Liberia: GAC Audit Finds Corruption At GSA

An audit conducted by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) has pointed to alleged corruption at the General Services Agency (GSA) under the administration of former Director… Read more »

Liberia: 'Reckless and Baseless'

The Office of Rep. Thomas Alexander Goshua, II, has termed Rep. Steve Tequah of River Cess County Electoral District #1's statement reckless and baseless. Read more »

Liberia: LRA Apologizes for Misinterpreting Law On Dutyfree Privileges to Lawrnakers

The House of Representatives leadership held a constructive conversation today on Capitol Hill with the Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), Dorbor Jallah,… Read more »

Liberia: No Threat Will Stop Retrieval of State Assets - Govt Warns

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's Assets Recovery and Properties Retrieval Team has warned officials of the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) that no level of… Read more »

Liberia: Thousands in Liberia Are Without Access to Water, but WaterAid Hailed for Intervening

Massa Sumo, a 33-year-old resident of Yahyonyon Town in Todee District, Montserrado County, Liberia, fetched water from the town's only creek all her life until December 2020. The… Read more »

Liberia: Scaring & Terrible!

Liberian businessman-turned-politician Mr. Simeone Freeman has termed President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's first draft National Budget of US$692m as completely scary and terrible. Read more »

Senegal: Ecowas Election Observers Visit Polling Stations

Approximately 7 million 371 thousand 890 registered voters are expected to be at the polls to elect the successor of President Macky Sall from a list of 18 candidates. From the… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Urges Liberians to Rally Behind Calls for War Crimes Court

In a poignant appeal to the people of Liberia, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack urges citizens to rally behind calls for the establishment of a… Read more »

Liberia: Speed Up Passport Investigation

The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) urges the Boakai administration, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to speedily investigate the previous… Read more »

Liberia: LINA's Former Director Ordered to Return Government Asset

Liberia's Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah has ordered former Liberia News Agency (LINA) Director General Kwame Oldpa Weeks to return LINA's social media access to the Ministry… Read more »

Liberia: Officials Risk Travel Ban

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's Assets Recovery and Properties Retrieval Taskforce has warned that it will place a travel ban and restrictions on former and current officials… Read more »

Liberia: Boakai Orders Audit of MOS

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has asked the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs. Read more »

Liberia: Boakai Flexes Muscle At Nasscorp

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has dismissed National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) Deputy Director General Madam Carmerna Cephas Yeke for gross… Read more »

Liberia: Windstorms Affect More Than Thousand People in Gbarpolu, Bong, and Nimba

Liberia's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) says recent windstorm incidents across three counties in Liberia have left a trail of destruction, affected 1,863 individuals,… Read more »

Liberia: PWDs Want Government to Direct Funding to Local Organizations

People with disabilities in Bong County say they have waited for assistance that never seems to arrive, thus demanding direct funding from organizations in the county to meet their… Read more »

Liberia: Govt. to Address Prison Congestion

Prison congestions across Liberia have drawn attention of the new Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Cllr. Natu Oswald Tweh, who has revealed plans to address the problem. Read more »

Liberia: Sali Aims to Mitigate Liberia's 38,000 Illegal Abortion

--Dialogues with media practitioners on importance of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Read more »

Liberia: Stand Appoints First Country Director

Stand, a newly formed grassroots civil society institution movement, has pledged its support to advocacies for justice, including a popular call for establishing a war and economic… Read more »

Rwanda/Liberia: Vcwc Mobilizes World Footballers for Rwanda Championship

Liberia's former President and global football icon, George Manneh Weah, is expected to join several world footballers to grace an international championship in Rwanda in September Read more »

Liberia: No Food, No Water, No Shelter for Liberian Refugees in Ghana

Life has become unbearable for Liberians from the Budumburam refugee camp in Ghana, 22 days after an unexpected demolition of their homes by Ghanaian authorities that has left a… Read more »

Liberia: Boakai Imposes Financial Restraints On LTA

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has imposed financial restrictions on the Liberia Telecommunications Authority's (LTA) outgoing chairperson, Madam Edwina Crump Zackpah. Read more »

Liberia: Five Counties Unite to End Open Defecation

Five counties in Liberia have jointly signed a resolution to end open defecation in their respective areas under a USAID-sponsored Countywide Sanitation Activity. Read more »

Liberia: Killing Citizens to Protect Foreign Companies in Liberia

The West African Frontline Grassroots Defenders' Directory is alarmed and saddened by the heavy-handed police action against local community residents of the Mining Town of Kinjor… Read more »

Liberia: Fiscal Transparency Advisory Group Reconvenes

The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, has committed to continuous support of the Fiscal Transparency Advisory Group (FTAG) for the… Read more »

Liberia: New Report to Address Poverty in Liberia Launched

The World Bank has launched a new report titled Liberia Poverty Assessment 2023 Report: Towards a More Inclusive Liberia. The report highlights that while 3 out of 10 people in… Read more »