September 22, 2022
Liberia: Youth Activist Selected for First Ever CEE Fellowship in the U.S.
The President of the Students Against Corruption (SAC) has been selected as the only Liberian for the competitive and prestigious Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Fellowship… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Liberia: Moving to the Hill of Development--Setting the Stage - the Case of Liberia
Governance has long been suspected to be a major impediment to African economic development. In the case of Liberia, for over 200 years of existence in the development trajectory… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Liberia: Medica Liberia Holds Stakeholders Engagement to Ensure Women's Involvement in Development
In an effort to ensure gender responsiveness in the country's development agenda, and in its quest to promote gender advocacy, medica Liberia (mL) on Wednesday, September 7, 2022,… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Initiative for Empowerment Promotes Women, Youth's Participation in Peace Building and Reconciliation
As Liberia prepares for the 2023 general elections, Liberia Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) has completed 12 training workshops and 12 town hall meetings in Montserrado and… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Liberia: Whose Interest? Inside Weah's U.S.$3 Million Pro-Poor Loan
Liberians have long played a peripheral role in the formal aspects of the country's economy since the introduction of the capitalist-oriented model of economic relations nearly a… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Liberia: FORUMCIV Awards Grants to 11 Partners in Bong, Grand Gedeh and Bomi Counties
The management of FORUMCIV-Liberia has provided grants to 11 implementing partners in Bong, Grand Gedeh and Bomi counties under its progam titled "Our Land". Read more »
Liberia: NBC Boss Assures Libing Oil Company Communities One Percent Annual Sale to Support Community Development Fund
National Bureau of Concessions' (NBC) Director-General, Atty. Edwin Dennis, has assured the people of District 5, Compound 4, Grand Bassa County one percent of annual sale from… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Liberia: Refuge Evangelical Baptist Church Empowers 11 Members in Skill Trainings
The Refuge Evangelical Baptist Church in collaboration with the Women Initiative of Liberia has empowered 11 of its female members through training in pastry making. Read more »
Liberia: Bad Road Medicine President George Weah and One of His 'Pro-Poor' Road Projects
Remember, Weah and his hoons had a picture/design of the RIA Highway copied from the Internet from one of American highways that they touted when Weah broke ground for the projects… Read more »
Liberia: UNDP Launches Cohort Two Growth Accelerator Liberia Entrepreneurs Workshop for MSME's in Monrovia
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has for the second year welcomed to Monrovia entrepreneurs from its Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSME's) cohort for a two-day… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Liberia: Govt Fails Millennium Challenge Corporation Scorecard, Loses Free U.S.$500 in Compact Grant
Liberia has again performed dismally in the U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program after it failed 11 of the 20 indicators. Read more »
August 17, 2022
Liberia: YES Welcomes U.S. Department of State-Funded CCI Visiting Fellows
The Youth Exploring Solutions (YES) and its affiliate IDEAS For Us - Liberia is expected to host three young Americans who are visiting Liberia as part of the U.S. Department of… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Liberia: Latest Survey Shows Lack of Benefits for Diamond Mining Communities Threatens Peace
A survey conducted by Green Advocates International has revealed that Mining Communities in Liberia are not benefiting from the extraction of natural resources in their… Read more »
Liberia: Bong Citizens in the U.S. Conclude National Convention
The United Bong County Association in the Americas (UBCAA) has ended its national convention in Providence Rhode Island, the United States of America. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Liberia: Extreme Poverty Hijacks Pro-Poor Agenda - Rev. Samuel Reeves
The President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), Rev. Samuel Reeves has disclosed that the Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD) of the Coalition for… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Liberia: Kinjor Citizens Laud Bea Mountain for Identifying With Them
Several citizens and students in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County have extended their thanks and appreciation to Bea Mountain for the level of support and donations given to them. Read more »
Liberia: The Resilience of the Women of Grand Gedeh County
Yesterday, I had the distinct privilege of speaking at the collaborative event of both the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas and the Grand Gedeh Women's Initiative "Turn Over… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Liberia: Liwene Makes Big Move in Empowering Women in Liberia and the Diaspora
On May 30, 2020, Liberian Female leaders in the Diaspora officially launched a united front based in Europe to tackle various issues affecting women/girls in Liberia and abroad. Read more »
August 08, 2022
Liberia: Govt of Liberia, UN Reaffirm Commitment to Sustained Partnership for At-Risk Youth Programme
One in five youth in Liberia are users of narcotic substances, and many more are at risk of use and addiction. Read more »
August 04, 2022
Liberia: Govt of Liberia Taps LBDI to Take Leading Role in Country's Development Drive
The Government of Liberia (GOL) has designated the Liberian Bank of Development and Investment (LBDI) a leading partner in its development plan. Read more »
August 02, 2022
Liberia: Clergyman Amos Sayjleh Outlines Obstacles Hindering Growth and Development in Liberia
A Liberian clergyman has observed that the growing wave of corruption and bad governance remain primary factors strangulating genuine and sustainable developments in post-conflict… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Liberia: Sen. Moye Bashes At Govt for Being Wasteful While Citizens Suffer in Poverty
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Public Administration, Senator Prince Kermue Moye, says Liberia and its citizens are experiencing the most turbulent times… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Liberia: Limited Budgetary Support Hinders Cooperative Development Agency's Performance - Prof. Tarpeh
The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), Prof. Wilson K. Tarpeh has told a gathering in Gbarnga, Bong County that limited budgetary support… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Reports On Progress in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
The Government of the Republic of Liberia on Friday, July 15, 2022, presented to the United Nations its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the implementation of the… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Africa: World Population to Reach Eight Billion in November
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Liberia, celebrating population day, has projected that the world population could reach eight billion people in November. Read more »