July 23, 2025
Liberia: LNBA Warns Boakai Against Premature Oath for Chief Justice-Designate Gbeisay
The Liberia National Bar Association has warned President Joseph Nyuma Boakai that swearing in Chief Justice-designate Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay before August 15, while Chief Justice… Read more »
Liberia: Transport Ministry Workers Protest 25-Year Ltmi Deal Over Job Losses, Security Concerns
Scores of employees at Liberia's Ministry of Transport are protesting what they call the unlawful outsourcing of critical government services to a private foreign firm, Liberia… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai's Port Bill Veto Draws Civil Society Praise, Push for Legislative Rework Intensifies
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's veto of key provisions in the controversial Port Decentralization Act has drawn broad commendation from civil society groups and student… Read more »
July 22, 2025
Liberia: Misleading, CDC Youth Chairman Was Not Arrested With a Gun During July 17 Protest
While the July 17 protest in Monrovia was ongoing, a social media blog called Rescue Liberia claimed in a Facebook post that the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai Launches First-Ever Regional Passport Centers in Bong and Grand Gedeh
In a landmark effort to decentralize public services, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday launched Liberia's first regional passport centers in Gbarnga and Zwedru, vowing to… Read more »
July 21, 2025
Liberia: Forest Watchdog Groups Demand Probe Into Threats Against Anti-Deforestation Activist
Two of Liberia's leading forest governance watchdogs are demanding an urgent investigation into alleged threats made by a senior government official against environmental activist… Read more »
Liberia: Monrovia Declaration Launches Mano River Union Parliament
Lawmakers from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea have signed a landmark agreement creating the Mano River Union Parliament, a new regional body aimed at… Read more »
Liberia: Unity Party Official Condemns Outsourced Vehicle Deal, Urges Lawmakers to Reject 25-Year Concession
A senior member of Liberia's ruling Unity Party and former Deputy Transport Minister, J. Ebenezer Kolliegbo, is urging lawmakers to immediately reassess and suspend a controversial… Read more »
Liberia: Lawmakers Advance Bill to Create Permanent Asset Recovery Commission
In a push to institutionalize the fight against corruption, Liberia's House of Representatives has begun legislative proceedings on a bill to create a permanent commission with… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai Was Right to Veto Port Bills - Let's Build a Smarter Path to Regional Port Revival
In a country where decentralization has become the favored mantra of reform, it is tempting to embrace every policy branded as modernization. But President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai Pledges 100 Modern Elementary Schools
GBARNGA Bong County- As dozens of public schools across Liberia remain in deplorable condition, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has announced plans to construct 100 new elementary… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Liberia: Mr. President, the Voices of the People Are Not to Be Ignored
Calls for the dismissal of public officials must rest on clear evidence and demonstrable misconduct, not political tantrums or partisan grudges. Yet the 14-day ultimatum issued by… Read more »
Liberia: Justice Gbeisay Confirmed As Chief Justice of Liberia
Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay has officially become Liberia's new Chief Justice following a unanimous vote by the Liberian Senate Thursday, concluding a confirmation process marked… Read more »
Liberia: Stand Issues 14-Day Ultimatum to President Boakai Over Corruption and Misrule
Civil society group STAND has given President Joseph Nyumah Boakai a 14-day deadline to fire top officials and address a list of national grievances--or face "unspecified political… Read more »
July 17, 2025
Liberia: Stones Thrown, Officers Injured As Protesters Reject Senator Cyrus
Thursday's protest calling for action on corruption and poverty turned violent when demonstrators hurled stones at Sen. Momo T. Cyrus, injuring two police officers and forcing the… Read more »
Liberia: Former President Weah Signs Condolence Book in Abuja, Hails Buhari As 'Pillar of Stability'
Former Liberian President George M. Weah paid tribute to late Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja, signing the official Book of Condolence as he described Buhari… Read more »
July 16, 2025
Liberia: Boakai Cuts Ties With Abdullah Kamara, Names Clarence Massaquoi As New LTA Chair
President Joseph Boakai has formally cut ties with Abdullah Kamara, the embattled Acting Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), following months of mounting… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Senators Slam County Officials, CSOs Over Development, Oversight Failures
Senators on Tuesday delivered scathing criticism of local government officials and civil society organizations (CSOs), accusing them of overstepping their roles, mismanaging… Read more »
Liberia: Ngafuan Launches Fy 2026 Budget Process, Urges Timely Passage to Propel Arrest Agenda
Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has emphasized that the timely passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Budget is essential for the effective… Read more »
July 15, 2025
Liberia: NEC Upper Nimba Raises Over $2k From Voter Card Replacements Ahead of District 5 Poll
The Upper Nimba County office of the National Elections Commission (NEC) has generated $2,420 in revenue from the replacement of lost or damaged voter registration (VR) cards ahead… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Liberia: World Bank Sounds Alarm On Liberia's Failing Public Services
MONROVIA-- As trust in political leadership continues to decline across Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank is urging governments in the region to urgently reform public service… Read more »
July 09, 2025
Liberia: Gbusuva Suspends Joseph Mehdeh for Impersonation, Constitutional Violations
- The Elected Board of the Grand Bassa University Students Union Veterans Association (GBUSUVA) has indefinitely suspended Mr. Joseph Garkluakluah Mehdeh for allegedly… Read more »
July 07, 2025
Liberia: An Alternative Approach to the July 17 Protest
Liberia's history bears the deep scars of public protests-many of which, while rooted in legitimate grievances, descended into violence and yielded few, if any, immediate political… Read more »
Liberia: Defacing the Antics of Perilous Requests Against Citizens' Protest, a Permit of Oppressive Resonance
Democracy fundamentally collapses when the voices of its citizens are labelled as disfavored and excessive. No democratic government can fulfil its sacred duty by dismissing the… Read more »
Liberia: Simeon Freeman Backs 4-Year Terms, Says 6-Year Tenures Promote Corruption
- Simeon Freeman, political leader of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), has called for sweeping constitutional reforms that would reduce the terms of office for Liberia's… Read more »
