The Liberian government and the European Union (EU) on June 5, 2023 signed a U.S.$88 million package to support programmes in a new phase of a partnership between the government and the EU that spans 50 years, The New Dawn reports.
Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel Tweah signed on behalf of the government, while the head of the EU delegation to Liberia, Ambassador Laurent Delahousse signed
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After four weeks of hearings between January and February 2023 - the Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) found Alieu Kosiah, former Liberian commander of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), guilty of multiple counts of war crimes and multiple counts of crimes against humanity. He was handed a prison sentence of 20 years.
The Appeals Chamber also
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Finland's Turku Court of Appeal has concluded the second phase of hearings in Liberia, of witnesses for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean man accused of war crimes in Liberia. The proceedings ended on Friday, May 12, 2023 with the Court only able to hear nine of the eleven witnesses it had scheduled for this phase of the proceedings.
A Finnish court tried Gibril Massaquoi, a former Revolutionary Front commander in Sierra Leone - accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The
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Yvette Tetteh, a Ghanaian activist, is swimming the roughly 500-kilometre-long Volta River, including Lake Volta, to draw attention to rising water contamination, VOA reports.
Tetteh who is also gathering water samples along the route to check for contamination, said that Ghana's water systems are suffering as a result of the importation of secondhand garments known as "Obroni Wa-Wu."
A company owner, activist, and athlete, Tetteh said she took on this
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Moses Owen Brown and Daniel Tarr of the Liberia Maritime Authorit who were held for sexual abuse in Korea, have been found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to nine years each.
The two officials were detained in 2022 after allegedly raped two Korean teenagers, according to Korean authorities. In an earlier statement, the Liberian government confirmed it seeks legal action, and engaged with the Korean government via diplomatic channels to explore potential options.
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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos initially told the South African public to 'kill him' if the team failed to make it to the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations. Now, the tactician can breathe easy after they made it to the tournament with a 2-1 win over Liberia in Monrovia.
Broos was relieved when Bafana Bafana booked a spot in next January's AFCON, bouncing back after dropping a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with the Liberians last week.
South Africa had to
The United States Government's 2022 Human Rights report has documented significant human rights issues in Liberia, citing credible reports, according to The New Dawn.
The U.S. 2022 Human Rights report also spoke of lack of investigation and accountability for gender-based violence, including child, early, and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation/cutting.
Additionally, it
Liberians will go to the polls on October 10, 2023 to elect a new president and members of the Legislature or retain incumbent President George Manneh Weah and his ruling Coalition for Democratic Change.
Gabriel I.H. Williams and Emmanuel D. Abalo, former leaders of the Press Union of Liberia, issued an open letter appealing for collective action to prevent rigging of the October
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President George Weah took office on January 22, 2018. He is a member of the Congress for Democratic Change, which he established in 2004.
Since taking office, Weah has faced many challenges - the most recent of which are accusations by opposition parties that his administration is not tackling growing corruption. Weah has announced his intention to run for a second term in office in the
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The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has informed its customers and the public of its new regulations of power shedding due to low energy with huge consumption to serve everyone.
LEC says as a result of the increase in energy demand, it has exceeded its 27MW contracted from Cl energies of Cote d'Ivoire to help compensate for its energy supply deficit which represent the maximum allocation available to each CLSG country.
It further assured its customers
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