Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Barely 14 days to the official kick-off of the Africa Zone three handball championship in the Ivory Coast, there have been no positive developments from the Liberia National Handball Association (LNHA) regarding the participation of team Liberia. The championship according to plan will kick off on the 3rd to the 9th day of July 2022, with six participants featuring both their under 18 and under 20 male junior teams. The participating countries are Liberia, hosts Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, and Benin. providing an update to our reporter in Monrovia regarding the participation of team Liberia, the President of the Liberia National…

A 31-man Liberia Football Association (LFA) men’s under-17 delegation, which left the Roberts international airport outside Monrovia on 21 June, arrived in Vienna, Austria on 22 June. The team is headed by First Vice President Sekou Konneh and includes executive committee member Ivan Brown. Others are head coach Ansu Keita, deputy coach Rashidi Williams, physical trainer Dominic Savice, goalkeeping coach Chris K. Wesseh, administrative manager Eric Panton, medic Anthony Roberts, equipment manager Alex B. Nelson and sports journalist Michael Solomon of Prime FM. They will begin a weeklong tour of Austria against Austria Wien under-18 at 19:00GMT on 23 June…

Despite difficulties brought on by the Covid 19 outbreak and the internal governance crises of 2018, Liberia has passed the International EITI Board’s validation process. Since January 2022, Liberia has been undergoing validation of its implementation of the New 2019 EITI Standard by the International EITI Secretariat. Liberia’s status was last verified in August 2016. Implementing nations’ capacity to satisfy the standards of the EITI Standard is evaluated through Validation, the EITI’s quality assurance process. The EITI Board found that Liberia had implemented the EITI with a MODERATE overall score (75.5 percent) despite difficulties with its internal administration of the…

Unity Party Standard Bearer and Former Vice President of Liberia Joseph N. Boakai have announced on his official social media page that he is currently in Lofa his home County ahead of the Senatorial By-Election in that part of the country. The Unity Party Political Leader stated that he has conveyed a delegation to Lofa of which he is a part including the Party’s Chairman, other top party officials, supporters, and sympathizers to back their candidate Galakpai Kortimai of the Unity Party in Lofa County Senatorial By-Election that is set to take place on June 28, 2022. “I am in…

President George Manneh Weah has announced Thursday, June 23 as National Public Service Day and a Working Holiday across the country. The Proclamation requests that the pertinent Government Ministries, Agencies, and Bureaus work with the Civil Service Agency to implement appropriate programs appropriate for the event. According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, the Day provides the public service with a forum to highlight best practices and innovation, recognize and honor outstanding public sector efforts, and encourage professionalism and honesty in service delivery. The Proclamation states that Liberia will participate in the celebration of African Public Service Day with…

Discuss Rice Production in Liberia President George Manneh Weah of Liberia met for a whole day with a group from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote cooperation, particularly in the agricultural industry. On Tuesday, the President hosted technicians from the UAE in the Executive Mansion. In attendance were top government officials including Agriculture Minister, Jeannie Cooper, the National Port Authority Managing Director, Bill Twehway, Commerce Minister Mawine Diggs, and Minister of State without Portfolio Troken Kpei. Mr. Abdulla Ibraheem Mohamed Ahmed Alhammadi led the UAE delegation to discuss efficiency in the production of Liberia’s staple food (RICE). After the…

The National Elections Commission (NEC) has informed the public that it has officially received the joint Resolution, LEG-001/2022 for the conduct of the Lofa County Senatorial By-election. According to NEC, the joint resolution, adopted by the Liberian Senate and House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature of the Republic of Liberia, mandates the NEC to conduct the Lofa County Senatorial by-election on Tuesday, 28 June 2022. NEC reports that President George Weah in a letter to the Chairperson of the NEC, Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah, said his approval of the joint resolution is in accordance with Article 35 of the…

Days after joining the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) citizens of Grand Cape Mount County are heavily divided on decisions taken by the county senator Simeon Taylor. According to the citizens, the senator was voted on the basics of sympathy not what he has done for the county in the past. The citizens lamented that Senator Taylor contested for the county higher seat on several occasions but he did not succeed in all efforts exerted by the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), the Alternative National Congress (ANC) made him during the 2020 senatorial Elections. The citizens said the same Coalition for…

In continuation of the strong partnership and collaboration between the United States of America and the Republic of Liberia, the University of Liberia College of Health Sciences (ULCHS), in partnership with the USAID-funded BRIDGE–U: Liberia project, has launched a Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI). CTLI, a public-private academic hub for research utilization, inter-professional training, innovation, and knowledge generation in Liberia will deliver faculty development programming; Camp xSEL, an annual science camp for secondary school students; research on utilizing evidence in the health sciences; the Experiential Learning and Assessment Lab (ELAB), a clinical simulation center at John F. Kennedy…

Top women-led organizations, including Helping Our People Excel (HOPE), CareFound Liberia, and Paramount Young Women’s Initiative (PAYOWI) have craved for an improved girls’ education and more enrollment across the country. The three top civil society organizations formed a partnership for an advocacy campaign titled: “Educate Her” which aim at promoting gender equity and equality in education for girls. The goal is to contribute to the effective implementation of the National Policy on girls’ education (NPGE) with a specific focus on the areas that address the key barriers to girls’ attendance, retention, and completion (GARC) in secondary schools. The Paramount Young…