Liberia : News

[FrontPageAfrica]Barely a week after her now infamous declaration that she was "enjoying this benign neglect" and "I wish they will continue it for a long time," when asked to response to a much-publicized blackout by major newspapers and radio stations in Liberia, protesting anti-media statements attributed to the head of her Executive Protection Service, Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf now says she is looking forward making up with the local media. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has threatened to resist in any manner to stop the Government of Liberia from embarking on any process of exploiting the Mount Wologizi in Lofa County. (AllAfrica)

[New Democrat]Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, the outspoken cleric who became the conscience of the society during the tyranical regime of late President Samuel Doe and the tumultous years of the civil war, died at his 8th Street residence yesterday following a protracted illness, aged 77. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Catholic Archbishop emeritus, His Grace Michael Kpakala Francis, is dead. He died at age 77 in Monrovia on Sunday following a protracted illness. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Liberia has requested the United States' (US') support in the form of protective gear, to enable the deployment of the Liberian platoon that will participate in the peacekeeping operation in Mali. A dispatch from Washington, the United States of America says President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also sought U.S. support in tackling drug trafficking in the West African Region. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Despite a recent independent audit, which cast doubt on good governance and transparency here, amidst a media rage, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia - Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, an outspoken clergy renowned for his fiery sermons and stance against brutal regimes of former presidents Samuel Doe and Charles Ghankay Taylor is dead. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]The Most Outspoken personality in contemporary Liberia has been silenced permanently by the power of death. Catholic Archbishop Michael K. Francis has finally given up the ghost following a prolonged illness. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis has ended his earthly journey following a long illness as a result of stroke. He was 77. His death was announced Sunday on state radio, the Liberia Broadcasting System by his successor, Archbishop Lewis Jerome Zeigler of the Diocese of Monrovia. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, an outspoken clergy renowned for his fiery sermons and stance against brutal regimes of former presidents Samuel Doe and Charles Ghankay Taylor is dead. Bishop Francis who never fully recovered since he suffered a stroke in 2004 has been ailing for quite some time. His death leaves a major vacuum in the Catholic Church of Liberia. (AllAfrica)

[Analyst]“It is only when it is dark that one can see the stars,” so the maxim goes, like the Liberian parlance that says, “You can hardly know the warriors of the community till it is war time.” That was the case when the clouds of tyranny and despotism descended upon the nation for two decades. While others were throwing stones and hiding, and some were growling and running scare into exile, there was a lone voice crying in the wilderness firmly situated at home and bearing the cross of pr (AllAfrica)

[New Democrat]A communique' signed by Civil Society Organizations has recommended that the Government of Liberia provides a conducive space for broad based non-state actors' participation in the country's natural resource management. (AllAfrica)

[New Democrat]Concession companies and other foreign investments in the country have been urged to use the expertise of Liberians in carrying out their duties. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]The Liberty Party says it sees its victory in the just-ended Grand Bassa County by-election as indicative of its preparedness to take state leadership after the Sirleaf-led Government. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]The Open Budget Initiatives (OBI) launched by the Ministry of Finance is being taken to rural Liberia to educate citizens on government's financial programs. The Open Budget Initiative, launched by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf early this year, is intended to explain to average Liberians the expenditure of the national budget. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]FrontPageAfrica has learnt of an aborted prison break involving a long-time detainee of the Monrovia Central Prison, Mr. Hans Williams. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]A cross-section of Civil Society Organizations co-working group on natural resources has concluded a two-day natural resources exploitation and management conference with admonition for government to ensure that the country's resources benefit the citizenry. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]You note in the story: "Instead of a conflict of interest, Weeks asserted that the board member who is alleged to be himself, was in fact doing the institution a favor. "In 2011- 2012 when we did not even have money in our bank accounts to pay employees when sometimes our balances will be as little as four thousand dollars." (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has dedicated a youth center in Brewerville City, Montserrado County valued US$30,000. The center is intended for youths in the area to have access to skills training and other educative programs. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Posts and Telecommunications Minister Dr. Frederick Norkeh, has stressed the need for every Liberian to pay a role in ensuring that the use of Information Communication Technology or ICT does not endanger road safety. He called on policymakers to ensure that Information Communication Technology facilitates the realization of Liberia's goal instead of undermining it. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sent a message of congratulations to the Government and People of the Kingdom of Norway on the joyous occasion commemorating the Constitution Day of that country. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]A ReThe Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MICAT), on behalf of the Government of Liberia, called upon the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) to recant its press blackout against the activities of the nation's presidency (FPA, May 15, 2013). (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]A youth group, the Coalition of Youth & Students to Enhance Peace and Democracy in Liberia has admonished Liberians to be their "brother's keeper" instead of community destroyer, making specific reference to a speech delivered by National Unification Day Orator T. Nelson Williams on May 14, 2013. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]A heavy rainstorm may have disrupted the graduation ceremony of the first batch of cadets to complete studies at the Liberia Maritime Training Academy since the end of the civil war, but the young men and women stood tall in the face of adversity after the completion of a rigorous training exercise which authorities at the Liberia Maritime Authority are hopeful will change the cadets lives for the better. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]"We were rejected, neglected, abandoned and stigmatized by family members, friends and love ones as a result of the pupu and pepe sickness we were suffering from; but today, our stories have changed; those who rejected us are now embracing us," these were the words of some fistula survivors who have now been reintegrated into communities. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee K. Lawrence has expressed fear over worsening health conditions in the county. She said the health conditions in Grand Bassa County have depreciated over the years due to the shortage of drugs at the Liberia Government Hospital in Buchanan. (AllAfrica)

[NEWS]The Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) has graduated 47 unskilled youth under its cash for work program in the country. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]The Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MICAT), on behalf of the Government of Liberia, called upon the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) to recant its press blackout against the activities of the nation's presidency (FPA, May 15, 2013). (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]Addressing key issues arising from the recent audit report of an International audit Firm GBSI which findings were reported by FrontPageAfrica, the head of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation(LWSC), Kimmie Weeks told a major news conference in Monrovia Thursday, that the Deputy Managing Director(DMD) for Finance was not fire but rather suspended for one month pending the verification of his credentials. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]The metamorphic arguments relating to statements made by the head of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) Hon. Daniel Othello Warrick, on May 3, 2013 during the observance of the Press Freedom Day in Grand Bassa County, and the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) subsequent response to such, as well as criticisms from Liberians have drawn my attention to comment. Critically speaking, the statements made by Hon. Warrick was appropriate , giving the fact that media institutions have miserably failed to maintain e (AllAfrica)

MONROVIA 20 May 2013 (IRIN) - The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws. (irinnews.org)