Polls open in Liberia presidential runoff as voters slowly form queues
By our Reporter Queues are being slowly formed on Tuesday in Liberia’s delayed presidential runoff election between incumbent Vice President Joseph Boakai of the ruling...
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News Analysis Liberia: X-Mas 1989 vs X-Mas 2017-Bullet vs Ballot
FIRST PUBLISHED DEC 19, 2017 By Frank Sainworla, Jr fsainworla@yahoo.com The Christmas season of this year, 2017 is expected to mark a sharp clash of...
UP Boakai-CDC Weah test their political strength at the polls in hours
By Augustine Octavius Liberians are celebrating their Christmas with a high anticipation of going to the polls many hours later on Tuesday for the delayed...
Liberia runoff campaign ends peacefully, as police deploy nationwide
-NEC strengthens the process, hires more queue controllers By Frank Sainworla, Jr. fsainworla@yahoo.com Campaigning for Tuesday’s presidential runoff election ended by mid-night on Saturday, after...
Rift deepens between ruling UP and President Sirleaf ahead of Tuesday’s polls
By our Reporter With just less than 48 hours to the December 26, 2017 presidential runoff election, there appears to be no end in sight...
Sen Prince Johnson calls for “democratic coup,” as CDC closes runoff campaign
-Weah says “Boakai was sleeping” when he spoke in Senate By our Staff Writer The politician widely seen as the political kingmaker in Liberian elections,...
Citizen’s arrest awaits President Sirleaf after she leaves office
-Disbanded AFL soldiers, ex-security officers threaten By Augustine Octavius The leadership of the deactivated state security officers has threatened citizen arrest against President Ellen Johnson...
Frantic search for names on Liberia voter roll continues, ahead of Dec 26 runoff
-President Sirleaf issues Dec 26 runoff proclamation By our Staff Writer Thousands of Liberian eligible voters, who registered for the October 10, 2017 elections, continue...
Liberian NGOs want Gov’t scrap forest law waiving US$24m to logging companies
The NGO Coalition of Liberia on the forest sector has expressed disappointment about the passage of an Act to govern the forestry industry development and...
Local leaders want voters education stepped up to reduce invalid votes
By D. Enoch Sandoe in Rivercess, Liberia Ahead of the December 26 residential runoff election, community leaders and other stakeholders in Liberian southeastern Rivercess County...