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How Africa Should Negotiate with Trump

By Vera Songwe,Witney Schneidman Β WASHINGTON, DC – In a recent interview, Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked FΓ©lix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, how his government would balance continued ties with the United States, including the negotiation of a critical minerals deal, with its deepening relationship with China. The DRC president responded that China’s influence is …

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Bong Supt. faces lawsuit – Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news

Bong County is on the brink of a political firestorm as Aaron V.G. Juakollie, Executive Director of the Foundation for International Dignity (FIND), threatens to sue Superintendent Hawa Loleyah Norris and the entire Local Government Council over what he calls a β€œblatant misuse” of public funds. By Edwin N. Khakie Gbarnga, Bong County, May 5, 2025: Juakollie has vowed to …

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Editorial: National Bar and Supreme Court must cease fire

A clear divide is emerging in the Liberian Judiciary, with action and counter-action between the Liberian National Bar Association and the Supreme Court of Liberia. Following the Bar’s recent public criticism of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the leadership crisis at the House of Representatives, the Court has retaliated by boycotting a Law Day celebration organized by the Bar. The …

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Supreme Court snubs Bar – Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news

In what appears to be an emerging divide within the judicial system, the Supreme Court of Liberia has boycotted celebration of Law Day here, organized by the Liberian National Bar Association after the Bar recently criticized the High Court’s ruling.Β  By Stephen G. Fellajuah Monrovia, Liberia, May 5, 2025 – In an unexpected move that underscores growing tension within the …

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Sapo National Park beset by illegal mining

Sarpo National Park in Sinoe County, southeast Liberia, faces threats from illegal miners and other activities, County Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyensuah alarms. By Stephen G. FellajuahΒ  Sinoe, Liberia, May 2, 2025 – Sinoe County Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyensuah has tearfully sent out a passionate plea for intervention to save the Sapo National Park, Liberia’s largest and only national rainforest reserve, …

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GC dismisses over seventy employees

Liberia’s Governance Commission, or GC, has terminated the employment of over seventy employees of the commission. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, May 2, 2025: The affected employees were employed between the period July 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023, during the administration of the Coalition for Democratic Change government (CDC). According to an internal memo of the GC dated April …

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