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(Bloomberg) -- Liberian President George Weah named Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh as Chief Justice of the West African nation’s top court, the first woman in the role since 2003.Most Read from ...
Liberia is struggling to recover from two civil wars that killed more than 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003 and from a 2013-16 Ebola epidemic that killed thousands.
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The Liberian Observer or Daily Observer Newspaper is a newspaper published in Liberia. Based in Monrovia , The Liberian Observer Corporation was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Y. Best in 1981. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An independent newspaper, it states that its goals are government accountability and popular awareness of current events.
Liberia has an established history of civil violence following contested elections, particularly the 1985 Liberian coup d'état attempt which was the root cause of the First Liberian Civil War. This election is also notable as it is the first election without United Nations observers since the Second Liberian Civil War . [ 11 ]
The Daily Talk is an English-language news medium published daily on a blackboard on Tubman Boulevard in the center of the Liberian capital Monrovia. [1] According to the New York Times, it is "the most widely read report" in Monrovia, as many Monrovians lack the money or the electricity necessary for access to the conventional mass media. [2]
Liberia, [a] officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km 2). The ...
Liberia and Israel established ties in 1957 with the accreditation of Israeli ambassador Ehud Avriel. [141] Liberia severed ties with Israel over the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [142] Relations are re-established in 1983. [143] On 8 June 2022, Liberia announced its plans to open a trade office in Jerusalem, which is to become an embassy. [143] Italy