Liberian News

The United Muslim Women Advocacy and Empowerment Organization has concluded a one day Civic Education forum for local women in the Red Hill Community in Virginia, Monrovia.

In its Annual Situation Report on Liberia issued last week, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) casted doubt on the corruption picture of Liberia as presented by critics and adapted by some members of the international community in their dealings with Liberia.

As part of pre-planning activities ahead of the 2011 Presidential and General elections, the National Elections Commission (NEC) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) have embarked on a joint week long assessment mission of NEC Elections Magistrate Offices in Central and South Eastern Liberia.

Strange developments are said to be evolving at the First International Bank (FiBANK), management has said, in the form of a calculated counterfeiting of the bank's logo, vouchers and others by those said to be criminal-minded individuals, with the aim of tarnishing the bank's record.

Sierra Leone’s top rebel leader waged a war on the West African country in 1991 to free the people from the misery of the country’s politicians, a Sierra Leonean witness testifying for Charles Taylor told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today in The Hague.

Foreign countries interfered in Charles Taylor's revolution in Liberia and prevented the former president from liberating his people, a witness in Mr. Taylor's defense told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today.

A witness defending Charles Taylor today said he never heard of the former Liberian president giving orders to his own rebel forces to kill, rape, loot or burn people's houses, as alleged by prosecutors.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, along with members of her Cabinet, set out on Saturday, February 27, 2010, for a week-long visit to southeastern Liberia, an area which, like most parts of the country, is slowly recovering from its share of the 14-year civil conflict.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf returned to the Liberian capital, Monrovia, on Saturday, March 6, following a weeklong visit to the southeastern counties of Maryland, River Gee and Grand Gedeh. The President also made stops in Nimba and Bong Counties.

Efforts by the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the UNHCR and LRRRC towards the integration of former Sierra Leonean refugees who opted for a second home in Liberia have been dealt a serious blow by enemies of development.