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Explainer

Omicron Variant: What We Know for Now.

Paynesville –The discovery of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in South Africa on November 24, 2021 is attracting concerns. Considering the threat...

The Whole Fact

The Whole Fact: The Difference Between Transco CLSG & LEC

Fact Checks

Fact Check: NO, Liberians Have Not Faced Three U.S Government’s Magnitsky Sanctions in 12 Months.

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Fact Checks

Is Liberia Amongst Countries That Received the Lowest Benefits for Combatting Climate Change? Yes.

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Finance Minister Samuel Tweah Didn’t Get Facts Right about Liberia’s Total Months of Imports?

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No, Liberia Wasn’t the Only African Country That Signed Resolution on Xinjiang Human Rights Situation

Explainer

What is COP26: Here’s What You Need to Know.

Explainer

What You Need to Know About the World’s First Malaria Vaccine

Crime

Woman Arrested in Margibi County for Allegedly Beating 3-Year-Old Child to Death

Fact Checks

Misleading: Girl in Viral Photo Did Not Give Birth in Nimba County as Claimed by Facebook Posts

Explainer

Explainer: How to Identify Fake Website Links or URLs

Around the Country

Around the Country: Updates From Five Counties – October 15, 2021

The Whole Fact

What Did European Union Ambassador Actually Say About Monrovia Being Dirty?

COVID-19

Voices: What are People Saying About Covid-19 as Confirmed Cases Decline?

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Claim by President Weah about Liberia’s Forest Reserve is Mostly Correct

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Gruesome Viral Photo Not Dead Woman Found in Caldwell

Bong

Lack of Access to Covid Vaccine Remains a Concern for Rural Residents of Bong County

Gbarpolu

People Living with Disabilities Launch Awareness Outreach in Gbarpolo County

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Yes, Smoking One Shisha Session Is Like Smoking 100 Cigarettes

COVID-19

Vaccine Confidence: Why Are People Getting their COVID-19 Jab

Disease Outbreak

Open Defecation, a Problem for Harper Residents

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 29, 2021

COVID-19

Lofa County in Preparedness Stage as Vaccine Awareness Remains Critical

COVID-19

Montserrado County Health Team Takes COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness on the Road

COVID-19

Over 12,000 People Vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson Jab in Bong County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 24, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Coca-Cola Is Not Giving Out Gifts as Anniversary Celebration

COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccinated People in Nimba County Show Confidence in the Jab

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 20, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No, 45,000 People Are Not Living With HIV/AIDS in Liberia

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 15, 2021

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 10, 2021

COVID-19

What You Need To know About the J & J Vaccine

COVID-19

Confirmation of New Cases of Covid-19 in Nimba County Sparks Calls for More Vaccine Uptake

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 8, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Minister Samuel Tweah Is Incorrect. Liberia Does Not Have the Most Stable Exchange Rate in West Africa

COVID-19

Mixed Reactions Swirl Amongst Young Liberians amid Calls for COVID-19 Vaccine Intake

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Three Counties – September 3, 2021

Fact Check Alerts

Fact Check Alert: WhatsApp is Not Celebrating 10th Anniversary. Viral Link Offering Free Data by the Company is Misleading

COVID-19

Vaccine Misinformation Still Lingers as Rollout Continues

Health

Kolahun Hospital Launches First Drug Revolving Fund Scheme in Lofa County

Around the Country

Around The County: Updates From Five Counties – September 1, 2021

COVID-19

Nimba County to Rollout J&J, AstraZeneca Vaccines as COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Reduces

COVID-19

French Chargé d’Affaires Urges ‘Collective Efforts’ in Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Liberia

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Are Women Living with HIV at Higher Risk of Getting Cervical Cancer?

Forestry

Gbarpolu County: Communities Alarm Stalemate in Logging Contract, Request Benefits

COVID-19

Arrival of New Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Boosts Fight Against Covid

COVID-19

Lofa County Health Team to Rollout Over 24,000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 23, 2021

Disease Outbreak

What is Marburg Virus: Five Things You Need To Know.

Bong

Concerns Over Delay in Hearing Cases at Bong County Circuit Court

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Minister Tweah Claim is Incorrect, Liberia Does Not Have the Second Lowest Import Tariff in Africa

Ebola

Nimba County Considers Heighten Disease Surveillance After Confirmed Ebola Case in Ivory Coast

COVID-19

Liberia’s Health Authorities Warn Against Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 16, 2021

Forestry

Logging Company Rehabilitates Major Bridge in Gbarpolu County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 11, 2021

Fact Checks

Misleading: 10-Year-Old Girl Did Not Give Birth to a Child in Lofa County

Fact Checks

Did Alex Cummings Get His Facts Right About Liberia’s Inflation Rate? Local Voices Liberia Checked.

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 6, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No 2021 Data Yet; Liberia’s Infant Mortality Rate in 2019 was 62.2%

COVID-19

Liberia Makes Progress Against Covid-19, Set to Launch Johnson & Johnson Vaccine on Thursday

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Photo of Yacht with ‘SS George Weah’ Inscription Was Manipulated

Child Rights

Local Charity Recuses Child Who Was Brunt by Father in Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer Urges COVID-19 Patients in Maryland County to be Hopeful

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 30, 2021

Fact Checks

Incorrect: COVID-19 Vaccines Do not Cause Death of People with High Blood Pressure or Diabetes

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 28, 2021

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 23, 2021

Health

Protesting Health Workers in Margibi County Asked to Stay Home amid Salary Dilemma

Fact Checks

Be Warned of Fake Viral Links Claiming to Offer Opportunities for Free International Scholarships

COVID-19

Viral Link is Fake; WHO and IMF are Not Giving Out Funds to Covid-19 Survival

COVID-19

COVID-19: 5 Things to Know About the Alpha Variant

COVID-19

Yes, Wearing Double Mask Protects You From the Delta Variant?

COVID-19

Less Than 2% of Liberians Have Taken Just One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19

Fact Check: No, Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Does not Cause Death

Fact Checks

No, Sleeping Under Mosquitoes Net Does Not Cause Death

Explainer

Does the US Consult Countries Before Declaring Them Unsafe to Travel? Here’s the Answer.

COVID-19

Incorrect, Wearing Disposable Mask Does Not Cause Cancer

COVID-19

Fact Check: You can Use Anesthetics after Taking COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19

Fact Check: Viral Video about COVID Vaccines Causing Heart Inflammation is Misleading

COVID-19

Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases, Liberian Health Expert Dispels Vaccine Misinformation

COVID-19

Misleading WhatsApp Message: Liberian Government is not Spreading Coronavirus in the Air

COVID-19

COVID-19: What You Need to Know about the Delta Variant

COVID-19

Rife COVID-19 Variants Fuel Africa’s Surging Wave

COVID-19

Fact Check: Is Liberia Recording Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases in West Africa? This is What We Found.

COVID-19

Africa Faces Steepest COVID-19 Surge

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Did VP Taylor Get It Right about Liberia’s 4 Billion Metric Tons Iron Ore Deposit?

Elections

Fact Check: Congress for Democratic Change Did Not Win 72 Legislative Seats in 2005 as Claimed By Commerce Inspector General

COVID-19

Fact Check: Incorrect, Taking COVID-19 Vaccines Doesn’t Create New Variant of the Virus

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Claim that Over 90 Percent of Children in Africa are living in Extreme Poverty is Incorrect

Land Rights

Education

Fact Check: None of the Six Tertiary Schools Shutdown in 2018 for Illegally Operating Qualified To Operate

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Amazon Is Not Offering Free Gifts, Not Celebrating 30th Anniversary; Viral Link is Fake

COVID-19

Nine in 10 African Countries Set to Miss Urgent COVID-19 Vaccination Goal

COVID-19

Phase Two of Covid-19 Vaccine Begins in Liberia

Fact Checks

Is Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence the Lady with Agnes Taylor in the Widely Circulated Photo on Facebook? LVL Checked.

Environment

Restoring Africa’s Dry Lands Must Be A Key Priority, Experts Says

Health Workers

Maryland County Health Team Records Over 26, 000 Malaria Cases in 2020

Business

Ebola: Mixed Reactions Over Reopening of Liberia-Guinea Border

COVID-19

Mothers Show Interest in Polio Vaccination as Covid-19 Misinformation Slows

Disease Outbreak

Grand Kru County Starts Early Ebola Awareness Campaign

Health

Joy in Harper City After over 40 Persons Complete Free Cleft Lip Surgeries

Health

Communities Applaud Health Ministry, Partners for Free Community Health Services

Health

Concerns Heighten over ‘Ineffective’ Drug Dispensary at J.J Dossen Hospital

Bong

Panic Over Transfer of Medical Doctors from Phebe Hospital

Disease Outbreak

Liberians In Fear After Guinean Declares Ebola Outbreak

Grand Kru

Cases of Malaria Increase in Grand Kru County

Disease Outbreak

Residents of Towns Near Border Call for Enhanced Surveillance, Preventive Measures amid outbreak of Ebola in Guinea

COVID-19

Health Minister Confident of Augmenting Ebola Surveillance at Borders with Guinea

Business

Senator Brown Launches LD$2,700, 000 Micro Loan Scheme

Education

Grand Bassa College Graduates 218 Students in Fifth Convocation

Hospitals

Residents Embrace Introduction of Drug Revolving Scheme at Major Hospital in Lofa County

Gbarpolu

Major Clinic Serving Almost 7,000 Residents Remains Closed in Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

How Is Covid-19 Impacting Students’ Return to Campus

COVID-19

‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution Begins in River Cess County

Education

Former Senatorial Candidate Offers Scholarship to Five Bassa High Graduates

Development

Harper Residents Repair Major Drainages to Curb Health Risks

COVID-19

UNDP Supports COVID-19 Preparedness in Lofa County amid Calls for Expansion of Project

COVID-19

Schools in Grand Gedeh County Floating COVID-19 Guidelines

Development

Government Implores ‘Full Backing’ of Locals for Construction of US$20M Hospital in Gbarpolu County

Agriculture

Small, Medium Agro-Enterprises Get Stimulus Grant amid COVID-19 Economic Strain

Disease Outbreak

Grand Kru County Health Team Receives Medical Supply for Lymphedema Patients

Grand Bassa

Fear Grips Residents after Health Workers Abandon Forts Ville Clinic

Education

Several Primary Schools in Rivercess County at Brink of Shutting Down Due to Lack of Teachers

Business

19 Women Benefit from ORWOCH Economic Empowerment program

COVID-19

Nimba County Gets 1,600 Covid-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits to Enhance Testing

Elections

Recount Keeps Geevon Smith Lead in River Cess County Senate Race

COVID-19

Residents Applaud Drugstores for Service During Peak of Covid-19 Crisis

Bomi

Bomi County: Residents Outraged By ‘Fraud and Commercialization’ of Covid-19 ‘Stimulus Package’

Crime

Police Investigates Death of Rape Suspect

COVID-19

Some Residents Worried They May Not Receive Covid-19 Food ‘Stimulus Package’

Elections

Grand Kru County Three Polling Places Re-Run Takes Place Today

COVID-19

Community Bordering Ivory Coast Regains Confidence in Health Facility as COVID-19 Fear Declines

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County Records Over 41,600 Malaria Cases in 2020

Education

Charity Foundation Donates School Materials to Elementary Schools Grand Gedeh County

COVID-19

Government Begins ‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution in Maryland

COVID-19

Residents of Maryland County Want Reactivation of COVID-19 Protocols after Festive Season

Bong

Government, Phebe Hospital Spat Could Put Citizens at Health Risk

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – January 5, 2021

Health

No Functional X-Ray Machine: A Major Health Challenge in Lofa County

Elections

Voters are Pleased with Peaceful, Free, and Fair Elections

Elections

NEC Delays Announcement of Date for a Disputed Precinct Election in Gbarpolu County

Education

Sara Beysolow Nyanti Opens Second Learning Hut for Adolescent Girls in Lower Virginia

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County to Get ‘Modern Hospital’ in 14 Months, Says Chief Medical Officer

COVID-19

‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution Begins in Margibi County; Some Residents Alarm Being Left Out

Business

Travelers Not Obtaining Covid-19 Test Certificate In Grand Gedeh County

Health

Abandoned Clinic Project in River Cess County Draws Ire

Elections

‘The Feminist-in-Chief Must Stop the Violence on Women’ – Women Assert

Elections

Margibi County Voters Share Referendum Feedback

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 29, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 28, 2020

Election Reforms

‘Voter Education Must Be an Ongoing Process’

Bomi

Senator-elect Snowe Picks Alice Gborie Lansanah to Replace as Representative

COVID-19

Concerns Heighten Over ‘Stimulus Package’ Food Delay in Maryland County

Elections

Grand Cape Mount County: Tension Between CDC and CPP Ongoing

Grand Gedeh

Mother of Triplet, People Living with Disabilities Get Christmas Gifts From Charity Foundation

Elections

People Living with Disabilities Denied Special Access on Election Day

Elections

Elections Commission Office in Sinoe County Set on Fire

COVID-19

Communities Regain Confidence in Clinics as Covid-19 Strain on Health System Lessens

Grand Kru

Health Workers Stage Protest over Nine Months Delayed Salary

Education

Community Gives 200 Acres of Farmland to Grand Bassa College For ‘Sustainability Farm’

Bong

Bong County: The untapped voting force of Rural Women

Elections

Liberia: Who is Afraid of Women?

COVID-19

Electricity ‘Stimulus Package’ Distribution Begins in Nimba County Amid Concerns of Delayed COVID-19 Food Supplies

Forestry

Logging Communities in Gbarpolu County to Terminate Agreement with Indo-African Plantation

Bong

MNG Gold Presence Boosts Local Economy in Kokoya District

Around the Country

Around The Country: Election Updates From Four Counties – December 16, 2020

Elections

Women Rights Organizations Daringly Rescues Gbarpolu County Leading Female Candidates Amid Violence

Around the Country

Around The Country: Covid-19 Updates From Five Counties – December 15, 2020

Environment

Logging Company Resumes Rehabilitation of Major Road in Gbarpolu County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Election Updates From Four Counties – December 14, 2020

Elections

Representative Fallah: “No Competent Women”; Then Loses Election

Election & COVID-19

Elections: COVID-19 Superspreading Event

Bomi

Government Reopens Clinic Shutdown Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From the County — November 9, 2020

Child Rights

KEEP Dedicates US$14,500 Reading Room to Maryland Schools

Around the Country

Around The Country: Election Updates From Six Counties – December 7, 2020

Elections

‘Stop the Violence, Inciteful Rhetoric’ – Press Union President

Elections

Grand Gedeh County: Vote More Women, It Will Be Good For the Country

COVID-19

Margibi County Health Workers Urge Sustained Adherence to COVID-19 Protocols

Health

Major Hospital in Maryland County Conducts Free Eye Surgery Elderlies

Bomi

All Bomi County Senate Candidates Abandon Voters

Elections

Lofa County: Eight out of 11 Senate Candidates Refused to Face the Voters’ Questions

Politics

Sanquin, Sinoe County: No Votes for the Senators

Elections

Liberia: Women Must Rise to Support Women

Elections

100% Male – 100% Wrong. Liberia’s Senate risks becoming All-Male if women don’t wake up

Elections

United Blind Association Threatens Endless Protest

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 5, 2020

Elections

African Women Leaders Network Donates $5,850 to 18 Female Candidates Vying in Senatorial Election

COVID-19

Margibi County Residents Worried about More COVID-19 Cases After Election

Environment

Seven Communities in Nimba County Sign MoU to Secure Land Deeds

Election Reforms

Montserrado County: Voters in the Dark About the Referendum

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Eight Counties – December 2, 2020

COVID-19

Zwedru City Worship Places Keep Covid-19 Rules Despite Concerns of Violation of Health Protocols

COVID-19

Lofa County Supt. Assures Citizens of Smooth COVID-19 Food Distribution

Elections

Government’s Decentralization Failure Leads to Ethnic Politics and Divisions

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – December 1, 2020

Health

Inadequate Sanitary Facilities, Drugs Put Ivorian Refugees at Health Risk in Maryland County

Elections

Braimah Promises: “I Will Defeat the Men”

Elections

Referendum: Official Says Voters Should Check “Yes” on Everything

Election & COVID-19

Bomi County Head of COVID-19 Response Forsees Increase in New Cases After Election

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – November 27, 2020

Elections

Politician Calls Fraud Without Evidence

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 26, 2020

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County Gets Two New Ambulances from World Bank

Bomi

Bomi County: Concerns Intensify Over Continued Closure of Clinic

Election & COVID-19

Doubt over Health Protocols on Voting Day

Elections

‘Paradise Lies at the Feet of the Mother’ – Muslim Leaders Support Women in Politics

Elections

Residents of Grand Cape Mount County Join Call for Postponement of Constitution Referendum.

Elections

22 Women, 112 Men to Compete in December 8 Legislative Elections

COVID-19

WFP Moves Huge Quantities of Food to Southeast for COVID-19 Distribution

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Six Counties – November 23, 2020

Nimba

Community Members Worried as USAID Funded Health Project Ends in Nimba County

Grand Bassa

Buchanan Residents Celebrate New Ambulance at Major Public Hospital

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 20, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country – Elections Updates From Four Counties – November 18, 2020

Health

Lofa County Major Hospital Bans Staff from Selling Drugs

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 17, 2020

Bong

Low Turnout for COVID-19 Voluntary Testing in Bong County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 16, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 12, 2020

Gbarpolu

Communities in Gbarpolu County Seek Support for Abandoned Clinic

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 10, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Six Counties — November 9, 2020

Election Reforms

Debate on Constitution Referendum: What are People Asking?

Grand Bassa

No Functional Ambulance at Gov’t Hospital in Buchanan

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – November 4, 2020

Bong

Bong County Police Arrest 52-Year-Old Pastor for Alleged Rape

Grand Kru

Grand Kru County Women Protest Transfer of County Health Officer

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – November 2, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Update From Six Counties – October 30, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – October 29, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Seven Counties – October 28, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – October 27, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – October 26

Forestry

Community Wants Logging Agreement Revoked Over Delay in Paying Social Benefits

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – October 12, 2020

Media Development

Youth Media Action launches Child Broadcasting Program

Media Development

Internews Pledges Continued Support to Development of Liberian Media

Elections

Elections Commission Completes Extended Voter Roll Update in Gbarpolu County

Crime

Two Arrested for Allegedly Gang Raping 14-year-old in Maryland County

Crime

Wanted Man Arrested for ‘Murdering’ Pregnant Girlfriend in Zwedru

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 18, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 16, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 14, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 8, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 4, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – September 3, 2020

Bong

COVID-19 Restrictions Leave Many Businesses Struggling In Bong County

COVID-19

Man, Who Refused Health Facility, Recounts Near Death Experience

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – September 1, 2020

COVID-19

Challenges For Maternal Health Services in Margibi County Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Bong

Bong County Health Team Stresses Adherence To Preventive Measures Despite Decline in COVID-19 Cases

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties -August 31, 2020

Media Issues

Liberian Media Outlets Reeling Under Economic Impact of COVID-19

COVID-19

How Soon Will the Food Reach? Three Months On, COVID-19 Food Distribution On Snail Speed

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 27, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 26, 2020

Bomi

Bomi County: Residents of Rural Town Want Clinic Reopen After Closure Due to COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – August 25, 2020

COVID-19

Crisis in Crisis: Liberia Experts Warn of Increased SGBV Threat During COVID-19 Pandemic

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 20, 2020

Bomi

Rights Activist in Bomi County Concerned Street Hawking Exposes Children To COVID-19

COVID-19

Grand Cape Mount County Maintains Liberia’s Lowest Confirmed COVID-19 Infection Rate

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 19, 2020

COVID-19

Grand Gedeh County: Health Team Conducts Orientation on COVID-19 Preventative Measure for School Administrators

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – August 18, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 13, 2020

Business

Restaurants Struggle to Survive Amid COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Three Counties – August 12, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 11, 2020

COVID-19

Residents of Maryland County Worried About Spike in COVID-19 Cases Due to Political Rallies

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 10, 2020

Accountability and Transparency

CSO Concerned About Legislature’s Lack of Effective Oversight On Persistent Delay in Submission of National Budget

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 6, 2020

Montserrado

Gender Ministry: Alarming Rate of SGBV Amid COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 4, 2020

COVID-19

Health Workers in Grand Bassa County Worried About Catching COVID-19

COVID-19

Three COVID-19 Survivors Recount Experience in Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

Mask Zone: Police at Parker Paint Junction Enforce Mask Wearing Protocol

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 31, 2020

Bomi

New Developments Allay COVID-19 Fears Among Residents of Bomi County

COVID-19

COVID-19 Cases May Increase Due to Denial Among Residents of Grand Gedeh County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 29, 2020

Agriculture

COVID-19 Restrictions Disrupt Farmers’ Earning

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – July 24, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties

Bong

Why People of Bong County Were Worried During Closure of Phebe Hospital Amid COVID-19

Business

Business People Worried About Surge in COVID-19 Cases Amid Relaxed Regulations

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 22, 2020

COVID-19

Private Schools Teachers in Margibi County Feel Economic Pinch Created By COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 21, 2020

COVID-19

Denial, Mistrust Increase Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Amid Concerns About Poor Awareness

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 17, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Eight Counties – July 16, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 14, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 10, 2020

Business

Lofa County Worried About A Repeat of Ebola Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 9, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 8, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 7, 2020

Business

Covid-19 Slows Business for Scores of Marketers in Buchanan City

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July, 3, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 Rumors Scare Patients from Seeking Health Care at Facilities in Maryland County

COVID-19

Confirmed COVID-19 Case Worries Residents of Mining Town in Grand Cape Mount

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 1, 2020

Bong

Are People In Bong County Adhering To Social Distancing Guidelines?

COVID-19

COVID-19 Fear Causes Other Patients to Decline Critical Treatment at Health Facilities

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – June 30, 2020

COVID-19

Concerns Heighten Over Lack of COVID-19 Facilities for Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

Nurse Tested Positive For COVID-19 at River Gee Hospital

COVID-19

No Support from Gov’t, Community Prompts Closure of Hand Washing Stations

Bong

Phebe Hospital Closes For Four Days As Covid-19 Cases Increase in Bong County

News

US State Department: ‘Liberia Has Demonstrated Sufficient Progress’ in Curbing Human Trafficking

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – June 26, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – June 25, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Update From Five Counties

Bong

Violent Storm Leaves Over 800 Residents Homeless, Disrupts Health Services In Bong County

Bong

Lutheran Church Recommits Support to Bong County Struggling Health Sector

Around the Country

Around The Country: Update From Six Counties – June 19, 2020

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County Journalists Get Gender Sensitive Reporting Training On COVID-19

Bong

COVID-19 Treatment Unit Partially Opens in Bong County

COVID-19

Grand Kru County Health Team Discharges 22 Persons From Quarantine

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties

COVID-19

Gov’t Inaction Leaves Community Further Confused

COVID-19

‘Coronavirus Spreads Faster If Not Prevented’ – Says Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties

COVID-19

COVID-19 Denial Increases in Nimba County

Bong

Bong County Records Third COVID-19 Death

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties

COVID-19

Grand Cape Mount County Rallying To Prevent COVID-19

COVID-19

Misinformation, Rumors and Fake News Complicate Response Against COVID-19 in Liberia

Around the Country

Around the Country: Latest Update From Six Counties

COVID-19

Margibi County Health Sector Seriously Challenged Amid COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Latest Update From Five Counties

Bong

Bong County Confirms First COVID-19 Case

COVID-19

Is Liberia Conducting Enough COVID-19 Testing?

Around the Country

Around The Country: Latest Update From Seven Counties

COVID-19

Motorcyclists in Maryland County Grapple With Economic Hardship During COVID-19

COVID-19

Four Persons From Gbarpolu County Recover From COVID-19

Health

COVID-19 Fight Ignites Voluntarism As Hygiene Practices Take Center Stage

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Seven Counties

Bomi

COVID-19 Pandemic Impedes School Acitivities In Bomi County

Education

COVID-19 Creates Uncertainties for Teachers, Students of Grand Bassa County

COVID-19

COVID-19 Dead Bodies Safe for Burial – DBMT Confirms; Says Family Can Claim Bodies

Disease Outbreak

EVD Prepares Liberia for COVCID-19, NPHIL Boss, Montserrado CHO Draw Correlations of Outbreaks

Around the Country

Around the Country: Today’s Update from Five Counties

Agriculture

Boost For Liberia’s Food Security as World Bank Approves US$10.5 Million Funding

Around the Country

Arround the Country: Updates from Sinoe, Margibi, Bong,Grand Cape Mount &Maryland Counties

Lofa

Maternal Death Puts 3 Weeks Old Baby at Risk in Lofa County Amid COVID-19

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates from Grand Bassa, Gbarpolu, Lofa, Bong, and Grand Gedeh Counties

Disease Outbreak

Grand Gedeh County Health Team Prepares Against COVID-19

COVID-19

Mittal Steel Quarantine: Buchanan Residents Worried about Accessing Major Commercial Bank in Concession Area

COVID-19

COVID-19 Cases Testing Gbarpolu County’s Main Health Facility

COVID-19

Grand Bassa County Confirms 3 More COVID-19 Cases

COVID-19

Grand Bassa County Records First COVID-19 Case

Business

Lofa Grapples With COVID-19 Debacle: SOE, Lockdown Impose Bad Business for Marketers

COVID-19

People of Maryland County Concerned About Poor Health System Amid COVID-19

Bong

Fetching Food, Health Care: How are People with Disabilities Faring in Bong County?

COVID-19

Coronavirus Increases Hardship for People in Grand Gedeh County

Grand Cape Mount

Mudslide Leaves Two Dead at Gold Mines in Grand Cape Mount County

COVID-19

Residents Concerned About Information Sharing As First COVID-19 Case Confirm in Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

Woman, 28, Suffers Police Brutality in Grand Gedeh County

Lofa

Human Trafficking: An Entrenched Problem in Lofa County

Education

Unicef, WFP Concerned About 370 Million Children as School Closures Deprive Them of Meals

Grand Gedeh

Residents of Grand Gedeh County Gold Mining Community Have ‘No Idea’ About Human Trafficking

Crime

Police Arrests Man for ‘Shooting’ Hunter in Belle Yallah Forest

COVID-19

First COVID -19 Case in Maryland County

Bomi

Lockdown: Marketers, Consumers Feeling the Pinch of Travel Restrictions

COVID-19

Physically Challenged Beggars Removed From Supermarkets In Buchanan Due To Social Distancing Rule

Bomi

From Street Hawking To Teenage Motherhood – The Ordeal of Human Trafficking

Bong

Bong County Wants Robust Awareness on Human Trafficking

Grand Bassa

Buchanan Residents Request Effective Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force

COVID-19

Mother Reunites with Son, Family After 14 Days Quarantine

Disease Outbreak

No Buckets, No Problem: Gbarpolu County Residents Using Reed to Store Water for Washing Hands

Disease Outbreak

Jangalojuba – A Coronavirus Song That May Just Save So Many Lives

Health

Major Public Hospital in Margibi County Faces Challenge Amid Coronavirus Threat

Agriculture

Farmers Urged To Grow More Food To Deal With COVID-19 Economic Shock

Education

Grand Gedeh College Gets Accreditation to Grant Degree in Nursing

News

Liberia Excluded From US Gov’t Health Package To Fight COVID-19

Grand Bassa

‘Children Are Exposed To Trafficking, Kidnapping’ in Buchanan’s Fishing Community

Health

UL Students Produce Hand Sanitizers to Fight COVID – 19

Disease Outbreak

Gbarpolu County’s Religious Community Agrees To Follow COVID-19 Protocols

Human Rights

Nimba County Safe Home Wants More Help For Survivors

Bong

Child Apprenticeship at Garages in Bong County Show Signs of Human Trafficking

Health

Coronavirus: ‘Best Control Measure is Testing’ – Dr. Mosoka Fallah

Women Issues

FGM Occurs In Over 90 Countries; Far More Widespread Than Generally Acknowledged – Equality Now

Grand Cape Mount

What Are Liberians Saying About Human Trafficking In Grand Cape Mount County

Bomi

How A Girl’s Future Was Ruined By ‘Modern Day Slavery’

Grand Gedeh

13-Year Old Boy ‘Trafficked’ To CVI Gold Mines In Grand Gedeh County Decries Nightmare

Montserrado

‘People Are Getting To Understand Human Trafficking’ – Anti Human Trafficking Secretariat

Human Rights

Overcrowded Voinjama Central Prison Puts Inmates at Risk

Business

Bad Road Causes Price Hike of Basic Commodities in Southeastern Liberia

Bomi

Bomi County: Red Cross Chapter Faces Funding Constraints

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Carter Center Graduates 18 Mental Health Clinicians

Bong

Vice President Taylor Recommends ‘Independent Bureau’ to Conduct Civil, Voter Educations

Bong

Liberians in Bong County Want Candidates Registration Decentralized

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Chiefs Are Concerned about Not Being Elected

Election Reforms

Grand Gedeh County: NEC Holds Regional Consultations On Elections Reform

Education

Grand Gedeh County: High Schools Students Ready To Challenge WASSCE Result

Maryland

Maryland Couty: Alleged Rape Victim Cries For Humanitarian Aid

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Youth Want Changes in NEC Commissioners’ Tenure

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Bad Roads In Southeastern Liberia Leaves One Passenger Dead

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Man Found Dead In Swamp In Zwedru

Election Reforms

Grand Cape Mount: Stakeholders Want Increment in the Number of Registered Voters Per Precinct

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Gold Mining Community Desperate For Health Facility To Reduce Maternal Deaths

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Pastor, 46, Sent To Court For Allegedly Raping 8-Year-Old Girl

Diasater

Gbarpolu County: Community Ravaged By Rainstorm Desperate For Help

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Several Citizens Want Taskforce Setup to Monitor the Mining Activities

Education

Grand Gedeh County: Community College Graduates 102 in Third Commencement Convocation

Education

Gbarpolu County: DEO, Parents Considering US$25 Fine for Parents Who Fail To Keep Pupils In School

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Man, 25, Arrested With 13 Kilograms Of Marijuana

Development

Gbarpolu County: World Bank Boosts County Health Team With Donation of New Vehicle

Electoral Reforms

Grand Bassa County: NEC Concludes Two Days Electoral Reform Awareness

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Local leaders Say Electoral Reform Would Enhance Social Cohesion, Integration

Bong

Bong County: Two Traditional Chiefs Call For Civic Voter Education Beyond Electioneering Period

Electoral Reforms

Montserrado County: Senatorial Candidate Kimmie Weeks Wants Lawmakers’ Tenure Reduced

Electoral Reforms

Grand Bassa: Changing Election Date, Women Representation Top Electoral Reform Forum

Crime

Grand Gedeh: Man, 22, Sentenced To Nine Years For Murdering Girlfriend

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: Internews Trains Community Radio Station In District Two On Electoral Reform Reporting

Agriculture

Gbarpolu County: How UN Women Is Empowering Rural Women

Crime

Liberians In Gbarpolu, Grand Gedeh Applaud DEA for Fighting Harmful Drugs

Bong

Bong County Electorate, Lawmakers Hoping To Make Changes In Elections Law At Referendum

Election Reforms

Lawmaker Calls For Increment In Registration Fees For Legislative and Presidential Candidates

Election Reforms

June 7 Protesters Want Gov’t to ‘Urgently Proceed’ With Electoral Reforms

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Marketers Want Increment in Candidates’ Registration Fees

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Farmers Turn To Cultivating Marijuana, As DEA Increases Raid

Election Reforms

Liberia’s Legislature Seeks Political Parties’ Inputs on Electoral Reform

Bomi

Women in Bomi County Call for change In Election Laws

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Chief Iman Calls For Peace As June 7 Protest Lurks

Election Reforms

Maryland County: Locals Want Referendum To Change Election’s Date

Education

Grand Gedeh County: KEEP Dedicates Reading Room For Primary Students

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Police Sends 44-Year-Old Woman To Court For ‘Pouring Bucket of Paint’ On Stepson

Election Reforms

NEC Official Advises Liberians to Convert Electoral Reform Suggestions into Laws During Referendum

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Joint Security Transfers Toe Town Checkpoint To Cestos River Bridge

Electoral Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Citizens Call for Sitting Lawmakers To Resign Before Contesting Another Elected Position

Election Reforms

Gabrpolu County: Locals Blast NEC Over Demarcation of Electoral Districts

Bong

Bong County: Civil Society Actors Call For Change In Election Date

Election Reforms

Nimba County: Community Leaders Want Tenure of Elected Officers Amended

Bong

Disabled Advocate Wants Consolidated National Support for Electoral Reform

Bomi

Youth in Cape Mount Want Voting Age Reduced for Future Elections

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Civil Society Actors Want Sitting Lawmakers Bar From Contesting By-Elections

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Babies’ Mothers Get Donation As Means Of Discouraging Home Delivery

Bomi

Bomi County: Superintendent Under Fire After Telling Lawmaker To ‘Slow Down’ Development

Environment

Gbarpolu County: Gov’t, Partners Declare 15 Communities Open Defecation Free

Election Reforms

Maryland County: Liberians Want Change October Election Date

Election Reforms

Lofa County: Liberians Crave Massive Electoral Reforms

Electoral Reforms

Head of Disabled Community in Grand Bassa Wants Fewer Political Parties

Election Reforms

Rights Activist Wants Constituted Institution for Civic Voter Education in Liberia

Bong

Illicit Mining Intensifies in Bong County

Election Reforms

Grand Gedeh County: Citizens Request Change Of Elections Timeline

Gbarpolu

Lack of Safe Drinking Water Exposes Belle Yellah Residents To Health Risks

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu Women Debate Impact of Holding Elections During Rainy Season

Electoral Reforms

Gbarpolu Judge Wants Special Court to Hear Election Disputes

Electoral Reforms

FEJAL Trains Female Journalists to Report on Electoral Reforms

Election Reforms

Grand Kru County: Market Women Call for Tenure Reform

Crime

Grand Gedeh County: Woman, 45, Arrested With Over US$120,000 Worth of Narcotics

Education

Harsh Condition Forces Physically Challenged Out Of College, Turns To Shoe Repairing

Election Reforms

FEJAL Trains 7 Female Journalists on Electoral Reform

Election Reforms

Gbarpolu County: Teachers Express Diverse Views On Tenure of Elected Leaders

Election Reforms

Grand Gedeh County: Women Groups Want 15 Electoral Constituencies

Bomi

Bomi County: Prospective Graduates of Community College Furious About Delay of Ceremony

Agriculture

Grand Bassa County: Two Groups Collaborate To Cultivate 100 Acres Cassava Farm

Election Reforms

In Grand Cape Mount, Citizens Want Qualifications for Elected Positions Amended

Election Reforms

River Cess Citizens Want Changes in Laws to Improve Future Elections

Education

Gbarpolu County: More Than 20 Schools Lack Safe Drinking Water in Belle District

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County To Get 100 Beds Hospital Soon

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Over 3,000 People Get National ID Card

Electoral Reforms

Deputy Speaker Says House Committed To Supporting Elections Reform

Election Reforms

Internews Holds Electoral Reform Reporting Training For Journalists In Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Maternal Waiting Home Easing Pregnant Women Worries

Bong

Bong County: NGO Trains Physically Challenged Persons In Business Skills

Grand Kru

Southeastern Liberia: Bridge Connecting River Gee and Grand Kru Counties Crumbling

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Six Illicit Miners Arrested For Polluting Drinking Creek

Diasater

Grand Gedeh County: Boy, 17, Dies at Sand Mine

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County Prepares For Pres. Weah’s Visit

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Town Seeking Answer After Dismissal of More Than Me Principle Accused of Sexual Assault

Forestry

Gbarpolu County: Community, Logging Company Sign Third Party Agreement

Election Reforms

Internews Empowers Media Partners to Launch Electoral Reform Reporting in Liberia

Maryland

Maryland County: Meeting To Mitigate ‘Motorcyclist Killing’ Ends Successful

Electricity

Chief Jallah Lone Medical Center Gets Donation

Education

Grand Bassa County: Liberian Philanthropist Donates to Struggling Schools in Buchanan

Bomi

Wi Foundation Donates Assorted School Materials in Bomi County

Bomi

Bomi County: Community Radio, Media Network Sourcing Help For Triplet Babies

Gbarpolu

Gbapolu County: Liberians Support Plan To Pay For Health Care at Public Facilities

Bong

Bong County: National Traditional Council Agrees To Stop Harmful Traditional Practices Against Girls

Accountability and Transparency

NAYMOTE Intensifies Legislative Engagements in Bong and Nimba Counties

Accountability and Transparency

Gbarpolu County Residents Worried over Non-functional, Incomplete Development Projects

Accountability and Transparency

Gbarpolu County’s Mining Communities Demand Accountability of Funds Paid by Chinese Firm

Development

Grand Bassa

LLA and LGSA Ends Third Regional Training In Bassa

Development

Gbarpolu County: Red Cross Secretary General Visits County, Donates Farming Tools

Bong

Bong County: Former Liberian Ambassador To The U.S. Announces Scholarships

Health

Lofa County: 61 Graduate From Esther Bacon School of Nursing and Midwifery

Education

Gbarpolu County: Gov’t turns over 4-Bedroom Units to the Teachers

Diasater

Montserrado County: 14th Street Fire Victims Seek Emergency Shelter

Education

Grand Bassa County: Several Government Schools in Buchanan Without Seats

Bong

Bong County: Diaspora Liberian in the U.S. Donates Medical Supplies to County

Business

Robbers Attack Bank in Gbarpolu County, undisclosed Millions of LD, thousands of USD Missing

Crime

Gbarpolu County: Woman Accused of Stabbing Another Woman TO Death

Bomi

Bomi County: Infighting Amongst Faculty Disrupts Activities at Community College

Agriculture

Gbarpolu County: Elephants Attack Community, Vandalize Farms

Nimba

Nimba County: Lawmaker Uses Agriculture Break to Seek Constituents’ Views on Splitting County

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Local Voices Reporter Wins Youth Award in Western Liberia

Agriculture

Gbarpolu County: NGO Rations Free Cocao Tree Crops to Farmers

Environment

Gbarpolu County: Flood Hampers Movements on Bopolu-Monrovia Highway

Education

Maryland County: New Education Officer Calls For Collective Efforts for Improved School System

Accountability and Transparency

Bong County: Locals Laud Accountability Lab for Explaining Mineral Development Agreement

Bong

Bong County: Incomplete Paved Streets Draws Ire amongst Drivers

Accountability and Transparency

Bong County Assets in Ruin; Officials Claim ‘No Money’ for Repairs

Health

Lofa County: New Foya Clinic Needs Regular Supplies

Environment

Gbarpolu County: Inventory of Plants and Animals Begins In Western Liberian County

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Private Drug Stores Complementing Health Delivery System

Business

Maryland County: Bad Road Condition Suffering Traders

Health

Lofa County: Foya Gets New Public Health Center

Bong

Bong County: Midwives Say Maternal Waiting Home Short on Supplies

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Women Crave Inclusion into Local Leadership

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: Mother of Seven Living By the Mercy of Her Fishing Hook

Media Development

14 Journalists Complete Humanitarian Report Training

Construction

Grand Bassa County: Damaged Bridges Serving As Death Trap In Rural District

Education

Gbarpolu County: Absence of Teachers Shuts School; Students Become Farmers

Development

Gbarpolu County: Citizens Demand Explanation Over Community Radio Project

Environment

Logging Communities in Gbarpolu, Lofa Counties Demand Social Benefits

Development

Students Lament Lack of Drinking Water, Deplorable Classrooms

Bong

A Man Has Been Charged For Murder and Aggravated Assault in Bong County

Gbarpolu

Hundreds of Students are drinking From Stream in a Swamp and bucket too

Margibi

US Based Christian Charity Seeks Support For Ebola Orphans

Development

Sinoe County: US$65,000 Market Building Project Abandoned

Construction

Nimba County: Community Slams ‘Unworthy’ Guest House Project

Development

Gbarpolu County: Service Center Lacks Operational Funds

Bong

Students’ Concern Heightens Over Incomplete Bong County Technical College

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: Chief Jallah Lone Medical Center Struggling To Save Lives Without Budget Support

Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu County: No Case on the Trail Docket As 16th Judicial Circuit Court Reopens

Development

Grand Gedeh County: Community Begins Manual Road Rehabilitation

Media Development

21 Journalists Complete Training on Monitoring and Reporting County Development Funds in Liberia

Business

Grand Bassa County: Marketers Urge Incoming Gov’t To ‘Control’ Price

Development

Gbarpolu County: Local Leader Urges Support for New Government

Elections

Gbarpolu County: CDC Showed resilience to Win Gbarpolu County for the First Time

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: Voters Lament Poor Turnout As Disabled Community Hail NEC

Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh County: Traditional Healer Sent to Court for ‘Abusing’ Women

Elections

Grand Bassa County: Concern Heightens Over the Political Future of Female Politicians

Bomi

Bomi County: Men Urged to Join Advocacy Against Gender Based Violence

Business

Grand Bassa County: Troubling Economy Pose More Constraints for Locals

Elections

Gbarpolu County: Locals’ Concern Growing About Elections Legal Tussle

Bomi

Bomi County: Peace Awareness Campaign Targets Youth in Tubmanburg City

Bomi

Bomi County: Rurual Town Gets New School Building

Diasater

Margibi County: Fire Leaves Associate Magistrate Homeless

Business

River Gee County: Election Stalemate Puts Cross Border Trade Women in Limbo

Elections

Grand Bassa County: Lawyer Warns Against Misinterpretation of Legal Issues

Business

Gbarpolu County: Women Situation Room Heralds Peace Messages for Marketers

Education

Grand Gedeh County: Zwedru Multilateral School Struggles, Lacks Full Potential

Environment

Lofa County: Violent Storm Affects 500 Residents of Kolahun

Elections

Grand Bassa County: ECOWAS Holds Peace Awareness Event for Buchanan Youths

Elections

Grand Bassa County: Young Discussants ‘Nervous’ About Liberia’s Election Stalemate

Business

River Gee County – Election Impasse Fuels Artificial Scarcity of Major Commodities

Elections

Gbarpolu County: Youth Confident of Smooth Transition Despite Legal Quarrel

Elections

Grand Bassa County: Physically Challenge Voter Hails NEC after First Round Voting

Campaign

Grand Bassa County: Lawmaker-Elect Donates Computers to Literacy Program

Elections

Grand Bassa County: Voters Hopeful Elections Would Bring Change

Elections

Gbarpolu County: Youth Identify Lessons Learned From First Round Voting

Education

Gbarpolu County: Students, Residents Urge to Make Hand Washing a Habit

Education

Grand Gedeh County: Parents Keeping Kids Out of School Over Fear of Election Tension

Elections

Grand Gedeh County: Worthwhile Experience – First Time Voters Ready to ‘Vote Wisely’

Elections

Gbarpolu County: Rural Women Crave More Women Voices in Liberia’s Legislature

Elections

Margibi County: NEC Completes Training On The Use of Tactile Ballot

Campaign

River Gee County: Political Parties Reaffirm to Violence-Free Elections

Business

Maryland County: 30 Marketers Get Micro Business Management Training

Grand Cape Mount

Grand Cape Mount County: Concerns Over Looming Mudslide Danger Near Bea Mountain

Bong

Bong County: Gbarnga City Hosts Elections Violence Prevention Training For Security and Civilians

Maryland

Maryland County: Local Farmer Says Agriculture is the way to development says a local farmer

Elections

Rivercess County: One Teacher To 185 Students At Charlie Town Public School

Elections

Maryland County – Election Commission Educates Marketers About Polling Steps

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: “Our Children Are in Darkness” – Youth Leader Decries Lack of School

Elections

Maryland County: Representative Debates End With 17 Candidates Failing to Attend

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: Skin Disease Attacks Inmates At Buchanan Prison

Bong

Bong County: Liberian Female Chemist Inspires Young Girls

Elections

Grand Gedeh County: NAYMOTE Trained Civil Society, Youth groups To Enhance Voter Education

Crime

Grand Bassa County: 37 year-Old Man Arrested With Illegal Firearm

Bong

Bong County: Communities Sweating over ‘Slow Pace’ Voter Education campaign

Bomi

Bomi County: Five Clinics Renovated to Improve Health Services

Elections

Maryland County: Visually Impaired Launch Voter Education Campaign

Elections

‘Treat Visually Impaired Persons Fairly on Election Day’ – Disable Community Official

Bong

Bong County: Gbarnga YMCA Launches Campaign To Promote Peaceful Elections

Campaign

Nimba County: Show Down in Final Debate – Rep Candidates Make Their Case

Campaign

Grand Gedeh County: Civic Voter Education Campaign Showing Progress

Elections

Rivercess County: Two Rep Candidates Agree to Improve Accountability When Elected

Campaign

River Gee County: NEC Resolves Tension Between Two Groups of Supporters

Elections

Grand Gedeh County: Bad Roads Could Cause Low Turnout on Election Day

Campaign

Margibi County: ‘Audaciously Ready’ – Liberia’s Youngest Candidate Attracts Youth Support

Bong

Bong County: Community Arrests Fugitive Murder Suspect

Health

Rivercess County: Clinic Serving Over 2,000 People In Ruins

Construction

Grand Gedeh County: Locals Laud Candidate Donation to Feeder Road Project

Elections

Grand Cape Mount County: Incumbent Comes Under Scrutiny By Constituents

Elections

Maryland County: Businesswoman Optimistic of Liberian Female Candidates

Elections

Lofa County: Women in Peace Building Begin Fast and Prayer For Liberia Elections

Campaign

Margibi County: Stakeholders Commit To Peaceful Elections

Campaign

Early Childhood Education: A Factor That Would Influence Grand Gedeh Voters

Elections

Local Advocate In Grand Bassa County Warns Against ‘Inconsistent’ Politicians

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa County: Students Want Volunteer Teachers Place on Pay Roll

Campaign

Gbarpolu County: Youth, Chief Promise To Promote Civic Voter Education

Infrastructure

Maryland County Marketers Bemoan ‘Bad Feeder Roads’

Bong

Bong County Family Launches Appeal To Save 3 Year-old Daughter Eyes

Elections

Bad Road Disconnects South East Counties, Leaves Travelers in Distress

Campaign

Representative Aspirants Shun Gathering to Hear Voters Concerns in Gbarpolu County

Elections

Grand Cape Mount County: 40 Liberians Vow to Boycott Elections Over ‘Lack of Development’

Bomi

NEC Replaces 319 Voter Cards in Bomi County; Residents Say More were Left Out

Campaign

NEC Magistrate in Sinoe County Holds Dialogue with Political Parties

Elections

South East Liberian Businessman Bemoans Bad Road Condition

Campaign

Bad Roads Delay Political Rally, Leave Supporters Upset in Gbarpolu County

Elections

Gbarpolu County: Voter Card Replacement Ends Without Hurdles

Campaign

“Vote For Development, Not Handouts’ – Grand Gedeh Market superintendent Cautions

Campaign

‘Better Markets, Latrines, Clinics and Roads’ – Gbarpolu County Marketers List for 2017 Candidates

Campaign

Gbarpolu County: Women Leader Urges Citizens To Vote for Education, Health and Roads

Campaign

Urey Calls on Supporters to Reject Unity Party ‘Collaborator Parties’

Elections

Internews Complete Election Reporting Training For Local Voices Members

Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa Community College Geriatric Nursing Students Donate to Old Folks

Gbarpolu

Another Type of Polio Vaccination Launched in Gbarpolu County

Grand Bassa

Two Died at Buchanan Sea Port, Family Slam Lack of Safety Measures

Fact Checks

Is Liberia Amongst Countries That Received the Lowest Benefits for Combatting Climate Change? Yes.

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Finance Minister Samuel Tweah Didn’t Get Facts Right about Liberia’s Total Months of Imports?

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No, Liberia Wasn’t the Only African Country That Signed Resolution on Xinjiang Human Rights Situation

Explainer

What is COP26: Here’s What You Need to Know.

Explainer

What You Need to Know About the World’s First Malaria Vaccine

Crime

Woman Arrested in Margibi County for Allegedly Beating 3-Year-Old Child to Death

Fact Checks

Misleading: Girl in Viral Photo Did Not Give Birth in Nimba County as Claimed by Facebook Posts

Explainer

Explainer: How to Identify Fake Website Links or URLs

Around the Country

Around the Country: Updates From Five Counties – October 15, 2021

The Whole Fact

What Did European Union Ambassador Actually Say About Monrovia Being Dirty?

COVID-19

Voices: What are People Saying About Covid-19 as Confirmed Cases Decline?

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Claim by President Weah about Liberia’s Forest Reserve is Mostly Correct

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Gruesome Viral Photo Not Dead Woman Found in Caldwell

Bong

Lack of Access to Covid Vaccine Remains a Concern for Rural Residents of Bong County

Gbarpolu

People Living with Disabilities Launch Awareness Outreach in Gbarpolo County

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Yes, Smoking One Shisha Session Is Like Smoking 100 Cigarettes

COVID-19

Vaccine Confidence: Why Are People Getting their COVID-19 Jab

Disease Outbreak

Open Defecation, a Problem for Harper Residents

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 29, 2021

COVID-19

Lofa County in Preparedness Stage as Vaccine Awareness Remains Critical

COVID-19

Montserrado County Health Team Takes COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness on the Road

COVID-19

Over 12,000 People Vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson Jab in Bong County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 24, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Coca-Cola Is Not Giving Out Gifts as Anniversary Celebration

COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccinated People in Nimba County Show Confidence in the Jab

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 20, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No, 45,000 People Are Not Living With HIV/AIDS in Liberia

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 15, 2021

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 10, 2021

COVID-19

What You Need To know About the J & J Vaccine

COVID-19

Confirmation of New Cases of Covid-19 in Nimba County Sparks Calls for More Vaccine Uptake

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 8, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Minister Samuel Tweah Is Incorrect. Liberia Does Not Have the Most Stable Exchange Rate in West Africa

COVID-19

Mixed Reactions Swirl Amongst Young Liberians amid Calls for COVID-19 Vaccine Intake

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Three Counties – September 3, 2021

Fact Check Alerts

Fact Check Alert: WhatsApp is Not Celebrating 10th Anniversary. Viral Link Offering Free Data by the Company is Misleading

COVID-19

Vaccine Misinformation Still Lingers as Rollout Continues

Health

Kolahun Hospital Launches First Drug Revolving Fund Scheme in Lofa County

Around the Country

Around The County: Updates From Five Counties – September 1, 2021

COVID-19

Nimba County to Rollout J&J, AstraZeneca Vaccines as COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Reduces

COVID-19

French Chargé d’Affaires Urges ‘Collective Efforts’ in Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Liberia

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Are Women Living with HIV at Higher Risk of Getting Cervical Cancer?

Forestry

Gbarpolu County: Communities Alarm Stalemate in Logging Contract, Request Benefits

COVID-19

Arrival of New Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Boosts Fight Against Covid

COVID-19

Lofa County Health Team to Rollout Over 24,000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 23, 2021

Disease Outbreak

What is Marburg Virus: Five Things You Need To Know.

Bong

Concerns Over Delay in Hearing Cases at Bong County Circuit Court

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Minister Tweah Claim is Incorrect, Liberia Does Not Have the Second Lowest Import Tariff in Africa

Ebola

Nimba County Considers Heighten Disease Surveillance After Confirmed Ebola Case in Ivory Coast

COVID-19

Liberia’s Health Authorities Warn Against Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 16, 2021

Forestry

Logging Company Rehabilitates Major Bridge in Gbarpolu County

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 11, 2021

Fact Checks

Misleading: 10-Year-Old Girl Did Not Give Birth to a Child in Lofa County

Fact Checks

Did Alex Cummings Get His Facts Right About Liberia’s Inflation Rate? Local Voices Liberia Checked.

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 6, 2021

Fact Checks

Fact Check: No 2021 Data Yet; Liberia’s Infant Mortality Rate in 2019 was 62.2%

COVID-19

Liberia Makes Progress Against Covid-19, Set to Launch Johnson & Johnson Vaccine on Thursday

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Photo of Yacht with ‘SS George Weah’ Inscription Was Manipulated

Child Rights

Local Charity Recuses Child Who Was Brunt by Father in Gbarpolu County

COVID-19

Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer Urges COVID-19 Patients in Maryland County to be Hopeful

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 30, 2021

Fact Checks

Incorrect: COVID-19 Vaccines Do not Cause Death of People with High Blood Pressure or Diabetes

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 28, 2021

Around the Country

Around The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 23, 2021

Health

Protesting Health Workers in Margibi County Asked to Stay Home amid Salary Dilemma

Fact Checks

Be Warned of Fake Viral Links Claiming to Offer Opportunities for Free International Scholarships

COVID-19

Viral Link is Fake; WHO and IMF are Not Giving Out Funds to Covid-19 Survival

COVID-19

COVID-19: 5 Things to Know About the Alpha Variant

COVID-19

Yes, Wearing Double Mask Protects You From the Delta Variant?

COVID-19

Less Than 2% of Liberians Have Taken Just One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19

Fact Check: No, Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Does not Cause Death

Fact Checks

No, Sleeping Under Mosquitoes Net Does Not Cause Death

Explainer

Does the US Consult Countries Before Declaring Them Unsafe to Travel? Here’s the Answer.

COVID-19

Incorrect, Wearing Disposable Mask Does Not Cause Cancer

COVID-19

Fact Check: You can Use Anesthetics after Taking COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19

Fact Check: Viral Video about COVID Vaccines Causing Heart Inflammation is Misleading

COVID-19

Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases, Liberian Health Expert Dispels Vaccine Misinformation

COVID-19

Misleading WhatsApp Message: Liberian Government is not Spreading Coronavirus in the Air

COVID-19

COVID-19: What You Need to Know about the Delta Variant

COVID-19

Rife COVID-19 Variants Fuel Africa’s Surging Wave

COVID-19

Fact Check: Is Liberia Recording Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases in West Africa? This is What We Found.

COVID-19

Africa Faces Steepest COVID-19 Surge

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Did VP Taylor Get It Right about Liberia’s 4 Billion Metric Tons Iron Ore Deposit?

Elections

Fact Check: Congress for Democratic Change Did Not Win 72 Legislative Seats in 2005 as Claimed By Commerce Inspector General

COVID-19

Fact Check: Incorrect, Taking COVID-19 Vaccines Doesn’t Create New Variant of the Virus

Fact Checks

Fact Check: Claim that Over 90 Percent of Children in Africa are living in Extreme Poverty is Incorrect

Land Rights

Education

Fact Check: None of the Six Tertiary Schools Shutdown in 2018 for Illegally Operating Qualified To Operate