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Liberia Hailing LACCs Move
Recently, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission or LACC released the first phase of the Asset Declaration Verification Report of public officials. The Assets Declaration Verification Exercise by the LACC is intended to ascertain the integrity and credibility of public officials. The 2008 Act creating the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, among other things, empowers the Commission to ...
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Party Rivalry - Nimba Lawmakers Prince Johnson Yealue in War of Words
Representative Garrison Yealue (NUDP-District #4 Nimba County) the man whose victory many credit to the influence and assistance of Senator Prince Johnson, appears to have fallen out of favor and is in a serious war-of-words with the Nimba County folklore. Yealue, in a strongly-worded statement described Senator Johnson's statement that he(Johnson) helped him to win election as a shameful ...
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“Govt Lacks Fiscal Discipline”- Finance Minister
Finance Minister Amara Konneh, has conceded that many officials of government are fiscally indiscipline. Minister Konneh said public officials, especially authorities at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare love receiving funds from government, friendly nations and organizations, but always slow in terms of submitting performance report on money received as a result, it becomes difficult ...
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PR China or India Who Takes Wologisi Mountain
The Government of the People's Republic of China has expressed interest in exploiting the Wologisi Mountain in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia, amidst reports here that an Indian company O.P. Jindal Group has similar interest. Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, told a news conference Thursday in Monrovia that the Wologisi Mountain is China's interest, but there is yet no formal ...
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African-American Faithfuls Others Rally at State Capitol to Shape Justice Bill
ST. PAUL, MN – On Thursday, April 3, 2012: African-American clergy and members of the faith community will hold a faith rally at the Minnesota State Capitol ...
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Minnesota-Based Pro-USA Awards Sports Training Scholarships to Minority Youth
Pro-USA, Inc., a US-based Liberian non-profit sports organization, has awarded $17,000 in scholarships to 10 minority youth associated with the Twin Stars Academy, a Minnesota sports center, a release issued to The Liberian Journal (TLJ) ...
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African Community Minority Groups Hold Civic Engagement Conversation April 11 in Minnesota
-The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team, and the Northwest Civic Engagement Coalition, will host and facilitate a community civic engagement conversation on Thursday April 11, 2013, at Brooklyn Park’s City Council Chambers, in Brooklyn Park, ...
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Soil Atlas of Africa created to help farmers land managers
International experts say they've created a Soil Atlas of Africa to help farmers, land managers and policymakers understand soil's diversity and importance. Despite its importance, most people in Africa lack knowledge about soil, partly because most information tends to be limited to publications read only by scientists, said researchers at the at the land resource management unit of ...
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Liberia gaining the world's attention for the right reasons
When members of the international community, and even many Africans themselves, think of Africa one of a few stereotypes come to mind; poverty, crime, corruption and political instability. Africa is seen as a haven for everything nefarious in the global community, terrorists are trained here, rebels attack their governments, drugs are grown in, and exported from, African soil and many African heads of state preside over a government whose authority does not extend beyond their capital city.
Liberia, not often in the international news for doing well, seems to be making a concerted effort to redress this trend, suggesting that a period of integrity may be ahead for the continent as a whole; South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup, Egypt is cooperating with the international community in opening up its border with Gaza and Liberia’s government is holding its own as an example of the far-reaching effects of good governance and rooting out corruption. Read more
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