Africa: UNGA President Warns Colonialism Still Shapes Global Conflicts

The president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) warned Tuesday that the free and peaceful world envisioned when the U.N. was founded 80 years ago remains far from… Read more »

Liberia: Boakai At UNGA - Liberia to Push Africa's Voice, Calls for Justice and Climate Action

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai told world leaders at the 80th United Nations General Assembly that Liberia will use its historic term on the UN Security Council to advocate for… Read more »

Liberia: Naymote, UNDP Expand Citizen Oversight - 375 Projects Monitored Nationwide

- Citizen monitors trained by Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Peacebuilding Fund, tracked… Read more »

West Africa: Ghana-Nigeria 2001 Match-Fixing Allegations Resurface

- Ghanaian journalist Fentuo Tahiru has revived allegations of match-fixing in a 2001 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana that ended Liberia's hopes of reaching its first… Read more »

Liberia: Youth Hold the Key to Liberia's Lasting Peace, Says ActionAid

The country director of ActionAid Liberia says youths are drivers of peace and critical to Liberia's peace sustainability, describing their roles as key in building… Read more »

Liberia: UNHCR Launches Five-Day Training for LRRRC Staff On Refugee Protection and Case Management

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun a five-day capacity-building workshop in Monrovia to strengthen the ability of Liberian Refugee Repatriation and… Read more »

Liberia: UN Regional Director Urges Liberia to Empower Women for Growth and Safety

-- UN Women's West and Central Africa Regional Director Dr. Maxime Houinato is urging Liberia to make women's economic empowerment a national priority, arguing it is essential to… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia, World Bank Sign $88.7m Deal to Improve Primary Education

Monrovia - Liberia has secured a record $88.7 million deal with the World Bank to overhaul its failing public primary education system, aiming to lift more than 350,000 students… Read more »

Liberia: FAO Launches Liberia Situation Room in Rome to Strengthen Food Security

- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has inaugurated the Liberia Situation Room, a state-of-the-art hub designed to transform food security… Read more »

Liberia: IAEA Chief Visits Liberia, Pledges Support for Cancer Care, Farming, Clean Water

For the first time since Liberia joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1962, the agency's Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, arrived in the country Thursday… Read more »

Liberia: Unicef Regional Director Lauds Liberia's Child Welfare Agenda, Eyes Stronger Partnerships

MONROVIA, Liberia -- UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, is in Liberia this week for high-level discussions with government leaders, development… Read more »