Radio station shut down
(RSF/IFEX) – According to RSF, on 7 January 1998 the Liberian Ministry of Mail and Telecommunications closed Star Radio, a news and information station run by the Swiss-based non-government organisation Fondation Hirondelle. Star Radio is accused of illegally using two wavelengths, even though the Ministries of Planning, Foreign Affairs and Information approved the setting up […]
Newspaper banned
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF reports that on 6 January, the Liberian authorities had the only printing works in Monrovia barred from publishing the newspaper “Heritage”. Mr Theophilius Gould, public prosecutor, sent a letter to the printing works asking it to stop the printing of the newspaper “until some problems between “Heritage” and the government have been […]
Four journalists arrested
(RSF/IFEX) – On 21 December 1997, Alex Redd, a journalist with the independent radio station Ducor DC 101, was kidnapped near Suakoko (155 km north of Monrovia) by armed men on his way back from the funeral of slain opposition leader Sam Dorkie. The journalist is being held at police headquarters. Police authorities did not […]
Journalists arrested in Liberia
(CPJ/IFEX) – Alex Redd, a journalist for Radio DC101, was arrested on 21 December 1997 in Gbarnga by one of President Charles Taylor’s Security Units while returning home from the funeral of slain opposition leader Sam Dorkie. His whereabouts are unknown. Forkpa Nyenkan, managing editor of “The News” newspaper, was arrested in Monrovia on 22 […]
Correspondent Nyenati Allison flees Liberia after threats from fighting factions
**Updates IFEX alert dated 23 April 1996** Liberian journalist Nyenati Allison, correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) news agency and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has fled with his two children from Liberia after being threatened by soldiers for the third time. On 3 May 1996, a commander of the National Patriotic Forces of Liberia […]
Radio station and transmitter torched
The Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Christian radio station (94.5 FM), located in the Paynesville suburb of Monrovia, was set ablaze on 2 May 1996 and completely destroyed. The incident occurred during a battle between soldiers of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and Roosevelt Johnson’s United Liberation Movement (ULIMO-J). The station was […]
Widespread looting and arson attacks target media outlets and printing press
On 29 April 1996, the transmitter of the ELCM (97.9 FM) community radio station operated by the Catholic Church and the editorial offices of the independent newspapers “Inquirer” and “New Democrat”, all of which were openly critical of the Liberian Council of State, were completely destroyed in separate arson attacks. As well, the offices of […]
Journalist Nyenati Allison targeted; widespread looting targets media outlets; local coverage of conflict nonexistent
Liberian journalist Nyenati Allison, correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) news agency and the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) “Focus on Africa”, was targeted by both sides of the recent factional fighting in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. On 7 April 1996, one day after fighting erupted, Allison was chased into hiding by a group of fighters […]