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By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone “According to our tradition, a girl should get married when she reaches puberty,” said Zainab Binta Jalloh, a 23-year-old from Sierra Leone’s Koinadugu District. She was married when she was 15 years old 45-year old man. Two years early, when she was only 13, a 45 year-old man approached her parent with a marriage proposal. “He was rich, and he was using his wealth to influence my parent. My parent was pressuring me about him every day,” Zainab said. But she was opposed to marrying so young. “I always resisted them,” she recalled.…

Press Release Liberia’s Semah G. Weefur and Nigeria’s musical icon Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli aka “Flavour N’abania” on Saturday night thrilled thousands of fans in Enugu when they took the stage live in concert. It was their first live public stage performance since their collaboration started few months ago. A Liberian Embassy release from Enugu, Southeastern Nigeria says several top-notch Nigerian artists, including Tecno, Phyno, Zoro, among others, entertained the fans on the night, but it was little Semah’s inspirational appearance that heightened the emotions amongst the thousands of people that showed up for the much publicized Easter Holiday Concert. It…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The National Electoral Watch (NEW), a coalition of local and international organization, has frowned on recent heaped of inciting statements coming from politicians and political leaders in Sierra Leone in the wake of general and presidential elections. The group says it has observed inflammatory statements in the media coming from political leaders. “Our attention has been drawn to recent statements made by the presidential candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio, whilst responding to the party’s position relating to the recent interim injunction,” the group noted Tuesday,…

Press Release Some 58-protocol officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have undergone three weeks of training to prepare them for the task ahead. The training is one the promises Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley he made to senators during his confirmation two months ago. The training concluded on Thursday, March 29th. When Foreign Minister Findley appeared before the Liberian Senate’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, January 24, two days following the inauguration of His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia, he vowed before those Honorable Senators that he was going to make sure that…

Police in Monrovia have arrested four suspects in connection with gruesome murder of Joyce Otu, a Liberian mother of two, who recently returned home from Minnesota in the United States of America to start a small business and contribute to the local economy, according to the FrontPageAfrica newspaper. READ MORE FROM FPA Joyce’s was killed in a gruesome fashion, her throat slit and her body dragged from the living room into the bathroom where it was laid against the bathtub. The four persons arrested included the deceased’s son, Sylvannus Freeman, a friend of the deceased, Peter B. Brown, Isaiah Togbah,…

By Joseph S. Margai in Beijing, China African journalists undergoing studies in the People’s Republic of China say they are looking forward to learning more about the Chinese people and real images bordering on politics, economy, technology, culture and history of the country. Speaking recently at a ceremony at the China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA), Vincent Mbonihankuye from Burundi, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues recalled that the CAPC was established in 2014 by CPDA with the purpose of encouraging Chinese and foreign media to conduct pragmatic and friendly exchanges and to allow big news happened in China and…

President George Manneh Weah has made more nominations and appointments in government affecting the Ministries of Labour, Internal Affairs and Commerce respectively. Those appointed are: Ministry of Labor Wolobah F. Kollie                           –           Assistant Minister for Statistics and Research Wilson V. Dumoe                            –           Assistant Minister for Regional Labor Affairs Ministry of Internal Affairs Maryland County: Mr. J. S. Robin Scott                        –           Development Superintendent Mr. Anthony…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Development projects of River Gee County are now under scrutiny, and the Legislative Caucus of the County has announced that forensic audit is expected to be conduct of all projects in the County. Speaking at a news conference in Monrovia recently, the outgoing Legislative Caucus Chairman; Senator Matthew Jay said that many of the projects awarded to local contractors are far from completion while the county has made about 75 percent payment to those contractors. According to him, despite the huge payment to contractors, many of the projects are at about 40 percent…

UNMIL Press Release The Inter-Religious Council of Liberia (IRCL) has commended the UN Mission he spearheaded in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Farid Zarif, for the great work and successful mission in Liberia. A release quotes the President of the inter-faith organization, Bishop Dr. Kortu K. Brown as saying, as the UNMIL SRSG Zarif departs Liberia on Saturday, March 24, 2018, the people of Liberia wish him well in future endeavors as he continues to serve the people of the world through the United Nations. Bishop Dr. Brown said in the…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) is seeking more power for the National Elections Commission, essentially pushing for autonomy for the electoral body. The IREDD is recommending that the NEC be provided financial autonomy in order to stamp the tide of political influence and give the Commission broader space for its independence. The IREDD also recommended at a daylong conference saying that the National Elections Commission ensures adequate and long-term civic education be provided at the county and a process of decentralized recruitment be emphasized and the Liberian government prioritizes the…