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Health Committee Chairperson Introduces Bill to Expedite Medicine Registration Process
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 30, 2025
By Kebba AF Touray The Chairperson of the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Hon. Amadou Camara, yesterday Thursday 26th June 2025, introduced the Bill entitled ‘Medicine and Related Product Bill 2025’. The introduction of the Bill...
Ending Torture, Restoring Dignity: The Urgent Need to Enact Liberia’s National Anti-Torture Law
GNN Liberia
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June 30, 2025
Despite Liberia’s ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) and its Optional Protocol (OPCAT) in 2004, torture remains insufficiently addressed in domestic law. The National Anti-Torture Act of 2011, which seeks to incorporate...
Grand Kru to Receive Boost in Healthcare as Senator Bartekwa Donates Ambulance and Medical Supplies
GNN Liberia
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June 30, 2025
By James Myking Suah Barclayville, Grand Kru County – The healthcare infrastructure of Grand Kru County is set to receive a significant enhancement with the impending donation of a large consignment of essential medical supplies and an ambulance...
Liberia: ‘A Move to Save Lives’: Bong Lawmaker Proposes Autonomy for Dialysis Center
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
The proposed legislation aims to improve kidney care services in the country amid rising cases of chronic and acute kidney diseases. Monrovia – Bong County District 4 Representative Robert Flomo Womba has submitted a bill to the House of...
Liberia: JFK Medical Center Concludes Strategic Retreat to Boost Clinical Excellence and Accountability
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
The retreat is part of JFKMC’s ongoing efforts to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while advancing its broader mission in medical training and research. Monrovia – The John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFKMC), Liberia’s premier referral...
Liberia: SOS for Journalist Henry Bestman: A Call to Save a Life
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
A father of four, Henry has been a professional journalist for about 15 years, during which he worked for several independent newspapers, including The News, and Hot Pepper, where he last worked. Seasoned Liberian journalist Henry Bestman is...
Liberia: Freeman Decries Wasteful Government Spending
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
Monrovia – Businessman and political advocate Simeon Freeman has criticized the Liberian government’s fiscal priorities, describing public spending as excessive and unethical. By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr [email protected] Delivering the keynote...
Liberia: 43-Year-Old Gold Miner Gets 50 Years Prison Sentence in Rivercess for Raping Two Minors
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
Defendant Bundor who is a local gold miner in the area, fled the area but was arrested by the Police on the next days and then taken to Cestor, Rivercess. CESTOS CITY, Rivercess – The Assigned Circuit Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit Court of...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
JFK Medical Center Concludes Strategic Retreat
Liberian Observer
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The John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFKMC), Liberia’s premier referral hospital, has concluded a two-day strategic retreat aimed at strengthening clinical services and promoting institutional excellence in patient care, accountability, and...
Liberia: Wilmot Paye – Minister Reforming Mining Sector
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 29, 2025
MONROVIA — A bold, new signboard brandishes the phrase: “Ministry of Mines and Energy.” The walls glitter with freshly painted gray and white. Just beyond the lobby, a fenced yard holds items seized from miners. Inside, lighted corridors beam with...
Liberia’s Assets Recovery Taskforce Pledges Sustained Fight Against Corruption
GNN Liberia
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June 28, 2025
By Amos Harris Monrovia, Liberia — The Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce (ARPRT) has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to reclaiming stolen public wealth, even as it navigates mounting legal challenges and heightened public...
Liberia’s New Health Director
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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June 27, 2025
Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization in Stamford, Connecticut, has promoted Harriette Mondaye to Liberia country director. In her new role, Mondaye oversees Americares deliveries of medicine and medical supplies as...
“We’ve stronger evidence to prosecute indictees.”
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 1, 2025
The Chair of the government’s assets recovery taskforce here says there are reliable and undisputed evidence to prosecute all those being indicted. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, Liberia, July 1, 2025 – The Chairperson of the government’s Assets...
LDEA burns drugs valued at over LD 6 Million
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 30, 2025
By S. Matthew M. Quoi, Jr., Nimba County Ganta, Liberia, July 1, 2025 – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Nimba Detachment has burned narcotic substances valued at over six million Liberian dollars in Ganta City, Nimba County. The...
Liberia: ArcelorMittal’s People-Powered Mining Revolution Ushers in New Era of National Prosperity – 99 Liberians have Benefited From International Scholarships
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
Monrovia, Liberia – A bold new chapter in Liberia’s development is unfolding, driven by ArcelorMittal Liberia’s (AML) unprecedented investment in people and cutting-edge industry. Through its dual commitment to advanced human capital development...
Red Cross conducts mid-year review in Harper.
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 30, 2025
The Liberian National Red Cross has conducted a Mid-Year Review of its Green, Inclusive, and Resilient Liberia (GIRL) Project in Harper City, Maryland County, under the auspices of the Swedish Red Cross. Harper, Liberia; July 1, 2025 –...
Liberia: ‘We Are Selling Peanuts For Survival’ In Monrovia’s Streets, Two Children Balance Dreams of School With Harsh Realities of Life
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
MONROVIA — On a hot Wednesday afternoon in Monrovia, while most children were tucked away in classrooms, 10-year-old Kebbeh Johnson and 12-year-old Telema Zayzay sat on a cracked sidewalk in Buzzy Quarter, one of the capital’s sprawling slum...
Liberia Named on Proposed U.S. List of Countries for Third-Country Deportations as Funding is Cut for Global Vaccine Program
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
Immigrants looking out the windows of a plane after arriving in Costa Rica on a deportation flight from the United States in February. Costa Rica took 200 deportees in February, including citizens of China, India and Nepal. Credit: Reuters...
Liberia: Rep. Koinah Denies Instructing Saywein Residents to Form Committee for MNG Gold
Front Page Africa
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June 26, 2025
Bong County – Representative Prince K. Koinah of Bong County District One has denied allegations suggesting that he instructed residents of Saywein Town to form a steering committee in preparation for the anticipated resumption of operations by...