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Nearly seven million Malawians will have the chance to vote for a new president on 21 May in one of the most unpredictable elections in the country's history.
1. The vice-president is standing against the president
Questions over President Peter Mutharika's fitness to run for another term have led to a split with his vice-president, Saulos Chilima.
Mr Chilima had been handpicked by Mr Mutharika as his running mate for the last election in 2014. But a year ago, the president's sister in-law, Callista Mutharika, suggested that the president, aged 78, was too old to seek re-election and that he should make way for his 46-year-old deputy.
That suggestion faced resistance from some influential members of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
The party split into two factions and eventually Mr Chilima left to start the UTM party, but remained the country's vice-president. Read more....
MONROVIA – It is becoming glaring that the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) is doing too little to contain the rising exchange rate between the U.S. Dollars and the Liberian dollars.
The foreign exchange rate has been rising steadily without fluctuation over the past several months. This, is to a large extent, affecting local businesses in the country and the economy of the country.
It is the CBL’s responsibility to fix the exchange rates of the domestic currency in terms of foreign currencies. The CBL is expected to hold these rates in narrow limits in keeping with its obligations as a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and tries to bring stability in the foreign exchange rates. Read more...
Friedland is in advanced talks with BHP, Newmont Goldcorp Corp. and Areva SA, that will see him move to develop the Nimba deposit on Guinea’s border with Liberia, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the talks are private. A final deal has yet to be agreed, the people said.
The project has sat undeveloped for years. It’s unlikely the current owners will receive a significant sum for the asset, but will probably hold an interest should the mine be developed. Mick Davis, who is seeking to develop a neighboring iron ore mine through his Niron Metals vehicle, is also interested in the project, according to people familiar with the situation. The deal is likely to require government approval. Read more...
(New York, May 16, 2019) The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations, His Excellency Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., says the pursuit of economic transformation remains an overarching objective of the Administration of His Excellency Dr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia; with diversification as a key factor. Read more....
MONROVIA – Oliver Dillion, brother of tough-talking opposition political figure Abraham Darius Dillion will remain behind the walls of the Monrovia Central Prison as Supreme Court justice in chambers, Justice Joseph Nagbe, granted the petition for a writ of certiorari.
A writ of certiorari orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it and make determination on ruling delivered.
Dillon was on the brink of walking out of pre-trial detention after Judge Roosevelt Willie believed there were conditions under the law that permit an individual to be released on bail despite being charged for a capital offense. His charge was also to be reduced from murder to manslaughter after reviewing the circumstances surrounding alleged crime. However, Justice in Chambers, Joseph Nagbe, says Judge Willie was in error and therefore overturned the ruling. Read more...
Monrovia – Organizers of the upcoming June 7 Save the State Protest in Monrovia walked out of Tuesday’s Unification Day meeting with President George Manneh Weah unmoved, reiterating their primary concerns that the government should allow the protest to go on, while seeking protection to ensure things do not get out of hand. At the end of the tete-a-tete Tuesday afternoon, President Weah obliged, telling the Council of Patriots that if there’s no way to convince them to end the protest, his administration will ensure that it is guarded peacefully. Read more...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins, a refugee from Liberia who became the first black mayor in the state, announced Monday he is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Steve Daines.
Collins and his wife Maddie moved to Helena in the early 1990s to escape civil war in the African nation — she with a scholarship to study nursing at Carroll College and he a few years later after going through the refugee process.
He expressed gratitude to the Helena community for welcoming his family. Read more...
Monrovia-Gbarnga Highway – The hellish experience business people and other commuters plying the ever-busy Monrovia-Gbarnga highway go through daily, cannot be blamed on the deathtrap nature of the road alone.
The numerous road blocks mounted by security agents on the road, apparently to nab those who smuggle illicit substances into the country, have been pointed at as one major reason why there is near traffic crisis on that axis. Read more...
By Kedrick Lilweti White
Each and every graduate should be sorted after in order to declare that today's educational system is efficient. It is ludicrous to to think that an entity can affix their stamp on a piece of document (diploma) and not bare the consequence for the inefficiency. Now that we live in a 'ratings' society where everything is rated, poor ratings must be given to institutions of higher learning whose graduates are not in high demand.
From kindergarten up through to the PhD level, it seems like all we have been doing is general education. It is as if we take all the seeds, prepare them (when they are ready), and broadcast them in the wind.. Read full article...
George Weah has issued an executive memorandum warning all government officials from speaking on national policy issues without being authorized to do so, an Executive Mansion release said.
In a statement on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, posted on the Executive Mansion website, the President’s warning was contained in an Executive Memorandum directing all ministers, deputies assistant ministers, and heads of agencies and commissions, and their deputies to refrain from making public comments on policy issues of national concern on both conventional and social media without first seeking authorization from the appropriate authorities. Read more...
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