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Guinea’s most wanted fugitive, a former high-ranking military officer who escaped from prison last November, has been extradited from Liberia along with his son, according to officials. Ex-Colonel Claude Pivi, who had been convicted in absentia for his involvement in the 2009 stadium massacre of opposition supporters in Conakry, will …

The Liberian Presidential race has ended in a runoff as the two leading candidates, President George Weah (L) and Joseph Boakai (R), was seen in fierce contest as non secured majority votes to be coronated a winner. A run-off election is expected to be held next month in Liberia following …

The Black Stars wrapped up their international break with another win, beating Liberia at the Accra Sports Stadium. Ernest Nuamah, Kudus Mohammed, and Jordan Ayew were on the scoresheet as Ghana picked up a 3-1 victory in the international friendly. The pitch condition looked terrible due to an earlier drizzle …

Former National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) chairperson, Josephine Nkrumah has reported a death threat directed at her by a Liberian national to the government in Monrovia. Ms. Nkrumah is currently serving as the Economic Community Of West African States (Ecowas) ambassador to Liberia. The BBC reports that in a …

Timothy Weah, son of Liberian president George Weah has spoken about how it feels to be playing at a World Cup. Despite being son to the president, Timothy plays for the United States Men’s National Team and is so far the sole goal scorer for the team after two games. …

Liberian President George Weah has attracted the ire of citizens after it emerged that he plans to spend nine-days at the World Cup in Qatar. The former Ballon d’Or winner, last week, informed the senate of his nine-day World Cup plan, after which he flew out for a number of …

The Republic of Liberia has lost her full membership rights at the African Union, is now an observer at the African Union, one without a voting right, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded. Over the past …

Reports coming from Liberia say federal lawmakers of the country have passed the country’s 2020 budget with massive cuts to their salaries and allowances. According to FrontPage Africa, a magazine in the West African country, the lawmakers, in a selfless move on October 1, voted unanimously to have their earnings …

Liberia has been named number one in the world when it comes to helping strangers, according to the World Giving Index, an annual ranking of people’s generosity. Helping strangers is one of the three criteria the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation used to draw up the overall index of generosity. It …

Riot police have shut a popular radio station critical of Liberia’s president and former football star George Weah. The officers broke a steel gate and stormed the offices of Roots FM in the capital, Monrovia, shortly after its breakfast programme, The Costa Show, discussed alleged wasteful spending by Mr Weah …