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Southeast Bad Roads Hamper Development
-Citizens Remind Prez Sirleaf of Promise,
By C.Y. Kwanue and Leroy M. Sonpon,
III
March 31, 2009
 MONROVIA,The
deplorable road network in the Southeastern counties is
reportedly impeding development initiatives in that
region.
For example, a 78-mile road connecting Jaloken with
Karloken districts in Maryland County is in such bad
shape that the county is about to be cut-off from.....
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Liberia Renaissance Foundation, Inc.
Press Release
March 30, 2009
LRF
founder, Dr. Dawn Cooper Barnes and board member, Dr.
Lisa Cooper Green with Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah and her
assistant, Ms. Theresa Kulula, in Monrovia, Liberia at
JFK Medical Center Cancer Unit (March 5, 2009)
Washington, D.C. March 24, 2009: Liberia
Renaissance Foundation, Inc, has contributed US$2000.00
to the Chemotherapy Unit of the John F. Kennedy Medical
Center in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia Renaissance
Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit U.S. corporation
established in 2007 by Dawn Cooper Barnes, Ph.D., spouse
of Liberian Ambassador to the United States, M.
Nathaniel Barnes, to benefit Liberia and its people by
raising awareness in the U.S. of the needs and
opportunities within the Liberian nation.
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CONGRESSMEN, ULAA PRESIDENT, AND
ADVOCATES ENERGIZE LIBERIANS AT BIG DC RALLY
March 27, 2009
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Senator Wortoson Inducted as New Senate Pro-Tempore
Promises Unity and Hard Work, By Stephen Binda
March 28, 2009
 Members
of Liberian Senate on Thursday, March 26, 2009, voted
and inducted into office Grand Kru County Senior Senator
Cletus Wortoson as its new President Pro-Tempore.
The election for the position took place in the joint
chambers of the National Legislature yesterday.
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Monrovia's Slum Communities ‘A Nightmare in Paradise’
66,000 Residents Risk Diseases
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
March 25, 2009
 MONROVIA,For
several decades now slum communities of Monrovia have
been described as ‘a nightmare in Paradise’ by the
country’s politicians, economists, policy-makers and
ordinary Liberians but no form of alternative solutions
has yet been found to the nightmares being faced by
these slum dwellers.
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Alieu Jabateh Losses Mother in Liberia
March 24, 2009
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An Open Letter to Pres. Obama: To Extend Liberians DED
Mr. Abdulah K. Dunbar
Former Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
Washington D.C, U.A.S
March 18, 2009
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have the honor most respectfully to congratulate you for
your ascendancy to the world’s most powerful position,
the presidency of the United States of America.
Mr. President, you have brought genuine hope and pride
to humanity globally, especially to Liberians who are
emerging from fourteen (14) years of bitter conflict
that destroyed lives, broke valuable relationships and
devastated our economy.
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Happy Wedding Anniversay: Mr./Mrs. Amadou Damaro Kamara
& Mariam Kamara
March 18, 2009
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Will Nyenabo Survive Removal Or..?
Senate Decides Today, By Stephen Binda
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
March 17, 2009
 The
fate of embattled Pro- Tempore Isaac Nyenabo will today,
Tuesday March 17, 2009, be decided by members of the
Liberian Senate.
The move on Senator Nyenabo by some 25 senators follows
a categorical vote of no confidence expressed in a draft
resolution to him and to the entire leadership of the
Senate.
Last Thursday, about 23 senators presented a draft
resolution to the President of the Senate, Vice
President Joseph Boakai, in which they noted that they
no longer enjoyed the leadership of Pro-Temp Nyenabo
along with five other members of the Senate leadership.
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Dr. Harry F. Moniba Foundation M
A Legacy of Public Service Integrity
March 16,2009
 WITH
THE GOAL OF WORKING WITH LIBERIANS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN
EDUCATION, IN THE WORKPLACE & IN LIFE, THE DR. HARRY F.
MONIBA FOUNDATION IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2009 -- The family and
friends of the late Dr. Harry F. Moniba, the former Vice
President of Liberia, officially announce the launching
of a 501 (C) (3) foundation in his honor. With its
mission as a U.S. nonprofit public benefit charity to
promote Dr. Moniba's legacies of nonviolence and public
service integrity, the foundation’s aim is to provide....Read
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Tension Brews in Gbarnga
Demonstrators Taken to Correction Palace
Liberian Observer
March 12, 2009
 On
Friday February 27, 2009, hundreds of fuming
demonstrators took to the streets of Gbarnga in protest
of the death of a motorcyclist, one Armah Jeahwulu. He
was reportedly killed by some unidentified individuals
on the abandoned farm of former president Charles Taylor
about two kilometers from Gbarnga. The demonstration
paralyzed normal school and business activities in the
city.
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TELECONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
SANNIQUELLIE MOSQUE PROJECT
Release by: SMDF
March 11, 2009
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Women Yearn for Equity
Edwin M. Fayia, III & Yurfee B. Shaikalee: Liberian
Observer
March 10, 2009
The International Colloquium on Women's
Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace
and Security has ended in Monrovia with a call for the
full implementation of United Nations Security Council
1325 and 1820.
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International Women's Day
8 March 2009: A day to remember women
March 7, 2009
"It is now more dangerous to be
a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict."
Maj Gen Patrick Cammaert, former commander of UN forces,
eastern DRC
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Warrant issued for Sudan's Leader
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
March 5, 2009
 The
International Criminal Court has issued an arrest
warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes
and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
But the ICC in The Hague stopped short of accusing Omar
al-Bashir of genocide. He denies the charges and has
dismissed any ruling by the court as worthless.
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Poverty Spreads in Liberia: UNMIL Official Unveils
Statistics
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
March 3, 2009
The huge gathering of predominately youth and students
were effectively overwhelmed by silence and shock when
they were told that 51% of Liberia's 3.6 million people
live under 50 cents a day.
Quoting the country's development statistics, Mr. Eugene
Nindorera of Human Rights and Protection Section of the
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) pointed out
that life expectancy in the country was 45 years.
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TIME IS NOW TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE MANO
RIVER UNION BASIN
By Emmanuel Abalo
March 2, 2009
The Mano River sub-region in West Africa has,
inarguably, for the last 25 years witnessed a stepped up
visitation of the culture of death and wanton violence -
from coup d'etats, outright insurgencies and imposition
of the death penalty by governments.
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