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“Rape Is Not Bigger Than Us”

-Liberia To Convene National Conference On Rape, SGBV By Mark Mengonfia mmenginfia@gmail.com President George Weah says rape is not bigger than citizens of the country and as such; all hands need to get on deck to end rape by 2022-2023. The Liberian leader and members of the taskforce which comprised of Ministries of Gender, Education, […]

Caring For Poor Children in the of Midst COVID-19

The new model that Liberia schools resum courses in covid-19 time are not reaching all children and those  abandoned, the vulnerable doing work to survive. Since the closure of schools due to corona virus pandemic, Liberian schools have also adopted new methods to allow the continuity of education in the country at this time of […]

ALJA Condemns COP

-For ‘Lawlessness’ In Monrovia The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) has described the Liberia based Council of Patriots’ (COP) recently ‘orchestrated lawlessness’ in the Old Road Community in Monrovia as an unfortunate development. ALJA says it condemns in the strongest term the incident and the COP for the unnecessary disruption of traffic […]

UN Remains Supportive Of CSOs Efforts

-Provides Partners With Awareness Materials, COVID-19 Items By Mark N. Mengonfia The Office of the High Commission on Human Rights says it remains committed to civil society organizations in the area of right protection in Liberia as they look forward to Liberia upholding human rights. Speaking recently during the handing over ceremony of Human Rights […]

Women Trained By COPDA Ready For Advocacy

-Gear Up To Do Advocacy For Basic Social Services In Concession Areas Women trained by a nongovernmental organization, Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA)  in Nimba County have organized themselves into a right group to advocate for basic social services and better living conditions in their communities. The women group comprised of eight communities […]

Ambassador Gang Accused of Eviction, But…….

By Reuben Sei Waylaun The Family members of the late Rev. Shadrach Mbock, a Cameroonian who helped to protect all properties belonging to the Cameroonian Government in Liberia are accusing current Cameroonian Ambassador Augustine Beng’yela Gang of evicting their mother [Mrs. Bendu Mbock, a Liberian] without compensation. The aggrieved family members recounted as saying, that […]

Rep. Kogar Expresses Dismay Over Disappearances of Nimba Citizens In Rivercess

Nimba County District electoral district five Representative Samuel Kogar has expressed dismay over the alleged disappearances of Nimba Citizens living in sand beach community in Kplor Chiefdom, Rivercess County. Speaking to journalists Wednesday June 3, 2020 at the Capital Building, Representative Kogar said since the beginning of May 2020, some Nimba Citizens living in the […]

GEF Supports Women Empowerment Program of Liberia

-On Climate Change Awareness Residents of Nyehn and Goba town in Todee district, Montserrado County were very surprise when they learned that smoke from the burning of charcoal, cutting down of trees without replanting and smoke from the usage of dry latex called telay affect the climate and the environment. They were told to change […]

EDITORIAL:Rule Of Law Not A ‘Symbolic Tissue’

The rule of law is not and cannot be treated as a symbolic tissue and must be respected by all without exception. And  on cardinal aspect of the law that is being treated disrespectfully is the Code of Conduct by many high placed government officials. To be very frank and realistic, people found in the […]