Author: Rural Reporters News Network

By: Geeplay Ezekiel Geeplay I Contributing Writer Monrovia, Liberia- October 29, 2025- The Government of Liberia, in collaboration with the World Bank, is hosting the Digital Liberia Week from October 28 to 30, 2025. This landmark event aims to accelerate Liberia’s digital transformation by bringing together key stakeholders, policymakers, and experts to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices in the digital sector. The event taking place at the Monrovia City Hall features the launch of key strategies, reports, and programmatic interventions, showcasing progress and milestones achieved in Liberia’s digital transformation journey. The three-day event will also provide a platform for…

J. Mason Kollie Voinjama City-The Voinjama Public High School with huge students’ enrollment is said to be struggling to accommodate the students due to limited sitting capacity. Portion of the school building, mainly the auditorium is also damaged due to storm disasters that occurred in March 2025, the school administration has said. The school Principal Francis Kulee said the school was hit by heavy storm in March 2025 and damaged the main auditorium which was also used as a classroom for students “This building is damaged since March of this year 2025 and a team came from both the disaster…

By J. Mason Kollie & Peter Kollie Voinjama City –The group stage of the ongoing Lofa County Electoral District League officially concluded on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the Voinjama Sports Pitch, with an intense goalless draw between District #1 (Foya) and District #2 (Vahun). Despite the 0–0 stalemate, both teams successfully booked their spots in the semi-finals following strong performances throughout the group stage. According to the official league standings, District #4 (Voinjama) finished at the top of the table with 4 points, followed closely by District #2 (Foya), also with 4 points. District #5 (Zorzor & Salayea) secured…

By: Ben T.C. Brooks I River Gee County Contributing Reporter Fish Town, River Gee County | Oct. 28, 2025 | The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency – LDEA, River Gee detachment has launched a major demolition campaign targeting illegal structures and suspected drug ghettos across Fish-Town. The operation, which began early Tuesday morning, October 28, 2025 marks a great step in the government’s renewed drive to combat illicit drug activity and restore public safety across the county. Early Tuesday morning, the LDEA officers were backed by local residents to descend on the no several high-risk neighborhoods notorious for harboring suspected drug…

By: J. Mason Kollie I Lofa County Correspondent Voinjama City, Lofa County– Tuesday, October 28, 2025– Liberia Minister of Health Dr. Louis M. Kpoto is currently the northernmost region of Liberia, Lofa County. According to Dr. Kpoto, the purpose of the visit to access several primary health care facilities across Lofa County as part of the Ministry’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the primary health care system and improve service delivery nationwide. During the visits, Dr. Kpoto assessed the quality of health services, the availability of essential medicines, and the working environment of health workers. She also held direct interactions with…

By Ernest Kpehe Moibah | Bomi County Correspondent As Liberia prepares to assume its historic seat on the United Nations Security Council in January 2026, a sobering warning has emerged from the country’s western border—a region increasingly marred by illegal mining, cross-border infiltration, and drug trafficking. The Superintendent of Grand Cape Mount County, Foley Kiatamba, has sounded a serious alarm over what he described as “growing cross-border illegalities,” calling for urgent government intervention to strengthen security operations and border surveillance across the western corridor. Speaking recently during a national security coordination meeting in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, Superintendent Kiatamba described Grand…

By: Emmanuel Koffa I Grand Gedeh County Correspondent Grand Kru County, Liberia –Tuesday 28,2025–In a recent announcement made during a live local radio talk show from his office in Monrovia, Grand Kru County Senator Numene T.H. Bartekwa revealed plans for the rehabilitation of key road corridors within the county. According the Grand Kru County lawmaker, the rehabilitation project aims to revitalize the transportation link between Kanweaken in RiverGee County and Buah Geeken in Grand Kru County, extending over a distance of 63 kilometers. Senator Bartekwa added that the initiative encompasses the stretch of road from Buah Geeken to Greenville, Sinoe…

By: Emmanuel Koffa I Grand Kru County Correspondent Grand Kru County, Liberia — Tuesday, October 27, 2025- Police through Inspector Darpoe G. KARWEAH, Buah District Police Commander is investigating a tragic drowning of a 24-Year-Old Amos Parkpor who reportedly got drowned on Oct.23, 2025 in a River while on a mining exposition. According to eyes witnesses, victim AMOS PARKPOR and other Miners have been engaged into illegal mining in the County for quite a while now till disaster struck. Witnesses furthered that while victim Amos Parkpor reportedly got drowned on a mining boat that belongs to one Philip Saah of…

By: J. Mason Kollie I Lofa County Correspondent Foya Statutory District, Lofa County II Tuesday, October 28, 2025II A man believed to be in his 30s was on Monday evening amputated by his friend only identified as Saah in Solappie village, Foya Statutory district. According to eyewitnesses, Saah cut off the hand of his friend identified as Elijah Tamba after the both had a serious misunderstanding which resulted in to a face fight on that fateful Monday evening. Eyewitnesses narrated that the victim after the heated face fight, Saah threatened to harm Elijah Tamba on grounds that he masterminded his…

By Ernest Kpehe Moibah Bomi County–The quiet mining community of Mamboo Camp Two has been thrown into mourning following a tragic landslide that claimed the life of a 37-year-old miner, Soko Smith, affectionately known as “SOK.” It was a regular day at the mining site—the clinking of shovels, the hum of chatter, and the relentless pursuit of fortune beneath the earth. Then, without warning, the ground shifted. In an instant, the soil beneath Smith’s feet gave way, collapsing into a deadly heap of mud and stone. Eyewitnesses recount the chaos that followed. “We heard the rumbling and saw the ground…