June 19, 2013
- LIBERIA: 300 Sierra Leonean Refugees to be ‘naturalized’
- Liberia: Committee wants Lawmaker Expelled
- Liberia: UNHCR launches birth registration for Ivorian refugee kids
- Garbage Problem Affects Many in Liberia’s Leading Commercial District
- Liberia Gov't Refutes Report of Rampant Corruption in Public Sector
Liberia News
Gay rights activists assaulted in Liberia for campaign
January 13, 2012Reports from Liberia say gay rights activists have begun facing threats from an angry public over their efforts to promote the passing of a bill legalizing homosexuality.
Sirleaf’s 2 allies win Liberia Speaker, Senate Pro Temp posts
January 9, 2012In Liberia, two of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's political allies in the legislature have been elected as Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore, respectively in the next administration.
Group formed to legalize Same Sex marriage in Liberia
January 9, 2012In the wake of the US and British government’s recent pronouncements that they will use aid and diplomacy to ensue the promotion of gay rights, including legalization of same sex marriage around the world, a new group has been formed in Liberia to support the British and Americans’ positions.
“Days of imperial presidency over”--Sirleaf promises again
January 6, 2012Just over a week before her second inauguration, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the days of an imperial presidency are over in her country.
President Sirleaf, who last November won a runoff election boycotted by the main opposition CDC party candidate Winston Tubman, also said the days of an intrusive leadership and a domineering and threatening Chief Executive are over in Liberia.
President Sirleaf: ‘Liberia’s Reconciliation Matters Most’
January 2, 2012President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia has said reconciling Liberians is at the heart of her second term’s national agenda for peace, socio-economic development and progress for the West African State.
Liberia Govt Promises January Pay for ‘Riot Students’
January 1, 2012Liberia’s Acting Information Minister, Jerolicmick Pieh, has said students on a vacation scheme organized by the Government will be paid in January.
Liberian Court Frees Norwegian Flag 'Burners'
December 28, 2011A Criminal Court in Liberia has released on bill two young men who were part of a group that set ablaze a Norwegian Flag in protest against the Nobel Committee’s Nobel Peace Prize Award to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Liberian Opposition Youth Leader ‘Tortured’
December 27, 2011The Secretary General of Liberia’s main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) Acarious Gray says his recent incarceration by the Liberia National Police was at the orders of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Liberia: Sirleaf Sacks Minister for ‘Indiscretion’ in Students 'Pay' riot
December 26, 2011President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has dismissed Information Minister Cletus Sieh for failing to follow instructions in relation to the recent violence in the country.
Monrovia Students Protest For ‘Pay’
December 23, 2011Hundreds of students Thursday protested in the streets of Liberia’s Capital, Monrovia.
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