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Liberia: Disagreements Mar Launch of Anti-Rape Campaign

[New Republic]The launch of Liberia's 2013 anti-rape campaign went ahead Wednesday in grand style but without the expression of disagreements on how to proceed with dealing with the problem and its cause.

Liberia FA president handed six-month ban

(Reuters) - The president of Liberia's football association, Musa Bility, has been banned from all soccer activities for six months for using confidential Confederation of African Football (CAF) documents without permission, CAF announced on Thursday. The documents were executive committee minutes, but no further details of the decision were provided by CAF's disciplinary committee. A $10,000 ...

Soccer-Liberia FA president handed six-month ban

May 3 (Reuters) - The president of Liberia's football association, Musa Bility, has been banned from all soccer activities for six months for using confidential Confederation of African Football (CAF) documents without permission, CAF announced on Thursday. The documents were executive committee minutes, but no further details of the decision were provided by CAF's disciplinary committee. A $10 ...

Liberia: U.S Ambassador Calls for a 'Mature Media Environment'

[New Democrat]Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day celebration slated to take place tomorrow in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Deborac Marlac, United States Ambassador to Liberia at a press conference yesterday where she announced her pending visit to the US, said that though the media has some lapses, she expects to see an "evermore mature media environment in Liberia."

Liberia: Embracing the U.S-Liberia Partnership Dialogue

[Heritage]On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Ambassador of the United States of America accredited to Liberia, Madam Deborah Malac, disclosed that the US-Liberia Partnership Dialogue will open on May 7, 2013 in the United States.

Liberia: Land Commission Chairman Speaks On Draft of the First Land Rights Policy for Liberia

[Heritage]On the latest version of the Liberia Media for Democratic Initiatives (LMDI) outdoor public interactive forum, "THE DIALOGUE", Land Commission Chairman, Dr. Cecil T. O. Brandy, has said the draft of the first Land Rights Policy for Liberia seeks to define proper land ownership in the Country.

Sarama Resources Secures New Exploration Licence in Liberia

Sarama Resources Secures New Exploration Licence in Liberia

Liberia: Executive Submits Draft Budget to Legislature

[New Dawn]The Executive Branch of Government through the Ministry of Finance has submitted the 2013/14 draft national budget to both the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate.

Liberia: Tribal Governors Want Liberian Cultural Identity

[New Dawn]Tribal Governors in Liberia have reaffirmed their unflinching and continuous Support for Cultural activities in the country as a way of maintaining the Liberian culture. The Tribal governors sounded the reaffirmation at the one-day seminar held in Monrovia under the auspices of the National Campaign for Cultural Identity.

Liberia: Moses Blah Goes Home

[New Dawn]The body of former President Moses Z. Blah has been laid in state at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia under full military escort from the Samuel A. Striker Funeral Parlors on 24th Street, Sinkor.

Liberia: Liberia Honors Mbeki - Former South African President Named 'Chief Tamba Taylor'

[FrontPageAfrica]Visiting former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki was Tuesday gowned and honored by the Traditional Council of Liberia.

Liberia: United States Govt. 'Comfortable' With Liberia's Security, Development of New Army

[FrontPageAfrica]With the current drawdown of peacekeeping forces of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), the United States Ambassador accredited near Monrovia Deborah Malac says she is pleased with the process that led to the restructuring of Liberia's new army, the Armed Forces of Liberia.

Liberia: Mbeki Receives National Honor

[New Dawn]Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has been gowned by the Government of Liberia and the traditional council in Liberia.

Liberia: Liberia's FOI Law Faces First Legal Test - As CEMESP Takes LACC to Court

[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia- The Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) has filed a writ of Mandamus with the Supreme Court to compel the Independent Information Commission to conduct a hearing on its complaint against the Liberia Anti Corruption Commission (LACC) for denying the release of asset declaration information.

Liberia: Fixing a Corrupt Judiciary - Chief Justice Korpkor Finally Seated, Vows Changes

[FrontPageAfrica]Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor has finally taken seat as head of the Judiciary seven months after serving as acting Chief Justice Interim of the Supreme Court with a vow to make meaningful changes in the Judiciary.