Liberian Journalist Hiding In The United States For Anti-Genital Reporting

Liberian journalist Mae Azango’s courageous reporting on female genital mutilation in her country helped to ignite an international controversy. But she had to go into hiding following threats and is now on a visit to the United States.

The House That Doe Built

A concrete mansion sits empty on the edge of Zwedru, the capital of Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county. Its tall balustrades are unpainted; its window frames lack glass. Liberia is strewn with buildings abandoned in the course of its wars, but this one was never finished.

Liberia: Civil Servants to Stage Demo As Salary Delays

Amara Konneh: Minister Of Finance/Planning

Lost Support Among Civil Servants

Information available to this paper indicates a plan go slow by civil servants to press home their demand for timely payment of their salaries and the in-statement of several colleagues recently dismissed by Finance Minister Amara Konneh in days following his takeover.

Liberia: Nimba - Hundreds Rush to Sandi Society

Nimba County — Over 450 young women and girls are reported to have been initiated into the sandee traditional society in Gboi Yella, Gboi Gbalasonner Town in District #2 of Sanniquellie-Mahn, Nimba County.