Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By: D. Abraham Cooper, Sr| Grand Gedeh Correspondent Barwu Town, Konobo, Grand Gedeh county |Monday, December 8,2025|In a significant ceremony marking a new dawn for education in Grand Gedeh County, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), in partnership with the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), over the weekend officially dedicated and turned over a newly renovated primary school building to the grateful residents of Barwu Town, Konobo Statutory District. The primary school, which includes six fully renovated classrooms, is set to replace the dilapidated structure that has served the community since its establishment in 1960. The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) is primarily…
By: Ernest Kpehe Moibah |Bomi Correspondence Tubmanburg, Bomi County|Monday, December 8,2025|The Ministry of Internal Affairs, through its Gender and Social Inclusion Unit (GSIU), has opened a landmark awareness workshop in Tubmanburg, Bomi County; bringing together representatives from civil society, local councils, the disabled community, and the Bomi Gender Office. The initiative aims to promote transformative approaches for integrating gender perspectives into local development across Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, and Gbarpolu Counties. Addressing participants at the City Hall, GSIU Directress Mrs. Cecelia J. Gould underscored a pressing national challenge: despite women’s pivotal roles in agriculture, trade, peacebuilding, and community welfare, their…
By: Ben T.C. Brooks |River Gee Correspondent River Gee County | Dec. 8, 2025 | The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency – LDEA River Gee detachment has made an arrest of four male suspects in two separate anti-drug operations at the Kanweaken checkpoint and Podroken, Gbeapo Statutory district, River Gee County . LDEA County Commander, Special Agent Bill M. Cooper Jr., told our reporter that the arrests took place on December 3, 2025 in Gbeapo District, following an intelligence-led checkpoint operation and a court-authorized search and seizure mission. According to Commander Cooper, the first operation occurred on the evening of December…
Excellencies, Dear Colleagues, Distinguished young scholars and emerging leaders of the Next African Generation, Esteemed partners and friends of Liberia, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, and the Government and People of Liberia, it is both a profound honor and a sincere pleasure to welcome you to the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia near Paris, France. Today, we have gathered not only to celebrate enduring partnerships but also to recognize the vision, creativity, and leadership of Africa’s next generation. This occasion is more than a ceremonial reception;…
By: Henry B. Gboluma, Jr. I Gbarpolu Correspondent Bopolu City, Gbarpolu County –Sunday, Dec 7, 2025 – The Gbarpolu County Council has approved additional funds exceeding $26,000 to get the Gbarpolu County Sports Stadium ready to host Group D matches in the National County Sports Meet. Gbarpolu is set to face Montserrado on December 14 and Bong on December 17, 2025, in Bopolu City. The contractor, Global Group of Companies, had requested extra funding to complete key aspects, including dressing rooms. In an interview on December 6, 2025, CEO George Dorbor pledged to meet the December 14 deadline despite initial…
By: Emmanuel Koffa I Grand Kru Correspondent Barclayville City -Grand Kru County, Grand Kru County Administrative Officer, Alphonso Teah, has threatened to file a lawsuit against the county’s Police Commander, Clement Barlatt, for what he describes as “Defamation of Character and Damages.” The confrontation between the two officials intensified after they both appeared on several radio stations within the county, publicly trading accusations following a complaint filed by residents of Dougbo Community. The residents of Dougbo recently reported Commander Barlatt for allegedly removing a forty-foot container belonging to the community without authorization. According to Officer Teah, the dispute escalated when…
By: D. Abraham Cooper Sr. I Grand Gedeh Correspondent Zwedru City, Grand Gedeh County —Friday, December 5, 2025—Following decades of absence from his homeland, a son of Liberia’s 21st President, Samuel Kanyon Doe; Kuly Teddy Doe has officially established a foundation to honor his late father’s legacy. Doe Legacy Lives On: Foundation Established in Grand Gedeh Almost 35 years after the death of Liberia’s former President, Samuel K. Doe (SKD), one of his sons, Kuly Teddy Doe, officially launched the Samuel K. Doe Legacy Foundation on Thursday, December 4, 2025. The historic ceremony took place at the Grand Gedeh University…
By: J. Mason Kollie I Lofa Correspondent Voinjama City, Lofa County—Friday, December 5, 2025—Leaders In Teaching (LIT) project, a five-year initiative aimed at improving students’ skills and competence, is to be introduced in Lofa County for the first time. The project is set to revolutionize education in Liberia. It will focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and will recruit 900 secondary teachers, with 290 females at the various rural teachers training institutes (RTTIs) for B certificate with the necessary skills and competencies to teach in secondary schools and thereafter, enhance the quality of education across the country for…
By: Henry B. Gboluma, Jr. I Gbarpolu Correspondent Tubmanburg City, Bomi County—Friday, December 5, 2025 —The Grand Cape Mount Women Network, with funding from the Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) through UN Women Liberia, completed a two-day media engagement workshop on Thursday, December 4, 2025, aimed at enhancing gender-sensitive reporting across Western Liberia. The training is part of a 20-project initiative that began in October 2025, titled “Increasing Participation & Awareness to End SGBV,” funded by the Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund through UN Women at $125,000 USD. The session brought together 10 journalists and media practitioners from Bomi,…
By: D Abraham Cooper Sr I Grand Gedeh Correspondent Zwedru City, Grand Gedeh County—Friday, December 5, 2025— The controversy surrounding the health status of a prominent law enforcement official appears to be resolved, though questions regarding initial testing procedures remain. The Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Grand Gedeh Detachment Commander, Mr. Robinson Boika, has been definitively confirmed as negative following multiple, subsequent tests, effectively overriding an earlier positive reading that had created significant uncertainty. Mr. Boika’s current status was cemented following rigorous re-testing conducted at the Redemption Hospital in Monrovia. The hospital recorded two independent, successive negative results, officially establishing…
