Liberia: LPRC Deputy Managing Director Makes Employee Kneel Down for over an Hour as Punishment
Nora boycotts investigationFrontPageAfrica has gathered that Madam Wreh and victim Seeboe were invited by the body the conduct the investigation on Wednesday, December 14. However, only victim Seeboe showed up and Madam Wreh was nowhere to be seen. Another hearing was scheduled for Thursday, December 15 at 10:00AM, but Madam Wreh didn’t show up for the whole of the morning and afternoon hours. One George Minor was also a victim.”Nora tightlippedWhen contacted via telephone, Madam Wreh denied that she snubbed an ongoing investigation launched into the matter. ViolationsThe alleged act committed by Madam Wreh runs contrary to the National Code of Conduct Law for public officials and the Liberian Constitution.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 16, 2022 06:55 UTC
Liberia: Leading Human Rights Activist Urges U.S. Government’s Direct Engagement with President Weah for Establishment of War Crimes Court In Liberia
However, most of the TRC’s recommendations have not been implemented, despite a continued call from human rights defenders like Dempster. Other key players of the war who were recommended by the TRC for prosecution are holding on key positions in the government. President Weah, then in opposition, called for the creation of the court, and pledged to champion its establishment but has since rolled back on his promise. Some of these people have even fled civil suits in the US or were deported from the US based on their responsibility for human rights abuses in Liberia, he said. The culture of impunity can only be laid to rest when perpetrators are held accountable for their actions, he said.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 16, 2022 06:55 UTC
Liberia: ‘Amend Rape Law, Establish Domestic Violence Fund’
Our government must end violence against women and girls in all its forms,” said Musa Kamara, one of the campaigners who read the 16 demands. The group made the call on Saturday, December 10, at the climax of this year’s 16 days of activism held at Smart Liberia in Sinkor. As part of its 16 demands they called on the government to amend the rape law to ensure that judges are rotated every term of court. “Protect our girls in school and conduct background checks on those coming in contact with the girls. “It is time for us to come together and raise our voices to end violence against women and girls and ensure that they are protected.
Source:Daily Observer
December 16, 2022 06:12 UTC
Liberia: “African Elections in 2023 Will Be Consequential”
The meeting, according to the White House statement, discussed the challenges of holding elections, including foreign interference and political violence. “The elections in Africa in 2023 will be consequential. The US-African Summit saw delegates from 49 African countries, as well as the African Union, invited to talks. The White House noted that the US President's views on the elections in Africa in 2023 as consequential and that the United States is committed to supporting electoral processes to deepen democracy in Africa. Participants reaffirmed their commitment to hold free, fair, and transparent elections conducted by competent, independent, and impartial national electoral bodies, as enshrined in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance,” the White House said.
Source:Daily Observer
December 16, 2022 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Chess Championship Hits Critical Point
The 2022 Liberia National Individual Chess Championship has hit a critical point after the defending National Champion Bobby Ballah was beaten by Joel Ebiekuta during a critical match in round 5 on December 13. The Liberia Chess Federation (LCF) kicked off the ongoing National Individual Chess Championship on the University of Liberia (UL) Capitol Hill campus on Friday, December 9, 2022. But the most important, which is the individual classical event, will determine the actual Chess Champion and Female Chess Championship of Liberia. The 2022 National Chess Championship is the 5th edition of this premier chess event since the establishment of the Liberia Chess Federation in 2014. In November, the Liberia Chess Federation launched the 2022 National Chess Championship, which is being organized as a chess festival.
Source:Daily Observer
December 16, 2022 05:26 UTC
Liberia: PREVAIL Part of Large Ebola Vaccine Study Conducted in West Africa That Publishes Promising Findings
The PREVAC consortium (Liberia, Guinea, Mali, and Sierra Leone) includes scientists from PREVAIL, the French research organization Inserm, and from institutions in Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The consortium has now published the results of a large clinical study in West Africa in the New England Journal of Medicine. These results confirm the safety of three different Ebola vaccine regimens and suggest that each regimen induces an immune response that is maintained for up to one year. The study aimed to measure the rapidity, intensity and durability of the immune responses generated by three different Ebola vaccine regimens, including the vaccines mentioned above. Beyond these advances, research on Ebola vaccines must continue, say the investigators.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 15, 2022 20:19 UTC
Liberia: Wilmot Paye Eyes Taking Sen. Saah Joseph Out in 2023
MONROVIA – Mr. Wilmot Paye, former chairman of the former ruling Unity Party (UP) and the People Liberation Party (PLP) has expressed interest in becoming Montserrado County’s next Senator. According to Mr. Paye, his motivation to contest comes from his visitations to many communities making up Montserrado County. “If you have doubts, fears, and worries about where Liberia is headed, just come and witness this Petitioning Ceremony. “The Network calls on all well-meaning LIBERIA committed to genuine but not fake change to come let us write a better chapter for Montserrado County and Liberia. Paye resisted the party decision and argued that the political leader’s action was contrary to the party’s constitution.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 15, 2022 20:01 UTC
Liberia: Gongloe’s Party Suspends National Chairman
The Liberia People’s Party (LPP) has announced the suspension of its National Chairman, J. Yanqui Zaza for breaching the party’s constitution. The LPP, which is one of the country’s oldest political institutions, has Cllr. Since announcing Gongloe, the party has focused on the rule of law and fighting corruption as key campaign issues. The party says Zaza is being suspended for deliberate, conscious, and consistent violation of the Party’s 1984 Constitution, and has now been forwarded to the party’s Grievance and Ethics Committee for investigation. “The Liberian People’s Party (LPP) admonishes the public to cease transacting any official business of the party with the suspended Chairman until further notice from the National Committee through the National Secretariat of the Party, as the Party will not be held responsible for any act or commit to any contract or agreement made between any institution or individual with the suspended Chairman.”
Source:Daily Observer
December 15, 2022 16:05 UTC
Liberia: CDC’s Anderson Chea Sets Records Straight on Cecilia Kpor’s Claims against the Party
Recently, Kpor, called on Liberians to reject the second-term bid of President George Weah in next year’s presidential elections. Madam Kpor, who is aspiring for the Montserrado District 17 seat, described the ruling government as an ‘Unserious” group of people who have failed the mandate given to them by the people in 2017. “Since her ‘lover’ lost that primary, Madam Kpor has been bitter with everyone including the NPP Standard Bearer, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor. Madam Kpor’s action is based on lies that her lover, who is unknown politically in Bong politics was cheated. He further issued a disclaimer that contrary to her claims of being a treasure of the CDC, Kpor has never been CDC National Treasurer and had never ever sat in the National Executive Committee meetings of the Coalition for Democratic Change.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 15, 2022 14:20 UTC
Open Letter to the Liberian Senate on the RIA Project
December 5, 2022Dear Honorable Senators,SUBJECT: Open Letter to the Liberia Senate Requesting the Review and Repeal the East International Group Concession Containing the Roberts International Airport Highway Project. How does the RIA Road Concession help improve the economy of Liberia? There was no legal tender process established by the ministry for the RIA Road Project. The Liberian fellow, who is identified as the local manager of East International Group, became the well-known liaison between MoS and MPW. The RIA Project was a perfect opportunity, and I still believe that with your intervention, Honorable Senators, we can salvage this road project and get it paid for completely by the private sector.
Source:Daily Observer
December 15, 2022 03:06 UTC
Liberia: Senate Passes Act Elevating Lofa County Community College to a Full-Fledged University
Monrovia – At long last, the Liberian Senate has finally passed into law a bill seeking to elevate the Lofa County Community College to a full-fledged four-year university. Recently, Lofa County Senators Joseph Jallah and Senator Zargo sent a copy of their letter to the Liberian Senate, dismissing accusations that they were against the elevation of the Lofa County Community College (LCCC) to a full-fledged university. Many Lofians believe it was the effort and recent communication of Senator Jallah to Senate Pro Tempt, Albert Chie that gave rise to the timely passage of the act. Lofians are of the view that many leaders do not easily do what was demonstrated by Senator Jallah for the sake of the County. The passage of the act now defeats argument that Senator Jallah stood against the passage of the bill at the upper house.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 14, 2022 14:34 UTC
Liberia: Government, Salala Rubber Plantation Company Suffer Major Setback in Court Case
Kakata, Margibi County-The Government of Liberia and the Salala Rubber Plantation Company (SRC) have suffered a major legal blow in an ongoing Petition for Declaratory Judgement before the 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Kakata, Margibi County. J. Kennedy Peabody denied and quashed the Government of Liberia Motion to Dismiss a Petition for Declaratory Judgement filled by 22 communities located in Margibi County. The Court room was parked with people from the communities who tuned out in large number to witness the hearing. After the hearing, the Petitioner were rejoicing and chanting slogans “We want our rights, we want our land”. “We have nowhere to make farms, the rubber trees have circled our towns and villages and we cannot survive”, said Kamara.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 14, 2022 14:32 UTC
Liberia: ‘We Are Worried’
“So we are worried,” Washington told US-based National Public Radio when asked what Bout’s release means to Liberia. So we are worried what this portends for Liberia,” she said. Bout going to rekindle his relationships with his former war partners, who are now the people who are running Liberia? For Bility, Bout's release leaves much to be desired. That's perfectly understandable.”“Accountability in Liberia is not the responsibility of the US Government, but the Liberian Government,” he stressed.
Source:Daily Observer
December 14, 2022 11:32 UTC
B4 Youth Theatre Stages ‘200 Years of Returns’ on Providence Island
You’ve probably heard of B4 Youth Theatre, a group of young talented Liberian actors who have made a name for themselves acting alongside some of the world’s leading thespian talents. This Sunday, December 18 at 6pm, in collaboration with the world famous Colonial Williamsburg Theatre Department they will stage a theatrical performance, titled, “200 Years of Returns” on Providence Island, Monrovia, Liberia. “200 Years of Returns” is a collaboration between Burning Barriers Building Bridges (more commonly known as B4 Youth Theatre in Liberia) and the Museum Theatre Department of Colonial Williamsburg (CW) in Virginia, United States. Burning Barriers, Building Bridges (B4) Youth Theatre is a performance company founded in 2010 in Liberia, West Africa and dedicated to empowering youth to become educated citizens through the arts. This collaboration focuses on the Museum Theatre Department in the Education, Research, and Historical Interpretation (ERHI) Division at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Source:Daily Observer
December 14, 2022 09:53 UTC
Liberia: Renowned Rights Advocate to Intensify Calls for War Crimes Court at U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit
The African Human Rights Leaders Summit is organized by Amnesty International, Humanity United, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies, and POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy. Gerald C. Koinyeneh – [email protected]It is one of the crucial side events of the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit that is being convened by the Biden-Harris Administration in Washington D.C. from December 13-15, 2022. The Human Summit, organizers say is aimed at providing an independent platform to raise and integrate the voices of African civic groups and the diaspora ahead of the Summit. The forum will also consider ways to prioritize human rights and democratic governance in U.S. Partnerships across the country aimed to feed into the implementation of the broader U.S. Africa strategy. And this is something Dempster is looking forward to doing when he takes the stage to speak as one of the panelists during the African Human Rights Leaders Summit on Monday.
Source:Front Page Africa
December 13, 2022 20:09 UTC