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Press Release President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed gratitude to partners for their support to Liberia’s post-war recovery that has impacted the lives of the Liberian people through the restoration of electricity to Liberia. The rehabilitation of the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant was initiated by the Liberian government through partnership with friendly governments and institutions including the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States of America, the European Investment Bank, the Germen and Norwegian governments. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf was speaking on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Funders Meeting of Mount Coffee Hydropower rehabilitation project…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Incumbent aspirant for the mayoral position of Freetown City Council (FCC), Franklyn Baba Bode Gibson, has said he inherited a council with a debt of Le20m ($2,666.67usd) when he was elected mayor in 2012. Mayor Gibson, who was speaking last Thursday during his official declaration to run for a second term of office at the Attouga Mini Stadium, east of Freetown, said he had been happily paid all the debt. He said he was the only Mayor in the history of FCC that took eight hundred and ninety-five million Leones (Le895m) from…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Three organizations – FOCUS 1000, Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and United Nations (UN) agencies – on last Friday at the Buxton Hall on Charles Street in Freetown, rallied Sierra Leoneans to donate blood in order to save lives. Alhaji Bailor Jalloh, Chief Executive Officer of FOCUS 1000, said every Sierra Leonean is encouraged to donate blood in order to save the lives of women and children. He called on traditional headers, who he referred to as healers but not killers, traders, unionists, the media, among others, to encourage their members…

Press Release Liberia has joined other nations in calling for a free, open and safe cyberspace that will allow digital trade and other activities which enhances sustainable economic development and growth. “The development of cyberspace continues to have phenomenal impact on virtually every aspect of our human life. In fact, cyberspace now is a major contributor to the GDP of many countries around the world. Internet remains one of the major catalysts for economic growth and development and provides greater opportunity for delivering education, healthcare and environmental service,” Foreign Minister Marjon Kamara said. She stressed that cyberspace makes governments more…

The European Union Election Observation Mission or EU EOM has welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court on the electoral complaints filed by the ruling Unity Party and the opposition Liberty Party. “Importantly, the Supreme Court’s ruling enables Liberian voters to now fulfill their right to elect their next President,” the EU noted, “this decision is an important contribution to the democratic capital built so far in Liberia”. The Supreme Court conducted key appeal cases in a swift and efficient manner, underlining the importance the Justices attach to the expeditious handling of electoral cases. Notwithstanding some misinformation and uncertainty surrounding…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The ruling Unity Party is furious and is threatening to ensure that it mount the necessary pressure strong enough to force National Elections Commission (NEC) Chairman Jerome Korkoya to resign. The UP says Chairman Korkoya cannot preside over the run-off election. Unity Party Chairman Wilmont Paye made the threat over the weekend during a strategy meeting the NEC had called and invited the UP and the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) to participate in finding the best ways forward for the holding of a free, fair, transparent and credible run-off. Our sources said…

Press Release President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says democracy is the system of government that surpasses all others; grounded in rule-of-law, respect for individual and human rights, and for institutions, which can arbitrate between competing political interests on behalf of the people. According to a dispatch from the U.S. the Liberian leader was speaking on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Georgetown University during a forum on the theme: “Women’s Political Leadership in Africa: The Next Generation”. Addressing the gathering, President Sirleaf said: “I accepted this invitation months ago, believing that Liberia’s historic 2017 elections, an event marking the first time since 1944…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Mnorovia The Standard Bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change and Montserrado Senator George Manneh Weah says thousands of people are trooping to his party ahead of the ruling in election fraud case by Supreme Court of Liberia. Senator Weah’s state came one day before landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Liberia rejecting claims by the Liberty Party and Unity Party that there were massive irregularities that allegedly characterized the November 10th general and representative elections. The Supreme ruled against the LP and UP and ruled in favor of the National Elections Commission…

Press Release The Imo State Government has honoured President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with a chieftaincy title, a merit award and a statue built in her honor, after being inducted into the Imo State Hall of Fame. The Imo State Government also named a street called Ellen Sirleaf Road in its State Capital, Owerri after the Liberian President. A dispatch from the Liberian Embassy in Nigeria says the Liberian leader received the honors during a two-day working visit to the Southeastern Nigerian State. The visit lasted from Thursday to Friday, the 9th to 10th of November, 2017. According to the dispatch,…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Road traffic crashes have been one of the causes of most of the deaths and deformities of people in Sierra Leone. In most cases, the drivers are at fault. Most of them are sometimes in the influence of alcohol or might have driven for most parts of the night and could not take two or more hours of rest before sitting behind the steering again. In such cases, fatigue might be in control of the vehicle rather than the driver. Over speeding, careless and reckless driving, defective vehicles and lack of road…