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Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee responding to the United States Government’s Treasury Department sanction issued against him here says “sanctions will never silence him.”

The United States government has widened its sanctions against Liberian officials issuing visa restrictions against Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, and Senators Albert T. Chie and Emmanuel Nuquay.

Cameroonian Ambassador to Liberia and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps here, Beng'yela A. Gang recommends significant variables to the Government of Liberia and the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) for achieving genuine national peace and stability. 

Robert Friedland is due to meet Liberias new president in the next few weeks in the United States. The mining tycoon, reassured by the change of government, has made new acquisitions and hopes to

The U.S. Government has sanctioned Monrovia Mayor and Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) secretary general Jefferson Koijee for serious human rights abuse and corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets.

The Dean of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia, Dr. Jallah A. Barbu has decried the lack of salary payment and wages of professors at the institution for more than a year plus by the Government of Liberia.

Cameroonian Ambassador to Liberia and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps here, Beng'yela A. Gang, outlined significant ingredients that he stressed are needed in Liberia to achieving genuine national peace and stability beyond the presence of the rule of law. 

The President of Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) Cllr. Sylvester Rennie says under his leadership the Bar has developed a concept note that is currently approved by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to provide legal aid awareness for pretrial detainees and decongest the Monrovia Central Prison in South Beach community. 

In frantic efforts to boost the energy sector of the country, the Government of Liberia through the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has officially licensed a local firm, LIBENERGY to provide energy in three counties in southeast Liberia.

The head of a group calling itself Liberians Deserve Better (LDB), Mother Welmont Lloyd, has appealed to the National Elections Commission to certify all elected officials, including those on sanctions for the same crimes.