Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

SENDS DEFENDANT TO COURT Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The fatalities and injuries of Unity Party members and sympathizers at its headquarters have been referred to as a massacre by the Liberia National Police (LNP). The LNP referred to the recent horrific incident at the Unity Party Headquarters, which left three people dead and twenty-five injured, as a massacre. Police investigations claimed that financial or psychological rewards were the driving force behind suspect Lawrence Williams’s actions. Following a police investigation, it was discovered that defendant Williams had deliberately, maliciously, and purposely caused the deaths of three persons and critically injured twenty-two others.…

TO WORK HARD AND PROTECT THEIR VOTES Monrovia, Liberia – In light of government officials’ unwillingness to exert the necessary pressure on Liberians and the Coalition for Democratic Change’s lack of commitment to the electoral process, which ultimately led to their own defeat before the election, President George Weah informed the public that he conceded defeat to Joseph Boakai, the Unity Party’s president-elect. The CDC lost the 2023 presidential election, according to President Weah, who made this admission in front of a sizable crowd at his Forkayklon Church on Sunday, November 26, 2023, in Payneville. He claimed this was because…

128th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TUBMAN Monrovia, Liberia – President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared Wednesday, November 29, 2023 as the 128th Birth Anniversary of the late William V.S. Tubman, the 18TH President of the Republic of Liberia, and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday. The Proclamation stipulated that on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, from six o’clock ante meridian to six o’clock post meridian, all government ministries and agencies, businesses, and marketplaces must close. The observance honours President Tubman’s significant and fruitful contributions to Liberia, including his Open Door Policy, the Integration…

SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN Capitol Hill, Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has sent a condolence message to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, following the death of Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady of the United States of America. She died on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at the age of ninety-six (96). In a statement from the Foreign Ministry, President George Manneh Weah expressed his sincere condolences to US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the government and people of the United States of America, and the bereaved family in particular, for…

THROUGH SIXTEEN NGO’S UNDER UNDP SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM IN LIBERIA Mornrovia, Liberia – In order to help women’s and youth groups, women’s groups, international water protection, waste management, mitigation of climate change, biodiversity, and the restoration of degraded land, the UNDP Small Grant Programme was implemented in Liberia. Speaking to a group of media representatives, Samuel Boakai, the project manager for the UNDP SGP in Liberia, stated that sixteen non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations in Bong, Montserrado, Nimba, Grand Cape Mount, and Bomi Counties had benefited directly from the grant given to projects that protected the country’s mangroves and other…

ANNOUNCES NEW CURFEW TIME Freetown, Sierra Leone – What was referred to as an attempted coup in Sierra Lone is over. The nighttime curfew in Sierra Leone, which was enforced when armed men released prisoners, has been lifted. According to the communications minister of the West African country, detainees from several major prisons were released on Sunday morning, November 26, 2023. According to Chernor A. Bah, Sierra Leone’s Head of Information, most of the attack’s leaders, according to President Julius Maada Bio, had been taken into custody. He called the incidents a “breach of security” and an assault on democracy in…

Monrovia, Liberia – Sportswriter Fabrizio Romano has revealed that several European teams are interested in Divine Teah, a gifted midfielder from Liberia who was born in 2006. According to him, Belgium’s Gent, AC Milan, Sporting Lisbon, and Bayer Leverkusen are all keeping a close eye on the midfielder. Teah, was recently included in The Guardian’s top 60 talents of Next Generation for 2023. However, the 17-year-old has signed a pre-contract agreement with Swedish outfit Hammarby FC awaiting his 18-year birthday celebration to move permanently. The Nimba FC attacker has several caps with the National Soccer team of Liberia, Lone Star.…

AS HE NAMED HIS TRANSITION TEAM Monrovia, Liberia – President Elect Joseph Nyumah Boakai, as part of his meeting with President George Manneh Weah at the Executive Mansion on November 24, 2023, at the first joint presidential transitional team meeting, promised to work with the Weah team in the smooth transition of power. Amb. Boakai praised Mr. Weah for his ability to accept defeat and demonstrate democratic showmanship. Before the 2023 presidential race, Boakai, who has long advocated for accountability, pledged to audit the Weah and Ellen administrations. The first encounter between President Weah and President-elect Boakai is the first…

PRAISES PRESIDENT WEAH FOR CONCEDING DEFEAT Monrovia, Liberia – The University Lecturers for Boakai’s Election (ULBE) has congratulated President-elect Amb. Joseph Nyuma Boakai and Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung on their victories in the presidential election that took place on November 14, 2023. A well-known professional organisation in Liberia, University Lecturers for Boakai’s Election (ULBE) brings together doctors of medicine, PhD holders, attorneys, data scientists, bankers, educators, and more. Dr. Isaac P. Podah, the group’s president, stated during a press conference over the weekend that some of the contributing factors that led to the fall of the CDC-led government were…

AS 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE BEGINS Capitol Hill, Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has declared Saturday, November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and December 10, the International Human Rights Day, and is to be observed throughout Liberia as Working Holidays.        The Proclamation noted that the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, being cognizant of the dates of International Day of Violence Against Women, International Human Rights Day, International Human Rights Defenders Day, World AIDS Day, International Day of Disabled Persons and the Anniversary of Montreal Massacre has agreed to jointly observe these occasions, through…