Non-profit media organizations call on newsrooms to donate spare books to help indigenous reporters hone their craft. November 16, 2009. (St. Paul, Minn) NewLiberian.com and The Niapele Project are calling on American newsrooms to donate spare books and magazines for a “Journalists’ Book Drive” to benefit reporters in Liberia.

Executive Mansion, Monrovia Following is the text of a message issued by Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the occasion of Liberia’s National Thanksgiving Day, November 5, 2009:

By: CeasefireLiberia Staff Reporter A new biometric passport has been launched in Liberia that will replace the old. The new one will continue to be valid until April 30, 2010.

By Paul I. Adujie, New York The Democratic Party represents every political convictions and ideals which are held fervent and with passion. Nevertheless, the Democrats tend to always annoy people with their seeming inability to manage electoral victories into power, which should be leveraged and translated into good public policies.

By Lizzie Goodfriend, Johannesburg A network of African civil society and international organizations today called upon African Union (AU) states to use the AU’s upcoming session about the International Criminal Court (ICC) to promote the court’s ability to prosecute the world’s worst crimes fairly and effectively.

CNN, President Obama announced Friday that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS.