While some Jamaicans are excited about the prospects of one of their own ascending to the role of First Lady in the West African country of Liberia, the reality on the ground may be slightly different. A website, Jamaicans.com did a piece in which it reported: Jamaicans expressed their excitement that one of their own, […]
By Lennart Dodoo Monrovia — The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the National Elections Commission (NEC) to stay any and all actions in the pending runoff election scheduled for November 7, 2017 in line with the Writ for Prohibition prayed for by the Liberty Party. The Liberty Party requested the Writ of Prohibition and
President John Mahama and three other West African heads of state from Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone arrived in Gambia Tuesday to convince President Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in this month’s election and “leave power”. After the surprise victory of Adama Barrow in the country’s election on December 1, Jammeh quickly conceded defeat. However,
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Ghana and Liberia have reached an agreement to share intelligence, and collaborate with their respective security agencies to fight terrorism and crime within the sub-region. “On the sub regional level, we have discussed issues of interest to do with security; that is working together in order that we
US President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, White House sources say. Officials say personnel from the American military will be deployed to offer support with several aspects of tackling the pandemic including overseeing the building of new treatment centers and helping train
As West Africa battles with an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus, a man identified as a US citizen is reported to be undergoing testing for the virus in Ghana. The outbreak has hit countries like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia but there has been no confirmed cases yet in Ghana. The man who was
In an effort to interrupt further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization is convening a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven (11) countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Accra, Ghana from 2-3 July 2014 to discuss the best way of tackling
