CURRENT EVENTS

Cellcom Launches Wireless 4G Technology in Liberia

Cellcom GSM launched today its newly built multi-million dollar network.

Liberia and Indonesia to Strengthen Economic, Political and Security Ties

The visit of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, with a delegation of 45, to Indonesia marks the highest level of cooperation between Indonesia and Liberia since the two countries established

Global Witness

Illegal Logs From Liberia Found in French Port As Sweeping Criminal Sanctions Kick in Across EU

Global Witness revealed last week illegal Liberian timber worth thousands of Euros was sitting in a French port less than 3 weeks before a new EU law prohibiting the import of illegal timber came i

President Sirleaf Begins the Reshuffle of Her Cabinet

My Fellow Liberians:

Finance and Economic Affairs Minister, Konneh in Ghana for Further Treatment

Liberia's Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Amara Konneh is currently in Accra, Ghana for serious medical attention after he fell twice in less than a week because of acute head ache.

RIA Management Debacle: Alleged Media Complicity, Silent Chief Government Prosecutor

The magnitude and frequency of corruption scandals in Liberia read like a ferry tale about an ochlocratic regime: deafening silence of the Government’s chief prosecutor, and a media that largely su

Guinea's Military Chief Gen. Kelefa Diallo, Others Killed in Plane Crash near Robertsfield

Guinea's military chief General Kelefa Diallo and a few others were killed on Monday when their aircraft crashed in Charlesville, near the Roberts International Airport located outside Monrovia, ac

The Worsening Malian Crisis Undermines Security in West Africa

The crisis in Mali poses the most serious security threat to West Africa since the Liberian, Sierra Leone, and Ivorian crises. The crisis is recording tremendous massacre and hostage taking.

Olivia Zinnah was raped at age 7

Subject of Child Rape Documentary in Liberia Dies

Olivia Zinnah, 13, of Monrovia, Liberia, the subject of a documentary “Small Small Thing” produced by Take My Picture, LLC, died Dec.

The Fiscal Cliff: Understand It

If you live in Africa and have been following news on the United States lately, you may have heard the phrase 'fiscal cliff' or 'falling-off-the-fiscal-cliff.' You may not understand what this mean

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