Weah to spend additional 25 days after nearly a month abroad, amid criticism
After spending nearly one month out of Liberia, President George Weah has asked the country legislature to extend his trip abroad by additional 25 days.
The notice of the extension was contained in a...
Boko Haram militants kill 10 Chadian soldiers near Nigeria border
A "dozen soldiers" were killed Tuesday by jihadists who attacked an army post in western Chad, a presidential spokesman has told AFP.
The attack also caused "injuries", said in a statement Brah Mahamat.
It was perpetrated...
Ruling party distances itself from ‘Pro-Government’ Supporters Planned Demonstration against U.S. Amb. Michael McCarthy
The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has dismissed and distanced itself from calls from some members of the public purporting to be pro-government supporters that want to protest against U. S. Ambassador Michael McCarthy.
The...
U.S. President Joe Biden announces nationwide brandband internet across Liberia
In his remarks at the G-20 meeting on Tuesday November 15, 2022 in Bali, Indonesia, President Biden hailed USAID’s partnership with CSquared to bring broadband high speed internet connectivity to Liberia.
President Biden noted...
President Weah Sacks Two LISGIS Officials over Population Census Wahala
President George Manneh Weah, on Monday November 14,2022 sacked with immediate effect the Acting Director General of the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Wilmot Smith, and the Deputy Director General for...
West African Civil Society groupings want President Weah exercise political will to fight drug...
By Theophilus ColeDays after the Liberian Legislature concorded and passed the long-awaited drug law, several civil society organizations in west Africa under the banner “WE THE PEOPLE,” has called on the Liberian government to...
Liberia national population census delays for the 6th time in 4 years
Non of 17,000 enumerators hired for the job turn out for counting because of a dispute over their fees.There was also a last-minute disagreement between top officials of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and...
Twitter fires staff at its only Africa office in Ghana after Elon Musk took...
In less than two weeks since Elon Musk took over the Twitter company, there are already concerns that the company is choosing to ignore key risks in its biggest international growth markets.
On Friday, November...
Amnesty International condemns Public flogging and sentencing of Nigerian TikTokers
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of two TikTok stars for allegedly defaming the governor of Kano state in northern Nigeria.
The TikTokers, Mubarak Muhammad alias Unique Pikin, and Nazifi Muhammad, had pleaded guilty and...
Press Union of Liberia Postpones Elective Congress for the conduct of national census
(Monrovia, November 8, 2022), The Leadership of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) in consultation with its Executive Committee and the 2022 Elective Congress Committee has postponed this year’s Congress.
The PUL in a release...
