Liberia: Cummings Slams 'Broken' Concession Model, Calls for Radical Overhaul of Liberia's Resource Deals

Former presidential candidate Alexander B. Cummings has launched a stinging critique of Liberia's concession regime, describing it as outdated, exploitative, and incapable of… Read more »

Liberia: Fake Fundraising Scam Targets Mines Minister As Government Issues Strong Warning

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued a strong public warning, distancing itself from a fraudulent social media campaign soliciting money in the name of its leadership. Read more »

Liberia: Bea Mountain Highlights Economic Impact, Expansion

Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) say the figures discussed during the Vice President's tour must be understood within the broader context of the company's growth and… Read more »

Liberia: NPA Deputy Managing Director Tours Harper Port, Highlights Major Trade Opportunities

The Deputy Managing Director for Operations of the National Port Authority (NPA), Emmanuel M. Horton, has described the Port of Harper as a strategic gateway capable of boosting… Read more »

Liberia: Airport Revolt Brewing - Unpaid Workers Threaten to Shut Down Monrovia's Domestic Airport As Salary Arrears Spark Anger and Corruption Questions

Tension is rapidly rising at the James Spriggs Payne Airport, where frustrated employees are threatening to shut down all airport operations over months of unpaid salaries, in a… Read more »

Liberia: House Reviews U.S.$45m Draft Supplementary Budget for Possible Passage

The Plenary of the House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget, and Public Accounts to review the US$45 million Draft Supplementary… Read more »

Liberia: LEC Launches Smart Metering Project to Combat Power Theft, Enhance Service Delivery

The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), in partnership with Senapt Liberia Trading LLC, has officially commissioned a transformative smart metering project designed to overhaul… Read more »

Liberia: Iran Allows Liberia-Flagged Tanker, Two Other African-Linked Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz

Reports Indicate That African linked vessels are among the first non-Iranian ships cautiously navigating the Strait of Hormuz following a fragile ceasefire between the United… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Finance Minister Arrives in U.S. to. Lead Delegation to 2026 IMF/Wbg Meetings

Liberia's Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kphehe Ngafuan II, has arrived in the United States to lead his country's delegation to the 2026 Spring Meetings… Read more »

Liberia: Bea Mountain CEO Announces Expansion Will Provide Over 2,000 Employment Opportunities for Liberians

Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount, Liberia - The Chief Executive Officer of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) has detailed the company's ambitious expansion project, which he said aims… Read more »

Liberia: A New Era for Agriculture - Liberia, Jigawa State Unite for Rice Sector Growth

The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday hosted His Excellency Umar Namadi, Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Nigeria, in what officials described as a promising partnership aimed… Read more »

Liberia: Senator Brown Commissions Final Two Projects, Total Investment Reaches U.S.$161,342

On Wednesday, April 8, Maryland County Senator J. Gble-bo Brown commissioned the final two projects under his recent development initiatives, bringing the total investment for four… Read more »

Liberia: Arcelormittal Liberia Intensifies Engagement On Grievance Management in Communities

The ArcelorMittal Liberia has scaled up outreach activities to help communities better understand and use AML's official grievance management procedure. The recent engagement was… Read more »

Liberia: CBL Defends Planned Banknote Printing As Boakai Recalls Legislature, Mixed Reactions Trail Move - Bank Cites Replacement Needs, Economic Growth

The Central Bank of Liberia has defended its plan to print additional Liberian dollar banknotes as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai recalls the Legislature from its break to… Read more »

Liberia: LEC Initiates System to Detect Illegal Connections

The Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), Mohammed M. Sherif, has disclosed that the management of LEC is implementing a smart metering program. Read more »

Africa: Konneh Courts Indian Investors Ahead of Major Indian - Africa Summit

Senator Amara Konneh of Gbarpolu County is in India on a high-level visit aimed at attracting private investment to Liberia, as momentum builds toward the India-Africa Forum Summit… Read more »

Liberia: NPA Convenes High Level Rice Security Talks Amid Global Tensions

The National Port Authority of Liberia has convened a high-level consultative meeting with key stakeholders in the country's rice sector, as concerns intensify over the potential… Read more »

Liberia: World Bank Country Manager Pushes Private Investment At Liberia's First Fisheries Investment Conference

The World Bank has called for increased private sector investment in Liberia's fisheries sector, describing it as critical to unlocking jobs, boosting revenues, and ensuring… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia Cannot Afford to Look Away From Its $2.7 Billion Unaccounted Mining Fund

LIBERIA IS ONCE again confronted with a painful truth: a nation rich in resources, yet poor in results. Read more »

Liberia: Cllr. Gongloe Vows Impeachment Campaign If Boakai Fails to Probe Border Mining Allegation

Liberian People's Party political leader and former Solicitor General, Tiawan Saye Gongloe, has warned that he will launch a campaign to impeach President Joseph Boakai if the… Read more »

Africa: From Memory to Repair - Why the UN'S Slavery Resolution Matters

On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly crossed a moral threshold that the international system had delayed for far too long. By adopting Resolution A/80/L.48, the… Read more »

Liberia: Determined Liberian Girl Famata Corneh Enters Auto Trade With 'Courage and Passion'

In a society where expectations often define the limits of ambition, Famata Corneh has chosen to redraw those boundaries with courage and conviction. Read more »

Liberia: Jeety Rubber Honored By Rpal, Rdfi As Associations Conferred Upon Him the Liberian Name 'Kolleh'

The Rubber Planters Association of Liberia (RPAL) and the Rubber Development Fund Incorporated (RDFI) have honored Businessman Upjit Singh Sachdeva (alias Jeety) for his company's… Read more »

Liberia: Freeport of Monrovia Shifts to Full Time Operations to Boost Trade and Investment

Liberia has entered a decisive phase in its maritime and commercial transformation as the National Port Authority (NPA) implements sweeping reforms that are reshaping the country's… Read more »

Liberia: Vat Is Coming to Liberia - but Not the Way You Think

I had just stopped at a supermarket in Jacob's Town on Monday evening (March 23) to pick up a few items when a middle-aged man approached me--someone who seemed to know me far… Read more »