November 07, 2022
Liberia: Man Arrested One Year After Killing Fiancée and Dumping the Body Into a Swamp
Issac Mulbah, 34, is facing trial for allegedly killing his fiancée, Grace Kollie. He reportedly dumped her corpse in a swamp in Peter Town Community in Mount Barclay… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Liberia: Weah Administration Finally Passes Millennium Challenge Compact
The administration of President George Weah has for the first time made a successful pass, and this feat has given the government a chance to secure the compact funding from the… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Liberia: Foya Victims Celebrate Kamara Conviction
Evelyn Pillo points to the spot where her father's house once sat. It was here that her family endured the horrors that, she says, haunt them to this day. In 1993 when troops with… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Liberia: French Court Sentences Liberian Warlord to Life Imprisonment
A French court has convicted and sentenced Liberian warlord Kunti Kamara to a life sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity, torture and barbarism following a dramatic… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Liberia: Legislature, Executive Flipflop Over Census Date Amid Chaotic Recruitment Process
The Government of Liberia has failed to live up to its commitment signed in a joint resolution to conduct Liberia's much delayed National Population and Housing Census (NPHC). Read more »
Liberia: Court Issues Arrest Order for Indicted 27-Year-Old Man Charged With Power Theft, Economic Sabotage
The Gardnersville Magisterial Court on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, issued a writ of arrest and imprisoned a 27-year-old man identified as James Tamba for stealing LEC Meters and… Read more »
Liberia: President Weah Requests 22 Days Delay in Budget Submission
President George Manneh Weah has made a request to the national legislature for a twenty two-day delay in the submission of the country's national budget. Read more »
Liberia: U.S.$200K Illegally Withdrawn From President Weah's Executive Protective Service's Account
More than US$$200,000 has been illegally and surreptitiously withdrawn from a saving account which was opened at the United Bank of Africa (UBA) Liberia Limited to help address… Read more »
Liberia: First Lady Cuts Ribbon for Refurbished Pediatric Theatre At John F. Kennedy Medical Center
Smile Train, the world's largest cleft-focused organization, and Scottish Charity Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) have today opened doors to a newly refurbished pediatric theatre at… Read more »
Liberia: Agriculture Minister Says Plan to Transfer Rice Subsidy to Production Risky
Liberia's Agriculture Minister, Jeanine Cooper has cautioned senators against a proposal aimed at transferring money provided to rice importers as subsidy to the rice production… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Liberia: Prosecution Wants Accused Warlord Given Live Imprisonment
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara, an accused Liberian warlord have asked the French jury hearing his case to find him guilty of all the charges he's accused of,… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Host Forum for African Organization of African Public Accounts Committees
Members of Parliament in Africa, comprising committee members from various Public Account committees are meeting in Liberia to further deliberate on AFROPAC mission of one Voice of… Read more »
Liberia: YWCA-Liberia Leads Campaign Against Breast Cancer in Liberia
In commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Liberia, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Liberia's chapter in collaboration with the Economic Development… Read more »
Liberia: AME University Alumni Urged to Venture Into Entrepreneurship
Mr. Emmanuel Tieh Delamy, the president of the African Methodist Episcopal University Alumni Association (AMEUAA) has urged his fellow alumni to engage in entrepreneurship,… Read more »
Liberia: Regional Civil Society Group Wants Stronger Action to Protect Indigenous Peoples Land Against Transnational Corporations
A West African Regional Civil Society Body 'Friends of the Earth Africa' (FoEA) through the NGO Forum has stressed the need for institutions, such as the working group on… Read more »
Liberia: Legal Action Hangs Over Lina & Others On Allegation of False Report
Lawyers representing Alexander Berrian, Comptroller of Stella Maris University have refuted media reports that their client was arrested for alleged rape by an officer of the… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Congressman Biah Presents Citation of Recognition to "Friends of Massachusetts" for Hard Work
The friends of Massachusetts an organization base in the United States have received special recognition from the Rhode Island House of Representatives for its selfless and devoted… Read more »
Liberia: NEKTAA Launches U.S.$18,000 'Water for Life' Project in New Kru Town
The New Kru Town Association in the Americas (NEKTAA) has launched a 'water for life' project, valued at US$18,000, in the Borough of New Kru Town in collaboration with… Read more »
Liberia: Time to Speak Out On This Sanctions Issue
It has been days, weeks and months since the Sanctions arrived. We were happy that it came so that we can have some accountabilities for people's actions and to checkmate those… Read more »
Liberia: University of Liberia Announces Academic Excellence Journalism Award in Memory of Philip N. Wesseh
The authorities of the University of Liberia (UL) have announced the establishment of Academic Excellence Journalism Award in memory of a statesman, illustrious Liberian and an… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Humanitarian Champions Cause of Children With Special Needs, Raises Flag in the U.S.
A Liberian Humanitarian based in the United States, Alexis Worji has joined thousands of Americans in a just-ended Bay State Marathon in Lowell, Massachusetts to create awareness… Read more »
Liberia: Female Genital Mutilation - a Menace or Culture
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), otherwise known as Female Circumcision, is an age-old cultural practice that is carried out in many African countries. Here in Liberia, it is done… Read more »
Liberia: Controversial Chinese Firm Creates App for Biometrics Voting - After NEC Says No Bid Awarded
"The chair stands by her statement that the contract for biometric registration has not been given out to any company. As to why, the company has built a preregistration software.… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Liberia: UNFPA, UNHCR Turn Over 15 Housing Units to Residents At Bahn Settlement Camp
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has handed over 15 Spotlight Initiative-funded durable… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Liberia: Youths Call On Government, Political Leaders to Make Empowerment Top Priority
A group of young people from diverse political parties and civil society organizations have called on the Government of Liberia and political leaders to change the dynamics in… Read more »