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Liberia: WONGOSOL Urges Pres. Boakai to Put Women, Justice at Heart of Liberia's Trust-Building Agenda

MONROVIA, Sept. 30 -- The Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to place women's leadership, transitional justice and reconciliation at the center of... Read More


Liberia: Speaker Koon Donates Bus to J.J. Dossen Hospital in Harper City, Maryland County

Liberia, Sept. 30 -- Harper, Maryland County - House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has donated a bus to the J.J. Dossen Memorial Referral Hospital in Harper City, Maryland County, fulfilling a commitment... Read More


Liberia: LERC Renews JEP Distribution License After Public Review

Liberia, Sept. 30 -- The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) on September 23 formally renewed Jungle Energy Power's (JEP) Large-Scale Distribution license after completing a multi-year re... Read More


Liberia: Criminal Court Rejects Peter Bon Jallah's Acquittal Bid, Orders Him to Take Witness Stand

Liberia, Sept. 30 -- Judge Wesseh Says Prosecution Evidence Requires Defense Response as Statutory Rape Trial Moves Forward By Willie N. Tokpah Monrovia-Criminal Court "E" for Montserrado County has... Read More


Beyond the Training Center: STRIVE's Partnership with Industry and the Private Sector

Monrovia, Sept. 29 -- For years, Liberia's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) challenge extends beyond classrooms. The harder question is what happens when young people leave. The ... Read More


Liberia: Opposition Puts Issues First in Bid to Break Its Losing Habit; Can Five Parties Do What the CPP Couldn't?

MONROVIA, Sept. 29 -- For most of the last two decades, Liberia's opposition has had a habit of losing to itself. Parties meet, pledge unity, sign documents, then split over who leads before the rulin... Read More


"The People Did a Fantastic Job" - Mary Broh Defends Defendants in Saudi Rice Trial

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Monrovia-Former General Services Agency Director General Mary T. Broh, delivered one of the defense's strongest accounts Monday, September 28, in Liberia's ongoing Saudi-donated r... Read More


Liberia: Bon Jallah Seeks Acquittal As DNA Evidence Links Him to Four Exhibits, Defense Points to Crime-Scene Dispute

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Prosecution Given Until Tuesday to Resist Motion as Criminal Court "E" Suspends Trial; Rwandan Forensic Expert Says DNA Match Cannot Establish When or How Biological Material Was ... Read More


Liberia: Whein Town Residents Demand Landfill Closure, Cite Rising Health and Water Risks

PAYNESVILLE, Sept. 29 -- Residents of Whein Town are demanding the closure of the Whein Town Landfill, accusing authorities of continuing to use a site they say has exceeded its intended lifespan and ... Read More


Breaking: Gompa Magisterial Court Jails, Fines Former Ganta City Mayor Suah, Orders Radio Retraction

GANTA, Nimba County, Sept. 29 -- The Gompa Magisterial Court on Tuesday, September 29 sentenced former Ganta City Mayor Amos N. G. Suah to 30 days in jail and fined him US$100 for contempt after findi... Read More