Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has been hit by power cuts, its energy minister said on Friday, after Turkey’s Karpowership switched off electricity supply due to an unpaid debt of around $40m.
Minister Kanja Sesay told the Reuters news agency that the outstanding amount “was accrued over time because the government subsidises more than half the cost the ship charges per kilowatt hour”.
Good afternoon! Thank you all for being here today for my first formal interaction with the Liberian media.
It is an honor to meet you and I applaud the vital work that you and other Liberian journalists are doing every day to objectively report and inform the Liberian public about the most important issues of the day. I look forward to answering your questions.
Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin-Snowe has accused the Liberian government of shortchanging the county by more than half a million United States Dollars in payments made from the Western Cluster Social Development Fund.
According to Senator Snowe, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has deliberately withheld funds, hindering the county’s planned development projects. The actions of the government have not been well-received by the county’s citizens.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Monrovia Thursday to demonstrate their faith in President George Weah’s nearly six years stewardship of the country as 2.5 million people prepare to vote in the October 10 general elections.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to parade across the capital Monrovia today as President George Weah and the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change are accelerating push for a second term mandate in office.
CDC officials dubbed the event as the official launch of the 2023 elections campaign although the President has already covered seven counties including vote-rich Montserrado where he has toured all 17 districts.
Charles Taylor may be some 3,000 miles away from Liberia in the United Kingdom where he’s serving a 50-year jail sentence, his allies and associates are still playing a dominant role in the country’s politics 20 years after his exile, trial and imprisonment for war crimes.
When the former President and 1990 war lord was forced into exile in Calabar, Nigeria on 11 August 2023, several associates and key officials of his regime were deemed pariahs in the context of democratic governance on account of Taylor’s horrific role in the civil war that disregarded human rights and punctuated in carnage.
The 2023 elections map is drawn as presidential candidates and some 900 people vying for seats in the legislature crisscross the country, canvassing for votes with barely a month to elections day on October 10.
Unity Party Standard Bearer Ambassador Joseph Nyuma has announced that the Unity Party will lock down Monrovia on September17 in a show of political strength and power.
The Former Vice President was speaking Sunday in Electoral District number 15 of Montserrado County during a political rally at which time he stressed the need to redefine the nation.
Senators Tuesday confirmed seven persons nominated to serve on the board of commissioners of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission after lawmakers put the confirmation process on hold for months citing legal defects.
Designated official’s failure to declare assets upon nomination and the conflicting county of origin of two persons were basis for the Senate near rejection of President George Weah pick for the anti-graft office.
Viral document trending on Facebook indicating President George Weah is traveling to New York with 70 government officials and employees is fake, according to Presidential Press Secretary Isaac Solo Kelgbeh.
The purported list shows more than 40 security agents are part of the President’s delegation that would attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
