[New Dawn] Liberia's Minister of Justice and Attorney General Cllr. Frank Musa Dean has instructed Solicitor General Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephus to furnish his (Cllr. Dean's) office with the proper evidence which provides the basis for the prosecution of opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) political leader Mr. Alexander B. Cummings and other defendants.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The arrest of Liberian Sekou Kamara on March 26 in New York did not only add to the number of Liberian warlords booked for lying to U.S Immigration Service in an attempt to hide their horrible past, the latest action of the U.S Government also signal to what extent the Biden administration is willing to go in bringing to book human rights abusers and corrupt officials in Liberia.

[New Dawn] Accountability Lab Liberia, one of the leading anti-corruption bodies in the country has launched the 2022 Honest Public Servants initiative here to award individuals who continue to demonstrate integrity at their various places of work even when no one is watching them.

[New Dawn] An eleven-member delegation representing four Christian Organizations based in Grand Bassa County, Thursday, April 21, made a courtesy call on the Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Cummings, in Monrovia.

[New Dawn] Maryland County -- Ahead of the 2023 elections, the director of the National Identification Registry (NIR) John Tiah Nagbe has begun pre-campaigning in Maryland County, rallying citizens to consider him as one of the best senatorial aspirants for the county in the next elections.

[New Dawn] Abdullah Kiatamba predicts division if runoff is held in 2023

[New Dawn] As Lofa by-election draws near

[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The National Health Workers Union of Liberia (NAHWUL) says the ongoing General Auditing Commission (GAC) payroll audit of health workers is not being conducted in the right way and warned of serious consequences if its members are left out of the process.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Presidential aspirant Counselor Tiawan Gongloe has called on President George Manneh Weah to muster the courage and disclose the source of funding for the barrage of properties accumulated and constructed following his ascendancy to the presidency in for the sake of promoting accountability and transparency and in keeping with the public right to know as enshrined in the Liberian constitution.

[New Dawn] Senator Moyee terms subpoena against Boakai

[New Dawn] The Liberia National Police (LNP) has investigated, charged and forwarded to court, 38 years old Pastor Nelson G. Paye of Boys Town Community, Lower Margibi County with the crimes of trafficking in person, theft of property and forgery.

[New Dawn] Nimba County -- Tension is mounting between two towns in Gbeh-lay-Gweh administrative district, Nimba County following mob violence, leading to the death of one person.

[New Dawn] At long last Dolo Town Health Center in Lower Margibi County has been upgraded to a comprehensive health facility.

[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia says it has won a major Human Trafficking case at Criminal Court "A", Temple of Justice in Monrovia.

[FrontPageAfrica] Suakoko District -- Madam Veronica Lorpu Rennie, a representative hopeful for electoral District 5 has received commendations from Several Citizens of Tumata for the commencement of major bridge construction in the region.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Two airlines operating in Liberia, Air France, and Egypt Air, have been dragged to court on Action of Damages for Wrong and Discrimination by a Liberian legal practitioner, Cllr. Secular Y. Edwards.

[FrontPageAfrica] Robertsfield -- The Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) on Wednesday began a twelve-day Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP). The exercise is being conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with aimed to monitor Liberia as a member's state aviation compliance standard.

[FrontPageAfrica] Reading transforms lives. It opens the door to the entire world of learning. No child will understand a math question unless they can read it. Reading improves language and is fundamental to a child's entire future academic achievement.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A project seeking to reduce societal fragmentations through psychosocial intervention and empowerment of returning migrants and drug users has been launched in Monrovia.

[FrontPageAfrica] We, the Concerned Grand Gedeh Citizens in the Diaspora, read, with deep disappointment and dismay, a press release issued recently by a group calling itself the "United Grand Gedeans for Sustainable Peace and Development." The press statement condemned the petition submitted recently to the President of Liberia, through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, by the Grand Gedeh County Senior Citizens Grievance Committee, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The New Kru Town Association in the Americas (NEKTAA) has identified with families of those who died during a crusade in the Borough of New Kru Town on 19 January 2022.

[FrontPageAfrica] Cotton Tree -- The National Executive Committee of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), one of the collaborating parties of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), has extended its nationwide leadership restructuring process to Margibi County.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Women under the banner, of the Federation of Liberian Women Entrepreneurs (FEBWE) at a one-day dialogue held at the United States Embassy in Monrovia, highlighted the challenges they faced in doing business both in and out of the country.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia has won another landmark Human Trafficking case at the 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County in the case involving 16 persons trafficked to Liberia.

[New Dawn] Following President Weah's call for a second autopsy to be conducted on the remains of 25-year-old Princess Cooper, family of the deceased says they will name a new pathologist in 48 hours to the government here.

[New Dawn] Cummings insists as he takes over CPP by default

[New Dawn] Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon has extolled the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) for its stance in the fight against corruption and efforts aimed at building a culture of transparency, accountability and integrity across all sectors of the country.

[New Dawn] The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) announces that it is collaborating with atelier masōmī's Mariam Issoufou Kamara, Counterspace's Sumayya Vally,and Pan-African Engineering Group's (PAEG) Karen Richards Barnes in the design of a state-of-the-art Presidential Center and Library in Monrovia, Liberia.

[New Dawn] Hours after the Director General of the National Bureau of Concession (NBC) Atty. Edwin N. Dennis dismissed his Deputy Nathaniel Bracewell on Monday, April 18, 2022 President George M. Weah has with immediate effect, suspended Atty. Dennis.

[New Dawn] Keyara's Gift, a local group has disclosed plans to increase the number of beneficiaries on its scholarship from 150 to 500 across eight counties.

[New Dawn] The UN Women in Liberia with support from the Swedish Government has donated five off-road Honda motorbikes to the National Adult Education Association of Liberia (NAEAL).

[New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has directed Justice Minister Cllr. Frank Musah Dean to avail the remains of the late Princess Cooper for the conduct of a second autopsy.

[New Dawn] The national executive committee of the National Teachers Association of Liberia (NTAL) has passed a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Madam Mary Nyumah, as President of the Association.

[New Dawn] By Naneka Hoffman

[New Dawn] The UN Joint Rule of Law Programme in collaboration with the crime units of the Ministries of Justice, Gender, Children and Social Protection and the Health Ministry is conducting a three-day refresher training in Grand Bassa County from April 19 - 21, 2022. The training seeks to enhance the efficiency of specialized courts handling sexual offenses ("Criminal Courts E").

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Montserrado County District # 9 Representative, Frank Saah Foko has told a church congregation in Monrovia that personal assistance from lawmakers directly to individual electorates' personal interests is one of the factors breeding corruption mainly among members of the Liberian legislature.

[FrontPageAfrica] WHEN PRINCESS COOPER'S family issued a statement two weeks ago questioning the Liberia National Police's initial 'No Foul Play' report, they probably preempted what the autopsy report by the Liberian government would suggest.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) has found the Central Agriculture Research Institute of Liberia guilty of illegally dismissing one of its senior staff, Dr. Nyekoi Jomah director of livestock, aquaculture and inland fishery, and denying him his salaries and other benefits since 2019.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Authorities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia have lauded His Excellency President George M. Weah for constituting the Agency's Board of Directors.

[FrontPageAfrica] Boston -- Renowned Human Rights Activist, Rev. Torli Krua is rallying Liberians to join his Free Liberia Movement in calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), through its President Bishop Kortu K. Brown says the vast majority of Liberians are having a confidence crisis with law enforcement officers, particularly the Liberia National Police (LNP), due to the inadequate manner and form in which investigations are conducted and justice is dispensed in the country.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The International Youth Federation (IYF) has held a three-day conference in the auditorium of the main campus of the University of Liberia to enlighten young people on how to contribute positively to their community and their country at large.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The UN Joint Rule of Law Programme in collaboration with the crime units of the Ministries of Justice, Gender, Children and Social Protection, and the Health Ministry is conducting a three-day refresher training in Grand Bassa County from April 19 - 21, 2022. The training seeks to enhance the efficiency of specialized courts handling sexual offenses ("Criminal Courts E").

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia, through the Minister of Justice, has held a meeting with the family of the late Princess Cooper at the Ministry of Justice in Monrovia. The meeting was pursuant to the President's directive to the Attorney General to ensure the conduct of a second autopsy on the remains of the late Ms. Cooper, who died on March 24, 2022.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Watkins Initiative for Nations (WIN) vehemently rejects the autopsy report released by the Government of Liberia. The report leaves more questions than answers. TB does not treat a person given the circumstances of Princess Cooper's death unlike the person who has defunct on treatment or experienced multidrug resistance.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Members of the House of Representatives and Liberian Senate committees on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have declared their support to a draft legislation seeking reform in the National Forest Resource Management Law of Liberia. The proposal seeks to amend Section 14.2 (E) of the National Forest Reform Law of 2006 (amending title 23), Liberian Code of Laws relating to allocation and distribution of land rental fees.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Lone Star got what appears to be the toughest pairings at the 2023 African Cup of Nations draw on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Alexander B. Cummings, standard-bearer of the Alternative National Congress, says he is the sole candidate for the standard-bearer of the CPP, despite the CPP being conflicted with two ongoing litigations.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Administration of the J.J. Roberts School in Monrovia has clarified that at no time did the Deputy Director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) Dickerson Bayo disrupt classes as reported in the media.