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Liberia: Snowe Seeks Audit Over Alleged Kickbacks in Bomi, Presses Education Ministry on School Closed Three Years

Monrovia, Oct. 21 -- Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe, Jr. has called for an urgent, independent audit of local government spending in the county, citing allegations that some officials are spen... Read More


Liberia: U.S. Embassy Officials Visit Leading War Crimes Investigators in Show of Support, Investigators Say

Liberia, Oct. 21 -- Summary: By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Two officials from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia visited the Global Justice and Research Project, Li... Read More


Liberia Ready for Scrabble Nations Cup as 16th Africa Championship Draws Near

MONROVIA, Oct. 21 -- Liberia is set to host the 16th Africa Scrabble Championship (ASC) as national delegations from across the continent begin arriving in Monrovia for the four-day event, scheduled t... Read More


Liberia: Koulibaly Shines on Borough FC Return With Goal and Crucial Saves

MONROVIA, Oct. 21 -- Goalkeeper Abdulai Koulibaly marked his return to Borough FC in dramatic fashion on Sunday, scoring a second-half penalty and making a series of crucial saves in a 1-1 draw agains... Read More


IAA Commits To Safe, Equitable Work Environment, Launches 1st Gender & Social Inclusion Desk

Monrovia, Oct. 21 -- The Internal Audit Agency of Liberia (IAA) has officially launched its Gender and Social Inclusion Desk in Monrovia. The launching ceremony was held on Friday, October 16 at the ... Read More


Liberia Begins Rwanda Study Tour to Learn Lessons On Decentralization and Local Governance

KIGALI, Rwanda, Oct. 21 -- Liberia has begun a study tour in Rwanda to examine how local government, public financial management and community participation can improve public services, as the West Af... Read More


Liberia Bets Its Future on Iron, Gold and Power

MONROVIA, Oct. 20 -- For most of the past half-century, Liberia's mineral wealth has been a story told in the past tense. In the 1960s and 1970s, iron ore from the Nimba and Bong ranges made this smal... Read More


Liberia: Rising Poverty, Economic Constraints and Drug Addiction Push Young Liberian Women Into Transactional Sex; Plea For Help, Empowerment

MONROVIA, Oct. 20 -- By eight o'clock on most evenings, the young women have already taken their places. Near an unfinished building in the VOA community of Brewerville City, outside Monrovia, they st... Read More


Pooling Strength for Development, Advancing Common Progress -Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Global Development Initiative

Liberia, Oct. 20 -- In September 2021, President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, injecting strong impetus int... Read More


Liberia: House Summons Education Minister, MCSS Superintendent, Teachers Over Prolonged School Closure

Monrovia, Oct. 20 -- The House of Representatives is expected to question the Minister of Education, Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah, the Superintendent of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), Dr. A... Read More