Four top-notch Liberian journalists have made key recommendations aimed at helping to avert potential threats of terrorism and violent extremism in the Mano River Union countries of Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and the Ivory Coast. The journalists are the Press Union of Liberia’s presidential hopeful, Julius K. Kanubah, News Public Trust Publisher, Frank Sainworla, Internews…
— Shun global body’s decision to embrace homosexuality, say the UMC of Liberia is not a Gay Church The United Methodist Church in Liberia has made its stance clear on the controversial decision taken by the United Methodist Conference in the United States to embrace homosexual practice within the church. Samuel J. Quire, Bishop of…
“I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help”. Psalm 121:1 It is with profound sorrow that the Wento, Nyeswah, Cheaye, Dennis and Bannerman families announce the untimely death of Mr. Macdonald A. Wento, our beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, cousin, son-in-law, and friend. This sad event occurred on…
February 8, 2006, David Crane, chief prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone appeared before the Subcommittee on Africa Global Human Rights and International Operations, a committee of the International Relations, United States House of Representatives. Crane asked Congress to push Nigeria to surrender former Liberian exiled President Charles Taylor to the Special Court…
Last week, I read the 12th edition of the UN E-Government Survey which was published in 2022. That report ranked Liberia at 177 of out 193 countries that were surveyed. The Survey measures e-government effectiveness in the delivery of public services and tracks progress of e-government development via the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI)….
The Minister of Agriculture Dr. J. Alexander Nuetah has started the second leg of his nationwide tour, encouraging smallholder farmers to work harder to expand production. The second leg of the tour comes barely a few days after the launch of the Liberia Feed Yourself Agenda, also known as the National Agricultural Development Plan (NADP),…
Deep in Nimba County, Liberia, amidst sprawling fields of peanuts and vegetables, Ezekiel Sayetee isn’t your average farmer. The man they call the “groundnut giant” is tired of the traditional tools of the trade. Cutlasses and hoes are relics of the past for Sayetee, whose ambitions extend far beyond the limitations of manual labor. Sayetee…
[SALUTATIONS; ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED] As someone who loves this country with every fiber of my being, I feel very honored and privileged to address you today. When I think of Liberia’s birth as a nation, I often picture fists of all shapes and sizes raised in the air [like this]. Because our declaration of independence…
As Liberians, we take immense pride in our history and the potential of our nation. Yet, there is a pressing need to reassess some of our core values and attitudes. Despite our desire for progress and prosperity, we often find ourselves grappling with contradictions between our ambitions and our actions. The Paradox of Work and…
