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Nimba, Liberia, April 26, 2024—As forced initiations by traditional zoes and operators of bush schools continue across the country, Williams Jallah, an Assistant Minister for Culture at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Monrovia, is warning those involved to stop bringing disgrace to Liberia’s cultural values.

Monrovia, Liberia, April 24, 2024—Barely a month after the World Bank’s latest report on poverty in Liberia, Archbishop Dr. Ola W.B. Jallah is cautioning President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to take the report seriously and help rescue the nation and its people from poverty.

Monrovia City Mayor-designate John Charuk Siafa says the filthiness of Monrovia is due to the government's failure to allocate more funding to the municipal city government.

Monrovia, Liberia, April 24, 2024—Former House Speaker Dr. Bhofal Chambers reveals here that there was a huge budget discrepancy during his leadership. The actual budget he signed did not reflect how much he earned compared to his deputy, current Speaker J. Fonati Koffa.

The National Elections Commission (NEC) announces primarily the results of Tuesday, April 23, 2024, poorly attended senatorial by-election in Nimba County and Grand Gedeh District #1 Representative by-election.

Nimba, Liberia, April 24, 2024 – Amid low turnout in Tuesday’s senatorial by-election in Nimba County, Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, who has been campaigning for the ruling Unity Party Candidate Nya D. Twayen, Jr., didn’t show up to vote, including about 20 UP partisans from the county.

Montserrado, Liberia, April 24, 2024 – To boost the tourism sector of Liberia, Montserrado County District #17 Representative Bernard Blue Benson, Jr., writes a plenary of the House of Representatives here, seeking to establish a national tourism authority for the country.

Monrovia, Liberia, April 23, 2024 – The Juwule Family, through its head, Mrs. Eugènia Titae Wisseh, from Chicago, United States of America, alleges that death certificate issued by the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Sophie Community, Congo Town, outside Monrovia, proved that wrong medications administered to her father by the hospital led to his death.

Grand Cape Mount, Liberia, April 23, 2024 –With Liberia recently recognized as one of the top 10 surfing destinations globally, the West African nation is gearing up to host its first inaugural surfing competition under the global theme Surf to Rise.

Nimba, Liberia, April 23, 2024 – Police in Ganta, Nimba County, have arrested and detained the county’s Commerce Inspector.