Liberia: Sierra Leonean Woman Gets 8 Years for Human Trafficking

Hawa Bangura, a Sierra Leonean woman tried and found guilty of human trafficking, will have to spend eight years of her life in a Liberian prison. Read more »

Liberia: Leymah Gbowee Launches Franklin Kpakolokoyah Alternative Initiative Education Empowerment

Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee has stressed the need for a concerted effort towards the empowerment of vulnerable people in the Liberian Society. Read more »

Liberia: Alleged Hacking of Lonestar Cell/MTN Network Occurred Months After Orange Acquired Cellcom

According to court transcripts including oral submissions for the Prosecution in the case involving a large scale and unlawful interference, known as a cyber-attack, aimed at… Read more »

Liberia: 170,000 Residents in Nimba to Benefit From Wash Project

An American faith-based charity, Living Water International Liberia has launched a five year Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project in Nimba County, Liberia. Read more »

Liberia: University of Liberia Suspends Student Political Activities

The Administration of the University of Liberia has announced with immediate effect the suspension of all student groups and campus-based political activities on all its campuses,… Read more »

Liberia: Alexander Cummings Tells George Weah Government to 'Stop the Stealing and Looting'

If members of the ruling party had thought that Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, the political leader of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC), who is very noted to be cool,… Read more »

Liberia: State Lawyers Ends Submission of Evidence in Trafficking Case

The ongoing trafficking case before the Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice involving Hawa Bangura, a Sierra Leonean woman, has taken a twist as the Defendant is expected… Read more »

Liberia: Clan Chief Kallay Teah Appeals for Govt's Intervention in Salary Collection

Clan Chief Kallay Teah of Sakapo in district #4 in Grand Bassa County is a man without a home, and this is because he claimed that a man identified as Phillip Paye, head of the… Read more »

West Africa: EU Ambassador Inspects Solidaridad West Africa Program Interventions in Liberia

European Union Ambassador to Liberia Hélène Cavé has expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the Liberia Cocoa Sector Improvement Program, LICSIP. Read more »

Liberia: Weah's Presidency - the Worst Racket in Liberia's Political History

The halo is removed and what seems to be a gory orgy of corruption has become the defining character trait of the regime. Campaign promises of stamping out corruption and placing… Read more »

Liberia: Airfield Residents Plan Mass Demonstration to Demand Restoration of Electricity

Residents of Airfield Community have vowed to join the band of demonstrators, planning to protest in demand for electricity from the Liberia Electricity Cooperation (LEC). Read more »

Liberia: Residents of Speaker Chambers' District Want Him to Agree to War Crimes Court Establishment

The 14-year civil war spared no part of Liberia. The county of Maryland suffered an especially heavy toll. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recorded 3,934 victims… Read more »

Liberia: Witnesses Fear Testifying Before War Crimes Court Without Security

Alhaji Tucker was only 10 when the civil war started in Liberia, but he remembers clearly the day rebels fighting with ULIMO K brutally slaughtered his little brother and other… Read more »

Liberia: Man Busted for Impersonating As Govt Official Allegedly Dupes Businessman

In December last year, Robertson Momo was mistakenly called by a businessman operating a mining field in Bong County, thinking it was Assistant Minister of Mines at the Ministry of… Read more »

Liberia: Bar Association President Warns Public Officials Against Threatening Journalists With Lawsuit for Speech

The president-elect of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Tiawon S. Gongloe, has called on officials of the Congress for Democratic Change-led government not to… Read more »

Liberia: President Weah Spent Over Us$1 Million On Foreign Trips in 2018

President George Manneh Weah's foreign trips during the course of 2018 cost Liberia, a country with a broken economy, over a million United States Dollars. Read more »

Liberia: Hot Pepper Publisher Faces Us$2 Million Lawsuit - Files Us$125k Bond

Philibert Brown, the journalist who broke the story on missing billions of Liberian dollar banknotes in containers has filed US$125,000 indemnity (property) bond in the damages for… Read more »

Liberia: Former Works Minister, Human Rights Lawyer Kofi Woods Slams Government's Posture Toward the Media

Former Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods says the current wave of attack on the Press Union of Liberia and the media by officials of government is unwarranted and represents… Read more »

Liberia: Monsterrado County District Two Lawmaker Delivers Annual Report to Citizens

Monsterrado District Two lawmaker, Jimmy W. Smith, Saturday, December 29, 2019 rendered an account of the stewardship of his representation in the last legislative year with an… Read more »

Liberia: Gn Bank Liberia Sets Record Straight On Reported Closure

GN Bank Liberia, one of Liberia's biggest banking institutions operating in the country has clarified to the media and the public in Liberia that the bank will not be affected by… Read more »

Liberia: Real Accusations or Smear Campaign? Police Insider Provides Fpa Details On Allegations Made Against Post & Telecom Minister

Amid allegations of constant abuse by Post & Telecommunications Minister, Cllr. Cooper Kruah, against his wife, an investigator within the Liberia National Police has given… Read more »

Liberia: Transco Clsg Edges Closer to Solving Liberia's Power Quagmire

It's a sunny Monday afternoon on the outskirt of the port city of Buchanan, Julio Picado shows a group of visitors around a camp yard stockpiled with high-grade materials intended… Read more »

Liberia: Post & Telecom Minister Inspects Napas Progress

The Minister of Posts & Telecommunications, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. led other ministers of the ministry to inspect the progress being made with the National Postal Address… Read more »

Liberia: President Weah Dedicates Chugbor, Bishop Francis Roads - Described Projects As 'Mile Stones'

Friday, January 5, was a joyous day for hundreds of residents of Old Road and Congotown when President George Weah officially opened Chugbor and Bishop Francis roads. Read more »

Liberia: Agriculture Minister Mongana Flomo Lauds Us$3.3m Contractual Agreements With Local Firms in Liberia

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mongana S. Flomo said the US$3.3 million construction and rehabilitation contracts awarded to eight local companies will improve the lives of many… Read more »