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The Liberian Observer or Daily Observer Newspaper is a newspaper published in Liberia. Based in Monrovia, The Liberian Observer Corporation was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Y. Best in 1981. [1] [2] [3] An independent newspaper, it states that its goals are government accountability and popular awareness of current events.
Kenneth Best. Kenneth Yakpawolo Best (born 28 October 1938) is a Liberian journalist who founded the Liberian newspaper The Daily Observer and a paper of the same name in The Gambia. [1] [2] He is the nephew of Americo-Liberian journalist of Caribbean descent Albert Porte. [3]
A Cellcom Liberia antenna in Monrovia (2009). Mass media in Liberia include the press, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. Much of Liberia's communications infrastructure was destroyed or plundered during the two civil wars (1989–1996 and 1999–2003). [1] With low rates of adult literacy and high poverty rates ...
MacDella Cooper (born March 13, 1977) is a Liberian politician and philanthropist. She is the Political Leader of The Movement for One Liberia (MOL) political party. Born in Monrovia, MacDella Cooper was exiled to Côte d'Ivoire during the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War before being reunited with her family in the United States.
Location of Liberia in Africa. An epidemic of Ebola virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2015, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first cases of virus were reported by late March 2014. [2] The Ebola virus, a biosafety level four pathogen, is an RNA virus discovered in 1976.
Monrovia (/ m ə n ˈ r oʊ v i ə /) is the capital and largest city of Liberia.Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liberia’s total population.
Albert Porte (19 January 1906 – 1986) was an Americo-Liberian political journalist and dissident who was the editor of the Crozerville Observer. [1] In 1946, he became the first Liberian journalist to be imprisoned by President William Tubman. The first major movement toward civil society in Liberia is traced back to Porte's activities.
The Chief of Staff is the professional head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Liberia. The Chief of Staff is appointed by the President of Liberia, who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces according to the Constitution . The current Chief of Staff is Major General Prince C. Johnson III, since 6 February 2018.