JOURNAL RAGE

Monrovia, Liberia - Joshua Solomon, the flamboyant model and beauty pageant trainer who was severely beaten supposedly by partisans of the Unity Party during the just ended electoral political campaign, has passed. 

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Solomon, 35, a member of the outgoing Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) of President George M. Weah succumbed to his injuries sustained on August 11, when he was spotted and beaten by alleged partisans of Unity Party around its campaign office headquarters in Sinkor. (more)

Margibi, Liberia –Throughout her stay in her parents’ house in Kakata, Margibi County, Renelle Bartee, 23, endured excruciating circumstances due to her gender identity. 

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Renelle, a trans woman whose name has been changed to protect her identity, said she often bore the brunt of scorn and abuse from her family members. 

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“Some of my siblings grew angry about my sexuality and decided to throw me out of the house immediately after my mother passed away,” says Renelle, who is currently seeking refuge at a friend’s home in Monrovia. (more)

Monrovia, Liberia – Liberians have voted to elect a new set of leaders who would oversee the country’s affairs for the next six and nine years, respectively. 

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For the underground LGBT community, access to justice, healthcare, protection, respect of basic human rights continue to be issues that those seeking elected offices are ducking.
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Paynesville, Liberia - For Abe Johnson (name changed to protect his identity), it was a dream two months ago in January—a friend request from a fake Facebook account, Ashford Horton, with the profile picture of a Senator was all too real.

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“I had seen the friend request, but I was not sure if I should accept it,” he says. Giving the fake Facebook account a thorough scrutiny, he concluded that it must be real. 

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That conclusion led to him becoming one of the many victims in what journalRAGE has uncovered to...
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Monrovia, Liberia - FrontPageAfrica has reliably learnt of an alleged plan by a former soldier of the Armed Forces of Liberia, Cheeseman Cole, to possibly eliminate the Curator-in-Chief of journalRAGE, Gboko Stewart. 

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journalRAGE is an online news platform founded by Gboko Stewart in 2019 to report exclusively on the LGBT community in Liberia. The news platform, since its inception, have brought to the front burner the many issues bedeviling the LGBT community in the country.  

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According to a source with knowledge of.the plan... (more)

Barnesville, Liberia - It has been two years since the disappearance of Dominic Renner and Winston Toe on September 24 and October 4, 2020.

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For Emmanuel Renner, father of Dominic Renner, Thursday, September 24—the last day he saw his eldest son—continues to live in infamy.

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“It’s kind of hard because things went bad when Dominic went missing,” he says. “We are looking... (more)