Tag: Liberia
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Liberian Government Approves Rice Price Increase Amid Importers’ Pressures, Pledges Focus on Local Production
MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Commerce and Industry Amin Modad, has announced that it has agreed to a request from importers to increase the price of a specific brand of rice on the local market, describing the rice industry as a “cartel.” Rice is Liberia’s staple food. Major importers…
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Conseil Café-Cacao declares war on cocoa operators with Lebanese ties
Yves Koné, the head of the cocoa industry watchdog, has suspended the operations of several cooperatives that are suspected of buying and reselling beans above the regulated price. The Conseil Café-Cacao (CCC), which is run by Yves Brahima Koné, has removed sales and purchase codes from some forty cocoa cooperatives suspected of secretly working with operators belonging to…
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Liberian president signs order to establish war crimes court
🇱🇷 On Thursday, Liberian President Joseph Boakai signed an executive order to create a war crimes court aimed at delivering long-overdue justice to victims of serious atrocities committed during the country’s two civil wars. The conflicts, spanning from 1989 to 2003, were marked by widespread violence, including massacres, rape, and the use of child soldiers.…
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Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has appointed a timber trader linked to illegal logging to head the agency responsible for the country’s forests. Rudolph Merab, a longtime ally of Boakai’s, was tapped to lead the Forestry Development Authority in February, prompting alarm from environmental advocates in Liberia, who say Merab lacks the required qualifications for…
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Cocoa farming in Liberia risks undermining EU deforestation law
JOHANNESBURG, April 22 (panafrican.email) – Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to curb deforestation, research by a conservation group showed on Monday. A law approved by the European Union and set to come into force at the end of this year…
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Liberia: American Missionary Acquitted in Attempted Murder Trial
Lucas Richards, the American Missionary acquitted by Criminal Court ‘B’ of attempted murder charges, may likely not be allowed to leave the country anytime soon. This is because the Ministry of Justice is planning to issue a writ of Ne Exeat Republica, to restrict him from leaving the jurisdiction of the court and state, a…
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Presidential Security Guards Threaten State Security With Arms, As Police Makes Arrest Of Seven Agents
Following threatening statements on local radio station by some dismissed agents of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) on Thursday, April 18, 2024, the Liberia National Police (LNP) arrested seven former Executive Protection Service (EPS) agents for their alleged involvement in an illegal protest. The individuals are accused of setting up roadblocks and using terroristic remarks…
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LIBERIA-GHANA BEGINS TALKS ON BUDUBURAM REFUGEES CRISIS
— As GOL Delegation Makes Major Strides in Ghana The Government of Liberia delegation headed by the Deputy Minister for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cllr. Jeddi Armah, arrived in Accra, Ghana, over the weekend to embark on a mission of pivotal importance. The delegation commenced with a series of critical meetings aimed at…
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Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug abuse
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency after increased cases of substance abuse. President Julius Maada Bio’s decree Thursday follows an explosive rise in the use of a synthetic drug known as Kush. The drug which is highly addictive is a mix of marijuana, tentanyl and tramadol, a powerful pain killer. Kush has been…
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Liberia reportedly reveals over 40,000 illegal civil servants
🇱🇷💼 The reason behind it is that the information of government officials was inaccurately or incompletely recorded in the Personnel Action Notice (PAN), which is an obligatory prerequisite procedure for employment, Josiah Joekai, the director general of the Civil Service Agency, told the Western media. According to Joekai, there are at least 70,000 civil servants…
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