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Russian Mercenaries Accelerating Plans For a Coup In Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Ivory Coast

Wagner Group, the mercenary army run by Vladimir Putin's ally Yevgeny Prigozhin may be accelerating plans for a coup in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.

Ex-Warlord Prince Johnson Breaks Away From Weah’s Alliance Ahead of Elections

Senator Prince Johnson who helped ex-football star George Weah win a landslide victory in 2017 has parted company with the ruling Coalition For Democratic Change citing betrayal and withholding of funding to his county.

Study Shows 300 Million Africans Were Affected By Internet Shutdowns in 2022

Surfshark’s internet censorship yearly recap shows that 4.2 billion people were affected by mass internet censorship in 2022 globally. Asia accounts for nearly half of all new cases in 2022, while Africa comes in second.

Liberia: Ruling Coalition’s Watchdog Chief Urges President to Fire Bad Ministers

With barely eleven months for the six-year term of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change administration to elapse, a ranking figure within the tripartite arrangement wants underperforming ministers to take the exit door.

Liberian President Weah Accepts Party’s Nomination For Second-Term

Liberia President George Weah has promised to continue his economic programs targeting low inflation and growth if he wins the October 10 votes.

Africa’s 2023 Elections: Democratic Resiliency in the Face of Trials

There is a broad spectrum of trajectories in which these elections may lead. Some provide crucial opportunities for consolidating democratic progress. Others face uneven electoral playing fields and must overcome institutional legacies of one-party rule.

Liberian Warlord faces Life Sentence As Trial Concludes In Switzerland

The appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded on Friday in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland.

Liberia’s Airport Safety, Emergency Response Capabilities Below International Standards, US Embassy Says

Audits of Liberia’s Roberts International Airport (RIA), have revealed significant shortcomings in airport safety, security, and operational standards, the US Embassy in Monrovia said in a statement Thursday.

Africa 2023: Liberia, Nigeria Test Biometric Election Equipment Ahead of Full Deployment

Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) has begun a trial voter registration exercise to test the functionality of biometric voter registration equipment and also to train personnel of the election agency on what will be expected of them during the real exercise.

UN Chief Tasks Nigerian Judiciary On Impartial Adjudication Of Electoral Cases

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has advised Nigerian judges to be neutral in their adjudication of electoral disputes that may arise from the forthcoming general elections.

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