NEW YORK CITY, 28 September 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Closing out the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly week by recognizing the Most Influential People of African Decent (MIPAD). MIPAD, a global civil society […]
Robbie Corey-Boulet| Since his arrival in the U.S. nearly two decades ago, Mohammed Jabbateh has dutifully cultivated the image of a hardworking immigrant, building up a container-shipping business in Philadelphia and supporting his family, including […]
By Jeremy Roebuck, Staff Writer @jeremyrroebuck | jroebuck@phillynews.com| About 600,000 Liberians died in the brutal back-to-back, multifactioned conflicts that roiled the West African nation between 1989 and 2003. Yet, despite documented atrocities on many sides […]
By Fonteh Akum for ISS TODAY. On 10 October, over two million Liberians will vote for a new president. As historic as the election of Africa’s sole female president was, so is Liberia’s first presidential […]
Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria: The Executive Governor of Imo State and founding president of the Rochas Foundation College for Africa, His Excellency Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorcha, has welcomed several dignitaries to the formal opening of his […]
(Al Jazeera News) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will hold top-level talks in China on Saturday as the United States looks to an economic squeeze of North Korea it hopes will compel the […]
By Justin Zaremba / jzaremba@njadvancemedia.com| A woman who was convicted of murdering her husband in Kenya three years ago apparently has ties to the Garden State. Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge, known also as Sheila Kairu, was […]
From: Joe Bartuah/Boston, Massachusetts| With about ten days remaining for Liberian voters to cast their ballots in a crucial presidential and general elections, there are reports of frequent clashes and vandalism involving some of the […]
By Daniel Bergner| OCT. 22, 2010| “Tell them to stop leaning on the fence!” Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and the first woman ever elected head of state on the continent of Africa, […]
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2017 – The World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA)* grant of $7 million for the Liberia Land Administration Project. This project will strengthen the institutional capacity of Liberia Land […]