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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


Liberia: Dagoseh Aide Accuses Senate Pro Tempore, Dillon of Orchestrating Ouster, Alleges US$80k Payoff, Lawmakers Deny Allegation

MONROVIA, Oct. 14 -- Two senior Liberian lawmakers, Senate Pro Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence and Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon, have been accused of allegedly orchestrating the d... Read More


Liberia: Unrealistic and Blanket Statement: Saar Insurance Describes Call From Aggrieved Teachers For Cancellation Of Health Services Contract With NTAL

Liberia, Oct. 14 -- The Management of Saar Insurance Company has raised serious concerns over what it described "unjustified" call from aggrieved members of the National Teachers Association of Liberi... Read More


Liberia: Senator Dillon Takes Issue with Chief Justice Gbeisey over Proposal to Dissolve Jury Trail

MONROVIA, Oct. 13 -- Montserrado county Senator Abraham Darius Dillon has taken issue with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay over his latest call for the dissoluti... Read More


Liberia: Ex-Mines Minister Paye Says Liberia Must Adopt "Resource Sovereignty" to Break Mining Cartels, Stop Reliance on Foreign Loans

MONROVIA, Oct. 8 -- Former Minister of Mines and Energy, Wilmot Paye, has called on the Liberian government to adopt a policy of resource sovereignty, arguing that the country cannot substantially ben... Read More