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2010-12-10T11:57:00.001Z

The Gordon N. Fisher Fellowship at Massey College in the University of Toronto Objective . . . to encourage improvement in journalism by offering to qualified men and women an opportunity to broaden their horizons by studying in a university setting Journalists for Human Rights, an international media development organization based in Toronto, is delighted to announce a new partnership

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE TAEF BAMAKO CONFERENCE

2010-10-11T13:29:00.001Z

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE TAEF BAMAKO CONFERENCE October 11 2010 On Wednesday October 14, 180 delegates comprising the most senior African editors, editorial executives and media trainers will gather in Bamako, Mali, for the opening of the fourth conference of The African Editors’ Forum (Taef). Under the theme of Media and the Challenge of Peace in Africa, the conference is being held in

2009-08-20T19:10:00.003Z

Press Union of Liberia Alarms at Justice Ministry’s Chicanery -Freedom of Information and Other Media Laws Stymied in Parliament(Monrovia - 20 August 2009) The Press Union of Liberia says it has been reliably informed that the Justice Ministry is requesting the withdrawal of the three bills currently before the Legislature for its input. PUL in a reaction says it is utterly dismay that the

STATEMENT BY THE AFRICAN EDITORS FORUM ON MEDIA REPRESSION IN SUDAN

2008-11-21T12:13:00.001Z

STATEMENT BY THE AFRICAN EDITORS FORUM ON MEDIA REPRESSION IN SUDAN This week, the repression of media in Sudan reached its climax with the arrest of 63 journalists from thirteen newspaper who were protesting against lack of freedom for media under the government of President Omar Al Bashir. As a result 11 newspaper suspended publication for one day in solidarity with the detained

2008-11-13T15:09:00.001Z

IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2008 CONTACT: Dawn Arteaga, Communications Director Telephone 202.349.7624, E-mail darteaga@icfj.orgInternational Center for Journalists Receives Funding to Improve News Coverage of Poverty and Development Issues in Africa Three-year program, supported by a $2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates

2008-10-29T14:22:00.001Z

Liberia Transitional Justice ForumThoughts from Cape Town Immersion Fellowship ProgramBy: Lawrence T. RandallWeek 1 Continues… Paige Arthur will return the next morning keen to meet her deliverables. She promptly reckons that the deliverables for Day 1 were unmet. Don’t forget we are discussing TJ History, Theory, Practice/Principal and Mechanism.

2008-10-24T12:14:00.003Z

Liberia Transitional Justice ForumThoughts from Cape Town Immersion Fellowship ProgramBy: Lawrence T. RandallThis forum is long overdue. Let me, as a matter of principle, insist that the creation of this forum is not an original idea. In fact, Aaron Weah of the International Center for Transitional Justice, ICTJ Monrovia Office and I have been tolling with the idea of bringing young practitioners

2008-09-04T16:08:00.000Z

Recommend Prosecution For Heinous Crimes …US Professor Holloway Tells TRC …Says Reconciliation in Good, But Justice Is Better Monrovia, September 4, 2008 (TRC): The TRC must recommend prosecution for past government officials that committed the most heinous economic and political crimes against the Liberian people at a special tribunal set up to address wrongs against humanity, Professor

2008-09-03T17:35:00.000Z

1980 Coup Created Opportunity For Disputes …Professor Holsoe Diagnoses Liberia’s Problems The April 12, 1980 military coup created an opportunity for disputes to flare up in Liberia, which the True Whig Party (TWP) government had difficulty quashing, Professor Svend E. Holsoe said. Dr. Holsoe, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Delaware said the overthrow of the TWP

2008-09-01T17:45:00.002Z

War Crimes Court Will Undermine Liberia’s Security …Father TikporThe establishment of a war crimes court in Liberia will undermine the peace and security of the country, Monsignor Reverend Father Robert Tikpor has said. Father Dr. Tikpor said the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia should not recommend the establishment of a court of international justice in Liberia at the

2008-09-01T17:22:00.002Z

Historical Review Hearing Opens Monday …Expert Historians To TestifyProminent Liberian and foreign historians have started testifying at Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Thematic Hearing on Historical Review in Monrovia. Under the theme: “Examining Liberia’s Past: Reality, Myth, Falsehood and the Conflict”, the hearings which will convene at the Centennial Memorial

Deadline is August 29 for Knight International Journalism Fellowships

2008-08-20T18:41:00.002Z

Dear Lamii, The International Center for Journalists is currently seeking applicants for the Knight International Journalism Fellowships program. As participants of the 2008 Goteborg, Sweden

Only 3% of People Recycle Their Old Mobile Phones

2008-07-09T13:00:00.003Z

Survey carried out by Nokia has reported that only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones despite the fact that most have old devices lying around at home that they no longer want. Three out of every four people added that they don't even think about recycling their devices and nearly half were unaware that it is even possible to do so.The survey is based on interviews with 6,500 people in 13

2008-07-07T17:06:00.003Z

The Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice on Friday formally cleared Journalist Bill K. Jarkloh of Rape/Sodomy Charges. The City Court’s “Clerk’s Certificate” clearing Mr. Jarkloh of the charges forbids him from further answering to the charge of rape/sodomy. The court document indicates that the case was been dismissed by the court after careful perusal in Mr. Jarkloh’s without

Liberia Media Center Releases 2nd Media Monitoring Report

2008-06-26T12:42:00.005Z

After nearly three months, the Liberia Media Center today released its second media monitoring report on the coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process and the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The exercise, follow up on the center’s previous monitoring of the TRC coverage by the local media is meant to technical and editorial advice to the country’s media

HIGHWAY AFRICA CONFERENCE

2008-06-19T11:29:00.003Z

2008 Theme: Citizen Journalism, Journalism for CitizensCALL FOR APPLICATION TO ATTEND THE HIGHWAY AFRICA CONFERENCE, 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER 2008, RHODES UNIVERSITY, GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICAHighway Africa, a programme of the School of Journalism at Rhodes University, will be hosting the 12th edition of the Highway Africa Conference from 8-10 September in Grahamstown, South Africa.Highway Africa has a

LMC Participates in ICFJ Conference

2008-06-14T12:07:00.002Z

News ReleaseMonrovia, May 30, 2008: The Coordinator of the Liberia Media Center’s community radio project, Mr. Lamii Kpargoi has left the country to attend an International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seminar.The seminar is been held in the Swedish city of Goteborg under the theme “Toward an International Network of Independent Journalism Training Organizations: Partnerships and Mentoring,

From VOANEWS.COM

2008-06-11T16:14:00.000Z

Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hears Public Testimony By Naomi Schwar Dakar 15 January 2008 Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has entered its final phase: public testimonies by victims of civil war and by those they accuse. Many Liberians say airing the crimes will help the country heal from the psychological wounds of war and instability. But others say Liberia

110 journalists killed in 2007: WAN Congress Reports

2008-06-10T15:31:00.004Z

Goteborg, June 4, 2008: The 61st World Newspapers Association Congress and the 15th World Editors Forum have successfully concluded in the Swedish City of Goteborg with an upbeat report on the future of world press. Presenting the World Trends in the Newspaper Industry: An Update, the Chief Executive Officer of WAN, Mr. Timothy Balding said that contrary to persistent reports of the imminent

BILL JARKLOH WRITES FROM PRISON

2008-06-10T11:55:00.003Z

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 “Many people who know me, Bill K. Jarkloh, I guess, were surprised when they read on the FrontPageAfrica website, Heritage, The INQUIRER newspapers and heard on Star Radio that I was arrested and being detained at the Monrovia Central Prison on allegation of “Rape and Sodomy,” he said. He said at all cost, the fact remains that “I am innocent, and I am

2008-02-14T15:17:00.003Z

My Journey to Senegal By: Lamii Kpargoi Mr. Peter Kahler who heads the WADR is a senior Liberian colleague. He goes out of his way to make every Liberian feel at home in Dakar so long as he has prior warning of your arrival. About two weeks before flying out of Monrovia, I called Pete, as he is called by a lot of us, to let him know that I’ll be spending a few days in Dakar. And as

Monitor Newspaper

2008-02-04T15:48:00.001Z

Civil service built on “patronage culture’ -President Johnson Sirleaf A two-day development workshop on Civil Service Reform Strategy has opened in MonroviaLiberia as deplorable. with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf describing the state of the civil service in The President observed that the Service has historically been built on a strong public administration patronage culture, with a

Monitor Newspaper

2008-02-04T15:48:00.000Z

Civil service built on “patronage culture’ -President Johnson Sirleaf A two-day development workshop on Civil Service Reform Strategy has opened in Monrovia with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf describing the state of the civil service in Liberia as deplorable. The President observed that the Service has historically been built on a strong public administration patronage culture, with a

Monitor Newspaper

2008-02-04T15:31:00.000Z

Isaac Vaye killers identified -widow insists on ‘justice’ The killers of the late University of Liberia (UL) lecturer and former Deputy Minister of Public Works for Technical services, Isaac Vaye, have been identified by his widow, Suzanna G. Vaye. She said all indications and personal investigations pointed to the fact that her late husband was killed in cold blood upon the orders of

2008-02-04T15:13:00.000Z

Which side are you on? By K. Abdullai Kamara While Liberia could not reach the finals of the African Cup of Nations, Liberians are nonetheless a major part of the continental football festivities, as can be seen by wide, open and empty streets during the mid afternoon, followed by widespread jubilation in favor of one country or another during the early evening, whenever the games are

Monitor Newspaper

2008-01-25T14:11:00.000Z

Prince Johnson Sounds WarningA former rebel leader in the Liberian civil war has made a radical statement in Monrovia relative to his role during the country’s protracted bloody civil conflict. The former leader of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) the warring faction that captured and executed President Samuel Kanyon Doe at the Free Port of Monrovia made the statement a

Monitor Newspaper

2008-01-25T13:46:00.001Z

Vahun Reconnects to the Rest of LofaThe construction of the major bridge linking Vahun District to the rest of Lofa County has been completed enabling direct access to the district for the first time in 14 years. The Vahun is about 62km from Kolahun and has a population of about 24,000 with 56 towns and villages.UNHCR directly accessed the area on 16 January 2008 to conduct protection monitoring,

Monitor Newspaper

2008-01-25T13:46:00.000Z

Monitor Newspaper

2008-01-25T13:32:00.000Z

US$5,000 Bribery Case Heats Up:Witnesses Flown Abroad13 Lawmakers to Face Probe?As investigation into the alleged US$5,000 deal which led to the removal of Edwin M. Snowe as Speaker of the House of Representatives intensifies, latest reports available to The Monitor have revealed that the two former drivers assigned to two of the lawmakers [ring leaders] in executing the plan have confessed to

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2008-01-16T16:20:00.001Z

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2008-01-16T13:08:00.001Z

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2008-01-11T13:46:00.000Z

Does Liberian Bureaucracy Need a Religious Advisor?By: Lamii KpargoiI recently heard about a huge debate that engulfed the country when the Religious Advisor to the president, Madam Ester Nyumah reportedly stated on public radio that she would boycott any state function at which a Moslem clergy was allowed to pray.According to reports on the issue that I have read in the local media, the

2008-01-09T16:23:00.000Z

The New Religious Suspects and God PoliticiansBy: Samuel ToeWhen the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes offered 17th Century Europe a new political philosophy grounded on the possibility of achieving legitimate political power without invoking divine revelations, it appealed to many. This was Europe just emerging from the Wars of Religion, in which Christians, “idled by apocalyptic dreams hunted

2008-01-03T11:38:00.005Z

My Journey to Senegal By: Lamii Kpargoi On December 12, I started a journey to the Republic of Senegal for the purpose of attending the 3rd Regional Workshop on ICT and Media Issues in West Africa. As I headed back home, I took some time to reflect on one of the most challenging travels that I’ve encountered since I started traveling outside my home country – Liberia. In order to get

ICTs & Governance

2007-12-15T12:35:00.000Z

ICTs and Local/Democratic Governance By: Lamii KpargoiPhoto: Female Broadcaster Using ICT With the advent of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Liberia, and the introduction of the internet component ICTs in the second half of the last decade, the uses and powers of ICTs have quickly caught on with access to the technology having grown vastly over this period.

2007-12-13T17:01:00.000Z

This blog was created at the "3rd Regional Workshop on Media and ICTs: New Technologies, New Journalism, Improved Governance". The workshop which was held in Dakar, Senegal from 13th to 15th December 2007 brought together scores of journalists from across West and Central Africa.The Workshop was host by Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) at the Faidherbe Hotel in down town Dakar.As a coincidence,