Mae Azango News Today

MONROVIA – The Liberian Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Madam Williametta Saydee Tarr, spoke at this year's Women Deliver Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda. She emphasized the importance of amplifying the voices of young people i

MONROVIA – Lofa County's newly elected Senator, Cllr. Joseph Jallah, was recently invited by the office of the Trade Commission of the state of North Dakota to discuss Teacher Education, Nursing, and Cultural exchange programs. While in the US, Senat

MONROVIA – The Women Deliver (WD) Organization, which advocates for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and advances gender equity, has invited Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) to serv

MONROVIA – Koko Town in Careysburg, Monsterado County woke up to a shocking revelation recently when a 14-year-old girl, using the pseudonym Korpo Kollie, disclosed that one of her relatives, Nathan Koko, also known as Tutuboy, had been sexually abus

MONROVIA – The Jallah family is appealing for help to save the life of their fourteen-year-old son, Stanley Jallah, who has been afflicted by a tumor on his right heel. Due to this condition, Stanley has become an outcast in his community, facing rej

MONROVIA - The National Chairman of the National Muslim Council of Liberia, Mr. Abraham Fumbah Sherif, has condemned the marriage of a 12-year-old girl to a 57-year-old man two weeks ago in Logan town.By Mae Azango maeazango@frontpageafricaonline.com

MONROVIA – Ms. Johanna Suberu Svanelind, an official of the Swedish Embassy near Monrovia, on Friday, May 26, officially launched the Civic and Service International (CSI) civic clubs, which are in operation at some schools in Liberia.Before Ms. Svan

Washington D.C. – The US Ambassador on Global Criminal Justice recently met with Adama Dempster of the CSO Platform in collaboration with Human Rights Watch and the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) in Washington DC. The meeting was attende

MONROVIA – The Biometric Voter Registration in rural Liberia is raising eyebrows on the credibility of the exercise as several children have reportedly successfully registered and obtained their voting cards.By: Mae Azango, mae.azango@frontpageafrica

MONROVIA – Liberia, an ECOWAS member state where importers mostly experience high tariffs on goods, which lead to inflation of prices on the local market, is yet to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).By: Mae Azango mae.azango@fron