April 18, 2023
Liberia: Young Bongese Mobilizing Behind Youthful Senatorial Aspirant Johnny Kpehe Ahead of October Elections
Nine senatorial aspirants -- including one woman -- are in the running to become the next senator of Bong County. Liberia will head to the polls to elect a new president, 73 new… Read more »
Liberia: Jealous Man Stabs 20-Yr-Old Girlfriend to Death
A man was arrested after he stabbed to death his 20-year-old girlfriend in a fit of jealousy in the Rogal Community Friday, April 14. Read more »
Liberia: Jeety Rubber Corporation Provides Running Water for Locals in Margibi
Following several decades of trekking long distances to fetch water for cooking, drinking and other purposes, thousands of residents, including women and children of Weala in Cinta… Read more »
Liberia: Presidential Aspirant Dr. Telford Ammons Promises to Seize Ill-Gotten Properties From Former and Current Officials
The Political Leader and Vision Bearer of the proposed Greater Action Party of Liberia (GAPL) Dr. Telford Ammons has attributed the growing wave of hardship and the appalling… Read more »
Liberia: More Than 1.4 Million People Registered Voters in BVR Phase 1 Comprising Six Counties
The National Elections Commission (NEC) preliminary results from Phase One of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) show that a total of 1,435,209 (one million four hundred… Read more »
Liberia: LFA Bans Club President for Forgery
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has banned DC Shooters President, John Winn, from entering all facilities and participating in all football-related activities under the LFA… Read more »
Liberia: Home Building Solution UGS Inc. Opens Showroom Along RIA Highway
United Group Supply Inc. has formally opened a showroom that will supply state-of-the-art building materials. The ceremony took place on Thursday along the RIA Highway. Established… Read more »
South Sudan: Armed Forces of Liberia Set to Send Troops On Peacekeeping Missions in Mali, Sudan and South Sudan
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has completed pre-deployment training for soldiers expected to be deployed on Peacekeeping Missions in Mali, Sudan, and South Sudan. Read more »
Liberia: MYS Honors Winners Inc. for Contribution to Sports
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) has awarded Winners Incorporated Sports Betting Company with two prestigious awards for its immense contributions to sports in the country,… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Liberia: PLP Council of County Chairpersons Reject Merger With Ruling CDC
Some county chairpersons of the People's Liberation Party (PLP), have distanced themselves from the recent decision of the Party to join the governing Coalition for Democratic… Read more »
Liberia: President Weah Dedicates U.S. $8,000 Modern Electronic Basketball Scoreboard
The Chief Patron of Sports, George Weah, has dedicated a modern electronic basketball scoreboard at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex basketball gym. The gesture, donated by the… Read more »
Liberia: Peace Island Put Out Challenger to Defeat Rep. Kolubah
With just months to October 10, 2023, Presidential and Legislative Elections in Liberia Controversial Montserrado County District10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah seems to be under… Read more »
Liberia: Enhancing Computer Education At High School, Christiana Bedell Junior High Dedicates New Computer Lab in Partnership With L&l Technology Solutions
A newly built Computer Laboratory is expected to benefit students at the Christiana Bedell Junior High School and several other community members in New Georgia Estate, following… Read more »
Liberia: University of Liberia's Chemistry Student Wins Top Prize in We-Care Foundation Writing Competition
21-Yearold Daniel W. Garteh, Jr., in his third year of studying Chemistry at the State-owned University of Liberia (UL), has won the First-Prize of the an Essay Competition. He… Read more »
Liberia: CBL Rejects Smart News Report of Governor Covering up Ꞓ2m Scandal
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) categorically refutes a Smart News website story, published April 10, 2023, reporting that Executive Governor, J. Aloysius Tarlue, Jr. is "linked… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Turns Over Smuggled Hazardous Chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency
he Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), through its Customs Department, has seized and turned over 65 tins of harmful chemicals known as Formaldehyde to the Environmental Protection… Read more »
Liberia: Global Pharma Wins LFA 2nd Division Championship
Global Pharma Football Club has won the Liberia Football Association 2022/2023 Second Division league championship with one game to spare. The "Pharmacists" secured their… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Pardons Local Bong County Officials Who Brutalized Magistrate
The full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia has unanimously agreed to pardon seven (7) local county officials and immediately ordered their release from further detention at the… Read more »
Liberia: Protracted Pre-Trial Detention Crowding Prisons and Undermining Access to Justice in Liberia
THERE ARE MORE than 3000 persons in prison in Liberia. Around 2,137 (71%) of these are pretrial detainees, meaning their matter has not even been taken to court. Many people spend… Read more »
Liberia: New Report Shows 38,779 Induced Abortions Occurred in Liberia in 2021
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and Guttmacher,… Read more »
Liberia: Liberty Party Crisis Appears Far From Over Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Late last week, the Supreme Court of Liberia granted the application by Musa Bility, disputed Chairman of the opposition Liberty Party, who had requested the nation's highest court… Read more »
Liberia: In Agri. Investment - 'Govt Must Serve As Gatekeeper' - FAO Country Rep
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Liberia, Ms. Mariatou Njie, wants the Liberian Government to serve as a gatekeeper in the area of… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Liberia: GOL, Development Partners Rollup Sleeves to Eradicate Single-Use Plastic
The Environmental Protection Agency in Collaboration with Conservation International and the Swedish Embassy has held a one-day High-level Stakeholders Engagement on Single-Use… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Grants Seven Local Bong County Officials Parole, Following Documented Appeal
Seven local authorities from Bong County who were imprisoned for six months on the order of the Supreme Court can begin having peaceful rest, but with a condition, following a… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Grants Seven Local Bong County Officials Parole, Following Documented Appeal
Seven local authorities from Bong County who were imprisoned for six months on the order of the Supreme Court can begin having peaceful rest, but with a condition, following a… Read more »