May 23, 2013
Liberia News
Liberia : ‘Run-off With or Without Opposition CDC Candidate’---ECOWAS warns
October 30, 2011A tough-talking ECOWAS Commission has warned that Liberia's presidential run-off on 8 Nov. will go ahead whether or not the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) takes part.
Election results error causing stir in Liberia
October 28, 2011An official of Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) has been dismissed and another staff suspended for six months over an error in a notification to the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) informing the party that it won the first round of the October 11 presidential elections.
UN report cites high maternal mortality in Liberia
October 27, 2011The State of the World Population released by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) indicates that Liberia remains among countries with the highest maternal mortality rates, with 990 deaths from every hundred thousand live births.
UNHCR facilitates first voluntary repatriation to Cote d'Ivoire
October 26, 2011The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has facilitated the first voluntary repatriation to Côte d' Ivoire.
Liberia: Warning against hacking private cell phone lines
October 22, 2011By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent
The Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) has warned that it will take “effective and appropriate action” against any GSM company found liable of monitoring subscribers’ lines.
CDC demands recount, other things before Liberia run off
October 21, 2011A shadow has been cast over the pending presidential run off election in Liberia, with the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) setting pre-conditions to take part in the November 8 polls.
Mano River Union experts discuss trade, infrastructure
October 18, 2011Experts from countries in the Mano River Union are currently meeting in the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan to discuss road infrastructures and trade among the four MRU member states.
ECOWAS gearing up for Liberia's presidential run off
October 18, 2011Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS are holding an extraordinary summit on Tuesday at the Commission’s HQ in Abuja to discuss the rotation of statutory positions in institutions of the bloc.
The sub-regional grouping, ECOWAS has welcomed the easing of tension in Liberia, after a large number of opposition parties last Saturday announced they were pulling out of the electoral process.
ICC warns trouble makers in Liberia, amid row over polls
October 17, 2011"We will pay close attention to the actions and statements of the political class, and in particular to the presidential candidates, including after the elections. Resorting to violence will not be tolerated," says the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a warning to potential trouble makers in Liberia.
11 Liberia parties protest and pull out of electoral process
October 15, 2011Eleven political parties in Liberia including the opposition Congress for Democratic Change have rejected the provisional results announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) citing fraud.
Reports from Liberia say 11 of the 16 presidential candidates and their political parties, which contested last Tuesday’s presidential and legislative elections, are protesting the vote count and have withdrawn from the electoral process.
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