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UN Report Shows Climate-related Disasters Driving Human Trafficking

The multiplication of weather disasters, which pushes millions of people onto the roads, is now one of the "main causes" of human trafficking, according to a UN report published Tuesday (Jan. 24), also mentioning the risks posed by the war in Ukraine.

Liberia’s Emirates Hospital Will Expand Access to World-Class Healthcare, Johnson Sirleaf Says

Covering an area of 80,000 square meters with all modern facilities, the hospital has a capacity of 123 beds. It has operating rooms, a modern laboratory, an intensive care unit and various specialized departments

Liberia Ruling CDC Youth Lacking Job Join Opposition Unity Party In Push For Better Future

young supporters of the ruling Coalition For Democratic Change, citing dissatisfaction with President George Weah’s rule has jumped ship, endorsing the presidential bid of the main opposition leader Joseph Boakai.

At a Rubber Plantation In Liberia History Of Sexual Abuse Repeats In a Fight Over land

Sexual harassment of its workers isn’t the only charge that’s been leveled against Socfin here in Liberia: in 2019, 22 communities filed a complaint against Salala with the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, alleging that it took over their land without their consent.

ArcelorMittal Wants Liberian Government Reprimand People Behind Rail Line Blockade

Global steel gain ArcelorMittal has implored Liberian authorities to sanction individuals disrupting its mining operation in the West African nation as it raises concern about potential adverse impact on revenue inflow.

Rape Victim Testifies In Swiss Court As Liberian War Criminal Appeals Conviction

A woman cried on Wednesday as she testified to a Swiss court that a former Liberian rebel commander had raped her repeatedly during the country's civil war, on the first day of his appeal to overturn 22 convictions for war crimes

Liberia Finance Minister Samuel Tweah Discharged From Turkish Hospital After Road Accident

The minister had surgeries at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey after he and his wife suffered multiple fractures in their right arms in a road accident in northeaster Lofa County, officials said.

Appeals Trial For Liberia War Crimes Opens In Finland

The impoverished West African state was plunged into a first war which ran from 1989 to 1998, followed by a second, from 1999 to 2003. As many as a quarter of a million people died, according to some estimates.

Weah Returns Home To Continue Tug of War With Rival Opposition Leaders Over His Rule

George Weah retuned to Liberia Monday after 48 days away from the Country, launching caustic attack on his main political rivals whom he accused of undermining the country’s peace and stability.

Liberian Dollar’s Lose Spurs Price Pressures

Inflation accelerated 7.5 percent +/-2.0 percentage points on account of expectation of higher spending in Liberian dollar during the festive season of December 2022.

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