May 23, 2013
Liberia News
Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia reaffirm security ties
October 22, 2012The leaders of Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire have renewed their commitment to end insecurity along their common borders and promote a spirit of good neighborliness.
Presidents Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Alassane Ouattara of Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire respective, made the commitment at the weekend during a working visit to Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, by President Johnson-Sirleaf.
Liberia: Activist urges gov't probe of lavish investors’ gifts
October 19, 2012A prominent environmental activist has urged the Liberian government to investigate motives behind lavish gifts from investors to government officials, mainly during contract negotiations.
Silas Siakor, head of the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI) cited a recent report by Liberia’s General Auditing Commission as forming the basis for his call.
Liberia: Teachers’ strike affects over 20, 000 public school pupils
October 18, 2012Over 20, 000 public school students in Liberia have been affected by a strike action by teachers in the capital, Monrovia.
Teachers of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), the largest public school body, said they will not return to the classrooms until their demands are met for salary increment proportionate to their qualifications.
Liberia’s wildlife seriously threatened by deforestation
October 17, 2012By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent
Deforestation in Liberia is said to have placed some animals, especially chimpanzees on the brink of extinction.
US denies slicing military aid to Liberia
October 15, 2012The U.S. government has denied reducing military assistance to post-war Liberia.
The Americans clarified that instead military assistance to Liberia in 2012 alone was over US$6.5 million, excluding training and other programs.
Liberia: Lawmakers Want Pres. Sirleaf Rescind Lower House Critique
October 11, 2012The House of Representatives in Liberia has requested President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to retract a statement she reportedly made against the lower house of parliament while in the United States recently.
The President reportedly accused the lawmakers of promoting personal rather than national interest, something the parliamentarians consider humiliating.
Liberia: Nobel laureate quits govt. over ‘poor’ graft fight
October 9, 2012President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s approach to dealing with corruption and reconciliation got a scathing rebuke from her fellow Liberian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Leymah Gbowee, as she resigns her post in Sirleaf’s government.
Speaking at her book launch in Paris, Ms Gbowee said she was resigning as head of the National Reconciliation Commission created by Sirleaf last year and that the Liberian leader has failed to fight corruption and nepotism.
Ex- General ties Liberian Army defections to restructuring ‘flaws’
September 24, 2012A former Liberian army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Kpaingba Y. Konah, has cited ‘fundamental flaws’ in the restructuring process of the post-war national army as one of the key reasons for growing defections within the military.
General Konah claims that the Liberian government violated provisions for the restructuring of the army as contained in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by stakeholders in Accra, Ghana that ended the 14-year civil war.
Liberia makes progress in reducing maternal mortality
July 12, 2012---but UNFPA says more should be done
Liberia making progress in reducing maternal mortality as its ratio has dropped from 994 per every 100,000 live births to 770 per every 1000,000 live births, the 2012 Trends in Maternal Mortality report of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said.
War crimes court call overshadows sub-regional forum
July 11, 2012By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent
A sub-regional meeting of human rights activists is underway in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, with participants expected to review activities and progress in human rights advocacies in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia.
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