March 30, 2023
Liberia: Cllr Woods Says New Leadership Will Build a Resilient Ymca
The newly-inducted Board Chairman of the Young Men Christain Association (YMCA) Liberia, Cllr. Samuel Kofi Woods, ll, has said a resilient YMCA must be an unavoidable mandate of… Read more »
Liberia: Police Say Recipient of Seized Guns Was Duped By Smuggler - Experts Say Extradition of Suspect Unlikely
January's news that authorities had seized a container of machine guns and other weapons at Monrovia's port sent shock waves through the country. The first known illegal… Read more »
Liberia: Another Ex-Soldier Alleges Former RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi Killed Civilians in Monrovia for 'Looting'
A witness, claiming to be a former Liberian army soldier, has accused the Sierra Leonean man facing charges for alleged gross human rights violations in Liberia of ordering… Read more »
Liberia: Rep. Koon Empowers Over 150 Women With Vocational Skills
One hundred fifty-three women over the weekend (March 25) graduated with new vocational skills after months of intensive studies at the District 11 Community Savings and Loan… Read more »
Liberia: Lawmaker Campaigning Against Miners 'Unaware' of His Company's Illegal Mine
In late January, Representative Tibelrosa Tarponweh of Margibi County District Number One accused Liberia Mineral Export Inc. of violating a suspension of its mining operations in… Read more »
Liberia: Marketers Pledge Support to Cummings - As They Detest Deplorable Market Conditions
Hundreds of market women at the Omega/Gorbachop Market in Paynesville have decried years of government neglect and pledged support to the Presidential bid of Mr. Alexander Cummings… Read more »
Liberia: Grieving Families Decry Abandonment By One UN As They Memorialize Loved Ones Killed By Unido Truck
Grieving families and friends stood along the roadside where a white Renault truck owned by UNIDO of One UN House to memorize deceased relatives who lost their lives recently to a… Read more »
Liberia: CSO Council Slams Early Elections Violence, Voters' Trucking
On the road to the much-publicized 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, with the processes beginning with the biometric voters' registration (BVR), the National Civil… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Liberia: National Road Fund Boss' Fate Hangs As His Tenure Expires in May
In May this year, the tenure of the current Chief Executive Officer of the National Road Fund (NRF), Boniface Satu, would expire and uncertainty hangs over his re-selection by the… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Volunteer Program and Youth of Change Concludes Eight Schools Regional Debate Championship in Monrovia
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Volunteer program and its partner, Youth for Change Incorporated have concluded a national debate competition among eight… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Water & Sewer Properties to Be Seized On Failure to Settle Debt of U.S.$7,520.30 to Service Provider
The Judge of the Debt Court, James E. Jones, has ordered the seizure of properties and assets of the Management of the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LSWC) and others for… Read more »
Liberia: United Methodist Church Rejects Same-Sex Marriage
Men of the United Methodist Church in Liberia have described as "demonic and ungodly" the act of same-sex marriage. Read more »
Liberia: The Turkish Illegal Loggers and Their Government Partner
Askon Liberia General Trading Inc., a Turkish-owned forestry company, runs at least one illegal logging operation between Ganta and Sanniquellie in Nimba County. It smuggles timber… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Mccarthy Says He Remains Fully in Charge Until His Successor Arrives
United States Ambassador Michael McCarthy says he remains fully in charge until his successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrives in Liberia. Read more »
Liberia: Federation of Liberian Youth Rallies At-Risk Youths to Abstain From Electoral Violence Ahead of October Election
The Federation of Liberia Youth (FLY) over the weekend had a one-day training with several at-risk youths from different parts of Montserrado County to eliminate any potential… Read more »
Africa: Liberia's Africa Cup of Nations Dreams End With Loss to South Africa At Home
Liberia's Africa Cup of Nations dreams were snuffed out in brutal fashion Tuesday as South Africa put them to the sword following a 2-1defeat in a do-or-die qualifying match. Read more »
Liberia: Ex-Ulimo Fighter Tells Finnish Appeals Court He Refused Bribe From Human Rights Advocate
As with the trial before a Finnish district court, acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean accused of grave human rights violations in Liberia, bribery… Read more »
Liberia: Sports World Africa And Europa S.L Executives to Visit Liberia
Executives of an international sporting firm, Sports World Africa & Europa S.L are expected in Liberia early next month on a-10 day mission to meet with the Chief Patron of… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Liberia: Pres. Biden Nominates New Ambassador to Liberia to Replace Amb. Mccarthy
The Joe Biden Administration has nominated Mark Christopher Toner as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Liberia. Read more »
Liberia: Sen. Snowe Invited to Share Knowledge in Conflict Resolution
Bomi County Senator who chairs the ECOWAS parliament Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. Has honored an… Read more »
Liberia: PASS Women's Accountability Room Condemns Recent Waves of Violence, Calls On NEC to Implement Its Statutory Duty
The Project Accountable Safe Space (PASS) Women's Accountability Room has expressed concern over allegations of violence emerging in numerous regions of the country in the wake of… Read more »
Liberia: Why Most Liberians Are Nervous About Lone Star's 'Do-or-Die' Qualification
An FPA Analytical Preview of Lone Star's Chance for A 3rd AFCON Bid Amidst Fears of Past Missed Opportunities Read more »
Liberia: 'We Are Confident and Cautiously Optimistic That Lone Star Will Prevail' - Youth and Sports Minister D. Zeogar Wilson Gives Assurance
The Minister of Youth and Sports, D. Zeogar Wilson, said that complacency over the years has taught Liberia through the national team a lesson, and as such, there is no room for it… Read more »
Africa: Liberia Possibly to Host U.S. Africa Command Center Amid Growing Chinese Influence in the Region
The United States of America is troubled by the inroads that China and Russia are making in Africa and is even more concerned about the possibility of China establishing a military… Read more »
Liberia: Defense Lawyers in U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Case Oppose the Admitting of Defendants' Cellphones Into Evidence
Lawyers representing several foreign nationals and a Liberian in the ongoing US$100m cocaine case at Criminal Court "C" have protested against the display and introduction of two… Read more »