The Liberia Council of Churches in collaboration with the All African Council of Churches has begun a three-day regional consultative conference for religious leaders from East and West African countries on climate change. Speaking Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at the opening ceremony of the conference in Careysburg, Montserrado County, the Vice President of the All…
Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has called for collective national efforts from all superintendents, chiefs and city mayors within the country in order to ensure national development and prosperity. Vice President Koung made the statement on Monday, August 5, 2024 Gompa City, Nimba County, at the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ ongoing national orientation workshop for…
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is tackling low school enrollment in seven of Liberia’s fifteen counties that experienced poor attendance during the 2023-2024 Academic Calendar. Counties included in this initiative are Gbarpolu, Bomi, Grand Bassa, Rivercess, River Gee, Grand Gedeh and Sinoe respectively. To achieve this goal, the ministry has announced the launch of the National…
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) through its National Chairman Janga Augustus Kowo has described the presence of armed officers at the party’s headquarters as “unprovoked deployment.” CDC partisans had gathered at their party headquarters on Monday, August 5, 2024, to apparently protest against the Government of Liberia over the arrests of some of its…
The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, Reverend Dr. Gabriel Blamoh Snosio Jubwe, has been conferred on the honor of the “Pallium” from the Holy Father Pope Francis. On June 29, 2024, along with other newly consecrated Archbishops around the world, Rev. Dr. Jubwe received the Pallium from Pope Francis during the Mass/Solemnity of St….
During the early afternoon of Friday, August 2, 2024, a scary scene occurred when a group of Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) soldiers flooded at the Civil Law Court “A” with an ununiformed man being handcuffed. It was alleged that the man identified as Gayflor Dardu, a personal of the AFL, had been dishonorably discharged…
In an effort to track sexual gender based violence (SGBV) record in Liberia, the Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has presented over 3,000 medical report books for documentation of SGBV to the Ministry of Gender. Giving an overview, WONGOSOL Program Manager, Willet Salue, said the medical report books for survivors of SGBV at one-stop…
Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has urged local county officials to rally behind the Government of Liberia’s ARREST Agenda, the official development plan for the nation under the Boakai-Koung administration. Addressing an audience during a welcome and reception dinner held in Nimba County on Sunday, Koung emphasized the vital role of leadership by likening it…
President Joseph N. Boakai has called on the Minister of Justice Cllr. J. Oswald Tweh to fear nothing in dealing with corruption suspects who will be identified by audit reports. Speaking at the opening of his administration’s Fifth Cabinet Meeting Friday, August 2, 2023, President Boakai stated that as the leader of the country, he…
The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) is calling on President Joseph Boakai to suspend officials of his government who have failed to declare their assets. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, August 2, 2024 in Monrovia, CENTAL expressed concern over Boakai’s lack of action against officials failing to declare their assets,…
