Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Capital Hill, Monrovia – The Bea Mountain Amended Mineral Development Agreement with Liberia has been ratified, with the support of both the Liberian Senate and the House of Representatives. It comes after the Liberian Senate earlier approved the contract. Following the joint committee report on Thursday, September 7, 2023, the House of Representatives voted in favour of the Amended MDA, granting Bea Mountain an additional 25 years to operate in Liberia, according to the House Press and Public Affairs. BMC will invest an additional US$520 million over the course of the modified 25-year contract. According to the Committee’s findings, the…

Sinkor, Monrovia – The Joint Security has expressed concerns that the lack of Political Parties to submit campaign schedules is a concern to the organisation during the ongoing electioneering season. Party leaders are allegedly failing to submit their campaign schedules throughout the electioneering period, according to the Joint Security Media Relations Team of Liberia. Maude Somah, the director of press and public relations officer at the Ministry of Justice, revealed at a press conference in Monrovia on Thursday, September 7, 2023, that the joint security team has not yet received the campaign schedules of other political parties, with the exception…

Monrovia, Liberia – Thousands of members and supporters of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) flooded the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Monrovia. Numerous party leaders, lawmakers, and high-ranking government officials lead various groups of supporters to the ATS. Partisans and sympathisers of the party matched from their homes on Bushrod Island, Somalia Drive, Barnesville, Brewerville and central Monrovia on Thursday, September 7 to the ATS to take part in the programme. Wearing red, white and blue berets and t-shirts, they shouted chants ”Da Weah we want, 12 Years loading” among others. President Weah noted during the launch that the…

AFTER THREE WEEKS CHINESE GOV’T SPONSER TRAINING Monrovia, Liberia – Through its embassy in Monrovia and with assistance from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the People’s Republic of China culminated a three-week seminar for senior scholars and members of the Liberian media in Beijing. Media executives, reporters, and senior scholars from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the training that got underway on August 15, 2023. The training included lessons on media literacy in the information age, media literacy and e-government in the information age, new literacy in the internet age and how to combat fake news, constructive journalism…

HE IS CHEATED IN OCTOBER 2023 ELECTIONS Monrovia, Liberia – Yekeh Kolubah, a representative for Montserrado County District 10, has threatened to go back to the bush if he is cheated in the upcoming presidential and legislative elections on October 10, 2023. The District Ten Lawmaker stated during a news conference on Friday, September 1, 2023, in Monrovia that the CDC-led government intends to rig the elections in his District. Based on his critical stance against the CDC government, Representative Kolubah said that the entire government is opposed to his bid for reelection in the District. He claimed that a…

Africa Climate Week is an opportunity to lobby for divestment in the biggest drivers of climate change, says ActionAid International Monrovia, Liberia, Release – As governments, multilateral organizations, private sector players, and civil society from across Africa converge in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 2023 Africa Climate Week and the Africa Climate Summit, ActionAid says leaders must focus on the urgent need to divest from fossil fuels and industrial agriculture, the biggest drivers of climate change. “As African leaders and policymakers deliberate in Nairobi, they must focus on increasing support for investments in real climate solutions such as renewable energy and…

Monrovia, Liberia- President George Weah has express deepest condolences to the families of three members of the auxiliary group of the Coalition for Democratic Change under the banner; ” Girls for Weah” who lost their lives on August 22, 2023, in Bong County due to a tragic motor accident. According to report, the Girls for Weah team was on the campaign train when three of its members met their untimely deaths when a truck collided with the vehicle on the Gbanga highway. Addressing the gathering during the mourning ceremony on Wednesday August 23, 2023 at the Headquarters of the Coalition…

Kamara, Bong County- An auxiliary group of the Coalition for Democratic Change under the banner; Daughters of Weah on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 was involved in a fatal motor accident that led to the death of three of it’s supporters , and three others injured along the Kakata – Gbarnga highway. According to reports, the six passengers were onboard a commercial vehicle where all “Daughters of Weah,” a political group established in support of President George Weah’s re-election bid. The incident occured when a truck traveling from Monrovia allegedly collided with a taxi transporting the Daughters of Weah towards Bong…

Okay District, Bomi County- Some citizens of Bomi County on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 boo at President George Weah for asking them to re-elect incumbent Senator Morris Saytumah; who they term as a complete failure. At one of his rallies in Klay District in the Western region of the country, President weah pleaded with citizens of Bomi to support Sen. Saytumah, based on the mutual friendship and political cooperation with his Government. In a defiant posture, the electorates continued their booing of the incumbent senator with some maintained that their gathering was only to show support to President Weah. Though…