AllAfrica News: Liberia

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Liberia Chess Federation President Gonkartee Dekpah will face two former federation officials in a three-way race for the presidency at the federation's Dec. 26-27 General Assembly, as one challenger cites Liberia's absence from three major international chess competitions and questions the federation's financial management.

[Liberian Investigator] Liberia is taking steps to make climate resilience a central requirement in the planning, design and construction of public infrastructure, as the government moves to address the growing threats of heavy rainfall, flooding and extreme weather conditions to roads, bridges and other critical facilities.

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's Protect Our Resources Taskforce inspected a Lower Montserrado County mining site scarred by deep pits and damaged creeks, where one company accused the Ministry of Mines and Energy of "aiding and abetting" illicit mining and another insisted its excavator was there only for exploration.

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The Kemayah Saudi rice case returns to Criminal Court 'C' on Friday, when Judge Ousman F. Feika is scheduled to rule on former Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah's motion for a new trial, with sentencing possible if the court rejects the request.

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Liberia's Lone Star travel to Cape Verde on Friday knowing that another defeat would leave them at least six points off a qualifying place with only three matches left in their bid to reach the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.