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Liberia: Culture Envoy Urges Legislature to Ratify UNESCO Conventions to Save Liberia's Heritage

Monrovia, May 13 -- Culture Ambassador, Kekura Kamara, is urging the national Legislature to swiftly ratify eight outstanding UNESCO conventions, warning that continued delay could result in irreversi... Read More


Liberia: Father Arrested for Burning Son's Hands Over Alleged Theft in Bomi County

Monrovia, May 13 -- Police in Gbah Jarkeh Township have arrested a Sierra Leonean national, Amara Varney, for allegedly setting fire to the hands of his 13-year-old son, Morris Varney, as punishment f... Read More


Liberia: Caretakers Forced to Sleep Outside JFK After Nighttime Eviction

Monrovia, May 13 -- Caretakers and relatives of patients recovering from surgery at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital have alleged that they were forcibly removed from the hospital premises during... Read More


Liberia: CSOs Slam Harper Court, County Attorney Over Delayed Justice, Prolonged Detentions

Monrovia, May 13 -- Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in southeastern Liberia have strongly criticized the Harper Circuit Court and the County Attorney's Office over ongoing delays in justice deliver... Read More


Liberia: The Lawmaker's Fake Logging Company

Monrovia, May 13 -- In May last year, African Finch Logging Limited was established to trade timber and other forest products. The company is owned by Finch General Trading FZE, a UAE-based firm, acco... Read More


Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs, County Lawmakers' Attempt to Shutdown Bush School Results In Violence, Several Wounded, Held In Captivity

Monrovia, May 13 -- A government attempt to enforce the nationwide suspension of bush school activities in Gbarpolu County has resulted in violence, injuries, and hostage-taking, as traditional leader... Read More


Liberia: More Than Three Quarters Liberians Approve War and Economic Crimes Courts in Latest Continental Survey

Monrovia, May 13 -- More than three quarters of Liberians have openly backed a war and economic crimes court for their country, according to a new survey released this month by Afrobarometer, an Accra... Read More


Liberia: Koffa Quits Speakership, Citing Executive Defiance of Supreme Court Ruling; Reps Bility, Koon Emerge as Contenders for Speaker

Monrovia, May 13 -- After months of legal and political turmoil, Representative J. Fonati Koffa has officially resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives. In his resignation address on Monday... Read More


Liberian Feature Film Boss Chicks Secures Historic Theatrical Run in Ghana

Monrovia, May 13 -- Love Weah Production's feature film Boss Chicks has officially been picked up for distribution in Accra, Ghana by Silverbird Cinemas, marking a historic moment for Liberian cinema.... Read More


Liberia: Nagbe Calls for Scientific Probe into Cletus Noah's Death Amid Allegation Against Him

Monrovia, May 13 -- The Chief of Office Staff to Former President George Manneh Weah, Eugene Lenn Nagbe, on Monday called for a full police investigation, including a scientific autopsy, into the deat... Read More