Reporters Without Borders Says Weah’s Presidency Marked by Attacks on Journalists

25 July, 2018 / By Zeze Ballah, The Bush Chicken MONROVIA, Montserrado – Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes the freedom of the press, says that the first six months of President George Weah’s presidency have been marked by a series of verbal attacks on journalists in country. In a press…

Liberia: Punch FM Seeks US Ambassador’s Intervention into Controversial License Suspension

2 july, 2018 / By Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, frontpageafricaonline.com Monrovia – One Media Incorporated appears to be seeking mitigation into the Liberian government’s recent decision to suspend all new operating licenses issued to media outlets beginning this year. The firm, which has been planning to launch two media subsidiaries – Punch FM and television – this…

Dictatorship Redux: The CDC –led Government Clamp Down on the Media—Christopher Selle and Patrick Honnah’s Punch FM and TV Targeted

20 June, 2018 / By Moses Uneh Yahmia The threat on the life of Journalist Johnathan Paye-Layleh of the BBC for asking President Weah about his commitment to implement the TRC Report was not enough to demonstrate that the government of George Manneh Weah has exhibited a symptom of the reincarnation of a monstrous tyranny…

Liberia: Media Group Suspends Campaign Over Kamara’s Removal

21th November 2014 / By AllAfrica In respect to the passing of two notable Liberian broadcast journalists, the Free Press Movement (FPM), a liberal media policy think-tank within the Press Union of Liberia has announced the suspension of its campaign to democratically remove Kamara Abdullai Kamara as President of the Journalists’ Union for ‘subjecting’ the…