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West Africa
Nigerian-Liberian lawyer in a fight for his career in Liberia
Nigerian-Liberian lawyer, Councillor, Ndubuisi A. Nwabudike is in a fight of his life to save his career after his expulsion by the Liberian Bar Association over Liberian citizenship status.Cllr. Nwabudike had recently been confirmated by the Liberian Senate as...
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Fmr Liberian security forces commander under Charles Taylor deported from US
A member of former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s security forces has been deported from the United States back to Liberia, US immigration enforcement officials said.Alexander Mentol Zinnah, 56, had been living in Minnesota. Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs...
West Africa
Liberian minister tests positive to covid-19
Liberia’s Justice minister, Mr. Frank Musah Dean has tested positive for coronavirus, days after the death of Mr. Marcus Soko, head of the Drug Enforcement Agency according to Liberian tabloid FrontPage Africa.The minister who spoke on phone from hospital...
West Africa
Battle hardened after Ebola, Liberian doctors have head start on covid-19 outbreak
Liberians remember Jerry Brown, the doctor leading the country's coronavirus response team, for his fearlessness during the Ebola crisis in the West African state.When the virus was poorly understood, and an infection tantamount to a death sentence, Brown risked...
West Africa
Liberia high Covid-19 death rate raises concern
Liberia has recorded the highest COVID 19 death rate in the West African sub-region and beyond so far on the continent, raising concern amidst predictions by UNECA.Forcing American citizens in the country to bombard the US Embassy near Monrovia...
West Africa
Liberia deploy riot police against angry hawkers
Riot police have been deployed in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, to maintain order as thousands of angry roadside sellers took to the streets to protest the demolition of their stalls.The demolition was part of government’s measures to discourage gatherings in...
West Africa
Liberia government official arrives from Swiss with coronavirus
A Liberian government official, Nathaniel Blama returning from Switzerland has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the country’s first confirmed case.Nathaniel Blama, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, tested positive on Monday morning. He returned from Switzerland on Friday.The...
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Liberian national named as deputy managing director at IMF
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday nominated former IMF official Antoinette Sayeh to become a deputy managing director at the Fund.Sayeh, a Liberian national, was director of the IMF’s African Department between 2008 and 2016. She...
West Africa
Liberia groan under month long biting fuel shortage
Liberia is marking one month since a chronic petrol shortage hit the country, the streets are generally deserted - petrol stations are the only busy places and some crammed with vehicles waiting in the hope that some fuel may...
West Africa
Liberia’s Council of Patriots leader Henry Costa arrested in Sierra Leone
Mr. Henry Costa, leader of Liberia Council of Patriots (COP) which organized mass protest against government of George Weah early this month, has been arrested in Freetwon, Sierra Leone.Information on how he was arrested is still scanty, however according...
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President Museveni declared winner of Uganda election
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote rigging by his main...