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Liberia: Naymote Urges Legislature to Tighten US$52M National ID Deal, Cites Cost, Electoral and Data Protection Concerns

Liberia, Oct. 16 -- The democratic development organization is calling for an integrated national identification system to reduce duplicate registrations, improve public service delivery and strengthe... Read More


Liberia Joins ECOWAS Border Talks in The Gambia to Strengthen Regional Cooperation

Liberia, Oct. 16 -- Monrovia's participation in the three-day meeting focuses on boundary management, peaceful coexistence, cross-border development and regional integration. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh ... Read More


Liberia: OMNIA Urges Government to Invest in Community Farmers Amid US$243M Rice Production Drive

Liberia, Oct. 16 -- The organization cites grassroots rice-farming initiatives in Grand Cape Mount County and raises concerns over an agricultural proposal it says has gone unanswered for about a year... Read More


Liberia Urges Increased Agricultural Investment, Affordable Financing to Combat Poverty at UN

Liberia, Oct. 16 -- Monrovia Calls for Concessional Loans, Credit Guarantees and Private-Sector Partnerships to Boost Food Production, Strengthen Agribusiness and Advance Inclusive Growth NEW YORK - ... Read More


Liberia's Rural Women Feed the Nation, Build Peace, But Remain Locked Out of Opportunities

MONROVIA, Oct. 16 -- Madam Esther David Yango, Executive Director of the Women's NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL), has called on the Government of Liberia(GoL) to take concrete steps to address t... Read More


Curated Cultural Gifts Expands to Roberts International Airport

Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 16 -- Curated Cultural Gifts, a Liberian-owned business founded by entrepreneur Brenda Brewer Moore, has expanded its operations with the opening of a new kiosk at Roberts Inte... Read More


Liberia: U.S. Trial of Former Army Commander Moses Wright, Linked to Lutheran Church Massacre, Postponed Until February

Liberia, Oct. 16 -- Summary: By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives The U.S. trial of Moses Wright, a former senior Liberian army commander accused of ordering and ove... Read More


Liberia: The Jury Debate - "A Corrupt Jury Is Worse Than No Jury." But What About a Judge Who Has Already Spoken?

MONROVIA, Oct. 15 -- When Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay Sr. rose to open the Supreme Court's October Term on Monday, he did not deliver a routine ceremonial charge. He delivered an indictment of ... Read More


Liberia: Global Study Shows Most African Workers 'Struggling'; the Cost is Paid by Teachers, Healthcare Workers Who Hold the Economy Together

Liberia, Oct. 15 -- Summary: By Tetee Gebro and Joyclyn Wea, health and gender correspondents with New Narratives BENSONVILLE, Montserrado County - Before sunrise, Elaine Duowai prepares lesson note... Read More


Liberia: Snowe, Konneh Reject Gbeisay's Call to Abolish Jury Trials, Urge Constitutional Reform

MONROVIA, Oct. 15 -- Two Liberian senators have publicly rejected the Chief Justice's call to abolish jury trials, arguing that the answer to allegations of compromised jurors is a stronger jury syste... Read More