Author: Rural Reporters News Network
Vatican City, Italy— His Excellency President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., was today received in audience by His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The meeting reflects the strong and enduring relationship between Liberia and the Holy See, and follows Liberia’s tradition of engagement with global partners for peace, development, and social progress.During the discussions, President Boakai and Pope Francis focused on the ongoing collaboration between Liberia and the Catholic Church, particularly in the crucial areas of education and healthcare.The President expressed deep gratitude for the Church’s contributions to the betterment of the Liberian people through its educational institutions and…
TAPPITA – A 42-year-old man, Jerry Zlogon, believed to be a marijuana cultivator, has been arrested in Tappita, Nimba County, by agents of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA).The alleged marijuana cultivator was nabbed on 12 October, reportedly in possession of over 500,000 seeds of marijuana, following a tipoff from some residents in Tappita.Zlogon blamed his decision to venture into the cultivation and sale of cannabis on “hardship”, according to sources.Our sources quote Zlogon as telling police investigators that he cultivates the substance on his farm around Gbonipea, few kilometers away from Tappita.Meanwhile, the 42-year-old alleged marijuana cultivator has been…
MONROVIA – Road traffic accident statistics released earlier this week by the Liberia National Police (LNP) revealed that 23 individuals including 20 males and three 3 females, died last month as a result of fatal motor vehicle accidents.The police report classified the total number of last month’s accident victims into three groups, vehicle operators, eight dead; occupants or passengers, seven dead; and pedestrians, eight dead.In the LNP latest road accident report, the police Public Safety Division recorded a total of 157 accident cases in September of 2024.Last month road accidents left some 144 people including 133 males and 11 females…
MONROVIA – Barely two days following a Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) report about threats of mass protest against the Government of Liberia (GoL), from members of rural communities where large-scale logging concession operations are taking place across the country, the GoL has commenced the settlement of arrears to forestry communities, RRNN has reliably gathered.The RRNN report stated that affected communities were gearing up for a mass protest against the GoL over what community members claim to be unpaid fees as a rental for their farmlands.However, the government has initiated a payment process for forest communities, beginning with an allocation…
RURAL MONTSERRADO – State Radio has reported that a land dispute has left two persons critically wounded to the point of being hospitalized.The incident, which took place early this week, was triggered by the alleged sale of a family plot of land.The fracas was occasioned by the use of machetes and other weapons, leading to several individuals being severely injured, according to State Radio, ELBC correspondent in the area.Two victims rushed to the Bensonville Hospital, in Bentol City, explaining their ordeal to State Radio, revealed that they were attacked and wounded with machetes by some family members after they demanded…
MONROVIA – Police authorities in Monrovia have announced that an officer of the Liberia National Police (LNP) has been disrobed and dismissed, while two other LNP officers have been banned from further doing police work pending investigation.Police IG, Gregory Coleman, told a press conference Monday that the LNP had with immediate effect dismissed one of its officers, Sansee C. Massaquoi, and interdicted two others for impropriety and gross misconduct.Coleman divulged that during the evening hours of Saturday, 12 October 2024, dismissed LNP officer Sansee C. Massaquoi, and another officer of the LNP, Patrolmen Augustine Ben, criminally entered the hotel room…
BUCHANAN – Liberia’s west-central Grand Bassa County’s Health Officer, Dr. Jude Wesseh, has disclosed that the county has recorded its first Mpox case.Monkey Pox or Mpox is a viral infection that primarily affects humans and animals – and the World Health Organization (WHO) has for the second time since 2022, declared Mpox a global health emergency, as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent with the high probability of entering other continents.Dr. Wesseh recently disclosed that the affected individual, a 20-year-old male, is currently being placed under isolation in Zondo, District #4. Further medical interventions are being introduced, and…
By Jerome Saye0777905991/0886313144BASSA VILLAGE, Nimba County…The illegal harvest of Manana trees by Green Wood Resource Logging Company is poised to put serious risk to the integrity of the East Nimba Nature Reserve. The Manana trees were planted by LAMCO to serve as a buffer zone for the Nimba Nature Reserve. LAMCO is a defunct Liberian-American-Swedish Mining Company that mined for iron ore in the Nimba range before the war.Recently, Liberia Forest Media Watch stumbled upon alarming sights of over ten thousand of illegally harvested logs of Manana trees, abandoned in separate locations and are slowly left to decay. Green Wood…
By Emmanuel P. AkoiCounty and Community Forest officials have confirmed the surreptitious departure of Sing Africa Plantation Inc. from Liberia. The Chief Officer of the Bluyeama Community Forest Management Body (CFMB), Alex M. Songu, confirmed the controversial logging company’s departure on 11th May 2023 during a phone call on the popular Forest Hour show. Former Lofa County Superintendent William Tamba Kamba also reported the company’s departure in an interview with the Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) on 23rd May 2023. ”After several unsuccessful engagements with the management of Sing Africa, I later got to know that they departed the country, leaving the community…
October 10, 2024; MONROVIA: The National Democratic Coalition (NDC), an alliance political party of the Rescue Mission unequivocally condemns the actions of some executives within the ruling Unity Party (UP) and its alliance parties who have flagrantly violated the Code of Conduct by simultaneously holding appointed government positions and executive roles within their respective political parties. This blatant disregard for the law, according to the NDC undermines the integrity of Liberia’s democratic institutions and erodes public trust.Violation of the Code of Conduct: The NDC states that according to the Code of Conduct of Liberia, specifically Part V, Section 5.1, “All…
