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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.

Nigeria Vice President Heads to Liberia For Young Leaders’ Forum

At the forum tagged ‘Conversation with the Vice President and Young People’, Osinbajo and other West African leaders will interact with a selected group of 400 emerging leaders “sharing their growth, struggles, attainment, accomplishments and secrets,” according to information from the Office of the Liberian Vice President.

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 Man Convicted of Multiple Crimes Gets One-Year Prison Sentence By US For Hindering Deportation

Since the time of being admitted into the United States, Tenneh was convicted of several crimes including felony drug distribution, simple assault, driving under the influence, and firearms violations

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.

Liberia Elections Body Releases Timetables for October Vote

Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) has updated its colander of events for the scheduled 2023 presidential and legislative elections, maintaining the constitutional date of, 10 October 2023, as polling Day.

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.

Nigeria Elections Body Warns Insecurity Could Derail February Vote

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is in the grip of a severe economic crisis and numerous security problems.

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.

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