April 17, 2023
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 »
Liberia: Former UP Lawmaker Worlea-Saywah Dunah Pledges Support to Unity Party
Former Nimba County lawmaker and steward of the former ruling Unity Party, Worlea-Saywah Dunah, has announced that he prefers President George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Rejects CPP Quest to Nullify Ongoing Voters' Registration Exercise, Says NEC Not in Violation of Constitution
The Supreme Court of Liberia has refused a request by the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) to invalidate the ongoing National Elections Commission (NEC) voter registration… Read more »
Liberia: Fiancée Drags Top Liberian Lawyer Johnny Momoh to Court Over Allegation of Domestic Violence, Criminal Coercion
It was a scene of drama on Tuesday at the Brewerville Magisterial Court when renowned lawyer, Johnny Momoh was dragged to court by his fiancée for alleged acts of domestic… Read more »
Liberia: Down Town FC and Philadelphia Lone Star Books Playoff Spot
Central Monrovia-based third-division team, Down Town FC, has secured their spot in the Liberia Football Association Montserrado County third-division playoff and will represent… Read more »
Liberia: GVL Vice President Elvis Morris Challenge Graduates of the Sinoe Community College to Manage Themselves
Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) Inc. Vice President for Strategy and Stakeholders Engagement has challenged the recent graduates of the Sinoe Community College to Manage themselves… Read more »
Liberia: The Twist in Weah's 'Accountability' Ahead of 2023 Polls
Although Liberia's President George Manneh Weah promised world leaders at the "2023 US Summit for Democracy" that the upcoming October 10, 2023, elections would be peaceful,… Read more »
Liberia: 'Women-Owned Businesses Are Struggling' - Cummings Laments
The Standard Bearer of the opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) Alexander Benedict Cummings has outlined factors responsible for the strangulation of women-owned… Read more »
Liberia: Jessica Quarchie Hail Sir Sékou Manubah
As the 2023 football season comes to an end players of Lead Monrovia football academy have lauded the team management and its many fans in and around the world for their great… Read more »
Liberia: Lofa Sports Pitch in Voinjama to Get an Artificial Turf
Preparations have begun to ensure that the playing surface at the Lofa County sports pitch in Voinjama is changed from gravel and or grass to artificial turf. Read more »
Liberia: Murvee Gray Wants Unity Party Partisans Take Him Over Miller Catakaw to Contest in Montserrado County District 9
Murvee Gray, former Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Youth and Sports is calling on partisans of the Unity Party to reject Miller Catakaw and elect him at the upcoming party's… Read more »
Liberia: Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development for Healthcare Professionals in Liberia Launch
As part of efforts to improve the health sector in the country, the Ministry of Health on April 10, 2023, launched the Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Liberia: 4th Edition of Pennoh Bestman Memorial Football Tournament Kicks Off Saturday
Monrovia The 4th Edition of the Pennoh W. Bestman (PWB) Memorial Football Tournament is expected to kick off this weekend. Read more »
Liberia: Southeastern Women in New Kru Town Threaten to Vote President Weah Out, If..
President George Weah's second term bid for the presidency seems to be threatened by the day by people and groupings from different walks of life as the political season draws… Read more »
Liberia: FAO, NaFAA Validate Sea Cucumbers Fisheries Management Plan in Monrovia
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) have concluded a validation workshop on the… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court to Make Determination Into Appeal Filed By Senator Kangar-Lawrence Faction of LP
Determination into a petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed by Senator Nyonblee Kangar-Lawrence and Emmanuel Azango, both members of the Liberty Party, is expected to be made on… Read more »
West Africa: Economic Crisis Prompting Protest and Political Tension Across West Africa
"I will never vote again in my life," says Mary Akurugu, as she arranges the firewood she sells at a busy market here in Ghana's Upper East region. Like people across West Africa… Read more »