IPNEWS: The international community in Liberia welcomes the banonf the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Liberia, as declared by the Chairperson of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL), Chief Zanzan Karwor, during the commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance on FGM held in Sonkay Town, Montserrado County …
A PERSPECTIVE BY USAID Last year was tough for United Nations peacekeeping operations, especially in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local people demonstrated angrily against the perceived inability of peacekeepers to protect civilians in the east of the country. In Mali, the junta government became increasingly hostile to the peacekeeping presence. In …
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Four Panelists/Hosts Resign in Matter of Hours IPNEWS: In less than 24hrs following a formal indictment by a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida in the U.S. against Liberian businessman Stanton Witherspoon and co-conspirators Alfred Sellu and Rene Bernadel in Florida, four panelists/hosts of the famous “Spoon Talk” have tendered in their resignations …
