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UN Women Liberia Country Representative, Comfort Lamptey, has emphasized the need for severe penalties to be imposed on those who violate the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia.

At least about 11 incumbent senators have been butted out of the Senate, according to results emanating from the October 10, 2023, Presidential and Legislative elections.

Women Want Penalties for Violators of FGM Practice

My Liberia Story

"The elections took place in the current rainy season which made it extremely difficult to reach outlandish parts of the countries due to bad and non-existent access roads. "

The chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Daviedetta Browne Lansanah, says re-run for the Presidential, Senatorial and Representative Elections at  two polling places in Precinct Beo Lontuo, Electoral District#4, Nimba County will be held today, 20 October 2023.

Out of a record-breaking 1,355,140 votes tallied since the close of polls on October 10, Weah has accumulated 593,558 votes, constituting 43.80% of the vote

With 72.92 percent of the total votes for the Presidency already tallied across Liberia’s 15 political sub-divisions (Counties) in the 2023 election, incumbent President George Manneh Weah of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) maintains a narrow lead of 43.80 percent against his main challenger...

No doubt Liberia remains grossly underdeveloped despite being endowed with rich natural resources. The country sits 12 places among the poorest countries in Africa with a GDP per capita amounting to US$676 and 10th place globally with a GDP (PPP) of USD$1,798.

The National Elections Commission admits to challenges faced in Tuesday’s (October 10, 2023) polls when canoe transporting some of its staff to hard-to-reach counties in southeast Liberia capsized with electoral materials, preventing hundreds, if not thousands of overenthusiastic citizens from casting their ballots.