Info Ministry’s Fahngon Suspended over Congau-Country Rhetoric
President Weah suspended Deputy Minister of Information Fahngon after the US Embassy in Monrovia raised concerns about disturbing tribal tones from Fahngon, former warlord Prince Y. Johnson and Representative Yekeh Kolubah. Read More !
Newly Trained Operators Open Four Rice Mills in Southeast Region
Operation of 18 ton per day rice mills has begun in Grand Kru, Grand Gedeh, Maryland, and River Gee counties. The Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Commercialization Project (SAPEC) provided the mills at $65,000 each and Africa Rice provided training to the first 22 mill operators and managers. READ [...]
Global Palm Oil Challenger Wins Goldman Prize
Alfred Brownell received the Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts to preserve the majestic forests of Liberia from palm oil plantations through the NGO he founded, Green Advocates. READ MORE
Liberian Studies Association Elects Leadership at 51st Conference
The Liberian Studies Association re-elected Danielle Tanaa Smith as president and Samuel Toe as the new vice-president. The election was during the Liberian Studies Association’s 51st conference held April 11 to 13 at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, Illinois. Toe has been guest lecturer of international relations at the [...]
We-Care/Friends Of Liberia/HIPPY Family Literacy October 2018- January 2019 Reporting
Liberia, with a low literacy rate and a large number of out of school children, is struggling to strengthen its quality of education. Presently, the early childhood education level is the least prioritized, as reflected in the national budgetary allocation and an imposed fee for early childhood education. However, with [...]
Eco-Vigilantes Help to Protect the Livelihood of 33,000 Fishermen
The Liberian Coast Guard, in partnership with self-styled “eco-vigilantes” Sea Shepherd, patrols 370 km of coastline to prevent industrial fishing vessels from plundering coastal fisheries. Any illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing within six nautical miles of shore harms subsistence and artisanal fishing that supports 33,000 Liberians. READ MORE [...]
DED for Liberians in US Extended to March 2020
Hours ahead of an emergency hearing of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, U.S. President Trump extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program for Liberians through March 31, 2020. The legal action was taken by Lawyers for Civil Rights on behalf of African Communities Together, UndocuBlack, and Liberian clients residing [...]
Tubman Univ Stays Open Despite Money Woes
A press conference by Tubman University refuted reports that the school is closed. University authorities said that while the school adheres to the free tuition national mandate, a low budgetary allotment and slow payment of fees by students constrain operation. READ MORE
Tubman Univ Profs Not Paid, so Some Not Teaching
In October, 2018, President Weah announced his policy to waive tuition at all public tertiary institutions across the country without an adequate budget to replace tuition funds that paid for operating Liberia’s ten public institutions of higher learning. READ MORE
Bong, Lofa and Nimba Ebola Test Fails
While clarifying that there are no cases of Ebola in Liberia, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh of the National Public Health Institute said a test of the country’s resilience and preparedness to fight the reemergence of Ebola was a failure. READ MORE
Carter Center in Grand Gedeh Trains 18 More Mental Health Workers
Eighteen health workers have begun training in child and adolescent mental health at the Deanna Kay Isaacson School of Midwifery in Zwedru, sponsored by the Carter Center Mental Health Program. The program graduated its first class of general mental health clinicians in 2011. There are now 268 mental health clinicians [...]
Bomi County gets First Legal Aid Clinic
The Liberia National Bar Association has launched the first Legal Aid Clinic in Bomi County, with support from USAID and the Liberia Professional Anti- Corruption Program. Legal clinics have already been established in Montserrado, Margibi, Bong, and Grand Bassa Counties. READ MORE