Liberia: $100 million worth of cocaine seized, a concern in West Africa
West Africa has become increasingly a transit zone for drugs produced in Latin America and destined for Europe. Liberian authorities, with the help of the […]
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Morocco, Nigeria, ECOWAS Sign Gas Pipeline Agreement
Morocco’s National Agency for Mines and Hydrocarbons (ONHYM), Nigeria’s National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), and the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) signed Thursday […]
Resignation of three senior Liberian officials accused of corruption in the US
Liberian President George Weah on Monday accepted the resignation of three senior officials accused by the U.S. administration of alleged corruption and embezzlement, the presidential […]
Liberia: George Weah suspends officials sanctioned by the US
President George Weah has suspended the three senior officials, accused of corruption in a recent report. The three men, including President George Weah’s chief of […]
Liberia to expand access to abortion
Liberian parliamentarians are preparing legislation to expand access to abortion, which is currently subject to severe restrictions that many women circumvent through clandestine and unsafe […]
Liberia: 29 dead in a crowd movement at a religious rally
At least 29 people died Wednesday night in Liberia’s capital Monrovia in a mob attack during a christian religious rally at a soccer field, police […]
Nigeria destroys one million doses of expired covid vaccine
Nigeria’s health authorities destroyed more than a million doses of expired coronavirus vaccine in Abuja on Wednesday. A move aimed at reassuring a wary public. […]
Former President Charles Taylor sues Liberia for his pension
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes against humanity for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone, […]
Liberia: A boy who collected and returned $50,000 is named an “Integrity ambassador”
A Liberian teenager who collected US$50,000 and returned the money to his owner was named an “integrity ambassador” for the poor West African country and […]
Liberia: The promotion of former warlord Prince Johnson irritates the United States
Prince Johnson, the former Liberian warlord who became a Senator in 2006, was appointed on Tuesday, May 18, to chair the Senate Defense Committee. This […]