News Liberia: Black History event to celebrate the Bi-Centennial of Liberia
RICHMOND, Va. -- A Black history event in Richmond will celebrate a West African country. "The bicentennial celebration for Liberia is marking two hundred years of free slaves from the U.S. returning ...
News Liberia: Liberia: 76 Groups Seek Justice for War Crimes
The Liberian government should undertake fair and credible prosecutions of international crimes committed during its two civil wars, 76 Liberian, African, and international nongovernmental organizations said in a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee released today.
News Liberia: Eartha Kitt and James Brown: Hollywood's Liberia brought Black celebrity and community
Before the city of Hollywood was founded in 1925, there was an enclave of Black residents that had a safe haven to call their own.
News Liberia: Liberia, South Africa ex-First Ladies attend Lordina Foundation’s 5th health screening for retired ministers
The Founder and President of the Lordina Foundation, Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, on Friday welcomed two distinguished guests - Mrs Kartumu Yatta Boakai, First Lady of Liberia, and Tobeka Madiba-Zuma, former First Lady of South Africa—at the 5th edition of the Foundation’s quarterly health screening and free medical supplies programme for retired ministers and their spouses of the Assemblies of G
News Liberia: Artisanal fishers in Liberia question benefits of new tracking devices from government
MONROVIA — In Liberia, a country where small-scale fishers number in the tens of thousands, fishers go missing at sea every year. Some, like a crew of four rescued 54 nautical miles (100 kilometers) off the coast in 2020, are fortunate. The Liberia Artisanal Fishermen Association (LAFA), an advocacy group, has, over the years, petitioned […]
News Liberia: Liberia: NAYMOTE Concludes 5 Counties Reconciliation Action Plan
With support from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Liberia Peace Building Office (PBO), Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, has completed 32 community dialogues, and the development of five counties reconciliation action plan.
News Liberia: Liberia: Bad Road in Southeast Liberia Leaves One Passenger Dead
According to Martine Toe, a passenger heading for Maryland County, they got in the mud 3:20 a.m. but waited for day to clear before crossing. "We sleep in this cold and mud, so early this morning ...
News Liberia: FIFA bans African soccer official 10 years for stealing funds from Ebola campaign
Jiří Dvořák, MD, said in 2014. Funds were meant for pubic ... He is “suspected,” the AP reports, of misappropriating money from Liberia’s annual FIFA grants worth hundreds of thousands ...
News Liberia: Liberia: 20 Representatives Eye 2020 Senatorial Seats
Ahead of the midterm senatorial elections in 2020, the Daily Observer has gathered that 20 members of the House of Representatives, who claimed to be potentially strong candidates in their respective constituencies, have expressed interests to contest in the upcoming 2020 senatorial mid-term election. For those who would win, the upcoming mid-term election promises a nine-year (2021 - 2030) term and, before that, a much less complex political season than in 2023, when there will be presidential and general
News Liberia: Liberia: Us$292k Multipurpose Complex Underway in Buchanan
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with support from the World Bank and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, said it would begin the construction of a regional multi-purpose office complex in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to house its region three offices.
News Liberia: Nurses assist a new patient at an Ebola center in Liberia’s Lofa County. As drug trials get underway, patients may receive experimental medicines.
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News Liberia: Liberia: Chief Kollie Appointed As Regional Culture Inspector
Lofa and Nimba Counties. Mr. Kollie's appointment was made by Chief ZanzanKarwor, the Head of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia in consultation with Internal Affairs Minister ...
News Liberia: Liberia: Will Weah Respect Supreme Court's Order?
Justice Korkpor had ordered then Solicitor General, Mulbah to work out all legal formalities that would ensure the renewal of the diplomatic passports of Liberia's Permanent Representative to the ...
News Liberia: He Was Told to Go Back to Africa. Instead, He May Go to the U.S. Senate.
Collins fled Liberia in the midst of the nation’s civil ... How many covert wars, miscarriages of justice, and dystopian technologies would remain hidden if our reporters weren’t on the ...
News Liberia: Liberia: Supreme Court Orders New Trial in Fombah Sirleaf's U.S.$247k 'Corruption Scandal' Case
Justice Kaba: "The court's judgment is reversed ... who had lured the Korean businessmen to Liberia, and recommended prosecution of all perpetrators. President Sirleaf did not heed to the ...
News Liberia: Liberia: More 'Contaminated' Frozen Food Arrested in Ganta
The lady, along with the contaminated items, were taken to the local Ministry of Commerce office, where a team of joint security, health, agriculture, inspector from the Environmental Protection ...
News Liberia: PriceSmart Announces Plans to Build a New Warehouse Club in Costa Rica
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) today announced that on July 31, 2019, it acquired approximately 227,000 square feet of land in Costa Rica, upon which the Company plans to open its 46th warehouse club. This club will be located within the city of Liberia, Costa Rica,
News Liberia: Liberia: GOL Join Effort to Battle Mal-Nutrition
commerce for its effective function. The SUN Movement Secretariat-Liberia is currently situated at the Ministry of Health in Congo Town. Additionally, the national nutrition policy which is ...
