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Liberia: River Gee Lawmaker Requests Plenary to Grill Ministers McGill, Tweah, Sonii over President’s ‘Failed’ Promises Liberia: River Gee Lawmaker Requests Plenary to Grill Ministers McGill, Tweah, Sonii over President’s ‘Failed’ Promises Share Capitol Hill, Monrovia – River Gee County Electoral District Three Representative, Francis Saidy Dopoh is craving the indulgence of plenary to invite President Weah’s top cabinet members to testify whether the Government actually supplie...

Members of the House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) has released the score card of Representatives and Senators for the 3rd session of the 54th Legislature with some lawmakers scoring high marks while others making zero. The Legislative Monitoring Report is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The latest report card under the theme, “Pr...

Liberia: NEC Certificates Five of 15 Winners of The December 8 Special Senatorial Elections Liberia: NEC Certificates Five of 15 Winners of The December 8 Special Senatorial Elections Share MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) on Wednesday certificated five winners of the just ended December 8, Special Senatorial Elections in Liberia. The certification is in keeping with the election regulations. Four of the five winners certificated are from the opposition Collaborating Politic...

By Tina S. Mehnpaine Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has predicted that the government of President George Weah might find it difficult to retain state power in 2023 if sound and robust decisions are not taken quickly to improve the livelihoods of the people. VP Taylor’s statement comes just days after some stalwarts of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) came out to speak against the government on how it is handling the economy. Most importantly, the statement from the VP, th...

UNHCR Regional Bureau Director for West, Central Africa visits Nimba and Grand Gedeh Counties UNHCR Regional Bureau Director for West, Central Africa visits Nimba and Grand Gedeh Counties Share Monrovia – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s Regional Bureau Director for West and Central Africa, Madam Millicent Mutuli has completed a humanitarian assessment mission of refugees arriving from Côte d’Ivoire into Liberia, especially concentrated in the areas of Nimba and Grand Gedeh counties. She w...

WFP Liberia Country Brief, November 2020 Format - USD 12 m six months (December 2020 - May 2021) net funding requirements - 98,395 people assisted in November 2020 Operational Updates • WFP continued to support the Government-led COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) aimed at assisting the most vulnerable households affected by COVID-19 prevention measures in Liberia. In November, WFP and partners provided 1,269 mt of basic food commodities to 19,679 households (98,395 beneficiar...

River Gee County Senator-elect, Jonathan Boye Charles Sogbie River Gee County Senator-elect, Jonathan Boye Charles Sogbie, has frowned on the Act that created the National Election Commission and gave it power for the organization and administration of elections.  “When you feel disenfranchised or disenchanted, you will have to sue NEC to NEC, and what do you expect the result to be? We will seek to change that, otherwise, serious problems like what is happening now in the Ivory Coast and G...

NEC reported that Rep. Koung (right) won Nimba County senate race with 37,899, which represents 36.12 percent of the votes, while his closest rival, Edith Gongloe-Weh (left), candidate of the ticket CPP obtained 34,153, which amounts to 32.55 percent of all valid votes counted. However, Gongloe-Weh has challenged the results and is demanding a re-run. — Rep. Jeremiah Koung Wins  but… By David Menjor The Collaborating Political Parties now faces increasing difficulty to make an impact on t...

Liberia: Referendum Marred by Huge Number of Invalid Votes; Fails to Attain Constitutional Two-thirds of Registered Voters Votes Liberia: Referendum Marred by Huge Number of Invalid Votes; Fails to Attain Constitutional Two-thirds of Registered Voters Votes Share MONROVIA – The ‘YES’ votes in the eight-proposition referendum is leading the ‘NO’ votes but the entire process is marred by the astronomical number of invalid votes being counted. The invalid votes, In Grand Cape Mount Coun...

-As invalid votes overwhelm the process President George Manneh Weah’s campaign and those of his supporters in order to see eight propositions of the controversial constitutional referendum may likely suffer a massive defeat as invalid votes from provisional results from five Counties are overwhelming. The National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday, December 15, 2020, reported that all polling places from Bong, Grand Cape Mount, Maryland, River Gee and Rivercess Counties have reported hund...