Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country’s regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront. So it raised eyebrows when Rudolph Merab, whose companies were twice found to have engaged in illegal logging, was recently appointed to lead the FDA. One of Merab’s companies […]
He won power by promising to end corruption – but try telling that to the people begging him for jobs. “A lot of people come into government believing they are there to enrich themselves,” says Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai. “They don’t understand what public service is about.” In the three months since he defeated President […]
Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Outages have been reported in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Burkina Faso. The cause of the cable failures is not immediately clear. “There seems to be a pattern in the timing of the disruptions, impacting from the north to […]
Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Outages have been reported in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Burkina Faso. The cause of the cable failures is not immediately clear. “There seems to be a pattern in the timing of the disruptions, impacting from the north to […]
A post circulating online with a video claims the footage shows a Nigerian man based in South Africa being interrogated following a drugs bust. However, this is misleading: the man was arrested in Liberia during an operation by the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA). The LDEA said his alleged criminal activity was mainly confined to […]
More than 60 years ago, eight young African American students living in segregated Wichita, Kansas stood up for their rights by sitting down at the Dockum drugstore counter where only white people were served, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). ALSO READ: Charlotte-area Black History Month events, programs Over the next three […]
More than 40 people have died after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded in central Liberia, the country’s chief medical officer Francis Kateh has said. The tanker overturned along a road in Totota town, about 130km (80 miles) from the capital, Monrovia. It burst into flames soon after people rushed to the site to scoop […]