Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

AFTER SUCCESSFUL PEACE KEEPING MISSION IN MAL I Monrovia, Liberia – President George Weah, on Saturday, December 23, 202,3 honored men and women of the Armed Forces of Liberia for a successful end of UN Multidimensional Integration Stabilization Mission in the West African Nation of Mali. The Armed Forces of Liberia were given full participation rights in the peacekeeping missions in Mali in June 2013 by the Liberian government, acting through the National Legislature, under the auspices of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), formerly known as the African-Led International Support Mission to Mali. The AFL…

Monrovia, Liberia – Following the death of at least 118 people and several more injuries and missing as a result of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake in China, President George Manneh Weah issued a condolence message to Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China. Tuesday, December 19, 2023, in the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai of the People’s Republic of China, saw an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 that caused the death and injuries. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, President George Manneh Weah expressed his sincere condolences to President Xi Jinping of China, on behalf of the…

VOWS TO MAKE AUDIT REPORT PUBLIC Monrovia, Liberia – Joseph N. Boakai, the president-elect of the Republic of Liberia, has announced to the world that his administration will conduct an audit of the George Manneh Weah-led outgoing government and make the audit reports available to the public. Speaking on the Voice of America (VOA) show in America, Amb. Boakai stated on Thursday, December 21, 2023, that the audit’s goals are to enlighten Liberians about the CDC government’s stewardship and guarantee that the incoming administration will run the nation responsibly. The system would be audited by reliable organisations and foreign partners,…

INCLUDING FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER, BROWNIE SAMUKAI Monrovia, Liberia – President George Weah has granted executive pardons to a total of one hundred and one criminals who were housed in different prisons throughout the nation. The President may remit any public forfeitures and penalties, suspend any fines and sentences, grant reprieves and pardons, and restore civil rights after conviction for all public offences, except impeachment, according to Article 59 of the 1986 Liberian Constitution. According to a press release from the Ministry of Information on Thursday, December 21, 2023, the Attorney General, Cllr. Frank Musah Dean, has been instructed by the…

Monrovia, Liberia – The 12th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards 2023 have recognised Liberia’s President, George Manne Weah, the former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, and President William Ruto of Kenya, after the two-stage selection procedure that comprised an online voting poll that closed on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at midnight (CAT) and a request for nominations. Results from the online poll, which drew votes from all over the world and Africa, led to a 29% increase in the number of votes cast in the 2023 edition of the poll, helped the three winners win the titles…

AS SUPREME COURT WITH HOLD BILL OF INFORMATION FILED BY TEAM JULIUS KANUBAH Monrovia, Liberia – In the 2022 Press Union of Liberia Elections conducted in Gbarnga, Bong County, Team Julius Kanubah filed a Bill of Information, which the Supreme Court of Liberia withheld. The Court observed that the Bill of Information in this case was false because Chambers Justice Joseph Nagbe erred in declining to grant a Remedial Writ and instead issued an order that affected the ruling of the Lower Court. In order to stop a judge or other judicial official from trying to carry out the High…

REGISTERING NEW SUPPORT FOR ENDING ISRAEL-GAZA WAR, AS LIBERIA REFUSES ITS FIRST NEGATIVE VOTE AT UNGA Monrovia, Liberia – Assuring the reversal of its negative vote through the proper channels at the UNGA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia claims to have registered a new vote in favour of an Israel-Gaza war truce. Reversing a recent vote by the Liberian diplomat that supported the United States’ support for the continuation of the war in Gaza was President Weah’s directive to Foreign Affairs Minister Maxwell Kemayah. In an official statement released on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, in Monrovia, the government…

Monrovia, Liberia – Following final argument in the Gloria Musu-scott murder trial, eleven men of the twelve man panel jurors have handed down a guilty verdict against Cllr. Gloria Musu-scott on today, December 21,2023. During the final argument, prosecution elaborated that a guilty verdict should be handed down against the defendants for the crimes of murder, criminal conspiracy, and giving false information to law enforcement officials. Prosecution maintained that Charloe Musu was murdered by co-defendant Scott’s and other but tried to seal their crimes. The defence attorneys presented their case, arguing that since the defendants had been falsely accused, they…

AFTERATTEMPING TO EXPOS FGM PRATITIONERS. Monrovia, Liberia – Oumaru D. Jabateh, a resident of the Gardnersville Kesselly Boulevard Community, alerted authorities on Thursday, December 21, 2023, to a purported threat of death made against him by female general mutilation practitioners. He claimed that people from indigenous communities who are thought to be performing female genital mutilation (FGM) are pursuing him because he pledged to expose them in a letter to the United States Embassy, the Liberia National Police, and the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR). “I am writing to inform you on this date, November 17, 2023, regarding…

Monrovia, Liberia – The United Nations High Commission on Refugees through the UN Resident Coordinator to Liberia, Madam Christine Umutoni has donated several assorted items to the Liberian government’s largest referral health center, JFK Memorial Hospital and the Monrovia Central Prison. The entire team of the UN Refugee Agency, accompanied by the UN RC Madam Umutoni visited both the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital and the Monrovia Central Prison on Thursday, December 21, 2023 in Monrovia to exercise goodwill. Items donated to the health facility include, 700 pieces of thermal (fleece) blankets, 200 pieces of heavy duty plastic bucket, 3,500…