At least 100 Catholic School students have staged a mass demonstration at the Catholic Archdiocesan Secretariat office, demanding that their teachers receive their salaries.
Calm Returns to Zorzor After Riots
Security forces have restored calm to Zorzor after rioting due to the murder of a 31-year old woman. The Liberia National Police, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and NSA have increased patrol of the district, buttressed by UNMIL.
Businesses Protest Paynesville Municipal Taxes
Early morning shoppers in Paynesville were frustrated on Wednesday when business owners shut down their stores for several hours and staged a peaceful protest at the National Legislature on Capitol Hill.
Rural Women Urged to Get More Training in Agriculture
Rural women were urged to play a larger role in Liberia’s development at the three-day National Rural Women Conference in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The conference emphasized the need for more political representation and better agricultural training for women.
Woman’s Murder Sparks Unrest in Zorzor
There was unrest in Zorzor on Wednesday as angry youth burned down businesses and homes owned by residents from the Mandingo ethnic group in retaliation for the murder of a pregnant woman.
Catholic Teachers Protest In Demand of Unpaid Salary
Catholic school teachers in Liberia have today staged a go-slow in demand of unpaid salary they say the Catholic Education Secretariat owes them.
Redemption Hospital Receives $50,000 Donation
One of Monrovia’s most under-equipped health facilities, Redemption Hospital, has received several medical supplies worth $50,000 USD on Feb. 26, to strengthen it to meet public health demands.
ZMapp Trials Begin in Liberia
U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Mapp Biopharmaceutical has begun testing the Ebola virus treatment ZMapp in Liberia.