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/ 9 hours agoFact Check: No, A World Cup VIP Ticket Does Not Cost US$15K
Monrovia – Youth Activist Martin K. N. Kollie, on Saturday, November 26, 2022, wrote on Facebook claiming that Liberian President George...
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/ 3 weeks agoFact Check: Did Liberia Fail Five Times Before Passing Its First MCC Scorecard
Monrovia – Deputy Minister Boakai M. Fofana Sr. , in a Facebook post on November 8, 2022, claimed that the Ellen...
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/ 4 weeks agoCorrect, Liberia Has Passed MCC 2023 Scorecard
Monrovia – On Thursday, November 3, 2022, Facebook was flooded with posts by several government officials, claiming that Liberia has passed...
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/ 1 month agoLiberia’s WASH Sector wins “Most Inspiring Presenter Award”
Monrovia — On October 18, 2022, Liberia’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Commissioner Amb. Bobby Whitfield led a delegation to attend this...
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/ 2 months agoFact Check: President Weah Did Not Win 78% of the 2017 Run-off Presidential Election
Monrovia – President George Weah in a video appearance addressing a group of Liberians recently claimed that he won 2017 presidential...
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/ 2 months agoPoor Wage, Stereotype Dogging Commitment of Young Liberian Teachers
Monrovia – As the world celebrates World Teachers’ Day, teachers have commitment to making change in Liberia’s education system but the...
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/ 2 months agoAre Rwandan Private Schools Shutting Down Because Students Prefer Public Schools?
Paynesville – Popular Liberian political commentator Henry P. Costa, while criticizing the reported hike in school fees in Liberia, claimed that...
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/ 3 months agoPublic Sector’s Wage Bill at End of President Sirleaf Administration was Not US$320 Million
Monrovia – Vocal Liberian Economist Samuel Jackson claims that the administration of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf left the public sector...
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/ 3 months agoWHO Supports Press Union of Liberia to Establish Health Reporters Netwrok
Monrovia – The World Health Organization alongside the Press Union of Liberia has formally launched the Health Reporters Network of Liberian...
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/ 3 months agoFact Checking Former Finance Minister Amara Konneh’s Claim About Dredging of Freeport of Monrovia
Monrovia – Liberia’s former Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh claims that since he led efforts to source funding for...
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/ 3 months agoFact Check: MCC Compact Has Not Released Scorecard in 2022
Paynesville – Media reports in August have backed social media claims that Liberia has failed this year’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)...
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/ 3 months agoExplained: What is the Global Magnitsky Act? Who Can Get Designated.
Paynesville – The Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act was enacted into law in December 2016 and authorizes the President...
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/ 4 months agoMisleading: Central Bank of Liberia Is Not Minting $25 and $30 Coins
Paynesville — In the last few weeks, dozens of social and mainstream media platforms have claimed that the Central Bank of...
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/ 4 months agoFacebook Page Purporting to Be Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah is Fake
Monrovia – Local Voices Liberia has been keeping tab on two Facebook accounts purporting to be Samuel D. Tweah – Liberia’s...
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/ 4 months agoFact Check: UNHCR Did Not Receive US$1.7 Billion to Distribute Amongst Refugees
Monrovia — A social media message claims that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has received a huge sum of...
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/ 4 months agoExplainer: Things you need to know about Monkeypox virus
Monrovia – Like elsewhere in the world, health authorities in Liberia have confirmed the first case of Monkeypox virus in the...
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/ 4 months agoAmerican Institute of Banking Has Never Offered Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance
Monrovia – Liberian activist Martin K.N Kollie in a recent Facebook post claimed that the institute that Vice President Jewel Howard...
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/ 5 months agoFact Checking Four Viral WhatsApp Claims about Health Benefits
Paynesville – A viral WhatsApp message containing 19 claims about health-related advice suggests a number of things people should do to...
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/ 5 months agoQuick Check: Yes, US$3.6 Million Is Allotted to the Legislature for ‘Engagement & Accessibility’ in 2022 Nat’l Budget
Monrovia –A viral claim that lawmakers received US$30,000 each for “legislative engagements and Public Accessibility” from the 2022 national budget have...
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/ 5 months agoDo 70% of Monrovia Residents Live in Swampy Areas?
Paynesville – A Liberian environmentalist has claimed that “70% of those (people) residing in Monrovia live in swamp communities”. But did...
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/ 5 months agoFull Allotment in the 2022 Draft Nat’l Budget for EPA Was Not Removed as Claimed by Prof. Tarpeh
Paynesville – The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Professor Wilson Tarpeh in June 2022 claimed that all the allocations...
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/ 5 months agoExplainer: Six Steps to Help You Spot Fake Facebook Accounts
Monrovia – As the world continues to witness the advancement and development of digital or social media platforms, cyber criminals are...
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/ 6 months agoFact Check: Does Liberia Have the Highest Gasoline Price in Africa?
Monrovia – Amid public concerns about the hike in the price of petroleum products following the Liberian government’s announcement of new...
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/ 6 months agoFact Checking Accreditation of Nairobi Aviation College
Paynesville – President George Weah on October 13, 2021 appointed madam Edwina M. Collins as Deputy Commissioner designate for International Vessel...
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/ 6 months agoFalse: Zimbabweans are not Selling Toes Due to Hardship
Paynesville – For the past weeks, social media platforms here in Liberia and across Africa have been flooded with claims that...
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/ 6 months agoAnthrax Virus: What You Need to Know
Paynesville – The announcement of an outbreak of Anthrax virus by the government of Sierra Leone on May 16, 2022, alerted...
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/ 6 months agoWhat’s the Liberian Passport’s Global Ranking in the Henley Passport Index?
Paynesville – In the wake of recent developments surrounding the Liberian passport, a video, which has accumulated over 9,000 views on...
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/ 6 months agoIs Representative Yekeh Kolubah Right About Budgetary Allocation to Speaker Chambers’ Office?
Paynesville – Montserrado County District #10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, appeared as a guest on the OK...
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/ 7 months agoLiberia 2022 Budget: Here’s a Chat of the Ministries/Agencies/Sectors with Biggest Allocation
Monrovia — The Legislature has approved the 2022 National Budget amid claims by scores of Liberians that certain government ministries or...
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/ 7 months agoFact Checking Claims about 2022 Budgetary Allotments to Legislature, President Weah, Ministry of State & First Lady
Paynesville – On May 13, 2022, popular political figure Moriah Yeakula and youth activist Martin K. N. Kollie made separate Facebook...
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/ 7 months agoDid Cllr. Gongloe Get Facts Right About Liberia’s ‘Doing Business’ Ranking?
Paynesville – Liberian politician and human rights lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe claims that Liberia currently ranks 175th in the “Ease...
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/ 7 months agoFact Checking Credentials of Darlington Karnley – Liberia Airport Authority Managing Director-Designate
Monrovia – On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, President George Weah nominated Mr. Darlington T. Karnley as Managing Director of the Liberia...
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/ 7 months agoDid Activist Martin K.N. Kollie Get Facts Right about Liberia Poverty Rate?
Monrovia – Young Liberian activist Martin KN. Kolllie recently made a Facebook post which generated many concerns from Facebook users about...
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/ 7 months agoFact Check: Screenshot of Tweet About Elon Musk Buying Liberia is Fake
Monrovia – A screenshot of a purported tweet claiming to have been made by the world’s richest man Elon Musk is...
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/ 7 months agoYes, Bishop Johnson Did Kneel Before President George Weah During Coronation Ceremony
Paynesville – On Sunday April 24, 2022, at the Restoration Baptist Ministries Inc. located in Congo Town, there was an array...
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/ 7 months agoFact Check: What Did Representative Saah Foko Actually Say About Pushing Lawmakers ‘to be Corrupt’
Paynesville – FrontPage Africa, in a April 20, 2022 publication, reported that Montserrado County’s District #9 Representative Frank Saah Foko told...
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/ 7 months agoFact Check: Video Footage Shows that President Weah Did Not Consecrate Restoration Baptist Ministries’ Bishop
Paynesville – Photos depicting recently ordained Restoration Baptist Ministries Bishop Joseph Gardea Johnson kneeling before George Weah has gone viral on...
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/ 7 months agoOne Nurse Struggles to Run Clinic in Chedepo Town, River Gee County Amid Lack of Essential Drugs
Chedepo, River Gee County – Nurse Geraldine M. Davis has to go through the painstaking task of caring for over 30...
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/ 8 months agoFact Checking Minister Trokon Kpui’s Statement about Source of Funding for Invincible Sports Park
Monrovia — Mr. Trokon Kpui, the Minister of States Without Portfolio who oversaw the construction of the Invincible Sports Park project,...
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/ 8 months agoFact Checking EU Ambassador Statement about Corruption in Liberia
Monrovia – On Tuesday, April 12, The Analyst newspaper carried a story referencing a statement that it claimed was made by...
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/ 8 months agoFact Check: Miatta Fahnbulleh Incorrect about Liberia’s Adult Illiteracy Rate
Monrovia – In an attempt to make a case about the dire condition of Liberia’s adult illiteracy situation and its adverse...
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/ 8 months agoFake News: Woman Was Never Caught in Yekepa, Nimba County Selling Human Parts
Paynesville – Gruesome images alleging to be human parts have been circulating Facebook and also published in a local daily with...
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/ 8 months agoExplainer: Why Breast Milk is Important for Babies & Mothers
Paynesville – In March this year, the public attention was directed to an important topic after news spread that the House...
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/ 8 months agoFirst Major Fact Checking Project Funded By European Union Launched in Liberia
Monrovia – The Liberia Media Initiative has officially unveiled Liberia’s first fact checking desk in to counter and debunk the spread...
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/ 9 months agoFact Check: Liberia Has ‘Lowest Per Capita Consumption of Fish in the Region’
Paynesville – While appearing live on ELBC on May 21, 2022 to outline activities at her agency, Madam Emma Glassco, the...
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/ 9 months agoCase Involving Eight Alleged Human Traffickers Begins In Grand Gedeh County
Press Release Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – A major Human Trafficking case involving 16 persons who were allegedly trafficked to Liberia...
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/ 9 months agoFact Check: Online Article about Blood Clot in People Who Take J&J Vaccine is an Exaggeration of the Fact
Paynesville – A recent claim made in an article published by a Kenyan online news claimed that people who have gotten...
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/ 9 months agoFact Checking Finance Minister Samuel Tweah’s Statement About Government’s Fuel Consumption in ‘Last Fiscal Year’
Paynesville – While appearing on a popular radio show on state broadcaster on March 2, Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah made...
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/ 9 months agoExplainer: What is a Meme Generator? How Does it Help Spread Misinformation?
Monrovia – Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia there have been growing concerns about what the rest of the world...
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/ 9 months agoFact Check: ‘Index of Economic Freedom’ is not a World Bank Survey as Claimed by Activist in Facebook Post
Monrovia – In a Facebook post made on Monday February 28, 2022, Liberian Activist and emerging Economist Martin K.N. Kollie claimed...
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/ 9 months agoFake or Meme: Photo Carrying Caption that Liberia Imposes Sanction on Russia is False
Monrovia – Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Facebook users in Liberia have been expressing concerns about the danger that...
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/ 10 months agoFact Checking CBL Governor’s Statement about the Lifespan of Banknotes
Paynesville – The Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia has been working with the media and campaigners to sensitize...
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/ 10 months agoReality Check: Fact Checking Viral Image of Newly Renovated Executive Mansion
Monrovia — In the last couple of days, Facebook has been flooded with numerous posts carrying a particular photo depicting the...
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/ 10 months agoFact Checking SONA: Only 20 Pro-Poor Homes Built in Nimba County, not 100
Nimba County – In his 5th State of the Nation Address to the Legislature on January 24, 2022, President George Weah...
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/ 10 months agoExplainer: Here’s What You Need to Know about Available Covid-19 Vaccines in Liberia
Paynesville – In Liberia, there are three brands of COVID-19 vaccines available to the public, according to the National Public Health...
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/ 10 months agoBeware, There’s a Manipulated Video of US Vice President Seeking to Mislead People about Covid-19 Vaccine’s Efficacy
Monrovia – A short video circulating different social media platforms conveys a misleading context of what was said by United States’...
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/ 10 months agoFact Checking SONA: Yes, House Has Passed Bill Submitted by Pres. Weah Giving LACC Prosecution Power
Monrovia – In delivering his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the Legislature on Monday, January 24, President George Weah...
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/ 11 months agoDid Activist Martin K.N. Kollie Get Facts Right about Percentage of Female Student Dropouts in 2017?
Paynesville – Youthful Liberian activist Martin K.N Kollie claims that “UNICEF reported that 73% girls dropped out of school in 2017”...
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/ 11 months agoDekpiliken Residents in Maryland County Celebrates Dedication of First Handpump Since 1999
Dekpiliken, Maryland County – Joy filled the air in Dekpiliken town as residents celebrated a newly constructed handpump in their town....
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/ 11 months agoMakeshift School in River Gee County Named After Finda Bundoo Risks Being Shut Down by MOE
Fish Town, River Gee County — In Tutuville Community, Central Fish Town lies a makeshift structure where pupils sit on the...
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/ 11 months agoFact Check: World Bank Estimates that Liberia’s Economy will Grow More than 3% in 2022
Monrovia – An official of the Liberian government recently claimed that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow...
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/ 11 months agoExplainer: What To Know About Covid-19 Booster Shot
Paynesville – A booster shot is an additional dose of the Covid-19 vaccine that is recommended by the U.S Centers for...
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/ 11 months agoFact Check: No, all 16 Prison Facilities Across Liberia are Not Locked Down Due to Food Shortage
Monrovia – Popular social media blogger Benita Whitney Urey claimed on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, that all 16 prisons facilities across...
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/ 11 months agoFact Check: Beware, Viral Link about Free Laptop is Fake
Paynesville – There’s a link going viral, claiming to be offering students from all around the world a chance to win...
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/ 11 months agoCovid-19 Misinformation Scares HIV, TB Patients from Seeking Treatment at Health Facility in Magibi County
Cotton Tree, Margibi County – A health care service provider at the Cotton Tree Clinic in Margibi County is worried about...
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/ 11 months agoConcerns Heighten Over Liberia’s Preparedness To Achieve 2030 Milestone Against HIV
Monrovia – Liberia seems to be making progress with the 95-95-95 strategy as the world prepares to end AIDS by the...
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/ 11 months agoMisleading: Photos of Minors’ Wedding Ceremony Were Not Taken in Grand Cape Mount County.
Paynesville – Images of a wedding ceremony involving two underaged teenagers have emerged on Facebook with one person identified as Jonathan...
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/ 11 months agoFact Check: Second Photo Shared by Deputy Information Minister is not Image of Lofa County Road Project
Monrovia – Deputy Minister of Information for Public Affairs Jarlawah Tonpo recently shared a photograph of a road pavement, claiming that...
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/ 11 months agoFact Check: There’s No Evidence that Paracetamol Destroys Human Lungs
Paynesville – A claim was recently made in some residents of a community of the Gardnerville Township, Montserrado County that “taking...
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/ 12 months agoFact Check: Here’s the Price of New Vehicle Seen in President Weah’s Photo
Paynesville – Social media has been buzzing since images of President George Weah showing him displaying a new electric vehicle surfaced...
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/ 12 months agoFact Check: Covid-19 Vaccines are Not ‘Mark of the Beast’ or ‘666’
Ganta, Nimba County – Some residents of communities in Ganta, Nimba County are spreading rumors that getting the COVID-19 vaccines means...
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/ 12 months agoFact Check: Senator Dillion Did Not Get Facts Right About the Number People with Mental Illness in Liberia
Monrovia – Appearing on a local radio in Monrovia, Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon claimed that about one million people...
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/ 12 months agoDiaspora Liberians Donate Four Oxygen Machines to Nimba County Health Team
Sanniquellie – A group of Nimbaians in the diaspora on Tuesday, December 7 donated four oxygen concentrator machines to the Nimba...
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/ 12 months agoOmicron 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...
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/ 1 year agoThe Whole Fact: The Difference Between Transco CLSG & LEC
Paynesville –Transco CLSG is building five power stations in Liberia to enhance the availability of “reliable and affordable” electricity in Liberia....
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: NO, Liberians Have Not Faced Three U.S Government’s Magnitsky Sanctions in 12 Months.
Paynesville – A Liberian youth activist Martin K.N. Kollie on August 13, 2021, claimed through a Facebook post that the United...
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/ 1 year agoIs Liberia Amongst Countries That Received the Lowest Benefits for Combatting Climate Change? Yes.
Paynesville – Addressing fellow world leaders and delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (UNCCC) dubbed the Conference of...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Finance Minister Samuel Tweah Didn’t Get Facts Right about Liberia’s Total Months of Imports?
Monrovia – Liberia’s Finance Minister Samuel Tweah recently claimed that the country’s reserves in months of import have increased from three...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: No, Liberia Wasn’t the Only African Country That Signed Resolution on Xinjiang Human Rights Situation
Paynesville – Recently the Vice President of the National Oil Company of Liberia, Dr. Lester Tenny made a Facebook post in...
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/ 1 year agoWhat is COP26: Here’s What You Need to Know.
Paynesville – World leaders and representatives of various organizations have gathered again for another very important summit on climate change. The...
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/ 1 year agoWhat You Need to Know About the World’s First Malaria Vaccine
Monrovia – When the world’s first malaria vaccine completed its clinical development, it received positive scientific opinions and reviews from renowned...
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/ 1 year agoWoman Arrested in Margibi County for Allegedly Beating 3-Year-Old Child to Death
Dolo Town – Garmai Sumo, 38, has been arrested by police for allegedly beating her three-year-old son to death in the...
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/ 1 year agoMisleading: Girl in Viral Photo Did Not Give Birth in Nimba County as Claimed by Facebook Posts
Paynesville – A photo of a girl attached to dozens of Facebook posts claiming that the girl in the photo is...
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/ 1 year agoExplainer: How to Identify Fake Website Links or URLs
Paynesville – The threat of opening and sharing links that are created with sinister motives is very dangerous. Opening these links...
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/ 1 year agoAround the Country: Updates From Five Counties – October 15, 2021
Update From Across the Country: Over 30,000 people have take the Johnson &Johnson Vaccine in Nimba County; Major Hospital in Sinoe...
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/ 1 year agoWhat Did European Union Ambassador Actually Say About Monrovia Being Dirty?
Monrovia – Reactions to an assertion made by the head of the European Union Mission to Liberia Ambassador Laurent Delahousse about...
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/ 1 year agoVoices: What are People Saying About Covid-19 as Confirmed Cases Decline?
Montserrado County – Liberia has reported only one new confirmed case of Covid-19 since September 28 with only four active cases...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Claim by President Weah about Liberia’s Forest Reserve is Mostly Correct
Monrovia — In his address to the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations on September 23, Liberia’s President George Weah...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Gruesome Viral Photo Not Dead Woman Found in Caldwell
Monrovia – A gruesome photo is going viral, sparking claims that the corpse in the photo was a woman recently found...
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/ 1 year agoLack of Access to Covid Vaccine Remains a Concern for Rural Residents of Bong County
Bong County – Residents of several rural communities in Bong County have expressed willingness to get the Covid-19 jab but the...
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/ 1 year agoPeople Living with Disabilities Launch Awareness Outreach in Gbarpolo County
Bopolu – In Gbarpolu County, several Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) have voiced out their concerns, highlighting the need for skill training,...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Yes, Smoking One Shisha Session Is Like Smoking 100 Cigarettes
Monrovia — A post published on a Facebook page operated by renowned Liberian philanthropist and politician, Dr. Kimmie Weeks recently claimed...
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/ 1 year agoVaccine Confidence: Why Are People Getting their COVID-19 Jab
Monrovia – Despite the looming doubts and hesitancy about the COVID-19 vaccines, progress is being made to vaccinate at least 10%...
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/ 1 year agoOpen Defecation, a Problem for Harper Residents
Harper, Maryland County — Hundreds of residents of Nyekanba in Harper City are at the risk of contracting waterborne diseases due...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 29, 2021
Latest From Across the County: Grand Gedeh County Health Makes Plans to ensure Covid-19 prevention ahead of by-election; Flood leaves over...
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/ 1 year agoLofa County in Preparedness Stage as Vaccine Awareness Remains Critical
Voinjama City, Lofa County — Lofa County Health Team has announced that the county has officially entered preparedness stage in its...
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/ 1 year agoMontserrado County Health Team Takes COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness on the Road
Paynesville, Montserrado County — As the objective to vaccinate at least 10% of the country’s total population continues, the Montserrado County...
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/ 1 year agoOver 12,000 People Vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson Jab in Bong County
Gbarnga – Amid looming misinformation and rumors about the COVID-19 vaccines in Liberia, significant progress is being made with the inoculation...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 24, 2021
Around the Country: Over 5,000 people have taken their shot of J&J Vaccine in Bong County, Charlesville clinic in Margibi County...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Coca-Cola Is Not Giving Out Gifts as Anniversary Celebration
Paynesville — A WhatsApp message claims that Coca-Cola is giving out welfare funds to those who click a certain link that...
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19 Vaccinated People in Nimba County Show Confidence in the Jab
Sanniquellie, Nimba County — People who have been vaccinated with the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine say the side effects are...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 20, 2021
Latest From Across the Country: Grand Gedeh County Launches Johnson & Johnson Vaccine rollout; Residents of rural Nimba County ready to...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: No, 45,000 People Are Not Living With HIV/AIDS in Liberia
Paynesville — A viral social media post claims that there are 45,000 people living with HIV in Liberia. The post didn’t...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 15, 2021
Latest Updates From Across the Country: People in Gbarpolu County are upbeat about the launch of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine;...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 10, 2021
Latest From Across the Country: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Nimba County Attracts Positive Reactions, Gbarpolu County Gets New Head of Heath...
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/ 1 year agoWhat You Need To know About the J & J Vaccine
On July 25, 2021, the Liberian government received a donation of 302,400 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) vaccine from the...
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/ 1 year agoConfirmation of New Cases of Covid-19 in Nimba County Sparks Calls for More Vaccine Uptake
Nimba County – The recording of 37 new cases of COVID-19 last week in Nimba County has heightened calls by many...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 8, 2021
Latest From Across the Country: Bo Waterside Border point in Grand Cape Mount County gets new triage to enhance Covid-19 protocol,...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Minister Samuel Tweah Is Incorrect. Liberia Does Not Have the Most Stable Exchange Rate in West Africa
Monrovia – Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Mr. Samuel D. Tweah, recently claimed that Liberia has the most stable exchange...
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/ 1 year agoMixed Reactions Swirl Amongst Young Liberians amid Calls for COVID-19 Vaccine Intake
Monrovia – Abraham W. Jackson is ready to take the COVID-19 vaccine. He’s ignoring the many misinformation about taking the jab....
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Three Counties – September 3, 2021
Across the Country: Nimba County Records 37 Covid-19 Cases, Health Team Launches Distribution of Neglected Tropical Disease Medications, and in Residents...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check Alert: WhatsApp is Not Celebrating 10th Anniversary. Viral Link Offering Free Data by the Company is Misleading
Paynesville – A link claiming that WhatsApp is offering free data package to internet users is going viral in Liberia in ...
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/ 1 year agoVaccine Misinformation Still Lingers as Rollout Continues
Paynesville, Montserrado County — Since the launch of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was later followed by the Johnson and Johnson vaccine,...
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/ 1 year agoKolahun Hospital Launches First Drug Revolving Fund Scheme in Lofa County
Kolahun, Lofa County — A drug revolving fund mechanism has been launched by health authorities for Kolahun Hospital — the major...
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/ 1 year agoAround The County: Updates From Five Counties – September 1, 2021
Latest From Across the Country: Three Persons Have Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Grand Gedeh County; Maryland County’s Health Team Embarks...
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/ 1 year agoNimba County to Rollout J&J, AstraZeneca Vaccines as COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Reduces
Sanniquellie — James Larkpor is upbeat ahead of the second rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine set to be launched across Nimba...
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/ 1 year agoFrench Chargé d’Affaires Urges ‘Collective Efforts’ in Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Liberia
Monrovia – Mr. Hugues Nagy, Acting Charge’ D’affairs of the French Embassy near Monrovia, says as international partners work toward expanding...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Are Women Living with HIV at Higher Risk of Getting Cervical Cancer?
Paynesville — A viral social media post claims that the chances are high for woman living with HIV to get cervical...
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/ 1 year agoGbarpolu County: Communities Alarm Stalemate in Logging Contract, Request Benefits
Gbarpolu County – The Community Forest Development Committee (CFDC) in Gbarngay Clan, Bokomu District is upset about the quantity of logs...
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/ 1 year agoArrival of New Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Boosts Fight Against Covid
Monrovia — Liberia’s Health Minister Dr. Wilhemina Jallah has urged people who have not taken any COVID-19 vaccine to get the...
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/ 1 year agoLofa County Health Team to Rollout Over 24,000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
Voinjama City, Lofa County — Health authorities in Lofa County are designing a risk communication strategy to facilitate its localized roll-out...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 23, 2021
Around The Country: Grand Bassa Receives 19,000 Doses of J&J Vaccine, Lofa County Gets Over 24,800 Doses, President Weah Assures of...
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/ 1 year agoWhat is Marburg Virus: Five Things You Need To Know.
Paynesville – The recent discovery of a case of Marburg virus in neighboring Guinea has attracted concerns about the virus. Considering...
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/ 1 year agoConcerns Over Delay in Hearing Cases at Bong County Circuit Court
Gbarnga — It is often said that “justice delay is justice denied.” This seems to be the case with the people...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Minister Tweah Claim is Incorrect, Liberia Does Not Have the Second Lowest Import Tariff in Africa
Monrovia — Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel Tweh recently claimed that “the tariff rate in Liberia is less...
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/ 1 year agoNimba County Considers Heighten Disease Surveillance After Confirmed Ebola Case in Ivory Coast
Sanniquellie — It is believed that the 19-yearr-old female who recently tested positive for Ebola in Toulepleu, Ivory Coast passed through...
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/ 1 year agoLiberia’s Health Authorities Warn Against Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines
Monrovia — A recent report circulating social media claiming that a middle-aged lady died instantly after taking the Johnson & Johnson...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 16, 2021
Latest From Around The Country: Fire Leaves Major Hospital Destroyed in Margibi County, Maryland County Education Office Fines Four Schools for...
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/ 1 year agoLogging Company Rehabilitates Major Bridge in Gbarpolu County
Gbarpolu County – The Coveiyallah Investment Enterprise (CIV), has completed rehabilitation works on a major bridge linking Belle and Bopolu Districts...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 11, 2021
Updates From Across the Counties: C.B Dunbar Gets New Medical Director, Red Cross Conducts Covid-19 Wareness in grand Gedeh County.
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/ 1 year agoMisleading: 10-Year-Old Girl Did Not Give Birth to a Child in Lofa County
Paynesville — Photos of a girl has been circulating various social media platforms with many Facebook users claiming that the girl...
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/ 1 year agoDid Alex Cummings Get His Facts Right About Liberia’s Inflation Rate? Local Voices Liberia Checked.
Monrovia — The political leader of the Alternative National Congress Mr. Alexander Cummings claims that inflation in the country has been...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 6, 2021
Latest From Around The Country: Four Persons Release from Quarantine in Grand Kru County, Covid-19 Misinformation Disrupts HIV/AIDS, TB Services at...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: No 2021 Data Yet; Liberia’s Infant Mortality Rate in 2019 was 62.2%
Paynesville – Popular social media user and student activist, Martin K.N. Kollie, claims that “Liberia’s infant mortality rate is 62.2%”. Although...
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/ 1 year agoLiberia Makes Progress Against Covid-19, Set to Launch Johnson & Johnson Vaccine on Thursday
Monrovia — The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that Liberia has made significant progress in the fight against the coronavirus...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From
Latest From Around The Country: Maryland County’s School Health Club Aims to Educate People about Covid-19, VP Taylor Calls for Concerted...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Photo of Yacht with ‘SS George Weah’ Inscription Was Manipulated
Monrovia — Numerous Facebook posts of a Yacht with the name “SS GEORGE WEAH” have gone viral with some posters claiming...
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/ 1 year agoLocal Charity Recuses Child Who Was Brunt by Father in Gbarpolu County
Bopolu — The seven-year-old girl whose hand was burnt by her father for allegedly stealing meat from his food in Borborbee...
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/ 1 year agoLiberia’s Chief Medical Officer Urges COVID-19 Patients in Maryland County to be Hopeful
Harper – Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Francis Kateh, on Thursday, July 29 ended an assessment of Covid-19 treatment units in...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 30, 2021
Latest From Around Liberia: Capacity to Isolate Covid-19 Patients in Maryland County, Grand Gedeh County Gets New Health Officer, and VP...
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/ 1 year agoIncorrect: COVID-19 Vaccines Do not Cause Death of People with High Blood Pressure or Diabetes
Paynesville — A WhatsApp message claims that people who have high blood pressure or diabetes, should not take any of the...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 28, 2021
Latest From Around The Country: Four New Covid-19 Cases in Grand Kru, Miss Earth Launches Mask Up Campaign in Gbarpolu and...
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/ 1 year agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 23, 2021
Latest From Around the County: Three Recover from Covid-19 in Sinoe, Rapid Testing Begins in Buchanan, Aggrieved Health Workers Ordered to...
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/ 1 year agoProtesting Health Workers in Margibi County Asked to Stay Home amid Salary Dilemma
Kakata, Margibi County – Aggrieved health workers of the C.H Rennie Hospital in Kakata, Margibi County, who recently staged a protest...
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/ 1 year agoBe Warned of Fake Viral Links Claiming to Offer Opportunities for Free International Scholarships
Paynesville — Links claiming to be providing information about international scholarships from the governments of Dubai, Sweden, Turkey, Germany, and the...
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/ 1 year agoViral Link is Fake; WHO and IMF are Not Giving Out Funds to Covid-19 Survival
Paynesville — A link bearing the logo of the World Health Organization carries a message that calls on people to “Hurry...
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19: 5 Things to Know About the Alpha Variant
Paynesville — The Alpha variant also known by its lineage B.1.1.7 is a descendent or a variant of SARS-CoV-2 — the...
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/ 1 year agoYes, Wearing Double Mask Protects You From the Delta Variant?
Monrovia — A viral WhatsApp message recommends the use of two masks for full protection against the new Delta variant of...
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/ 1 year agoLess Than 2% of Liberians Have Taken Just One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
Monrovia, Liberia — Less than two percent of Liberians have taken at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: No, Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Does not Cause Death
Paynesville — As the world continues the fight against Covid-19 including pushing for the vaccination of people, conspiracy theorists are also...
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/ 1 year agoNo, Sleeping Under Mosquitoes Net Does Not Cause Death
Paynesville, Montserrado County — A claim circulating amongst residents of Barclayville, Grand Kru County is that “sleeping under mosquitoes net may...
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/ 1 year agoDoes the US Consult Countries Before Declaring Them Unsafe to Travel? Here’s the Answer.
Monrovia – The United States has placed Liberia at level 4 category of countries affected by the COVID-19. This means all...
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/ 1 year agoIncorrect, Wearing Disposable Mask Does Not Cause Cancer
Paynesville – The resurgence of coronavirus pandemic in Liberia has given rise to a new wave of conspiracy theories about public...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: You can Use Anesthetics after Taking COVID-19 Vaccine
Monrovia — A viral WhatsApp message claiming that anyone who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 is prohibited from taking any anesthetic...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Viral Video about COVID Vaccines Causing Heart Inflammation is Misleading
Monrovia – In June, a video report by Pearson Sharp of One America News (OANN) was shared online and made rounds...
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/ 1 year agoAmid Surge in COVID-19 Cases, Liberian Health Expert Dispels Vaccine Misinformation
Monrovia, Liberia — Liberians are back from a lapse in full adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures as authorities call for heightened...
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/ 1 year agoMisleading WhatsApp Message: Liberian Government is not Spreading Coronavirus in the Air
Paynesville — Liberian social media groups have been abuzz with a viral message attributed to the administration of the John F....
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19: What You Need to Know about the Delta Variant
Monrovia — Liberia has recorded 4,304 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since March 16, 2020. Currently, 1,783 of this number are active...
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/ 1 year agoRife COVID-19 Variants Fuel Africa’s Surging Wave
Brazzaville, Congo Republic – As COVID-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier peaks, new and faster spreading variants...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Is Liberia Recording Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases in West Africa? This is What We Found.
Paynesville – While making a case for increased support for the health sector to fight against the resurgence of the coronavirus...
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/ 1 year agoAfrica Faces Steepest COVID-19 Surge
Brazzaville, 24 June 2021 – Africa is facing a fast-surging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with cases spreading more rapidly and projected...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Did VP Taylor Get It Right about Liberia’s 4 Billion Metric Tons Iron Ore Deposit?
Monrovia – While on a four day tour of Uganda in June this year, Liberia’s Vice President Madam Jewel Howard Taylor...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Congress for Democratic Change Did Not Win 72 Legislative Seats in 2005 as Claimed By Commerce Inspector General
Monrovia — Local Voices Liberia has fact checked a claim made by Commerce Inspector General Josephine Davis that her political party,...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Incorrect, Taking COVID-19 Vaccines Doesn’t Create New Variant of the Virus
Paynesville — A viral WhatsApp message purportedly quoting Nobel Peace prize winner Luc Montagnier have claimed that COVID -19 vaccines are...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Claim that Over 90 Percent of Children in Africa are living in Extreme Poverty is Incorrect
Monrovia — In what was an attempt to place a spotlight on the appalling living conditions of children in Africa, youth...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: None of the Six Tertiary Schools Shutdown in 2018 for Illegally Operating Qualified To Operate
Paynesville, Liberia — In June 2018, the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) ordered the closure of six private tertiary schools,...
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/ 1 year agoFact Check: Amazon Is Not Offering Free Gifts, Not Celebrating 30th Anniversary; Viral Link is Fake
Monrovia — A viral message shared via social media – mainly WhatsApp and Messenger — claims that Amazon is offering free...
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/ 1 year agoNine in 10 African Countries Set to Miss Urgent COVID-19 Vaccination Goal
Brazzaville, Congo – As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of...
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/ 1 year agoPhase Two of Covid-19 Vaccine Begins in Liberia
Monrovia — The Ministry of Health (MOH) in collaboration with partners on June 1, 2021 officially launched phase two of the...
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/ 1 year agoIs Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence the Lady with Agnes Taylor in the Widely Circulated Photo on Facebook? LVL Checked.
Monrovia – A photo has been circulating social media recently with some Facebook users claiming that the lady on the left...
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/ 2 years agoRestoring Africa’s Dry Lands Must Be A Key Priority, Experts Says
Monrovia — Amidst efforts to find solutions to sustain Dry Lands in Africa, Climate Tracker have made it possible for 50...
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/ 2 years agoMaryland County Health Team Records Over 26, 000 Malaria Cases in 2020
Harper, Maryland County — Maryland County recorded 26,215 cases of Malaria in 2020, with the diseases accounting for more than 70...
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/ 2 years agoEbola: Mixed Reactions Over Reopening of Liberia-Guinea Border
Ganta, Nimba County — Kelvina Kehzie, 25, still clearly remembers how her mother died from the Ebola Virus Disease in 2014....
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/ 2 years agoMothers Show Interest in Polio Vaccination as Covid-19 Misinformation Slows
Paynesville — Two new cases of Polio recently discovered in Liberia have sparked concerns about the gap in immunization during the...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Kru County Starts Early Ebola Awareness Campaign
Grand Kru County — Superintendent Doris Ylatun says even though Liberia has not recorded any case of the Ebola virus disease...
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/ 2 years agoJoy in Harper City After over 40 Persons Complete Free Cleft Lip Surgeries
Harper, Maryland County — It was on a bright Wednesday morning, when several mothers and fathers gathered at the Eye Clinic...
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/ 2 years agoCommunities Applaud Health Ministry, Partners for Free Community Health Services
Unification City, Margibi County – Community members including mothers and pregnant women of the Unification Town Clinic catchment communities have expressed...
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/ 2 years agoConcerns Heighten over ‘Ineffective’ Drug Dispensary at J.J Dossen Hospital
Harper, Maryland County — Several residents of Harper city in Maryland County have expressed concerns over the “ineffectiveness” of the pharmacy...
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/ 2 years agoPanic Over Transfer of Medical Doctors from Phebe Hospital
Bong County — The transfer of three specialist doctors from Phebe Hospital by the Ministry of Health has left many residents...
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/ 2 years agoLiberians In Fear After Guinean Declares Ebola Outbreak
Monrovia – Since the declaration of a new outbreak of the Ebola virus disease by Guinean health authorities, a cross section...
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/ 2 years agoCases of Malaria Increase in Grand Kru County
Barclayville – In 2020, Grand Kru County recorded over 6,000 more cases of Malaria than the number of cases recorded in...
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/ 2 years agoResidents of Towns Near Border Call for Enhanced Surveillance, Preventive Measures amid outbreak of Ebola in Guinea
Ganta, Nimba County – Residents of a Liberian town close to the country’s border with Guinea have called on the government...
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/ 2 years agoHealth Minister Confident of Augmenting Ebola Surveillance at Borders with Guinea
Monrovia – Liberia’s Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah says several teams of surveillance officers have been dispatched to counties bordering the...
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/ 2 years agoSenator Brown Launches LD$2,700, 000 Micro Loan Scheme
Harper, Maryland County – In an effort to empowering community women groups in Maryland County Senator, J. Gbleh-Bo Brown, on February...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Bassa College Graduates 218 Students in Fifth Convocation
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Buchanan was a scene of celebrations and colorful display on Wednesday, February 17 when the Grand Bassa...
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/ 2 years agoResidents Embrace Introduction of Drug Revolving Scheme at Major Hospital in Lofa County
Voinjama — The Board of Lofa County’s largest referral hospital, Telewoyan Memorial Hospital in Voinjama, has finalized plans for the introduction...
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/ 2 years agoMajor Clinic Serving Almost 7,000 Residents Remains Closed in Gbarpolu County
Belle Distirict, Gbarpolu County – Residents of Kondesu Clinic in Belle district have raised serious concern about the sudden closure of...
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/ 2 years agoHow Is Covid-19 Impacting Students’ Return to Campus
Monrovia – McCarthy Sieh, a sophomore student at the United Methodist University in Monrovia, returned to school a month ago with...
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/ 2 years ago‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution Begins in River Cess County
Cesstos City — The Government and the World Food Programme (WFP) have begun the distribution of the much-publicized food Stimulus Package...
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/ 2 years agoFormer Senatorial Candidate Offers Scholarship to Five Bassa High Graduates
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Madam Magdalene Manayee Harris, who contested the December 8 Special senatorial Election in Grand Bassa County,...
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/ 2 years agoHarper Residents Repair Major Drainages to Curb Health Risks
Harper, Maryland County – Residents of Airfield Community in Harper have launched a campaign to clean and repair major drainages by...
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/ 2 years agoUNDP Supports COVID-19 Preparedness in Lofa County amid Calls for Expansion of Project
Voinjama, Lofa County — The Progressive Youth for Community Safety Initiative (PYCOSI) has launched a UNDP funded project to support COVID-19...
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/ 2 years agoSchools in Grand Gedeh County Floating COVID-19 Guidelines
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – Concerns are increasing about the failure of school administrators to enforce Covid-19 during school hours. Residents...
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/ 2 years agoGovernment Implores ‘Full Backing’ of Locals for Construction of US$20M Hospital in Gbarpolu County
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu County – Liberia’s Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah has called on residents of Gbarpolu County to embrace and...
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/ 2 years agoSmall, Medium Agro-Enterprises Get Stimulus Grant amid COVID-19 Economic Strain
Congo Town — In an effort to enhance the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises at various value chains, the small...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Kru County Health Team Receives Medical Supply for Lymphedema Patients
Barclayville, Grand Kru County — The Ministry of Health with support from partners have distributed medical items to Lymphedema patients in...
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/ 2 years agoFear Grips Residents after Health Workers Abandon Forts Ville Clinic
Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County – Residents of the town of Forts Ville have alarmed the closure of the only government-run...
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/ 2 years agoSeveral Primary Schools in Rivercess County at Brink of Shutting Down Due to Lack of Teachers
Cesstos, Rivercess County – Six public schools in Rivercess County are at the verge of being shut down due to the...
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/ 2 years ago19 Women Benefit from ORWOCH Economic Empowerment program
Monrovia – As Liberia’s economy continues to nosedive, 19 women have benefited from the Kwekardo Village saving loan program organized by...
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/ 2 years agoNimba County Gets 1,600 Covid-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits to Enhance Testing
Sanniquellie – Nimba County has received 1,600 pieces of Rapid Diagnostic Test kits from the World Health Organization, according to Paul...
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/ 2 years agoRecount Keeps Geevon Smith Lead in River Cess County Senate Race
River Cess County – The National Election Commission has conducted recount in River Cess County with results showing that independent candidate...
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/ 2 years agoResidents Applaud Drugstores for Service During Peak of Covid-19 Crisis
Harper City, Maryland County – Felecia Togba Wah, 41, a mother of five children, did not trust health facilities during the...
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/ 2 years agoBomi County: Residents Outraged By ‘Fraud and Commercialization’ of Covid-19 ‘Stimulus Package’
Bomi County — Beneficiaries of the government’s stimulus package in Bomi County are outraged about the alleged commercialization and fraudulent trend...
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/ 2 years agoPolice Investigates Death of Rape Suspect
Zorzor, Lofa County — Police in Lofa County are investigating the death of a 23 year old rape suspect who was...
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/ 2 years agoSome Residents Worried They May Not Receive Covid-19 Food ‘Stimulus Package’
Gardnesville, Montserrado County – When the government of Liberia announced the COVID-19 Household Food Support Program (COHFSP) in March 2020, many families...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Kru County Three Polling Places Re-Run Takes Place Today
Barclayville – National Election Commission office in Grand Kru County has encouraged voters to massively turn out at the three disputed...
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/ 2 years agoCommunity Bordering Ivory Coast Regains Confidence in Health Facility as COVID-19 Fear Declines
Nimba County – Residents of catchment communities of Loguatuo Community Clinic appear to be renewing their confidence in the local health...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Bassa County Records Over 41,600 Malaria Cases in 2020
Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County – Grand Bassa County Malaria Focus Person has alarmed an increase in Malaria cases amongst children...
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/ 2 years agoCharity Foundation Donates School Materials to Elementary Schools Grand Gedeh County
Grand Gedeh County – Several pupils of schools in Gbao Administrative District in Grand Gedeh County have benefited a donation of...
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/ 2 years agoGovernment Begins ‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution in Maryland
Maryland County – The government of Liberia and the World Food Programme has begun the long-awaited coronavirus “stimulus package” in Harper...
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/ 2 years agoResidents of Maryland County Want Reactivation of COVID-19 Protocols after Festive Season
Harper, Maryland County – The festive season is now over but the coronavirus pandemic is not yet over. And with all...
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/ 2 years agoGovernment, Phebe Hospital Spat Could Put Citizens at Health Risk
Bong County – The health of thousands of Liberians may be in jeopardy, as tension continues over the control of Phebe...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – January 5, 2021
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years agoNo Functional X-Ray Machine: A Major Health Challenge in Lofa County
Voinjama, Lofa County – Patients needing X-ray examination in Lofa County must travel out of the county for such service. This...
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/ 2 years agoVoters are Pleased with Peaceful, Free, and Fair Elections
Monrovia – Josephine Miller, a registered voter at the Duja High School, in Gardnersville, Monrovia said that the people at her...
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/ 2 years agoNEC Delays Announcement of Date for a Disputed Precinct Election in Gbarpolu County
Bopolu City – The National Elections Commission (NEC) on December 30 held a meeting at its headquarters in Monrovia but was...
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/ 2 years agoSara Beysolow Nyanti Opens Second Learning Hut for Adolescent Girls in Lower Virginia
Monrovia – Adolescent girls in Gborkon Community in Banjor, Lower Virginia, Montserrado County, now have a safe space to do their...
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/ 2 years agoGbarpolu County to Get ‘Modern Hospital’ in 14 Months, Says Chief Medical Officer
Gbarpolu County – In an effort to boost the healthcare delivery system in western Liberia, residents of Gbarpolu County have welcomed...
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/ 2 years ago‘Stimulus Package’ Food Distribution Begins in Margibi County; Some Residents Alarm Being Left Out
Margibi County – Several residents of Mabahn Kaba District in Margibi County have expressed mixed reactions over the government’s COVID-19 stimulus food...
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/ 2 years agoTravelers Not Obtaining Covid-19 Test Certificate In Grand Gedeh County
Grand Gedeh County – Despite the recent protocol put in place by the Government of Liberia, mandating all travelers to obtain...
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/ 2 years agoAbandoned Clinic Project in River Cess County Draws Ire
Yaenee District, River Cess County — Scores of women of Sangbalor Administrative District have re-amplified calls to the county administration to...
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/ 2 years ago‘The Feminist-in-Chief Must Stop the Violence on Women’ – Women Assert
Gbarpolu county – “Women need to vote. We are in the 21st century.” This is the message the women of Gbarpolu...
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/ 2 years agoMargibi County Voters Share Referendum Feedback
Kakata, Margibi County – Voters purposefully boycotted the national referendum because they did not understand what they were voting for. This...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 29, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 28, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years ago‘Voter Education Must Be an Ongoing Process’
Voinjama, Lofa County – The Chairperson of the National Civil Society Council based in Lofa, Northwestern Liberia, said that there was...
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/ 2 years agoSenator-elect Snowe Picks Alice Gborie Lansanah to Replace as Representative
Senjeh District, Bomi County – Independent candidate for the Special Senatorial Elections from Bomi county, Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has...
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/ 2 years agoConcerns Heighten Over ‘Stimulus Package’ Food Delay in Maryland County
Harper, Maryland County — Several persons in Maryland County have expressed dismay over the long delay with the distribution of the...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Cape Mount County: Tension Between CDC and CPP Ongoing
Robersport, Grand Cape Mounty County – The elections may be over in much of the country, with small exceptions, but for...
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/ 2 years agoMother of Triplet, People Living with Disabilities Get Christmas Gifts From Charity Foundation
Grand Gedeh County – The Olive Sayee Foundation has identified with a mother of a triplet, Dekontee Brown, several less fortunate...
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/ 2 years agoPeople Living with Disabilities Denied Special Access on Election Day
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – People living with disabilities have described that they received priority to vote on December 8, in...
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/ 2 years agoElections Commission Office in Sinoe County Set on Fire
Greenville, Sinoe County – Unknown, unidentified individuals set fire to the National Elections Commission (NEC) office in Sinoe county on December...
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/ 2 years agoCommunities Regain Confidence in Clinics as Covid-19 Strain on Health System Lessens
Montserrado County – Refuge Place International, the largest clinic in the Chicken Soup Factory’s Bassa Town Community, provides affordable health care...
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/ 2 years agoHealth Workers Stage Protest over Nine Months Delayed Salary
Baclaryville, Grand Kru County – Health workers of Grand Kru County Health Team in Barclayville have staged a peaceful protest in...
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/ 2 years agoCommunity Gives 200 Acres of Farmland to Grand Bassa College For ‘Sustainability Farm’
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – As Grand Bassa County Community College seeks to upgrade its sustainability approach, residents of Teepehneh Town...
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/ 2 years agoBong County: The untapped voting force of Rural Women
Bong County – The only female candidate on the lists for the Special Senatorial Elections of behalf of Bong county, Dorothy...
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/ 2 years agoLiberia: Who is Afraid of Women?
Monrovia – Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence retained her seat in Liberia’s Legislative following the December 8 Special Senatorial Elections. According to...
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/ 2 years agoElectricity ‘Stimulus Package’ Distribution Begins in Nimba County Amid Concerns of Delayed COVID-19 Food Supplies
Sanniquellie, Nimba County — Residents of Nimba County have lauded the Liberian government for “making true” a promise of providing electricity...
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/ 2 years agoLogging Communities in Gbarpolu County to Terminate Agreement with Indo-African Plantation
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu – Bondi Mandingo and Korninga B Community Forest Management Bodies (CFMB) of Bopolu District has set February 15,...
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/ 2 years agoMNG Gold Presence Boosts Local Economy in Kokoya District
Kokoya, Bong County – Five years ago, a visitor could count the number of shops and houses in David Dean’s Town...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Election Updates From Four Counties – December 16, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19...
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/ 2 years agoWomen Rights Organizations Daringly Rescues Gbarpolu County Leading Female Candidates Amid Violence
Monrovia – The Organization for Women and Children (ORWOCH), Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI), WONGOSOL, and Liberian Women Can Lead (LWCL),...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Covid-19 Updates From Five Counties – December 15, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years agoLogging Company Resumes Rehabilitation of Major Road in Gbarpolu County
Henry Town, Gbarpolu County – Coveiyallah Investment Enterprise (CIE) has begun rehabilitation works on the Bopolu-Belle Fassama road leading to the...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Election Updates From Four Counties – December 14, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years agoRepresentative Fallah: “No Competent Women”; Then Loses Election
Representative Thomas P. Fallah stated that his party, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), did not allow a female to run...
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/ 2 years agoElections: COVID-19 Superspreading Event
The COVID-19 Task Force Response Coordinator, Mary Broh, warned that the December 8 elections could turn into a Covid-19 superspreading event....
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/ 2 years agoGovernment Reopens Clinic Shutdown Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Yomo Town, Bomi County — After several pleas from community members, Bomi County Health Team has finally re-opened the doors of...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From the County — November 9, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years agoKEEP Dedicates US$14,500 Reading Room to Maryland Schools
Harper, Maryland County – A non-for-profit organization on Thursday turned over a reading room worth over US$14,500 to the school system...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Election Updates From Six Counties – December 7, 2020
Stay informed with happenings in your county, follow LocalVoicesLiberia every week day for the latest update on the Special Senatorial elections, COVID-19 and...
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/ 2 years ago‘Stop the Violence, Inciteful Rhetoric’ – Press Union President
MONROVIA – The President of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), Charles Coffey, called on political parties and their supporters to...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Vote More Women, It Will Be Good For the Country
Women in Grand Gedeh have made a passionate appeal to the electorate to consider voting more women in the upcoming senatorial...
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/ 2 years agoMargibi County Health Workers Urge Sustained Adherence to COVID-19 Protocols
Margibi County – Despite growing concerns about a second wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Liberia, many people are still showing disregards...
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/ 2 years agoMajor Hospital in Maryland County Conducts Free Eye Surgery Elderlies
Harper, Maryland County — The Ministry of Health in collaboration with international NGO Sight Savers have completed three days free eye...
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/ 2 years agoAll Bomi County Senate Candidates Abandon Voters
Liberia has not even passed the election day, and candidates for Senate elections have begun abandoning the voters in droves. And...
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/ 2 years agoLofa County: Eight out of 11 Senate Candidates Refused to Face the Voters’ Questions
On the 27th of November, three of the 11 candidates running on behalf of the Lofa county participated in a fiery...
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/ 2 years agoSanquin, Sinoe County: No Votes for the Senators
Sinoe County – With just a few days, or hours before the December 8 election, and residents of Sanquni District, Sinoe...
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/ 2 years agoLiberia: Women Must Rise to Support Women
Bong County – Liberia committed to have 30% women presence in governance, a goal that looks almost impossible. Only 20 female...
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/ 2 years ago100% Male – 100% Wrong. Liberia’s Senate risks becoming All-Male if women don’t wake up
Monrovia – There is currently one female in Liberia’s upper chamber, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, who is up for reelection and her...
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/ 2 years agoUnited Blind Association Threatens Endless Protest
Monrovia – Albert Kemokai, vice president of the United Blind Association of Liberia (UBAL) warned that his organization will carry out...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – December 5, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAfrican Women Leaders Network Donates $5,850 to 18 Female Candidates Vying in Senatorial Election
Monrovia – The Liberia Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) distributed $5,850 to 18 female candidates contesting in the...
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/ 2 years agoMargibi County Residents Worried about More COVID-19 Cases After Election
Margibi County – Residents of Goshen Community in Margibi County have expressed fear that Liberia may experience an increase in the...
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/ 2 years agoSeven Communities in Nimba County Sign MoU to Secure Land Deeds
Monrovia – At a ground-breaking event in the city of Saniquelle, Blei Forest outlying communities in Nimba have self-identified as first...
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/ 2 years agoMontserrado County: Voters in the Dark About the Referendum
Less than a week from the December 8 referendum, and voters continue to voice concerns regarding the voting process and ask...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Eight Counties – December 2, 2020
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/ 2 years agoZwedru City Worship Places Keep Covid-19 Rules Despite Concerns of Violation of Health Protocols
Zwedru – While many people in Liberia are reportedly falling short of adhering to COVID-19 preventive measures, churches and mosques in...
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/ 2 years agoLofa County Supt. Assures Citizens of Smooth COVID-19 Food Distribution
Lofa County Superintendent, Hon. William Tamba Kamba, Sr, (with hat) during the stakeholders’ meeting in Voinjama Voinjama – Lofa County Superintendent,...
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/ 2 years agoGovernment’s Decentralization Failure Leads to Ethnic Politics and Divisions
MONROVIA — Oscar Bloh, who leads Liberia’s main election observation group, the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) called on politicians and their...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – December 1, 2020
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/ 2 years agoInadequate Sanitary Facilities, Drugs Put Ivorian Refugees at Health Risk in Maryland County
Harper, Maryland County – Hundreds of Ivorian refugees at the Little Welebo Refugee Camp in Maryland County are complaining about the...
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/ 2 years agoBraimah Promises: “I Will Defeat the Men”
Sinoe County -Women gear up to support the first female candidate for the Senate in the history of the county. Grace...
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/ 2 years agoReferendum: Official Says Voters Should Check “Yes” on Everything
Monrovia – The Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Chief of Staff to President George Weah, Nathaniel McGill, urged the...
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/ 2 years agoBomi County Head of COVID-19 Response Forsees Increase in New Cases After Election
Tubmanburg – Bomi County may experience an increase in the number of coronavirus cases after the 2020 senatorial election, according to...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – November 27, 2020
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/ 2 years agoPolitician Calls Fraud Without Evidence
Monrovia – Almost 300,000 new voters were registered nationwide during the 2020 Voter Roll Update (VRU) carried out by the National...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 26, 2020
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/ 2 years agoGbarpolu County Gets Two New Ambulances from World Bank
Bopolu, Gbarpolu County – The World Bank, through the Ministry of Health, has donated two new ambulances to enhance transfer of...
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/ 2 years agoBomi County: Concerns Intensify Over Continued Closure of Clinic
Yomo Town, Bomi County – Some local chiefs of Yomo town health facility catchment communities have called on the government to...
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/ 2 years agoDoubt over Health Protocols on Voting Day
The world is in the full swing of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic which infected 58 million people worldwide...
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/ 2 years ago‘Paradise Lies at the Feet of the Mother’ – Muslim Leaders Support Women in Politics
Grand Cape Mount County – Traditional and religious leaders, together with their members from Garwul District, have decided to support two...
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/ 2 years agoResidents of Grand Cape Mount County Join Call for Postponement of Constitution Referendum.
Robertsport – People of Grand Cape Mount County want the National Elections Commission to postpone and hold the referendum voting at...
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/ 2 years ago22 Women, 112 Men to Compete in December 8 Legislative Elections
The National Elections Commission (NEC), Liberia’s elections governing body has released the final lists of candidates for the upcoming Special Senatorial Elections...
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/ 2 years agoWFP Moves Huge Quantities of Food to Southeast for COVID-19 Distribution
Monrovia – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Liberia over the weekend began transporting huge quantities of food commodities to...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Six Counties – November 23, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCommunity Members Worried as USAID Funded Health Project Ends in Nimba County
Sanniquellie – Community leaders in the Gbehlay-Geh health district of Nimba County are sweating over the drawdown of a USAID-funded project...
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/ 2 years agoBuchanan Residents Celebrate New Ambulance at Major Public Hospital
Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County – Residents of the port city of Buchanan have taken a sigh of relief after the...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 20, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country – Elections Updates From Four Counties – November 18, 2020
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/ 2 years agoLofa County Major Hospital Bans Staff from Selling Drugs
Voinjama -The administration of Lofa County’s largest referral health facility, Telewoyan Memorial Hospital in Voinjama, has banned the sale of drugs...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 17, 2020
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/ 2 years agoLow Turnout for COVID-19 Voluntary Testing in Bong County
Gbarnga – The call to do voluntary testing for COVID-19 is being snubbed by residents of Bong County, says the County...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 16, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 12, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCommunities in Gbarpolu County Seek Support for Abandoned Clinic
Gbarpolu County – Residents of 32 communities in Bombom Clan, Bopolu District are calling on the government and non-governmental organizations to...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – November 10, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Six Counties — November 9, 2020
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/ 2 years agoDebate on Constitution Referendum: What are People Asking?
Bushrold Island, New Kru Town – Residents of New Kru Town are concerned about trending issues regarding the conduct of the...
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/ 2 years agoNo Functional Ambulance at Gov’t Hospital in Buchanan
Buchanan – The Medical Director of the Liberian Government Hospital in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County says the only referral hospital is...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – November 4, 2020
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/ 2 years agoBong County Police Arrest 52-Year-Old Pastor for Alleged Rape
Gbarnga, Bong County – Police have arrested, charged and sent to the magisterial court a man identified as Moses Doemanie, 52,...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Kru County Women Protest Transfer of County Health Officer
Grand Cesss, Grand Kru County – On October 30, hundreds of women in Grand Kru County were seen marching and chanting...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – November 2, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Update From Six Counties – October 30, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – October 29, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Seven Counties – October 28, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – October 27, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Elections Updates From Five Counties – October 26
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/ 2 years agoCommunity Wants Logging Agreement Revoked Over Delay in Paying Social Benefits
Gbarpolu County – The leadership of Korninga Community Forest Management Body (CFMB) of Bopolu District is pushing for the termination of...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – October 12, 2020
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/ 2 years agoYouth Media Action launches Child Broadcasting Program
Monrovia – Youth Media Action (YMA) has officially launched the second edition of its Child Broadcasting Program. The one-month Child Broadcasting...
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/ 2 years agoInternews Pledges Continued Support to Development of Liberian Media
Bomi County – Internews has pledged its commitment to continue supporting to the development of the Liberian media as the country...
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/ 2 years agoElections Commission Completes Extended Voter Roll Update in Gbarpolu County
Gbarpolu – Based on several complaints that the National Elections Commission (NEC) denied many citizens the right to take part in...
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/ 2 years agoTwo Arrested for Allegedly Gang Raping 14-year-old in Maryland County
Harper, Maryland County – Two persons have been arrested for allegedly gang Rapeing a 14 year old in Pleebo Maryland County....
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/ 2 years agoWanted Man Arrested for ‘Murdering’ Pregnant Girlfriend in Zwedru
Zwedru – Police in Grand Gedeh Country have arrested a 34-year-old man identified as Melvin Chea for allegedly killing his girlfriend,...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 18, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 16, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 14, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – September 8, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – September 4, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – September 3, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Restrictions Leave Many Businesses Struggling In Bong County
GBARNGA, Bong- County — Petty traders in Bong County are seeking the intervention of government through the provision of loans to...
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/ 2 years agoMan, Who Refused Health Facility, Recounts Near Death Experience
On a cold and windy evening, Joseph Tarnue, a father of four, bends over the balcony of his house in the...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – September 1, 2020
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/ 2 years agoChallenges For Maternal Health Services in Margibi County Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
KAKATA — Margibi County has recorded at least 12 maternal deaths in the first half of this year – the same...
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/ 2 years agoBong County Health Team Stresses Adherence To Preventive Measures Despite Decline in COVID-19 Cases
Gbarnga, Bong County — Health authorities in Bong County have announced that the county is at the verge of being declared...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties -August 31, 2020
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/ 2 years agoLiberian Media Outlets Reeling Under Economic Impact of COVID-19
Monrovia – Liberia – with its economy still reeling the economic impact of the recent Ebola virus disease outbreak – is...
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/ 2 years agoHow Soon Will the Food Reach? Three Months On, COVID-19 Food Distribution On Snail Speed
Monrovia – Oretha Kolleh, 41, sits in front of an unfinished three-bedroom building, thinking about where her next meal will come...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 27, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 26, 2020
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/ 2 years agoBomi County: Residents of Rural Town Want Clinic Reopen After Closure Due to COVID-19
YOMO TOWN, Bomi County – Over 1,000 residents of Yomo Town Clinic catchment communities are seriously worried over the closure of...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – August 25, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCrisis in Crisis: Liberia Experts Warn of Increased SGBV Threat During COVID-19 Pandemic
Monrovia – With Liberia’s recent partial lockdown and increased economic challenges intensified by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, experts warn that the...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 20, 2020
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/ 2 years agoRights Activist in Bomi County Concerned Street Hawking Exposes Children To COVID-19
Bomi County – Siatta,13, [not her real name] sells cassava tubers along the road in Klay District, Bomi County. Hellen says...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Cape Mount County Maintains Liberia’s Lowest Confirmed COVID-19 Infection Rate
Robertsport – Since the outbreak of coronavirus in Liberia began back in March this year, Grand Cape Mount County has recorded...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 19, 2020
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/ 2 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Health Team Conducts Orientation on COVID-19 Preventative Measure for School Administrators
Zwedru – The County Health Officer of Grand Gedeh County, Dr. Augustine Fannieh has started a massive health orientation for all...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – August 18, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 13, 2020
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/ 2 years agoRestaurants Struggle to Survive Amid COVID-19
Monrovia – Liberia’s restaurant industry is faced with the challenge of remaining sustainable, as the coronavirus pandemic has constrained the government...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Three Counties – August 12, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 11, 2020
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/ 2 years agoResidents of Maryland County Worried About Spike in COVID-19 Cases Due to Political Rallies
Harper, Maryland County – Residents of Maryland County have expressed fears that there might be an increase in the number of...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 10, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCSO Concerned About Legislature’s Lack of Effective Oversight On Persistent Delay in Submission of National Budget
Monrovia – Action for Liberia’s Development (ALiD) said it is deeply concerned by the persistent delay in the submission of the...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – August 6, 2020
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/ 2 years agoGender Ministry: Alarming Rate of SGBV Amid COVID-19
Monrovia – Data seen by Joy FM suggests that there is a sharp increase in the number of sexual and gender-based...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – August 4, 2020
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/ 2 years agoHealth Workers in Grand Bassa County Worried About Catching COVID-19
Buchanan – Over 20 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Grand Bassa County since the global pandemic spread to...
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/ 2 years agoThree COVID-19 Survivors Recount Experience in Gbarpolu County
Gbarpolu County – Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Liberia, everyone who has contracted the virus and recovered has...
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/ 2 years agoMask Zone: Police at Parker Paint Junction Enforce Mask Wearing Protocol
Paynesville, Montserrado County – Parker Paint junction — about a stone throw away from the commercial district of Red Light in...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 31, 2020
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/ 2 years agoNew Developments Allay COVID-19 Fears Among Residents of Bomi County
Bomi County – At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia, concerns about the lack of isolation and treatment centers,...
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Cases May Increase Due to Denial Among Residents of Grand Gedeh County
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – Despite recording three confirmed cases of COVID-19, some residents of Grand Gedeh County have refused to...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 29, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Restrictions Disrupt Farmers’ Earning
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu – Some farmers of Gbarpolu County have complained that business for their farm produce has drastically reduced since...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Seven Counties – July 24, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties
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/ 2 years agoWhy People of Bong County Were Worried During Closure of Phebe Hospital Amid COVID-19
As cases of COVID-19 surges in Bong County, many residents have been concerned about the closure of a major health facilities...
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/ 2 years agoBusiness People Worried About Surge in COVID-19 Cases Amid Relaxed Regulations
Monrovia – Some Liberians are becoming very wary and edgy as the government relaxes regulations meant to curb the spread of...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 22, 2020
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/ 2 years agoPrivate Schools Teachers in Margibi County Feel Economic Pinch Created By COVID-19
Kakata, Margibi County – As the impact of the coronavirus puts strain on all sectors, private schools in Margibi County face...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 21, 2020
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/ 2 years agoDenial, Mistrust Increase Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Amid Concerns About Poor Awareness
Zorzor, Lofa County – Despite the hard lessons learned from the scourge of the Ebola virus outbreak because of denial that...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 17, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Eight Counties – July 16, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 14, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 10, 2020
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/ 2 years agoLofa County Worried About A Repeat of Ebola Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases
Voinjama, Lofa County – On April 10, 2020, the government of Liberia declared a state of emergency to curb the spread...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 9, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July 8, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties – July 7, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCovid-19 Slows Business for Scores of Marketers in Buchanan City
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Several marketers in the port city of Buchanan have complained that the Coronavirus disease is causing...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – July, 3, 2020
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Rumors Scare Patients from Seeking Health Care at Facilities in Maryland County
Harper – Maryland County Health Team has sounded the alarm, highlighting a low turnout of patients at health facilities in the...
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/ 2 years agoConfirmed COVID-19 Case Worries Residents of Mining Town in Grand Cape Mount
Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County – Residents of Kinjor Town in Gola Konneh District are worried about the economic Implications they...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – July 1, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAre People In Bong County Adhering To Social Distancing Guidelines?
Gbarnga – Authorities in Bong County have intensified awareness efforts aimed at encouraging people to adhere to social distancing, as confirmed...
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Fear Causes Other Patients to Decline Critical Treatment at Health Facilities
Zwedru – As Liberia’s health sector struggles to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, health facilities in Grand Gedeh County are beginning...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – June 30, 2020
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/ 2 years agoConcerns Heighten Over Lack of COVID-19 Facilities for Gbarpolu County
Bopolu City – Several people in Gbarpolu County are expressing concerns about recent delays in completing renovation work on a facility that...
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/ 2 years agoNurse Tested Positive For COVID-19 at River Gee Hospital
Fish Town – River Gee County Health Team has confirmed one case of COVID-19 – a female nurse, whose identity has...
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/ 2 years agoNo Support from Gov’t, Community Prompts Closure of Hand Washing Stations
Margibi County – When cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Margibi County, Goshen community – located upper Margibi County – set...
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/ 2 years agoPhebe Hospital Closes For Four Days As Covid-19 Cases Increase in Bong County
Bong County – The Administration of Phebe Referral Hospital in Suakoko District, Bong County has shut down the entire hospital for...
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/ 2 years agoUS State Department: ‘Liberia Has Demonstrated Sufficient Progress’ in Curbing Human Trafficking
Press Release: Monrovia – The U.S. Embassy in Liberia is pleased to release the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Country Report for...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties – June 26, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties – June 25, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Update From Five Counties
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/ 2 years agoViolent Storm Leaves Over 800 Residents Homeless, Disrupts Health Services In Bong County
Gbalatuah, Bong County – A violent storm has caused a “serious” humanitarian situation in a populated Bong County town, leaving over...
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/ 2 years agoLutheran Church Recommits Support to Bong County Struggling Health Sector
Gbarnga – In continuation of its humanitarian gesture to the healthcare delivery system of Bong County, the Lutheran Church in Liberia...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Update From Six Counties – June 19, 2020
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties
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/ 2 years agoGrand Gedeh County Journalists Get Gender Sensitive Reporting Training On COVID-19
Zwedru – Over 16 journalists from four community radio stations in Grand Gedeh County have completed a two-day training on sexual...
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Treatment Unit Partially Opens in Bong County
Gbarnga – It appears that citizens’ requests for the setting up of a COVID-19 testing and treatment unit in Bong County...
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/ 2 years agoGrand Kru County Health Team Discharges 22 Persons From Quarantine
Barclayville – People in Grand Kru County have expressed excitement following recent reports that the County Health Team discharged 22 people, who...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Five Counties
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/ 2 years agoGov’t Inaction Leaves Community Further Confused
Caldwell – It has been almost four weeks since the death of an elderly man in the home of a controversial...
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/ 2 years ago‘Coronavirus Spreads Faster If Not Prevented’ – Says Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer
Monrovia – Liberia’s Chief medical officer Dr. Francis Keteh says the saliva of COVID-19 infected patients can harbour half a trillion...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties
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/ 2 years agoCOVID-19 Denial Increases in Nimba County
Nimba County – Since Journalist Jeremiah Gayflor of Voice of Tappita – located in lower Nimba County – recovered from COVID-19,...
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/ 2 years agoBong County Records Third COVID-19 Death
Gbarnga – Bong County has recorded its third COVID-19 death. This comes less than 48 hours after the second person died...
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Six Counties
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/ 2 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Four Counties
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/ 2 years agoGrand Cape Mount County Rallying To Prevent COVID-19
Robertsport – Grand Cape Mount County Superintendent Aaron Vincent has called on people of the county to continue adhering to all...
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/ 2 years agoMisinformation, Rumors and Fake News Complicate Response Against COVID-19 in Liberia
Monrovia – The battle against the coronavirus disease in Liberia has many obstacles. Misinformation, rumors and fake news are some...
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/ 2 years agoAround the Country: Latest Update From Six Counties
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/ 2 years agoMargibi County Health Sector Seriously Challenged Amid COVID-19
Kakata – Margibi, a county worst hit by the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2016, is still struggling to prepare and respond to...
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/ 3 years agoAround The Country: Latest Update From Five Counties
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/ 3 years agoBong County Confirms First COVID-19 Case
Gbarnga – Bong County has confirmed its first COVID-19 case, the County Health Officer announced on Thursday, June 4.
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/ 3 years agoIs Liberia Conducting Enough COVID-19 Testing?
Monrovia – As of May 31, Liberia has recorded 296 confirmed Coronavirus cases since the first index case was reported on...
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/ 3 years agoAround The Country: Latest Update From Seven Counties
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/ 3 years agoMotorcyclists in Maryland County Grapple With Economic Hardship During COVID-19
Harper, Maryland County – COVID-19 related health regulations affecting the transport sector of Liberia are having a toll on motorcyclists in...
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/ 3 years agoFour Persons From Gbarpolu County Recover From COVID-19
Bopolu City – The 14 Military Hospital has discharged four persons who have recovered from COVID-19. The four recovered patients were...
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/ 3 years agoCOVID-19 Fight Ignites Voluntarism As Hygiene Practices Take Center Stage
Monrovia – The fight against the spread of the novel COVID-19 in the country has provoked the spirit of voluntarism as...
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/ 3 years agoAround The Country: Updates From Seven Counties
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/ 3 years agoCOVID-19 Pandemic Impedes School Acitivities In Bomi County
Tubmanburg, Bomi County – The global coronavirus pandemic is not only ravaging the world’s public health system, it is ruining countries’...
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/ 3 years agoCOVID-19 Creates Uncertainties for Teachers, Students of Grand Bassa County
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Several principals, teachers and students of Grand Bassa County say COVID-19 is gradually “draining down” the...
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/ 3 years agoCOVID-19 Dead Bodies Safe for Burial – DBMT Confirms; Says Family Can Claim Bodies
Monrovia – The mortal remains of people dying from the novel Coronavirus pandemic are safe for burial at the government’s burial...
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/ 3 years agoEVD Prepares Liberia for COVCID-19, NPHIL Boss, Montserrado CHO Draw Correlations of Outbreaks
Monrovia – Liberia’s health authorities have drawn a correlation of how the country was made prepared far before the deadly Coronavirus...
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/ 3 years agoAround the Country: Today’s Update from Five Counties
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/ 3 years agoBoost For Liberia’s Food Security as World Bank Approves US$10.5 Million Funding
Monrovia – The World Bank has approved US$ 10.5 million funding support to the Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry...
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/ 3 years agoArround the Country: Updates from Sinoe, Margibi, Bong,Grand Cape Mount &Maryland Counties
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/ 3 years agoMaternal Death Puts 3 Weeks Old Baby at Risk in Lofa County Amid COVID-19
Voinjama, Lofa County – Fatu Kromah, a pregnant woman in her mid-thirties, never had the slightest of thought about a dreadful...
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/ 3 years agoAround The Country: Updates from Grand Bassa, Gbarpolu, Lofa, Bong, and Grand Gedeh Counties
Bong County: Arming Against COVID-19 A training to help health workers identify patients showing signs and symptoms of COVID-19 has...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County Health Team Prepares Against COVID-19
Zwedru – As part of its national community health assistant program aimed at rapidly identifying, supporting, isolating and referring suspected and...
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/ 3 years agoMittal Steel Quarantine: Buchanan Residents Worried about Accessing Major Commercial Bank in Concession Area
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Barely a day after Arcelor Mittal Liberia announced lockdown of its concession area in Buchanan, residents...
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/ 3 years agoCOVID-19 Cases Testing Gbarpolu County’s Main Health Facility
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu County – Jallah Lone Hospital – the major referral health facility in Gbarpolu County – is in a...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Bassa County Confirms 3 More COVID-19 Cases
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Bearly two days after health authorities announced that Grand Bassa County had recorded its first confirmed...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Bassa County Records First COVID-19 Case
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – A 34 year old man, who is an employee of ArcelorMittal Liberia, has tested positive for...
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/ 3 years agoLofa Grapples With COVID-19 Debacle: SOE, Lockdown Impose Bad Business for Marketers
Lofa County – Six years after the fight against the deadly Ebola Virus Disease that reportedly killed more than four hundred...
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/ 3 years agoPeople of Maryland County Concerned About Poor Health System Amid COVID-19
Harpers, Maryland County – With the total number of active cases of COVID-19 now 100 in the country, according to the...
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/ 3 years agoFetching Food, Health Care: How are People with Disabilities Faring in Bong County?
Bong County – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, disabled people in Bong County, Liberia are also feeling...
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/ 3 years agoCoronavirus Increases Hardship for People in Grand Gedeh County
Zwedru – Rebecca Gaye Glahn’s husband was a private security guard before the coronavirus outbreak. Now, he barely gets his salary...
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/ 3 years agoMudslide Leaves Two Dead at Gold Mines in Grand Cape Mount County
Tewor District, Grand Cape Mount County – Residents of Grand Cape Mount County woke up Tuesday, May 5 to the news...
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/ 3 years agoResidents Concerned About Information Sharing As First COVID-19 Case Confirm in Gbarpolu County
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu County – Residents of Bopolu city have called on the Incident Management System (IMS) of Gbarpolu County to...
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/ 3 years agoWoman, 28, Suffers Police Brutality in Grand Gedeh County
Zwedru – Five officers of the Liberia National Police have been turned over to the professional standard division of the Liberia...
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/ 3 years agoHuman Trafficking: An Entrenched Problem in Lofa County
Voinjama, Lofa County – Moussa, 8, Lagji, 12, and Kamara, 15, (not their real names) have just spent their first year...
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/ 3 years agoUnicef, WFP Concerned About 370 Million Children as School Closures Deprive Them of Meals
Monrovia – As the COVID-19 crisis pushes up levels of hunger among the global poor, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF...
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/ 3 years agoResidents of Grand Gedeh County Gold Mining Community Have ‘No Idea’ About Human Trafficking
Grand Gedeh County – Until mid March this year, Fata Barry, a local businesswoman of a popular gold mining community in...
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/ 3 years agoPolice Arrests Man for ‘Shooting’ Hunter in Belle Yallah Forest
Belle Yallah, Gbarpolu County – Jerry Sumo, who was accused of shooting another man on April 24 and fleeding the scene,...
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/ 3 years agoFirst COVID -19 Case in Maryland County
Pleebo, Maryland County – A man, 28, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Maryland County, making him the first confirmed case...
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/ 3 years agoLockdown: Marketers, Consumers Feeling the Pinch of Travel Restrictions
Tubmanburg, Bomi County – Several market women in Bomi County have frowned on the government’s decision to close down all weekly...
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/ 3 years agoPhysically Challenged Beggars Removed From Supermarkets In Buchanan Due To Social Distancing Rule
Buchanan – People living with disability in Buchanan, Grnad Bassa County have complained that the coronavirus regulation of social distancing is...
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/ 3 years agoFrom Street Hawking To Teenage Motherhood – The Ordeal of Human Trafficking
Bomi County – At age 12, Maima Morris moved to Tubmanburg, Grand Cape Mount County in western Liberia to live with...
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/ 3 years agoBong County Wants Robust Awareness on Human Trafficking
Gbarnga, Bong County – Several people in Bong County have observed that the lack of robust awareness about human trafficking, which...
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/ 3 years agoBuchanan Residents Request Effective Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
Buchanan – Several residents of the port city of Buchanan have questioned the effectiveness of the anti-human trafficking taskforce in the...
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/ 3 years agoMother Reunites with Son, Family After 14 Days Quarantine
Grand Gedeh County – After spending two weeks in quarantine for being suspected for the novel Coronavirus, Jacqueline Doe, finally rejoined...
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/ 3 years agoNo Buckets, No Problem: Gbarpolu County Residents Using Reed to Store Water for Washing Hands
Gbarpolu County – It was an easy decision for Kamara David, 51, to reintroduce hand washing at the entrance of his...
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/ 3 years agoJangalojuba – A Coronavirus Song That May Just Save So Many Lives
Close to a dozen of songs by superstar Liberian artists have been produced in the last two weeks to raise awareness...
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/ 3 years agoMajor Public Hospital in Margibi County Faces Challenge Amid Coronavirus Threat
Kakata – As the Coronavirus pandemic presents its threat to Liberia’s health system, the main government-run referral hospital in Kakata, Margibi...
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/ 3 years agoFarmers Urged To Grow More Food To Deal With COVID-19 Economic Shock
Bong County – People of Bong County have been urged to venture into growing more food as a means of preparing...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh College Gets Accreditation to Grant Degree in Nursing
Zwedru – The Liberia Board of Nursing and Midwifery has accredited the Grand Gedeh Community College’s nursing division, giving the college...
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/ 3 years agoLiberia Excluded From US Gov’t Health Package To Fight COVID-19
Monrovia – The United States government has announced that it will provide “an initial investment of nearly $274 million in emergency...
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/ 3 years ago‘Children Are Exposed To Trafficking, Kidnapping’ in Buchanan’s Fishing Community
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Many underage boys in Fanti Town, the largest artisanal fishing community in the port city of...
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/ 3 years agoUL Students Produce Hand Sanitizers to Fight COVID – 19
Monrovia – As part of efforts to control the infection of Coronavirus in Liberia, students in the School of Pharmacy at...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County’s Religious Community Agrees To Follow COVID-19 Protocols
Gbarpolu County – Twenty-six religious leaders of Bopolu District in Gbarpolu County have welcomed the closure of all churches and mosques...
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/ 3 years agoNimba County Safe Home Wants More Help For Survivors
Sanniquellie, Nimba County – The Director of the safe home in Nimba County, which caters for victims of human trafficking and...
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/ 3 years agoChild Apprenticeship at Garages in Bong County Show Signs of Human Trafficking
Bong County – The presence of over 350 children working at garages in Gbarnga, Bong County is generating concerns about possible...
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/ 3 years agoCoronavirus: ‘Best Control Measure is Testing’ – Dr. Mosoka Fallah
Monrovia – Dr. Mosoka Fallah, the Executive Director of the National Public Health Institute, has emphasized that frequent and regular testing...
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/ 3 years agoFGM Occurs In Over 90 Countries; Far More Widespread Than Generally Acknowledged – Equality Now
BRUSSELS, LONDON, SAN FRANCISCO- Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C) is happening in more countries around the world than widely acknowledged,...
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/ 3 years agoWhat Are Liberians Saying About Human Trafficking In Grand Cape Mount County
Monrovia – The Liberia Media for Democratic Initiative in December 2019 held series of community media forums in an effort to...
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/ 3 years agoHow A Girl’s Future Was Ruined By ‘Modern Day Slavery’
Bomi County – When Hawa Kromah was 11 years old, her parents wanted her to get education so they gave her...
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/ 3 years ago13-Year Old Boy ‘Trafficked’ To CVI Gold Mines In Grand Gedeh County Decries Nightmare
Grand Gedeh County – In 2016, 13-year-old Zee was a 7th grade student when his aunt persuaded him to move with...
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/ 3 years ago‘People Are Getting To Understand Human Trafficking’ – Anti Human Trafficking Secretariat
Monrovia – Adolphus Satia, the director of the anti-human trafficking secretariat at the Ministry of Labor, says he is convinced that...
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/ 3 years agoOvercrowded Voinjama Central Prison Puts Inmates at Risk
Voinjama, Lofa County – One reaching the main prison facility situated on an isolated reddish hill in Voinjama city is often...
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/ 3 years agoBad Road Causes Price Hike of Basic Commodities in Southeastern Liberia
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – Deplorable road condition is a major challenge for people of Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Maryland Sinoe...
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/ 3 years agoBomi County: Red Cross Chapter Faces Funding Constraints
Tubmanburg – Programs and other humanitarian works of the local chapter of the Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) in Bomi...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Carter Center Graduates 18 Mental Health Clinicians
Zwedru – In an effort to improve the mental health sector, Carter Center in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has...
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/ 3 years agoVice President Taylor Recommends ‘Independent Bureau’ to Conduct Civil, Voter Educations
Bong County – Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has called for the establishment of a special bureau to deal with...
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/ 3 years agoLiberians in Bong County Want Candidates Registration Decentralized
Bong County – Several Liberians in Bong County have joined the debate on electoral reform and have called for decentralization of...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Chiefs Are Concerned about Not Being Elected
Gbarpolu County – Chiefs of Gbarpolu County are calling on the national government to fully implement Article 58-B of the 1986...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: NEC Holds Regional Consultations On Elections Reform
Zwedru City – The National Elections Commission (NEC) with funding from the United Nations Development Program has concluded a two-day regional...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: High Schools Students Ready To Challenge WASSCE Result
Zwedru – Students of seven high schools of the Grand Gedeh County School System who recently failed the West African Senior...
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/ 3 years agoMaryland Couty: Alleged Rape Victim Cries For Humanitarian Aid
Maryland County – A 12-year-old girl believed to have been raped in the Larma-Cox community in Harper City is sending...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Youth Want Changes in NEC Commissioners’ Tenure
Bopolu City – Some youth of Gbarpolu County have recommended several changes in Liberia’s election laws affecting the administration of the...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Bad Roads In Southeastern Liberia Leaves One Passenger Dead
Grand Gedeh County – A man believed to be in his mid-40s identified as James Baryee has died along the Ganta-Zwedru...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Man Found Dead In Swamp In Zwedru
Zwedru – A man believed to be in his mid-fifties was on Monday, July 29, found dead near a newly constructed...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Cape Mount: Stakeholders Want Increment in the Number of Registered Voters Per Precinct
Tubmanburg – Participants, who represented Grand Cape Mount County, at a just-ended two-day electoral reform consultation in Bomi County have recommended...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Gold Mining Community Desperate For Health Facility To Reduce Maternal Deaths
Zwedru – Gold miners of the Clearance Valmont International, popularly known as CVI gold mining camp in Grand Gedeh County, have...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Pastor, 46, Sent To Court For Allegedly Raping 8-Year-Old Girl
Zwedru – The Women and Children Protection Section (WACPS) of the Liberia National Police in Grand Gedeh County has arrested and...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Community Ravaged By Rainstorm Desperate For Help
Bopolu District – Hundreds of residents of Henry Town in Gbarpolu County are now living at the will and pleasure of...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Several Citizens Want Taskforce Setup to Monitor the Mining Activities
Bopolu City – Several people of Gbarpolu County have recommended the establishment of a county-level taskforce to monitor the mining sector...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Community College Graduates 102 in Third Commencement Convocation
Zwedru – Grand Gedeh County Community College has held its 3rd commencement convocation with 102 Liberians and foreigners obtaining associate degrees...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: DEO, Parents Considering US$25 Fine for Parents Who Fail To Keep Pupils In School
Gbarpolu County – The Bopolu District Education Officer, Mr. Charles Kabba has ordered the Principal of Boima Zinnah Elementary and Junior...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Man, 25, Arrested With 13 Kilograms Of Marijuana
Zwedru City – Officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) on July 13, arrested huge quantities of narcotics at the...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: World Bank Boosts County Health Team With Donation of New Vehicle
Bopolu City – The Gbarpolu County Health Team has received a new vehicle from World Bank through the Ministry of Health...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Bassa County: NEC Concludes Two Days Electoral Reform Awareness
Buchanan – The National Election Commission (NEC) on Tuesday, July 10, concluded a two-day electoral reform regional sensitization awareness under the...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Local leaders Say Electoral Reform Would Enhance Social Cohesion, Integration
Bopolu City– The ongoing efforts aimed at reforming Liberia’s electoral laws could enhance national social cohesion, good governance integration, according to...
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/ 3 years agoBong County: Two Traditional Chiefs Call For Civic Voter Education Beyond Electioneering Period
Bong County – Two traditional leaders of Bong County have joined the dialogue on electoral reform, calling on the National Elections...
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/ 3 years agoMontserrado County: Senatorial Candidate Kimmie Weeks Wants Lawmakers’ Tenure Reduced
Bentol, Montserrado County – Ahead of July 8, Montserrado County’s Senatorial by-election, a contestant, Dr. Kimmie Weeks, has recommended the reduction...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Bassa: Changing Election Date, Women Representation Top Electoral Reform Forum
Buchanan – David Logan, Grand Bassa County Magistrate of National Election Commission, says the day set aside for general and presidential...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Gedeh: Man, 22, Sentenced To Nine Years For Murdering Girlfriend
Zwedru – The Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Gedeh County has sentenced a 22-year old man to nine years imprisonment. ...
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/ 3 years agoGrand Bassa County: Internews Trains Community Radio Station In District Two On Electoral Reform Reporting
Glarkon, Grand Bassa County – Internews on Friday, June 28, 2019, conducted electoral reform training for staffs of Light FM in...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: How UN Women Is Empowering Rural Women
Sappimah Town, Gbarpolu County – On June 28, 2019, UN Women facilitated a five day Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA)...
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/ 3 years agoLiberians In Gbarpolu, Grand Gedeh Applaud DEA for Fighting Harmful Drugs
Bopolu; Zwedru – The Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency’s detachment in Grand Gedeh and Gbarpolu County have received praises for combatting narcotic...
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/ 3 years agoBong County Electorate, Lawmakers Hoping To Make Changes In Elections Law At Referendum
Botota – Bong County Electoral District #1 Representative Albert Hills says electorate of Bong County must remain committed to multiple recommendations...
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/ 3 years agoLawmaker Calls For Increment In Registration Fees For Legislative and Presidential Candidates
Nimba County – Nimba County’s Electoral District #8 Lawmaker Representative Larry P. Younquoi says candidate registration fees to contest the country’s...
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/ 3 years agoJune 7 Protesters Want Gov’t to ‘Urgently Proceed’ With Electoral Reforms
Monrovia – The organizers of the June 7, Save The State protest, the Council of Patriots (COP) want the three branches...
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/ 3 years agoGbarpolu County: Marketers Want Increment in Candidates’ Registration Fees
Gbarpolu County – Marketers who attended the Bopolu City weekly market on Saturday, June 8, have called for increment in the...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Farmers Turn To Cultivating Marijuana, As DEA Increases Raid
Grand Gedeh County – Farmers in Grand Gedeh County are turning to the growing of marijuana to make ends meet. But...
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/ 4 years agoLiberia’s Legislature Seeks Political Parties’ Inputs on Electoral Reform
Monrovia – The Liberian legislature has held consultations with political parties on the process of electoral reform. At least 20 political...
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/ 4 years agoWomen in Bomi County Call for change In Election Laws
Bomi County – As Liberia gears up for 2020 mid-term senatorial and 2023 general elections, several women in Bomi County are...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Chief Iman Calls For Peace As June 7 Protest Lurks
Gbarpolu County – Ahead of the planned June 7 protest, the Chief Iman of Gbarpolu County has called on the organizers...
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/ 4 years agoMaryland County: Locals Want Referendum To Change Election’s Date
Maryland County – Residents of Harper City, Maryland County have stressed the significance of reforming Liberia’s election laws, based on several...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: KEEP Dedicates Reading Room For Primary Students
Zwedru – The Kids Educational Engagement Project (KEEP) over the weekend dedicated a reading room valued at over US$5,000 for primary students...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Police Sends 44-Year-Old Woman To Court For ‘Pouring Bucket of Paint’ On Stepson
Zwedry – A 44-year-old woman who poured a bucket of oil paint on a 13-year-old boy is expected to appear at...
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/ 4 years agoNEC Official Advises Liberians to Convert Electoral Reform Suggestions into Laws During Referendum
Gbarpolu County – The Region Two Coordinator of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Paye M. Toekpei has admonished electorates to be...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Joint Security Transfers Toe Town Checkpoint To Cestos River Bridge
Bar Town – Grand Gedeh County’s joint security has moved the Toe Town checkpoint to Bar Town, Cestos River Bridge, near...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Citizens Call for Sitting Lawmakers To Resign Before Contesting Another Elected Position
Bopou City – Some Liberians in Gbarpolu County, who participated in two separate community forums, have called for a special law...
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/ 4 years agoGabrpolu County: Locals Blast NEC Over Demarcation of Electoral Districts
Gbarpolu – Some residents of Bopolu District who participated in a recent electoral reform dialogue in Henry Town have expressed concerns...
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/ 4 years agoBong County: Civil Society Actors Call For Change In Election Date
Bong County – The Civil Society Chairperson of Bong County Madam Marline Jarboe says “it will be good to move the...
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/ 4 years agoNimba County: Community Leaders Want Tenure of Elected Officers Amended
Nimba County – Local leaders of Flumpa Town in Leewehpea Administrative District, Electoral District #8 in Nimba County have proposed a...
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/ 4 years agoDisabled Advocate Wants Consolidated National Support for Electoral Reform
Totota, Bong County – The local chairman of National Association of Disabled Advocate (NADA), in Totota, Bong County, is calling for...
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/ 4 years agoYouth in Cape Mount Want Voting Age Reduced for Future Elections
SINJE, Grand Cape Mount – A group of teenagers in Grand Cape Mount are calling for a reduction in the age...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Civil Society Actors Want Sitting Lawmakers Bar From Contesting By-Elections
Gbarpolu County – Some civil society actors of Gbarpolu County say they support a law that will disallow sitting lawmakers from...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Babies’ Mothers Get Donation As Means Of Discouraging Home Delivery
Bopolu City, Gbarpolu County – Mothers of newly born babies at the main referral health center in Gbarpolu County have hailed...
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/ 4 years agoBomi County: Superintendent Under Fire After Telling Lawmaker To ‘Slow Down’ Development
Tubmanburg, Bomi County – Bomi County Superintendent Adama Robinson has revealed in a stunning comment that he opted for the slow...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Gov’t, Partners Declare 15 Communities Open Defecation Free
Bopolu City – Gbarpolu County authority and NGOs on Friday, April 26, 2019, declared 15 communities open defecation Free (ODF) at...
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/ 4 years agoMaryland County: Liberians Want Change October Election Date
Harper, Maryland County – Liberians in Maryland County have called for a change in the country’s election’s date, saying that the...
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/ 4 years agoLofa County: Liberians Crave Massive Electoral Reforms
Voinjama City – Residents of Voinjama have expressed their support for major reforms of Liberia’s current electoral laws, stressing disapproval for...
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/ 4 years agoHead of Disabled Community in Grand Bassa Wants Fewer Political Parties
BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa – The head of the Grand Bassa chapter of the Christian Association of the Blind, Robert Kpadoe, is...
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/ 4 years agoRights Activist Wants Constituted Institution for Civic Voter Education in Liberia
“So, if civic education is legally assigned to a state institution, that alone will make NEC to always be focused on...
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/ 4 years agoIllicit Mining Intensifies in Bong County
Bong County – Alleged illicit miners, who are suspected to be Ghanian operating in Gou and surrounding towns in Meinquelleh Clan...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Citizens Request Change Of Elections Timeline
Zwedru – Liberians in Grand Gedeh County have made a resounding request for the change of the country’s elections date and...
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/ 4 years agoLack of Safe Drinking Water Exposes Belle Yellah Residents To Health Risks
Belle Yallah – Residents of Belle Yellah Town in Belle District, Gbarpolu County about 78 Kilometers away from Bopolu City say...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu Women Debate Impact of Holding Elections During Rainy Season
BOPOLU, Gbarpolu – Some women leaders of Gbarpolu have identified key provisions in the constitution for possible amendment to improve future...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu Judge Wants Special Court to Hear Election Disputes
BOPOLU, Gbarpolu – Ahead of the 2020 senatorial elections, the stipendiary magistrate of the Bopolu City Magisterial Court, Augustine Tokpa, has...
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/ 4 years agoFEJAL Trains Female Journalists to Report on Electoral Reforms
BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa – As part of the Internews Citizens in Liberia Engaged to Advance Electoral Reform project, the Female Journalist...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Kru County: Market Women Call for Tenure Reform
Barclayville – Market women in Grand Kru are calling for several electoral reforms including the change of Election Day and the...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Woman, 45, Arrested With Over US$120,000 Worth of Narcotics
Grand Gedeh County – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency LDEA has arrested a huge quantity of narcotics substances, which they have...
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/ 4 years agoHarsh Condition Forces Physically Challenged Out Of College, Turns To Shoe Repairing
Buchanan – The coordinator of the disabled community in Grand Bassa County says the “many challenges” they are enduring is making...
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/ 4 years agoFEJAL Trains 7 Female Journalists on Electoral Reform
Buchanan – The Female Journalist Association of Liberia ( FEJAL) on Thursday, April 11, 2019, concluded a three-day media training for...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Teachers Express Diverse Views On Tenure of Elected Leaders
Gbarpolu County – Some teachers of Gbarpolu County have expressed cogent differing views on the tenures of elected officials in Liberia....
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Women Groups Want 15 Electoral Constituencies
Zwedru – In the 54th Legislature, out of a total of 73 members of the House, the number of female representatives...
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/ 4 years agoBomi County: Prospective Graduates of Community College Furious About Delay of Ceremony
Tubmanburg –Tension is said to be building up between prospective graduates of the Bomi County College and the institution’s administration over...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Bassa County: Two Groups Collaborate To Cultivate 100 Acres Cassava Farm
Buchanan – Janjay Village of Hope in collaboration with Voice of Truth has begun a 100 acre of land cassava farm...
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/ 4 years agoIn Grand Cape Mount, Citizens Want Qualifications for Elected Positions Amended
SINJE, Grand Cape Mount – Citizens in Grand Cape Mount are calling for an amendment in the legal requirements for elected...
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/ 4 years agoRiver Cess Citizens Want Changes in Laws to Improve Future Elections
YARPAH TOWN, River Cess – Citizens in River Cess have called for changes in the country’s electoral laws in order to...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: More Than 20 Schools Lack Safe Drinking Water in Belle District
Gbarpolu County – The Belle District Education Officer (DEO) Mr. Latta V. Bemah says the lack of safe drinking water on...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County To Get 100 Beds Hospital Soon
Gbarpolu County – The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Liberia, Dr. Francis Ketah on Thursday, March 28, led a delegation from...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Over 3,000 People Get National ID Card
Grand Gedeh County – The Coordinator of the National Identification Registry for Grand Gedeh County Mr. Abraham Tarr Vlah Kreku says...
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/ 4 years agoDeputy Speaker Says House Committed To Supporting Elections Reform
Monrovia – The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has assured that the body is committed to the passage of...
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/ 4 years agoInternews Holds Electoral Reform Reporting Training For Journalists In Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties
Ganta, Nimba County – Fifteen community radio journalists from Bong, Lofa, and Nimba Counties are currently attending electoral reform training in...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Maternal Waiting Home Easing Pregnant Women Worries
Gbarpolu – Several pregnant women seeking prenatal care at the only maternal and child health in Bokomu District, Gbarpolu County have...
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/ 4 years agoBong County: NGO Trains Physically Challenged Persons In Business Skills
Gbarnga – In an effort to empower people living with disabilities, AIFO-Liberia has concluded a weeklong inclusive social business training for...
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/ 4 years agoSoutheastern Liberia: Bridge Connecting River Gee and Grand Kru Counties Crumbling
River Gee County – Liberians in River Gee and Grand Kru Counties have intensified their appeals to the government to rehabilitate...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Six Illicit Miners Arrested For Polluting Drinking Creek
Gbarpolu – Police in Gbarpolu County have arrested six persons for violating “the Town Order” of Belle Yeaallah Town after they...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County: Boy, 17, Dies at Sand Mine
Grand Gedeh County – A 17-year-old boy was buried under a pile of sand in Pokor Town, Grand Gedeh County, where...
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/ 4 years agoGrand Gedeh County Prepares For Pres. Weah’s Visit
Zwedru – People of Grand County are gearing up to give President George Weah a colorful welcome when he visits the...
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/ 4 years agoGbarpolu County: Town Seeking Answer After Dismissal of More Than Me Principle Accused of Sexual Assault
Gbarpolu County – Some concern citizens and members of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of Bomboma town are seeking answers from...