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Liberia: Several Govt Officials Snub Assets Verification Exercise
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission has disclosed that several top officials of the Government of Liberia have "deliberately refused to cooperate" with its Assets Verification Exercise. Comment?
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Liberia: Global Witness On Gov't Back
The international watchdog, Global Witness, has challenged the Government of Liberia to urgently address violations of Liberian laws recently published in a LEITI Audit Report. Comment?
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Repatriation of refugees from Liberia to C?te d'Ivoire picks...
... in exile. In the first four months of 2013, some 7,300 Ivorians returned home with UNHCR's help from neighbouring Liberia under a voluntary repatriation programme launched in October 2011. "At this rate, UNHCR anticipates that up to 10,000 refugees ... Comment?
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Dynamic Women Leaders of Color Return to 'World's Most Powerful Women' List
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... Joyce Banda; World Food Programme executive director, Ertharin Cousin; CARE president and CEO, Helene Gayle; Liberia president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Nigeria's minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CEO, Risa ... Comment?
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President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia - Thursday, 23 May 2013 13:05
... US dollars in wealth) to focus on one specific topic - curtailing extreme global poverty - having selected Liberia as their cause for 2013. Among the many speakers will be Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Muhammad Yunus, Bono, and UN ... Comment?
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Liberia: Assets Declaration Ignored
The latest assets declaration report released by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission on the verification of public officials' assets has exposed several officials who allegedly refused to allow their assets [already declared] to be verified by the LACC. Comment?
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Liberia President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia...
Liberia: President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia, Ticad V in Japan, and Forbes Philanthropy Event in the United States President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departed the country on Wednesday, May 22, for intergovernmental engagements in Ethiopia and Japan, and a philanthropy event sponsored by Forbes Magazine, in the United States. Comment?
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Liberia: Doubts Over Oil Discovery in Liberia - Did African Petroleum Stretch the Truth?
In February 2012, AP announced a major discovery in its Naria-1 Well offshore Liberia, causing a significant jump in its stocks from 0.70 cents AUD to 1.55AUD at the time of its closing. Comment?
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Liberia: Prince Johnson Accuses Sirleaf of Vote Rigging in 2011
Nimba County is said to be in a state of shock following a live radio confession by the county's Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson , detailing how he influenced elections officials in the county to cheat for his NUDP's candidates. Comment?
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Liberia: Audits, Verifications Without Prosecution a Waste of Liberia's Taxpayers' Money
CORRUPTION Commission released its Verification report Tuesday in which it is purported that some officials of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government misrepresented the facts and lied in their declaration of assets. Comment?
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Liberia: Defaults in Labor Law, Decent Work Bill
Defects in both the current Labour Law and Draft Decent Work Bill 2010 have been discovered, with a call for action to bring Liberia in harmony with international standards and the practice on child labour. Comment?
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Liberia: LTA Parliamentarians Make Suggestions to Improve Telecomunications Sector
The First Telecommunications Consumer Parliament organized by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority , has ended in the Central Liberian provincial City of Gbarnga, Bong County, following a one-day session, with parliamentarians proffering several recommendations to improve the telecommunications sector in Liberia. Comment?
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Liberia: Foreign Technicians Expected for RIA
The Liberian Government has invited a technical delegation from Equatorial Guinea to Monrovia in early June after both governments agreed on May 21, 2013 to arrange the financing and construction of the Roberts International Airport and social housing in Liberia. Comment?
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Liberia: President Sirleaf Breaks Ground for New U.S.$10 Million...
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has broken grounds for the construction of a new US$10 million Monrovia Vocational Training Center campus, aimed at helping Liberia achieve its transformative goals. Comment?
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Liberia: Health Workers On Go-Slow
... that latest next week the issue of payment will be done" he told this paper Tuesday in Monrovia. The Press Union of Liberia has lifted the blackout it imposed on the Liberian Presidency on May 9, 2013. The PUL reached see more>> Comment?
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Liberia: Liberia's Finance Minister Sets Conditions for Disbursing County Development Funds
... to failure of County authorities to provide performance report as required by the Public Financial management law of Liberia. "It is not that we don't trust people, but we will not release any money if we don't receive performance reports and ... Comment?
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Liberian President Sirleaf recommits to ensure the MRU Basin is safe from Conflict
... Ivorian delegation, was in Monrovia to attend a High-Level Quadripartite Meeting between the Governments of Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire and supported by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the United Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire ... Comment?
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The changing face of land disputes in Liberia
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MONROVIA, 20 May 2013 - The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws. Comment?
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Liberia: Officials Declared False Assets
The Liberia Anti Corruption Commission or LACC has released the names of several government officials who lied about their wealth when they declared their assets. Comment?
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Liberia: Press Union Lifts News Blackout on Presidency
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The Press Union of Liberia has lifted the blackout it imposed on the Liberian Presidency on May 9, 2013. Comment?
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