Liberia is among 11 countries along with Sierra Leone that are the most vulnerable in the world and have the fewest resources in terms of domestic fiscal space and international support to fight climate change, a new report published March 21 said.
Since the end of the Liberian civil war in 2003 and the return of democracy, Prince Yormie Johnson, the notorious warlord of the 1990s has used his dominance in vote rich Nimba County to cut political deals, playing a spoiler role to advantage a leading presidential candidate.
The national women wing of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change will lead a week of mourning for the murder of the daughter of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott, party Chairman Mulbah Morlu said Thursday in Monrovia.
Senators Thursday approved a $782.9 million spending package that would fund the West African nation’s government for the 12 months financial period end Dec. 31, 2023.
Monrovia City Mayor offered $5,000 to increase police bounty for perpetuators of the ghastly murder of the daughter of a former Chief Justice as law enforcement officers struggle to hunt down culprits.
Koijee faces police questioning Wednesday based on former Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair Jerome Verdier’s accusation that he directed and financed the killing, police inspector general Patrick Sudue told Senators Tuesday in the capital Monrovia.
Liberian President George Weah effects a significant change to the West African country’s military command structure as the army vows to step in should violence erupts during the scheduled October presidential elections.
Albanian police in the coastal town of Durres along with other law enforcement agencies blocked a Liberian-registered ship carrying suspected Russian oil in an operation that ended with the arrest of the 22-strong crew.
The lush West African rainforests of Liberia are being cut down and illegally exported with the likely collusion of powerful government officials, according to a diplomatic document obtained by The Associated Press that described an apparent “parallel system” for trade in timber.
