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...
Tanzanian PM to lead funeral of crash victims
Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service on Monday for the 19 victims of a plane crash in Lake Victoria.
The accident happened on Sunday morning...
Ex-rebels commander Kunti Kamara faces life in prison for torture in Western Liberia
A court in Paris has found former Liberian rebel leader Kunti Kamara guilty of of numerous atrocities including rape and cannibalism enacted during the country's civil war that ended nearly 20 years ago.
He was...
Liberia narrowly passes Millennium Challenge Compact scorecard
Liberia for the first time since the Weah administration came to power in 2018 managed to pass the Millennium Challenge Corporation report.
In 2018 Liberia passed 10 out of 20 of MCC scorecards.
The United States...
Weah asks Legislature for more time to submit 2023 fiscal budget
The House of Representatives has noted a communication of request from President George Manneh Weah for an extension in the submission of the National Draft Budget for 2023.President Weah’s communication to the House of...
Truce agreed to halt Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
A deal has been reached in the Ethiopian civil war with both sides agreeing to halt their two-year conflict, which led to thousands of deaths and warnings of a famine.
The African Union (AU) has...
