Liberia News Journal

Liberia: Assets Declaration Ignored

[NEWS]The latest assets declaration report released by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) on the verification of public officials' assets has exposed several officials who allegedly refused to allow their assets [already declared] to be verified by the LACC.

Liberia: Gunmen Target Local Oil Installation

[Magharebia]Tripoli -An armed group on Monday (May 20th) struck the Mellitah oil and gas complex west of Tripoli, wounding at least two guards.

Liberia: Doubts Over Oil Discovery in Liberia - Did African Petroleum Stretch the Truth?

[FrontPageAfrica]Shares in Frank Timis' African Petroleum (AP) have fallen 90 percent over the past 12 months and reports of an alleged investigation by the National Stock Exchange of Australiaamidst claims of stocks dumping by senior AP executives have made international headlines.

Liberia: Doubts Over Oil Discovery - Was the Truth Stretched?

Liberia: Defaults in Labor Law, Decent Work Bill

[New Dawn]Defects in both the current Labour Law and Draft Decent Work Bill 2010 have been discovered, with a call for action to bring Liberia in harmony with international standards and the practice on child labour.

Liberia: Audits, Verifications Without Prosecution a Waste of Liberia's Taxpayers' Money

[FrontPageAfrica]THE LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission released its Verification report Tuesday in which it is purported that some officials of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government misrepresented the facts and lied in their declaration of assets.

Liberia: University of Liberia Graduates Over 500 Without Visitor or Keynote Speaker

[FrontPageAfrica]Less than 500 students have gotten their Degrees in various disciplines from the state University.

Liberia: President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia, Ticad V in Japan, and Forbes Philanthropy Event ...

[Liberia Govt]President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departed the country on Wednesday, May 22, for intergovernmental engagements in Ethiopia and Japan, and a philanthropy event sponsored by Forbes Magazine, in the United States.

Liberia: Officials Declared False Assets

[New Dawn]The Liberia Anti Corruption Commission or LACC has released the names of several government officials who lied about their wealth when they declared their assets.

Liberia: What A Friend We Have in Jesus!

[Analyst]"WHAT A FRIEND We Have in Jesus," is the title of an old Christian spiritual. It goes to say that all who toiled, and are heavily laden, should take their burdens, pains, and sorrows "to the Lord in prayers" because He knows "our every weakness". This is a song found in many old Christian hymnals; it might not match contemporary spirituals in the recognition God as the Creator before ...

Liberia: Grand Gedeans Plan Mass Demonstration - to Demand Trial of Detained Kinsmen

[New Republic]Several bullets disgorged from the nozzles of rustic guns near an Ivorian border town close to Liberia and the casualties were seven peace-keepers of the Nigerien Contingent of the United Nations Observatory Mission in Ivory Coast along with four Ivorian citizens, thus igniting a terrifying pugilistic-like cataclysm between Ivory Coast and Liberia, which took mature diplomatic ...

Liberia: Press Union Lifts News Blackout on Presidency

[FrontPageAfrica]The Press Union of Liberia has lifted the blackout it imposed on the Liberian Presidency on May 9, 2013. The PUL reached the decision on Tuesday following a meeting of its members at the union's headquarters.

Liberia: Govt Publishes Landmark Resource Audit, but Needs to Address Findings

[Global Witness]Publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, said campaigning watchdog Global Witness today.

Liberia: Govt Urged to Address Findings in Landmark Resource Audit