support to Unity Party As Arrogant and Deceptive

The former National Vice Chairman for Administration of the opposition All Liberian Party (ALP) Mr. Patrick Farley has termed as a high level of deception and desperation to… Read more »

Liberia: Senate Suspends LACC Nominees' Confirmation Hearing Over Their Failure to Declare Assets

The Senate Committee on Autonomous and Commission made the decision to suspend a confirmation hearing for nominees of the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) after the… Read more »

Liberia: Unity Party's Standard Bearer Joseph Boakai Outlines Anti-Corruption Agenda

In a special statement today, Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., the Standard Bearer of the Unity Party, declared his commitment to tackling corruption as one of the primary objectives of his… Read more »

Liberia: The Rain Has Fallen - Tribute to the Late Dr Charles ' Baby Ray' Woefel Dr. Charles Rufus Woelfel, May 7, 1944 - June 21, 2023

The greatness of a person is very difficult to evicerate; it is indelible, it is transcient and like music, its echoes permeate throughout households and the nation whence such… Read more »

Liberia: Rebirth Liberia Movement Withdraws Presidential Candidacy to Promote Peace and Unity

Apostle J. Aaron Wright, Sr., the leader of the Rebirth Liberia Movement, announced the withdrawal of his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections. Speaking to his fellow… Read more »

Liberia: Court to Compel Govt to Produce Evidence Against Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and Others in Murder Trial

State prosecutors would be compelled to produce all pieces of evidence that led to the indictment of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott, after the Justice in Chambers,… Read more »

Liberia: Wreh Jr. On the Move Leaves Southend United and Joins Hartlepool

Chris Wreh Jr., the son of former Liberian international and former Arsenal striker Christopher Wreh, has recently made a move to English National League side Hartlepool United. Read more »

Liberia: Christopher Sivili, Last Year July 26 Torture Victim, Calls for Investigation Into His Maltreatment and Bringing Perpetrators to Book

Christopher Walter Sisulu Sivili, a member of the Student Unification Party (SUP) on campus, is seeking justice for the brutal attack and torture he endured during a protest on… Read more »

Liberia: Internal Audit Agency Begins Stakeholder's Dialogue to Release Public Sector Compliance Scorecard

The Government of Liberia through the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), has commenced a two-day stakeholders dialogue to release a public sector compliance scorecard for government line… Read more »

Liberia: Israel to Build 1000KVA Solar-Farm At Foreign Ministry

On the sidelines of President George Manneh Weah's recent Visit to the State of Israel, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Dean of the Cabinet of the Republic of Liberia, Amb.… Read more »