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Liberia ordered to pay 'vulture funds' over 1978 debt
Courtesy: BBC
November 30, 2009
A British court has ordered Liberia to pay two Caribbean-registered investment funds more than $20m (£12m) for a debt that dates back to 1978.
The sum awarded to the firms - described as "vulture funds" by critics - is equivalent to about 5% of the Liberian government's budget this year. Liberia says it has no money to pay the debt back and has accused the firms of profiting from poverty. Read detail
Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha Festival on 4th Day of Hajj
Courtesy: VOA
November 29, 2009
Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival of Eid al-Adha, including more than two million pilgrims taking part in annual Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia.
Pilgrims in the Saudi holy city of Mecca threw stones at three pillars representing Satan, a ritual that began Friday and continues until Sunday. No major incidents were reported Friday, the third day of the pilgrimage. Read detail
CDC Wins Senatorial By-Election
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
November 28, 2009
MONROVIA – Supporters of Geraldine Doe-Sheriff of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) took to the streets of Monrovia last night to celebrate their victory in the just-ended senatorial by-election for Montserrado County.
The CDC’s victory has brought into question the ruling Unity Party (UP)’s chances in the 2011 general and presidential elections.
Doe-Sherif is expected to take her seat next week after being certificated Tuesday, ending a month-long campaign in a hotly contested by-election that was marked by mudslinging and other invectives.  Read detail
OLM Elections Commission
Releases Elections Results
hundreds of Liberians jubilate
By:Robert Sayon Morris
November 26, 2009
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Tragedy befalls Minnesota Mandingo Community-Opinion Leader, Sekou Kenneh loses a son

November 25, 2009
 
4 years old, Mohammed Sekou Kenneh passed away this morning, November 25, 2009 in Monrovia, Liberia. To sympathize with the family, please call: 612-207-8017

Iran's Ahmadinejad arrives in Gambia
Courtesy:Gambia News
November 25, 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Gambia on Sunday for a 24-hour working visit aimed at fostering relations between the Islamic republic and the West African nation.
Ahmadinejad was to hold talks with his Gambian counterpart Yahya Jammeh in the afternoon on economic and security issues, a source at the Gambian foreign ministry told AFP.Read detail
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDINGO NATIONS!!

November 22, 2009
 

Yes indeed “time is fast spent”; it’s really amazing to know that Mandingo Nations has been around for a year already. Today, November 22nd, 2009 marks Mandingo Nations website's one year anniversary. Unlike other websites that claim to attract millions of visitors to their sites, the management of Mandingo Nations is pleased to thank its thousands of visitors who have made the website second to none. We want to particularly thank our courageous volunteer reporters for a job well done; be assured that your recent inaugural event coverage reports will be published soon following relevant facts verification. Click links below to see our partial visitor progress reports: Daily report:  Weekly report:  Monthly report
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Professor Alhaji Kromah has declared open support for the candidate of the ruling Unity Party in the November 24 Montserrado Senatorial run-off.
Courtesy: Star Radio
November 22, 2009
Professor Kromah said his support for Clemenceau Urey was based on the Unity Party’s commitment to key elements of his campaign platform.

According to Mr. Kromah, the Unity Party agreed to introduce a bill in the Legislature to practicalize the provisions of Article Fourteen of the Constitution.

Article 14 provides that consistent with the principle of separation of religion and state, Liberia shall establish no State Religion.
It further states that no religious denomination or sect shall have any exclusive privilege or preference over the other, but shall be treated alike. Read detail
African Leaders Left Disappointed at End of UN Food Summit
Courtesy: VOA
November 20, 2009
A three-day United Nations food summit ended in Rome Wednesday without securing substantial new funds to combat world hunger. Speaking to VOA, African ministers said world leaders are not doing enough to reduce soaring hunger levels on the continent.

Participants renewed a pledge made at an FAO summit over a decade ago, to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015. And Jacques Diouf, chief of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said commitments had been made to provide more aid and that this marked an important step. But Diouf added it was unfortunate that specific amounts of money had not been pledged. Read detail
The Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM) Election heats up as the date draws closer: candidate Bangalee Trawally campaigns in Minneapolis with success!!
By:Staff Writer, Mandingo Nations
November 18, 2009
On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, OLM Board aspirant, Honorable Bangalee Trawally was seen campaigning in many Liberian homes and businesses around Minneapolis city for the November 22nd elections in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Mr. Trawally who is a current board chairman and former president of the Minnesota Mandingo Association was petitioned and overwhelming endorsed by the Mandingo community, the Old Timers Sports Association and many others within the larger Liberian community to join the race for the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM) board membership in hope of representing the many voiceless in the community. Read detail/see photos
Liberia's Elections Commissioner Receives Threats
Courtesy: VOA
November 17, 2009
The chairman of Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC), James Fromayan says partisans of football legend George Weah's Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party have threatened to burn down his house and eliminate him in the process.

“The CDC people in particular have been the ones making threatening statements about me at some polling centers," he said. "They were going to burn my home. In fact they had hate messages on their FM station, King FM which had a whole lot of threatening statements about me.” Read detail
Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Current Leader is Forced Out
Courtesy: VOA
November 15, 2009
At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his role in a transitional government. But opposition leaders are saying that is the only way they will discuss the country's political future.

Though representatives from Guinea's ruling military are in Ouagadougou to discuss the prospect of a transitional government, they say there is one concession they will absolutely not give to the opposition forces. Guinea Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua says the National Council for Democracy and Development leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, must be part of the transitional government. Read detail
Liberia's NEC to Announce By-Election Results Saturday, but CDC Already Claims Victory
Courtesy: VOA
November 14, 2009
Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) said it will announce the final results of a highly contested senatorial by-election this Saturday.

The election had been billed as a referendum on the administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a prelude to the 2011 general elections.

But the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), the party of football legend George Weah called a news conference Thursday to say that its candidate Geraldine Doe-Sheriff had won the first round. Read detail
Runner-Up, Concede, Marshall Appeals
Rupel E. Marshall, Sr.
Superintendent of Montserrado County, 1986-1991
November 12, 2009
 

Baltimore, Maryland, USA Wednesday, November 11, 2009, I commend the citizens, residents and voters of Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia for the sober and guarded performance in the senatorial by-election of November 10, 2009.  The levels of maturity, political consciousness and orderliness displayed by the residents, citizens and voters are praiseworthy. Read detail
WHAT NEXT FOR THE LIBERIAN MANDINGOES?
By:Sekou Kenneh-Opinion Leader, MN
November 12, 2009
Over the past years, as we continue to gaze the way politic is being played today, it has become apparent that the modern politic is no longer a question of qualification or political superiority. It's all about electabilities and what they called "A QUID PRO QUO or TIT FOR TAT". Metaphorically, "a trade-deal".Therefore, as dynamic as politic becomes, it is about time for us to consider opening ourselves to change our (M.O) modus operandi with respect to Liberian politics. I think it will be politically expedient for us the Liberian Mandingoes to second guess ourselves and see the need for us to transform our methods of persuading our political objectives. Read detail
Cross-Examination Begins in War Crimes Trial of Former Liberian President
Courtesy: VOA
November 11, 209
Prosecutors at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone have begun their cross-examination of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Mr. Taylor is the first witness in his defense and has spent much of the last 13 weeks dismissing the prosecution case against him as a series of lies.
So Principal Trial Attorney Brenda Hollis opened her cross-examination by asking Mr. Taylor: Who is lying?"Now Mr. Taylor, you have said to this bench throughout your direct examination that all of this evidence here before you, it's all lies. And you have talked about how perhaps, cunning is not the word you used. Read detail
Liberians Vote Tuesday in Crucial Senatorial By-Election
Courtesy: VOA
November 10, 2009
There’s a lot of anticipation in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia where a by-election to fill a vacant senate seat is taking place Tuesday.
The seat was made vacant by the death of Senator Hannah Brent of George Weah’s
Congress for Democratic Change party.
Rodney Sieh, publisher of the online magazine FrontPage Africa said the by-election is a litmus test for Liberia's major political parties.
“For example, the opposition Congress for Democratic Change, the George Weah party is being closely watched because if they lose this election, it would show that his education credential which were a problem in 2005 is still be a problem,” he said. Read detail
Rights Groups Criticize Gambia Hosting AU Rights Conference
Courtesy: VOA
November 09, 2009
The third conference of African National Human rights Institutions is scheduled to take place in The Gambian capital Banjul from this Sunday November 8 to the 10th.
The African Union said the conference is expected to come up with a road map for facilitating collaboration between the African Union organs with human rights mandate and the African National Human Rights Institutions.
The International Federation for Human Rights earlier this week called on the African Union to move the headquarters of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights from Banjul because it feared for the safety of its delegates due to what it called ‘hostile climate in The Gambia. Read detail
Sierra Leonean-American Football Star Launches Global Health Center
Courtesy: VOA
November 07, 2009
American football player Madieu Williams is launching a Center for Global Health that will focus on public health initiatives in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, and Prince George's County, Maryland.

Madieu Williams plays free safety for the professional American football team the Minnesota Vikings. But he is not just a star football player, he also wants to give back to the two unique communities that he calls home. Williams was just nine years old when his family moved from the West African nation of Sierra Leone to the eastern U.S. Read detail
New Book Calls for Revisiting Liberia's 'Historic' Relations With United States
Courtesy: VOA
November 06, 2009
Since its independence more than 160 years ago, Liberia has often been said to have a special relationship with the United States.
Now a new book by D. Elwood Dunn, professor of political science at the University of the South at Sewanee in Tennessee is calling on current and future Liberian leaders to revisit Liberia’s so-called historic relations and modernize it more toward regionalism and continental Africa.In the book entitled “Liberia and the United States during the Cold War: Read detail
Compaore Chairs Inter-Guinean Dialogue
Courtesy:VOA
November 05, 2009
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has chaired the first day of mediation talks in Ouagadougou between Guinea's military junta and other political groups.

Backed by the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS), the talks are aimed at finding solutions to the ongoing crisis in Guinea.
President Campaore has previously helped mediate peace in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire and is believed to have some influence on the leader of the ruling junta in Guinea. Read detail
Death Announcement of
Haja N’balou Kamara
November 04, 2009

The Kamara family here, in the United States and other parts of the world, deeply regrets to announce the death of their mother, grandmother, and in-law, Haja N’balou Kamara, the first wife of the late Alhaji Suleimane Kamara of Sanniquellie City, Nimba County.
Click here to see list of  Family/Relatives:
Public Service Announcement:
November 04, 2009
 

For the benefit of our many readers around the world, the management/publisher of the Mandingo Nations website is actively seeking volunteer reporters to cover the upcoming inaugural events of the Federation of Liberian Mandingo Associations in the USA (FELMAUSA) in Newark, New Jersey on November 6&7, 2009 for very handsome rewards, including absolute anonymity of report’s identity and round trip ticket cost purchase/ refund.  To volunteer for this noble cause and/or check out additional rewards, please contact us via editors@mandingonations.com, or simply call 612-203-3820. Meanwhile, our volunteer reporter who covered the July 3^rd& 4th elections in Minnesota has just informed us that she will not be attending the pending inauguration for personal reasons.
 

Courtesy: VOA
November 04, 2009
Liberian police have reportedly apprehended two individuals for their alleged involvement in the murder of the chairman of the country’s Public Procurement Concession Commission (PPCC).

Keith Jubah, considered one of the reform minded individuals in President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s government, was killed late Sunday at his farm in Kakata, north of Liberia's capital, Monrovia. Read detail

October 30, 2009
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf celebrated her 71st birthday Thursday in the southeastern city of Greenville, Sinoe County reportedly saying that she has not ruled out running for re-election in 2011.

Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president, campaigned on the promise that she would serve just one term.
Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus Badio said the president has a constitutional right to run or not to run.“What the president has said is nothing new. Read detail

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