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News Liberia » People: Medicine or food? People with diabetes in Liberia sometimes have to choose between the two

News channel or source: https://www.salon.com/2023/10/05/medicine-or-people-with-diabetes-in-liberia-sometimes-have-to-choose-between-the-two_partner/

Published on: Thursday 05 October 2023

Diabetes is on the rise globally. Since the 1980s the number of people living with the disease has quadrupled from 108 million to 537 million. This dramatic increase is largely due to the rise in type ...

News Liberia » People: Liberia: Violence, arrests reported ahead of presidential election run-off on Tuesday

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/327742/liberia-violence-arrests-reported-ahead-of-presidential-election-run-off-on-tuesday/

Published on: Monday 13 November 2023

Unity Party flagbearer Joseph Boakai is up against incumbent George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) party in a tight race for the top job in Liberia. The tense situation resulted in ...

News Liberia » People: Liberia: Who’s who in the presidential election

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/313951/liberia-whos-who-in-the-presidential-election/

Published on: Thursday 29 June 2023

To win, a candidate must win at least 50 per cent plus one (1) of the votes cast. If no party reaches that, the two parties with the most votes in the first round proceed to a run-off election which ...

News Liberia » People: Battle for control of Liberia People's Party

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/battle-for-control-of-liberia-peoples-party/ar-AA27SCs0

Published on: Monday 13 July 2026

The internal leadership crisis within the Liberia People's Party (LPP) has intensified, with a faction led by Major Tamba Samukai Jr. petitioning the National Elections Commission (NEC) Hearing ...

News Liberia » People: Liberia: Youth Minister Flags Institutional Gaps in First 100-Day Report

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202606050513.html

Published on: Friday 05 June 2026

Minister of Youth and Sports Cornelia Wonkerlah Kruah has declared that Liberia's young people are prepared to lead, innovate, and contribute to national development, but warned that weak institutions ...

News Liberia » People: Displaced people return as central Liberia calms down

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/displaced-people-return-central-liberia-calms-down

Published on: Tuesday 30 September 2003

GBARNGA, Liberia, Oct 1 (UNHCR) - A UN inter-agency mission dispatched to central Liberia on Tuesday reported that fighting has died down in the region and that displaced Liberians were drifting back ...