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Liberia: As Pres. Weah Concludes First Leg of Nationwide Tour, FPA Looks into What the Counties Stand to Benefit Liberia: As Pres. Weah Concludes First Leg of Nationwide Tour, FPA Looks into What the Counties Stand to Benefit Share MONROVIA – President Weah’s first leg of his county tour midway in his Administration has come and gone, but his excursion has left a lasting imprint and raises the hope of some impoverished communities in the counties. One such area is Gbi-Doru Administrative Di...

ADVERTISEMENT Prosecutor pushes court to convict, jail and sanction Kosiah Mr Kosiah is alleged to have recruited a 12-year-old boy in 1992 in Bomi County and used him as child-soldier throughout the first half of the civil war. 3 min read Alieu Kosiah should be convicted of all the war crimes charges he faces, jailed for a maximum 20 years and then barred from entering Switzerland for 15 years, prosecutors said on Monday in their final argument four days to the end of the histo...

Japanese Ambassador Accredited to Liberia Begins Five-Day Visit to Liberia Japanese Ambassador Accredited to Liberia Begins Five-Day Visit to Liberia Share Monrovia – The Ambassador of Japan to Liberia His Excellency HIMENO Tsutomu with residence in Ghana will be visiting Liberia beginning Monday, March 1, 2021 to Friday, March 5, 2021. The Japanese Ambassador accredited to this capital is expected to meet with His Excellency Dr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia and an...

Liberia: House of Representatives Approves US$24M Supplementary Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Liberia: House of Representatives Approves US$24M Supplementary Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Share Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The House of Representatives has approved a US$24.3 million supplementary budget for fiscal year 2020/2021 to enable government deliver on programs that are critically in need of funds. The House took the decision in Plenary on Thursday following recommendations from a co...

Muslim Community In Grand Kru Pours Praises On Deputy Speaker HonCllr Fonati Koffa For His Generosity Muslim Community In Grand Kru Pours Praises On Deputy Speaker HonCllr Fonati Koffa For His Generosity Muslims in Grand Kru County hold discussion with District two Representative, HonCllr J. Fonati Koffa Dozens of Muslims in Grand Kru County have overwhelmingly poured praises on the County District Number Two Representative, Jonathan Fonati Koffa who is currently in the County for what the...

Liberia: Kosiah Defense Witness Refuses to Leave Switzerland Saying His Life is in Danger Liberia: Kosiah Defense Witness Refuses to Leave Switzerland Saying His Life is in Danger The townhall of Bellinzona, Switzerland. New Narratives/James Harding Giahyue BELLINZONA, Switzerland – The war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah was thrown into turmoil on Thursday as one of the Liberian witnesses flown to Switzerland to testify on Kosiah’s behalf told the court he will not return to Liberia because h...

Kosiah defence witness refuses to leave Switzerland, says his life in danger Seven Liberians accuse Mr Kosiah of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transportation, looting and recruitment of a child-soldier. 4 min read The war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah was thrown into turmoil on Thursday as one of the Liberian witnesses flown to Switzerland to testify on Mr Kosiah’s behalf told the court he will not return to Liberia because his life is in danger followin...

Well, this is what Liberia receives for the core of people its citizens often elect as their lawmakers. In turn, the so-called legislators are delivering to the people the value for their energy wasted in time, emotion, and resources towards a fruitless cause. The legislators are triggered-happy and this dysfunction emanates from their being elected to play the roles of the “round pegs” in the “square holes”. What do I mean about this? When an architect is building a house, one of the f...

Liberia: Edwin Snowe Certificated as Winner of Bomi County Senator Liberia: Edwin Snowe Certificated as Winner of Bomi County Senator Share Monrovia – Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe has assured the people of Bomi County that as he enters the Senate, he is going to be an advocate for them. The electorates of Bomi overwhelmingly voted for him. He didn’t only promise the people of Bomi, Senator-elect Snowe also informed the Elections Commission that he is also going to advocate for it by en...

Supreme Court declares, affirms NEC Board of Commissioners’ in favor of Rep. Snowe Following intense legal wrangling over allegations of reported fraud and irregularities said to have marred the December 8 Special Senatorial Election in Bomi County, the Supreme Court has declared that there is “No evidence to substantiate the claims.” Edwin Melvin Snowe, the current Representative of Bomi County District#1, contested in the December 2020 Senatorial election and was earlier declared by the...