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Liberia: From Neglect to Rocognition - Visually Impaired Gets First High School in Liberia

Monrovia, Nov. 9 -- The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Education, has officially dedicated and turned over a newly constructed annex for the elevation of the Liberia School for the Bli... Read More


Liberia: Water Advocacy Group Launched in Liberia

MONROVIA, Oct. 30 -- A new water advocacy group has been launched in Liberia, with a call on government to ensure the equitable and affordable provision of safe drinking water to citizens across the c... Read More


Liberia: Justice Minister - Designate Blamo Vows No Witch-hunt of Opponents, No Shield for Friends

MONROVIA, Oct. 27 -- Liberia's Justice Minister-designate, Cllr. Betty Lamin Blamo, has pledged that the state's power to prosecute will not be turned into a weapon against political opponents or a sh... Read More


Liberia: Low Inflation, High Cost of Living: Senator Konneh Raises Alarm Over Rising Fuel and Commodity Prices, High Interest Rates Squeezing Liberian Small Businesses

Liberia, Oct. 26 -- Monrovia- The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audit Amara Konneh has observed that the increase in macro-economic stability in Liberia, low inflation and th... Read More


Liberia: Findley Demands Accountability Over Mobile Money Charges, Expired Scratch Cards

Monrovia, Oct. 22 -- Senate Revenue Committee Chairman Gbehnzohngar Findley has called on the government and telecommunications companies to explain rising mobile money transaction fees and the expira... Read More


Liberia: Jallah Seeks Report On Proposed Municipal Reclassification, Calls For Monrovia Building Safety Law

MONROVIA, Oct. 22 -- Lofa County Senator Joseph Jallah has called on the Ministry of Local Government to submit assessment reports and supporting legal documents on its proposed reclassification of mu... Read More


Liberia: Moye Questions Education Ministry's Centralized System, Calls for Review of Volunteer Teachers' Payroll

MONROVIA, Oct. 22 -- Bong County Senator Prince Kermue Moye has raised concerns over the Ministry of Education's centralized administrative system, accusing it of weakening the authority of County Edu... Read More


Liberia: Konneh Warns of Drug Trafficking Threat, Cites Fugitive's Reported Presence in Sierra Leone

MONROVIA, Oct. 22 -- Senator Amara Konneh has warned that Liberia's porous borders, rising drug abuse and youth unemployment could expose the country to increased drug trafficking, citing reports that... Read More


Liberia: Rising Poverty, Economic Constraints and Drug Addiction Push Young Liberian Women Into Transactional Sex; Plea For Help, Empowerment

MONROVIA, Oct. 20 -- By eight o'clock on most evenings, the young women have already taken their places. Near an unfinished building in the VOA community of Brewerville City, outside Monrovia, they st... Read More


Liberia: Nuquay Sounds Alarm Over Delayed County Development Funds, Budget Disparities

MONROVIA, Oct. 16 -- Senator Emmanuel Nuquay, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Corporations, has raised concerns over delays in disbursing Social Development Funds (SDFs) to counties, warnin... Read More