Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate Kofi Annan is Dead at the age of 80, a statement from the Kofi Annan Foundation has said. Kofi Atta Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. Born
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U.S. Ambassador Christine Elder today swore-in 44 two-year Peace Corps Volunteers who will be placed at government high schools in the 15 counties of Liberia. The Peace Corps and Liberia’s Ministry of Education are working collaboratively to coordinate activities which will improve the lives of students in the country. Also present at the swearing-in ceremony was President George Manneh Weah
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The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. is urging Liberians home and abroad to access the government’s information network. Minister Kruah said everyone can now access the National ePortal via http://www.eLiberia.govl.lr which provides a one-stop shop that facilitates access to government information and e-services. The minister spoke Thursday, August 16, 2018 at a CIO Council Workshop
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For more than five years, there have been increasing calls for the division of Nimba County. The county has been the subject of intense power struggle (bickering, squabbling), since the end of the 2017 Presidential and General elections. The campaign for the division of the county has been allegedly masterminded by some influential people (politicians) in the county. The situation
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Two persons have completed the nomination and registration procedures to contest the LFA Presidential election selected for September 8. The two according to the LFA Secretariat of the Liberia Football Association are former Liberia Football Association 1st Vice President Musa H. Shannon and LISCR FC President Mustapha I. Raji. They two are been scrutinize by the Elections Committee to determine
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A local group under the banner “Harbel Super Market Money Exchangers” have decried the alleged failure of the Leadership of Margibi County to settle a US$10,000 debt it reportedly borrowed from them during the 2017/2018 National County Meet. The Harbel Super Market Money Exchangers speaking to newsmen at the seat of the County Superintendent (Kakata Administrative building) where they have
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It is a rarity in Africa for sitting Presidents to bring opposition parties around one table in six months of leadership in the cause of unity, reconciliation and political open-mindedness; welcomed their inputs in the governance process for sustained national development and cohesion. But Liberian President George Manneh Weah’s one-day forum with the country’s opposition leaders is a long step
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