Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By: Ben T.C. Brooks |River Gee Correspondent Monrovia, Liberia | Jan. 11, 2026 | River Gee County’s football and kickball teams have concluded their participation in the 2025/2026 National County Sports Meet – NCSM after bowing out at the quarterfinal stage over the weekend at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville. Although their campaign ended earlier than anticipated, but both teams demonstrated resilience, unity, and determination, qualities that reflect River Gee County’s steady rise on Liberia’s national sports stage and offer optimism for stronger future showings. Led by Captain Jusu O. Dukuly, the River Gee football team was…
By J Boimah Johnson/Bong County Correspondent Gbarkonah, Bong County…Residents of Gbarkonah Town, Electoral District #4 are reporting constant headache and other waterborne disease like running stomach due to an alleged water pollution by Da Tang mining company. Gbarkonah Town is one of the mining communities in Bong County, with about 600 residents. Community members in the town are said to be experiencing headache and running stomach believed to be sourced form a polluted water in the operations area of a Chinese mining company, Da Tang mining company. Speaking to Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) on January 10, 2026, community members…
By: Geeplay Ezekiel Geeplay| Contributing Writer MONROVIA,LIBERIA | January 10, 2026 | Government in collaboration with the Consumer Affairs Department of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority has launched a bold initiative to protect Liberia’s children from online predators, building on the momentum of its successful engagement with the Group of ’77 Disabled Community Gathering in 2025. Speaking at the department’s first in-house meeting for 2026, Consumer Manager Lekepele Nyamalon outlined the plans to safeguard children in the digital space. This move aligns with the government’s broader commitment to prioritizing children’s welfare, as emphasized by Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine…
By: J. Mason Kollie | Lofa Correspondent Voinjama City, Lofa County | Jan. 10, 2026 | Education Minister Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah on Saturday January 10, 2026 inducted County Education Officers Council in Voinjama city Lofa County. The induction of the County Education Officers (CEOs) brought together members of the Students community in Voinjama and its environs, local officials, women and elders from across Lofa. County Education Officers from across the 15 counties were in attendance and those accordingly inducted were as followed: Mr. David V. Boakai, County Education Officer Bong County-Chairman, Madam Amanda W. Zota, County Education Officer, Montserrado…
By: Emmanuel Koffa | Grand Kru Correspondent Barclayville City, Grand Kru County | Jan. 10,2026| A resident and petty trader of Barclayville City, Madam Linda Dweh, has made a heartfelt appeal to the Grand Kru County Legislative Caucus and the Government of Liberia to design and implement programs aimed at empowering local businesses. Madam Dweh, who earns her livelihood selling food and drinks in Barclayville, described the current business climate in the area as discouraging and threatening to the survival of small-scale traders. She said persistent economic hardships have made it extremely difficult for businesspeople to sustain themselves, with many…
By: Emmanuel Koffa | Grand Kru Correspondent Bolloh Poe, Grand Kru County |Jan. 10, 2026| After years of enduring severe hardship, residents of Bolloh Poe in Grand Kru County are beginning to experience long-awaited relief through humanitarian interventions led by local miner and philanthropist, Hilary Gray. For decades, access to safe drinking water remained a daily challenge for families in the area, with women and children forced to travel long distances to fetch unsafe water for household use. The situation has been worsened by impassable roads, which have left the community largely isolated from markets, health facilities, and other essential…
By: Emmanuel Koffa | Grand Kru Correspondent Chengbetee Town, Bolloh District, Grand Kru County | January 9, 2026 | A major breakthrough has been recorded in the long-standing murder investigation in Chengbetee Town, Bolloh District, Grand Kru County, as police authorities confirm that the prime suspect has confessed to the killing of a woman identified only as Rose. According to the Liberia National Police, the suspect, Bobbyson Bobby, on Friday, January 9, 2026, admitted during police interrogation that he was responsible for the death of the deceased, whose body was earlier discovered in a bush along a road leading to…
Monrovia, Liberia | 8 January 2026|The National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC – Liberia) has taken note of an incident involving a group of young individuals who, on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, went to the Commission’s Upper Bong County Magisterial Office, posted placards on the premises, and made disparaging and unsubstantiated claims that the appointment of Elections Magistrates or officers must be restricted to natives of the counties to which they are assigned. The Commission categorically states that such claims are false, misleading, and unsupported by the Elections Law of Liberia. NEC – Liberia strongly denounces and condemns any action…
By Ernest Kpehe Moibah | Bomi County Correspondent About 400 pieces of illegal bush-meat have been confiscated in Western Liberia by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with one suspect, a commercial driver in Timba Town, Gbarpolu County arrested. The arrested, made on January 7, 2026 in Timba Town, Gbarpolu County is the second wildlife crime committed in Western Liberia this week. On January 5, 2026, five persons were arrested for killing, selling and eating Elephant in Sando Village, Gbarpolu County. Authorities say the dramatic interception of the bush-meat occurred on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, during the regular inspection of the…
By: D. Abraham Cooper Sr. | Grand Gedeh Correspondent Zwedru City, Grand Gedeh County |January 9, 2026 |Residents of Grand Gedeh’s capital, Zwedru are pleading with the City Council to remove roaming cattle from the streets, adding the cattle are destroying private properties. The residents have threatened mass slaughter if the livestock are not relocated to an ideal area. The call to remove the cattle intensified during Thursday’s broadcast of The ‘State Podium’, a regular and popular called–in radio show. Callers described the situation as alarming, noting that the city has been overrun by animals that are turning residential neighborhoods…
