AllAfrica News: Liberia

An End to Bush School Human Rights Violations in Liberia

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:10:21 GMT

[Spotlight Initiative] Lofa County, Liberia -- After spending four months in the bush with her legs shackled as punishment for violating Sande society traditional practices, 38-year-old Evelyn James* was relieved to finally be free.

Fear Grips Picnicess Over Mysterious Deaths

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:41:19 GMT

[Observer] -- County Leadership vote for 'Tamba' to Cleanse Chenakaleh

Former Bomi County Senator Lahai Lansanah Is Dead

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:56 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Mr. Lahai Gbabye Lansanah, a former Senior Senator from Bomi County has died.

Members of Ruling Party Gather to View Remains of Fallen Partisan Munah Pelham-Youngblood

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:52 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Partisans and well-wishers on Thursday gathered at the Headquarters of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) in Congo Town to view the body of late Montserrado County District 9 Representative Munah Pelham-Youngblood who died battling a protracted undisclosed illness on July 8, 2020, in Accra, Ghana.

President Trump's Ambassador Nominee Tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee, He'll Engage ...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:46 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Washington. -- Mr. Michael A. McCarthy, President Donald Trump's nominee as the new Ambassador to Liberia made a promise to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Thursday that he would press the George Weah-led administration to change the damaging perception of corruption that has been dogging the government, now in its third year.

Nimbaians Threaten to Sue Prince Johnson Over Death of Kinsmen He Referenced in Recent Leaked Audio

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:44 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson has been threatened with a lawsuit by some Nimbaians, who are mostly relatives and friends of some fallen natives of the county.

'Nathaniel Blama Was in Error' - Min. Mcgill Insists, Denies Prior Knowledge of Contract

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:40 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Mr. Nathaniel McGill, Liberia's Minister of State for Presidential Affairs has denied claims made by Mr. Nathaniel Blama that he was abreast with the contract signed with CO2Bitcoin on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

GAC Report Nails Ministry of Defense for Questionable Spending of U.S.$5. ...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:32 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of National Defense (MOD) spent US5.8 million between fiscal years 2013/2014 to 2016/2017 without supporting documents such as payment vouchers, requests, invoices, quotations, delivery notes etc. to authenticate the expenditure, audit report released by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to the National Legislature says.

Human Rights Defender Hassan Bility Debunks Agnes Reeves Taylor's Claims United Kingdom Court ...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:27 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The founder and Director of the the Global Justice and Research Project (GJRP), Hassan Bility has termed as 'a lie' claims made by Ms. Agnes Reeves Taylor, ex-wife of the jailed former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Senate Ad-Hoc Committee Suspects Scam in Senate Staffers' Payroll

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:36:24 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Senate ad-hoc committee chaired by Senator Alphonso Gaye (UP-Grand Gedeh County) which was charged with the responsibility to investigate staffer complaint of salary deduction has called for an independent audit of the Senate staffer payroll.

Massive Education Proposed to Limit Domestic Violence

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:38 GMT

[New Dawn] Amidst reported 900 cases of Sexual and Gender - Based Violence (SGBV) against women and children through January to May 2020, Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) president Cllr. Tiawon Gongloe proposes that the government through the Ministries of Gender, Education and Internal Affairs undertakes massive public awareness to limit violation of the law.

GOL Puts Liberian Newspapers On Perpetual Death-Roll

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:34 GMT

[New Dawn] Liberia's first newspaper the "Herald" was established in 1826 by Charles Force and its first editor was Mr. John Brown Russwurm, both were slave owners. Both the founder Mr. Charles Force and the paper's editor John Russwurm would be shaken in their graves today given the grim funding crisis faced by contemporary Liberian newspapers since the end of the Liberian civil carnage more than 16-years ago.

Sen. Morias Questions CDC Primary

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:32 GMT

[New Dawn] Maryland County -- The governing Coalition for Democratic Change, CDC which encompasses (Congress for Democratic Change, National Patriotic Party and Liberian People Democratic Party) primary in Harper City, Maryland County has come under protest. The CDC has named former Representative James P. Biney, as its senatorial aspirant for the county amid serious protest by incumbent Maryland County Senator, H. Dan Morais.

CdCians Defy Coronavirus

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:29 GMT

[New Dawn] In defiance of health regulations here, ruling Congress for Democratic Change partisans, supporters and sympathizers in their thousands converged at the party's headquarters in Congo Town, outskirt of Monrovia, obstructing normal traffic flow in the Sinkor belt, to receive remains of late CDC lawmaker, Munah Pelham Youngblood.

Icampus Hosts Standup Comedy Shows to Raise Awareness About Covid-19

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:25 GMT

[New Dawn] iCampus is using comedy and music to educate citizens and raise awareness about the corona virus pandemic that has affected 1,216 people, leaving 78 dead since the first case was reported March 16, 2020.

You On Your Own

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:23:23 GMT

[New Dawn] -McGill tells Blama to take responsibility

National Civil Society Union of Liberia Ends One Day Facts-Finding Visit At Africarice in Bong ...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:09:13 GMT

[New Republic] A conglomeration of Civil Society Organizations under the banner, National Civil Society Union of Liberia (NACSUL) has concluded a long day of tour at the Demonstration site of Africa-Rice in Bong County following allegations that the AfricaRice, an EU and world Fish project was engaged into bad labor practices with no Liberian in the employ of the institution.

Protect Human Rights Defenders in Liberia

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:57:35 GMT

[HRW] Recent credible threats against human rights defenders who, for many years, have been fighting for justice alongside victims of Liberia's civil wars are a source of great concern, nine human rights organizations said today.

Liberia Cannot Continue to Be a 'Hobo Joe', Enough Is Enough

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:13:25 GMT

[Observer] From the look of things, major international actors may likely find themselves in turf battles over fishing rights in Liberian territorial waters, all at the detriment and disadvantage of the Liberian nation and people. The major actors are the European Union and the People's Republic of China. Of lesser contention is the Republic of Senegal.

Could Chinese Trawlers Have the Upper Hand Against Small-Scale Fishermen?

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:13:19 GMT

[Observer] Six Chinese trawlers that arrived in Liberia in mid-June could be denied licenses to fish in Liberia after fisheries authorities found errors in documents.