Liberia: Runoff: What Voters Should Know
This measure will assist in detecting tampered ballot boxes; all sealing and unsealing of ballot boxes take place in the presence of all observers, including political party agents. All polling places must account for all ballots (ballots issued must equal ballots cast). How to mark the Ballot PapersThere are three ways to mark the ballot papers. Reconciliation means checking that the number of ballot papers received for a polling place equals all ballot papers that were used, unused, and spoiled. Sorting is the separation of the ballot papers into smaller groups based on the candidates.
Source:Daily Observer
November 13, 2023 14:22 UTC
Several Israeli soldiers hurt in Hezbollah attack: Tel Aviv
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The Zionist Israeli regime army has confirmed that 7 troops were hurt in a mortar attack from Lebanon. “Seven soldiers were lightly wounded in a mortar attack from Lebanon on the Manara area earlier today,” the Zionists regime military said in a statement on Sunday afternoon, after local Lebanese media reported that as many as 15 Israeli soldiers were killed or wounded in a Hezbollah’s guided missile attack. “All the soldiers were taken to a hospital for treatment,” Times of Isreal quoted the army’s statement. The Lebanese news website Al-Ahed News has reported on Sunday that 15 Zionist regime soldiers were killed or wounded in an operation carried out by the Hezbollah forces against “Dovev” military outpost. The Al-Manar correspondent further said that “Israeli post near Mais Al-Jabal Lebanese border town was targeted.”MNAVisited 16 times, 16 visit(s) today
Source:GNN Liberia
November 13, 2023 10:19 UTC
US military helicopter crashes in Mediterranean, killing five crew members
US European Command stated that search and rescue operations were launched immediately following the crash, and an investigation into its cause is underway. Five United States servicepeople were killed when a military helicopter crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, US officials said. The military’s European Command said on Sunday that all five crew members on board were killed when the aircraft went down “during a routine air refueling mission as part of military training.”The military first announced the crash on Saturday and said that the cause is under investigation, but there are no indications of any hostile activity involved. European Command said that out of respect for the families of the service members and in line with Department of Defense policy, the identities of the crew members are being withheld for 24 hours until the families of those killed have been notified. It wasn’t immediately clear which military service the aircraft belonged to.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 13, 2023 10:10 UTC
“Vote Liberia’s Future”
-Weah urges Liberians, as scores of supporters show up at campaign rally closurePresident George Weah has called on Liberians to vote for the country's future by reelecting in the runoff elections on November 14. "We will also take on new initiatives that will further justify the vote of confidence being placed in us by these numerous endorsements,” he said. President Weah also pledged to continue to listen to their concerns and aspirations and use them as compass for shaping a Liberia that truly represents the wishes and dreams of its people. This runoff election is not just about re-electing me as president for a second term. It is about your children, your families, your communities, and the generations to come," President Weah said.
Source:Daily Observer
November 13, 2023 07:45 UTC
UP Final Campaign Rally Turns Bloody In Nimba, Several Wounded
By GNN Staff Reporter /Nimba County/Several supporters of the opposition Unity Party have been hospitalized at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital after been reportedly attacked in Zor Zualay Town on the Sanniquellie – Karnplay High Way in district number 3 in Nimba County. According to our Nimba County correspondent those been hospitalized were on-board the three vichels been used in front of the rest of the vehicles. Report says the attackers reportedly used strikes,Guns and others weapon’s to carry on the attacks again the Unity Party Vice Running Mate Senator Jeremiah Koung and Senate Prince Johnson who join the Unity Party Vice Running Mate to extend thanks to Nimbaians for giving senator Johnson 27 years and others campaign for the Unity Party. Several vehicles belonging to the Unity Party were destroyed while 12 people have been hospitalized at the Ganta United Methodist hospital in Ganta, Nimba County. When contracted Anthony Quinwonkpa who alledgly pay and arms several Young people to carry out the act has refused to respond to call and text messages been placed to him by our correspondent.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 13, 2023 03:19 UTC
Liberia: “We Dare Weah to Rig These Elections”
In recent days, Mr. Weah and his Government have violated all principles and laws that promote democracy and free and fair elections. By this act, Mr. Weah and his government have further demonstrated his indifference to national and regional commitments especially the ECOWAS Protocols. For Mr. Weah and his co-conspirators, the day of reckoning is near: innate greed and self-aggrandizement will end. We dare Mr. Weah to tamper with our votes and rig these elections. By voting against Mr. Weah and his CDC you are helping to remove a failed and inept government.
Source:Daily Observer
November 12, 2023 18:14 UTC
More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town: UN
The New Arab Staff & Agencies |Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the UN said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur province earlier this month was the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked the monthslong war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF. Sudan has been engulfed in chaos since in mid-April, when simmering tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, exploded into open warfare. The war came 18 months after both generals removed a transitional government in a military coup. The military takeover ended Sudan’s short-lived fragile transition to democracy following a popular uprising that forced the overthrow of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 12, 2023 12:51 UTC
Trump Plans to Deport Millions if He Is Re-Elected, Says Report
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump, if re-elected in 2024, would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping roundups of people who would be held in large camps to await deportation, The New York Times reported Saturday. The report was based on interviews with several advisers, including Stephen Miller, who oversaw Trump’s first-term immigration policies, the Times said. It described Trump’s plans as “an assault on immigration on a scale unseen in modern American history” and said it aimed to deport millions of people every year, including those who have been settled in the United States for decades. Trump is the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and he likely would face U.S. President Joe Biden in a rematch of their 2020 contest. Trump’s election campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 12, 2023 12:39 UTC
Liberia: ECOWAS Observer Mission Response to Statement made by Mo Ali
The ECOWAS Observer Mission calls on the leadership of the Unity Party to denounce the statement made by its National Campaign Spokesperson that seeks to denigrate the image of ECOWAS. The ECOWAS Observer Mission challenges Mo Ali to prove this scurrilous accusation or publicly withdraw it immediately and tender an unqualified apology. Failing this, the ECOWAS Observer Mission and the ECOWAS Commission reserve the right to employ all necessary measures to hold him personally accountable for his utterance. In this regard, the ECOWAS Observer Mission counts on the people of Liberia to disregard such falsehoods perpetrated by individuals who may seek to derail the positive democratic gains made by Liberians. The ECOWAS Observer Mission wishes to assure the good people of Liberia of its complete neutrality towards the contestants in the November 14 Presidential run-off poll.
Source:Daily Observer
November 12, 2023 01:18 UTC
Liberians In High Gear For November 14 Runoff Election
Amid the presence of international observers and others from European Union (EU), African Union (AU), Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) and observation team from the United States including international media organizations, to observe with eagle eyes Tuesday’s election, Liberians themselves are optimistic that said election will be peaceful. Bothe partisans’ runoff presidential candidates, incumbent President George Manneh Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), and Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai of the Unity Party (UP) are doing all to win the hearts of Liberians, mainly those of voting age to choose their candidate as the country’s next president. Our reporters both in Monrovia and other counties who in their respective reports said Liberians are in high gear for next Tuesday election, noting tha both candidates are said to be making their final rounds of campaigns doing all to convince their respective supporters that he is the rightful individual to lead Liberia. This allegation has not been denial or confirm by the CDC since its disclosure by the UP executive. Visited 32 times, 32 visit(s) today
Source:GNN Liberia
November 11, 2023 17:49 UTC
Unity Party Writes Police To ‘Release Ghanian ICT Expert’ Arrested
The Leadership of the opposition Unity Party (UP) has written the Liberia National Police to release a Ghanian ICT expert who was brought in the country to help train poll workers of the PartyBelow is the communication sent to the police for the immediate release of the Ghanian ICT expert hired by the Party who was arrested recently. Visited 22 times, 22 visit(s) today
Source:GNN Liberia
November 11, 2023 13:56 UTC
Liberia: CDC’s Koijee, Morlu Risk US Sanction
Oscar Bloh, Chairperson of the Election Coordinating Committee (ECC), of supporting the opposition Unity Party. Koijee claimed that Bloh, who is supposed to be a neutral figure as a civil society practitioner, was coordinating the Unity Party's election efforts. However, Koijee did not provide any evidence to support his claim that Bloh is affiliated with the Unity Party. Oscar Bloh, who is supposed to be neutral, is in the Unity Party war room, coordinating the Unity Party election. It also reassured its commitment to funding the ECC and promoting a free, fair, and peaceful electoral process in Liberia.
Source:Daily Observer
November 11, 2023 09:24 UTC
Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco for talks on trade, Taiwan, other tough issues
BY AAMER MADHANI AND COLLEEN LONG|WASHINGTON — President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in Northern California for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in the first engagement between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies in nearly a year, Biden administration officials said. The White House has said for weeks that it anticipated Biden and Xi would meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, but negotiations went down to the eve of the gathering, which kicks off Saturday. Two senior Biden administration officials, who earlier briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, said that the leaders would meet in the San Francisco Bay area but declined to offer further details because of security concerns. Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on San Francisco during the summit. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met Thursday in San Francisco, the latest in a string of senior-level engagements between the nations in recent months aimed at easing tensions.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 10, 2023 20:40 UTC
Troops rescue 78 captives in Borno, kill 6 terrorists
By Oluyemi Ogunseyin |Troops from the Nigerian Army have allegedly killed six ISWAP terrorists and rescued 78 people held captive in the Gamborun Ngala area of Borno State. It was gathered by Makama that the terrorists were naturalized in an operation conducted by the troops in conjunction with the men of the Civilian Joint Task Force at Gime and Muzuri villages on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Makama further quoted intelligence sources as saying that the troops captured some AK-47 rifles, three dane guns and rescued 78 persons comprising 30 women with 48 children from the enclave of the terrorists. “However, a Hilux Vehicle conveying Civilian Joint Task Force was involved in an Improvised Explosive Device explosion at Gulwa while returning from the operation,” Makama noted. According to the security expert, the recovered weapons, rescued persons, and wounded were evacuated to the troops medical facility.
Source:GNN Liberia
November 10, 2023 20:16 UTC
Liberia: Ruling CDC Accuses Election Coordinating Committee Head of Being in Opposition Unity Party ‘War Room’ But ECC Denies, Describes Circulating Video as Fake
The map of Liberia is displayed in the video with green and blue colors indicating the stronghold of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change and the opposition Unity Party. Oscar Bloh, who is supposed to be a neutral man, is in the Unity Party war room. He is now coordinating the Unity Party election, and the way he is doing it is to get people from the National Election Commission to steal the election. Oscar Bloh, was in the ‘war room’ of the Unity Party (UP).” The ECC did not mention the ruling CDC, which firstly released the video. Oscar Bloh.
Source:Front Page Africa
November 10, 2023 14:36 UTC