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All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, just back from the 13th Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, held in Sirte, Libya, says the decision to transform the Organization into an Authority does not take away the sovereignty of member states. The Authority, the Liberian President said, would be an intergovernmental organization working to achieve a common African objective....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Continental leaders gathered at the 13th African Union Summit on Friday took a decision to transform the African Union Commission into a new African Union Authority.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 43 minutes ago
A clinical trial is being launched in three African countries of a drug that could eliminate onchocerciasis, or river blindness, one of the leading infectious causes of blindness across Africa. The drug, moxidectin, is being investigated for its potential to kill or sterilize the adult worms of Onchocerca volvulus, which cause onchocerciasis.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 70, should be barred from holding public office for 30 years for abetting atrocities committed by one of Liberia's armed rebels, according to Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
This research was undertaken in eight countries that are currently experiencing or have experienced armed conflict or other situations of armed violence. The aim was to develop a better understanding of people’s needs and expectations, to gather views and opinions, and to give a voice to those who have been adversely affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. The eight country...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia has finally concluded public hearings and submitted a report of its works with recommendations.
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
[JURIST] Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named include ex-president Charles Taylor, now on trial at The Hague, and Prince Y. Johnson, a senator elected in 2005. The commission made the recommendation in a new report detailing atrocities committed during...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Liberia National Police have been accused by a local church of being in cahoots with alleged robbers who reportedly robbed the church of over US14, 000.00
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
John Morlu came to the position of Auditor General of Liberia with clean records and credentials having won the admiration of the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with the backing from the international community.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Reacting to public outcries relative to the reticence of the Liberian Government on the detention of Sekou Conneh in Guinea, former leader of one of the warring factions in Liberia, Information Minister Dr. Laurence Bropleh has set the record straight, saying that the detained Conneh is being treated as Guinean national and not a Liberian citizen.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
An executive of the New Deal Movement, Professor Alaric K. Tokpa is suggesting and appealing to the National Legislature, Liberia’s lawmaking boy, to consider making ‘Torture’ a crime in Liberia.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
After failing on two occasions to pass the much-talked about and somehow controversial Threshold Bill, the Liberian Senate yesterday concurred with the House of Representatives to pass the bill, but with modification and condition that no county get not less than two seats.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
This paper has reliably learned that the President of the LIVING Faith Church Worldwide, commonly known as the Winners Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo will make an apostolic visit to Liberia from July 20-22, 2009.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
As The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has come to the end of its mandate and made its report to the National Legislature, the Chairman on Reconciliation at the House of Representative, Representative Wesseh Blamoh of Grand Kru County has said the country is still far from achieving total reconciliation.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Liberian educational system is said to be suffering from the shock of the decade-long civil war, an official of the Ministry of Education has said in Monrovia.
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