The international community in Liberia welcomes the ban on 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 …
USAID/Liberia Mission Director Jim Wright On Thursday, February 9, the U.S. Mission through USAID launched a five-year project named ‘Hope for a Better Future: Building Collaborative Resilience for Youth in Liberia,’ which will support post-conflict psychological trauma healing and resilience at both the individual and community levels. The project will focus on three counties that …
U.S. Mission Launches Project for War Traumatized Youth’s Better Future Read More »
The ANALYST reports that with just few days after the latest regulation of the National Commission for Higher Education (NCHE) that restricts only holders of PhD to head higher institutions in the country, reports available to the paper said the Presidents of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion University …
Presidents of AMEU, AMEZU Quit -As NCHE’s Hammer Hits Varsities Read More »
Mr. Joel Maybury, US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission The US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy accredited near Monrovia, Joel Maybury, has urged the Liberian judicial system to take concrete action against sanctioned Liberian government officials instead of relying on the US Government to act on their behalf. It can …
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has voted to summon heads of government ministries and agencies for their “noncompliant posture” in insuring their staff and equipment with the National Insurance Corporation of Liberia (NICOL). They are expected appear before that august body this week. Plenary, the highest decision-making body of the House, took the decision …
House Summons Heads of Government’s Ministries, Agencies for Ignoring NICOL Read More »
— As Gov’t Spending Agencies Boycott Exercise But…… The ongoing budget hearing at the Capitol is taking a usual stage which has created uneasiness for some members of the August body. The Joint Committee on Ways, Means, Finance, and Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate have taken aback the majority of spending agencies …
African leaders are meeting in Addis Ababa for an annual summit aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent’s most pressing challenges, which include armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly violence in the Sahel …
At Annual African Union Summit: Security, Trade Top Discussion Read More »
The University of Liberia (UL) has been admonished during an intellectual discourse marking its 72nd Founder’s Day celebration to have an enabling environment that enables election actors to view the institution as neutral. Delivering a keynote speech Thursday, February 16, 2023, in the UL Auditorium Capitol Hill, Mr. Vafolay Mbandoe Tulay noted that such an …
Representative Roger Domah of Nimba County Electoral District seven has called for swiftly intervention at the Saclepea Health Center following a fire incident. A fire incident took place last week Wednesday February 15, 2023, and destroyed the residence doctors’ quarter. The Saclepea Health Center is located in Nimba County Electoral District seven currently represented by …
Rep. Domah Wants Intervention for Fire Victims at Saclepea Health Center Read More »
–Invites NEC Board of Commissioners Even though Liberia goes to elections in October 2023, and the National Elections Commission (NEC), has commenced processes leading to the conduct of the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, the Plenary of the Liberian Senate says it is yet to be convinced with the pace of preparedness, especially the much-publicized Biometric …
Senate Gets Jittery Over Delay in Electoral Process Read More »
