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Liberia to Lift Ban on FGM
21+ hour, 19+ min ago (702+ words) President Joseph Boakai submitted to the Liberian legislature the bill titled “Act to Cultural Practices of Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Liberia,” women advocates and human rights defenders were excited. Their decades of advocacy for the abolition of…...
Ngafuan Charges New Magistrates to Protect Justice, Resist Pressure
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (1318+ words) Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has challenged a new corps of Liberian magistrates to resist corruption, uphold integrity, and defend the rule of law, warning that a single corrupt judicial decision can undermine years of institutional progress…...
ALJA Questions Electoral District Expansion
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (477+ words) ALJA National President, Joey Kennedy. The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) has entered the growing national debate over the House of Representatives' proposal to increase electoral districts from 73 to 89, warning that any such expansion must be grounded…...
Why 179 Years of Independence Feels Like Survival on Liberia’s Streets
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (961+ words) "Buying is very hard these days. The market is not moving like before. We are begging the government to provide jobs for our husbands and our children who have finished high school." This human crisis is not just a collection…...
Israel’s Peres Center Shows How Problems Inspire Global Solutions
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (633+ words) The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Jaffa, named after the late Shimon Peres — the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former Prime Minister and President of Israel who believed that the true key to security lay in collaborative human progress. The…...
Democracy Between Elections
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (747+ words) Naymote Executive Director Eddie D. Jarwolo. As the 73 lawmakers prepare to return to their constituencies for the annual legislative break, a nationwide monitoring exercise that Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has embarked upon would shift public attention from what legislators promise…...
Legislature Passes Clears Historic Port Autonomy Bill
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (646+ words) After months of legislative scrutiny and years of public debate over the governance of the national seaports, the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in passing the long-debated Port Autonomy Bill, completing the bicameral legislative process and sending…...
Cummings Alleges Cover-Up in US$19M Cocaine Case
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (828+ words) ANC Political Leader Alexander Benedict Cummings during a Press Conference. Alternative National Congress (ANC) Political Leader Alexander B. Cummings has intensified pressure on the Unity Party administration over its handling of historic US$19.2 million cocaine seizure, accusing the government of conducting…...
The Central Bank of Liberia Defends Proposal to Print L$79 Billion
1+ week, 4+ day ago (661+ words) The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has defended its proposal to print approximately L$79 billion in new Liberian dollar banknotes, arguing that the exercise is essential to sustaining liquidity management, supporting economic growth, replacing deteriorated currency, and meeting key reserve…...
Battle Against Corruption Enters New Phase
1+ week, 4+ day ago (756+ words) The fight against corruption in the country has entered a new phase, with government officials, anti-corruption institutions, civil society organizations, development partners, and county representatives calling for a major institutional reset to strengthen accountability, improve public service delivery, and restore…...