Republicans in Washington are blocking further Ukraine aid. The question now is what Ukraine can reasonably still hope to achieve. It’s still possible that either Ukraine or Russia will mount a more successful military drive this year than experts expect. With RUT concluded, the 24th MEU now prepares for the Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final deployment certification event. The 24th MEU remains a premier crisis response force, capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response missions, and limited contingency operations to support Geographic Combatant Commanders’ requirements.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 06, 2024 13:03 UTC
This effort is intended to prepare the CDC for the next General and Presidential election year in 2029. “Henceforth, we are pleased to announce that our party, the Mighty Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), will hold a CDC comeback retreat, scheduled to commence from April 24th to 29th, 2024, in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County; under the theme turning setback into comeback,” Chairman Morlu said. CDC Chairman added: “This retreat will elevate an essential institutional platform to move forward in unity, strength, and renewed momentum. “It is already being widely considered as “The CDC Comeback” year! Chairman Morlu also urged partisans to uphold what he termed as cherished democratic values even in the face of unfolding challenges.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 06, 2024 02:02 UTC
During the lead-up to the 2023 elections, Nyumalin and the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change exchanged heated rhetoric and threats, including the deployment of party militants. In response, Nyumalin announced the recruitment of 1000 youths, to counter any altercations from the Coalition for Democratic Change. Francis Nyumalin’s nomination as Minister of Internal Affairs was not a good decision,” said Abraham Tarnue, responding to Nyumalin’s nomination on his Facebook page. He is not a reconciler.”“We will be having an Internal Affairs Minister that openly declared and supported to be instigators of violence. Francis Nyumalin) on your appointment as the honorable minister of ministry of Internal affairs by the president.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 05, 2024 19:45 UTC
CHICAGO – This week, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision disqualifying him from the ballot for the 2024 presidential election. But the truth is that both the law and the facts are unclear, which means the Supreme Court justices’ political acumen will be tested like never before. Start with the question of whether Trump engaged in “insurrection,” the resonant but undefined core of Section 3. Another is that Trump gave aid and comfort to the insurrection by failing to call in the troops to quell it, and by waiting hours before telling his supporters to go home. The trial court in the Colorado case noted that Section 3 does not explicitly apply to the president.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 05, 2024 16:47 UTC
:The CDC-COP said it sees Mr. Boakai’s calls for a drug test as a calculated attempt to witch-hunt and silence critical voices across the country. The Liberian people need jobs, empowerment, stable electricity, peace, economic growth and not drug tests. CDC-COP challenges Mr. Boakai who lives on a cardiovascular booster (a drug for weak heartbeat) to a drug test alongside his son Tantan and Joseph Boakai Jr, that runs and traffics drugs at the Stress-Free Entertainment Center. We are calling on the resilient people of the motherland to not adhere to any drug test from Mr. Boakai and his administration. Do not undergo any drug tests from Boakai & Koung.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 05, 2024 12:51 UTC
By Associated Press |COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — U.S. President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, clinching a state he pushed to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago. Biden defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. He won all 55 of the state’s Democratic delegates. South Carolina is reliably Republican, but 26% of its residents are Black. Biden pushed for a revamped primary calendar that will see Nevada go second, holding its primary on Tuesday.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 04, 2024 12:57 UTC
BY ALEXANDRE PLAZA AND PATRICIA LUNA ASSOCIATED PRESS |Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said Saturday. Chile’s Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said there were currently 92 forest fires burning in the center and south of the country, where temperatures have been unusually high this week. She said that two fires near the towns of Quilpué and Villa Alemana had burnt through at least 8,000 hectares (19,770 acres) since Friday. One of the fires was threatening the coastal resort town of Viña del Mar, where some neighborhoods have already been badly affected. In Villa Independencia, a hillside neighborhood on the eastern edge of town, several blocks of homes and businesses were completely destroyed.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 04, 2024 12:57 UTC
The Iraqi government said Saturday that the US airstrikes on the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western Iraq killed 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others. He also said that the government believes that the presence of the international coalition forces on Iraqi soil has become a threat to security and stability in Iraq and a justification for involving Iraq in regional and international conflicts. Al-Awadi warned that the recent airstrikes put security in Iraq and the region on the brink of the abyss, adding, “Iraq renews its refusal to make its lands an arena for settling scores.”The US Central Command said in a statement on Friday that the US forces conducted airstrikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and affiliated militia groups. The US airstrikes came in response to recent attacks by Iranian-backed militias that caused the first US fatalities since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, 2023. Source: Xinhua Editor: Zhu QingVisited 22 times, 22 visit(s) today
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February 03, 2024 17:43 UTC
PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife and a hammer injured three people Saturday in an early-morning attack at the major Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, another nerve-rattling security incident in the Olympic host city before the Summer Games open in six months. The Paris police chief, Laurent Nunez, said the suspect attacked passersby with a hammer and a knife. He said the attack did not appear to be terror-related and that the suspect seemed to suffer from mental health issues. Investigators are analyzing the knife and hammer, the prosecutor’s office said. Most recently, a man targeted passersby near the Eiffel Tower in December, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 03, 2024 17:35 UTC
However, she pledged her support to President Boakai during the November 14, 2023, run-off elections. The Senate Chambers is the sanctity of the Senate. Sources have confided that Senator Dillon is under pressure from some executives of the ruling UP to block the nomination of Madam Nyanti. However, Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence of Grand Bassa County also has an ambition to replace President Boakai come 2029. Some claimed that they were exhausted and had adjourned their regular session just a few minutes to the time for the confirmation hearing.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 02, 2024 21:03 UTC
In his petition to the court, Weah contended Inspector Patrick Sudue and others were informed that forcibly taking money from him was inappropriate and did not fall in line with their operational procedures. However, he noted that due to his contention against the illicit act by Sudue, Gboyah, and Ballah, they threatened him with the charges of extortion and blackmail for which he decided to seek legal redress. Judge Feika, having analyzed the controversies contained in the averments in the pleadings, said the crux of the issue the bar is principled on two issues, which have been defined and lengthily discussed. Therefore, Judge Feika has ordered Sudue, Gboyah, and Ballah to deliver the said amount to Mr. Weah. This, the Judge noted, is a result of Sudue, Gboyah and Ballah, defendants in the case, failure, and disobedience to conform to statutory requirements as specified for Action to Recover Chattel.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 02, 2024 19:44 UTC
BY LAUREN IRWIN THEHILL.COM |Joshua Schulte, a former CIA officer, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for the largest data breach in the agency’s history, along with other charges. Schulte was charged on crimes of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI and child pornography, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release. “Joshua Schulte betrayed his country by committing some of the most brazen, heinous crimes of espionage in American history. Schulte, who worked as a computer engineer within the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, was accused of handing over classified data to WikiLeaks. Schulte, who represented himself in court, said anyone could have perpetrated the breach.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 02, 2024 14:54 UTC
The former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister, B. Elias Shoniyin has angrily dismissed rumors of secretly sponsoring negative public opinion against Foreign Minister designate Sarah Beysolow Nyanti. In a press statement, Mr. B. Elias Shoniyin dismissed reports linking him to secretly sponsoring a campaign to hinder the appointment of Foreign Minister-designate, Madam Beysolow Nyanti. As such, he was completely shocked about the rumors and was figuring out the sources and their motivation. Mr. Shoniyin believes that Madam Sarah Beyslow Nyanti is amongst the most talented, experienced, and internationally respected Liberians well qualified for the post of Foreign Minister and he fully supports her nomination to that important office. The former Deputy Foreign Minister wants journalists to remain ethical and use their platforms for the good of society and as tools to promote peace and democracy rather than fuelling tensions amongst public officials.
Source:GNN Liberia
February 02, 2024 13:13 UTC
The alliance parties were initially five political parties, including Unity Party, Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction, Protemp Nyonblee Karngar Lawrence faction of the Liberty Party, Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia, and the Movement for One Liberia of Macdella Cooper which took Ambassador Boakai to the runoff elections. During the runoff, 16 other political parties joined the alliance, making it 21 political parties, and chaired by Cllr. This, our source noted, further indicates the length at which the internal conflict has grown. At the same time, Salee noted that the process of governing is not an overnight issue; therefore, he is encouraging all alliance members that the process is about Liberia. However, Chairman Salee noted that on the issue of boycotting the annual message, the alliance members did not receive an invitation from the foreign but, they later settled.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 02, 2024 00:56 UTC
FrontPageAfrica has been privy to about a dozen pages of education credentials submitted by Beysolow to the Committee. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Beysolow is expected to be the face of Liberia in the diplomatic community. Wheeling & Dealing LikelyConfirmation hearings for Foreign Minister nominees are often contentious, controversial, and not without hitches. Nyanti previously served as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Yemen (2019-2020) and in The Gambia (2015-2017). Before joining the United Nations in Liberia where she worked during the conflict and transitional government periods, Beysolow-Nyanti held senior positions in the Ministry of Health of the Government of Liberia (1999-2003).
Source:Front Page Africa
February 01, 2024 07:38 UTC