June 15
Liberia: Snowe Says Ex - FIFA President Blatter Funded Liberia's 2002 Afcon Campaign
FIFA stepped in with $179,000 in cash to keep Liberia's Lone Star from collapsing midway through the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, former Liberia Football Association President Edwin… Read more »
June 08
Liberia: Fact Check - Finance Minister Ngafuan's Claims On Liberia's U.S.$2.8 Billion Debt Stock Are Correct
Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan recently appeared in an ELBC interview and made several claims about the Country's debt stock. According to him, the country's current debt… Read more »
June 15
Liberia: Liberian-Born Refugee Mohamed Touré Reaches FIFA World Cup With Australia
Mohamed Touré, born to Liberian parents in a Guinea refugee camp, took the field at the FIFA World Cup this week, playing 74 minutes as Australia beat Turkey 2-0 and… Read more »
June 17
Liberia: Wehyee Elected New Lafasa President, Pledges Inclusive Leadership
Members of the Liberia Amputees Football and Sports Association (LAFASA) have elected Jonathon Wehyee as the organization's new president for a four-year term. Read more »
June 22
Liberia: Labor Ministry Tightens Work Permit Rules to Prioritize Local Employment
The Ministry of Labour has reinforced existing regulations governing the issuance of work permits for foreign nationals, requiring businesses, concessionaires and other employers… Read more »
June 08
Liberia: Govt Arrests Chinese Nationals, Seizes Excavators in Illegal Mining Raid
Liberian enforcement officers seized two excavators and detained several suspects, including a group of Chinese nationals, during a June 7 raid on illegal mining in Gbarpolu… Read more »
Liberia: Fact Check - Liberia's Information Minister's Bea Mountain Concession Agreement Claim Is Partly Correct but Lacks Historical Context
On May 26, during a Ministry of Information press briefing, Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah claimed that the current Bea Mountain concession was put together by the… Read more »
June 17
Liberia: Ngafuan Calls for Legal Protection of Kickball As a Liberian Innovation
Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called for kickball to be granted legal protection, proper branding and international promotion, warning that… Read more »
Liberia: Solomon Wins Swal Sports Journalist of the Year, Flomo Named Footballer of the Year
Prime FM Sports Editor Michael Nasri Solomon was named Sports Journalist of the Year at the 2026 Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) Awards, capturing the night's highest… Read more »
June 22
Liberia: Kickball Federation Keeps Marriage Rule for President
Delegates to the Liberia Kickball Federation's sixth Congress have voted to keep a contested clause in the federation's constitution that bars unmarried people from contesting for… Read more »
June 19
Liberia: Weah Urges Respect for Referees, Leads FIFA's Fight Against Hate Speech
Monrovia - FIFA Players' Voice Panel Captain and former Ballon d'Or winner George Weah has called for greater respect and protection for football referees, stressing that mistakes… Read more »
May 25
Liberia: Liberian Albinism Group Blasts Ai Images Mocking Condition
The Liberia Albinism Society on Tuesday condemned the growing circulation of AI-generated images that digitally alter the appearance of Liberian celebrities and public figures to… Read more »
Liberia: Bong County Council Approves U.S.$4.9 Million Budget Amid Transparency Concerns
The Bong County Council has approved and turned over a US$4.9 million budget to the county administration after identifying more than US$1 million in previously unreported funds… Read more »
Liberia: Garsinii Supporters Deny Early 2029 Senate Endorsement Amid Bong Political Speculation
Supporters of Bong County politician and humanitarian Dennis Garsinii have dismissed reports suggesting he has already endorsed a candidate for the county's 2029 senatorial race,… Read more »
Liberia: EPA Shuts Down Mining Firm in Grand Gedeh Over Creek Diversion, Illegal Operations
Environmental regulators shut down a gold mining company in Grand Gedeh County Friday after inspectors found it operating six excavators and two processing plants without a permit… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Donation Highlights Logistical Struggles Facing Liberia's Anti-Drug Fight
The donation of 15 motorbikes by the United States Embassy to the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has renewed attention to the severe logistical and operational challenges… Read more »
Liberia: Nafaa Warns Public After Toxic Pufferfish Found On Margibi Beach
Liberia's fisheries authority issued an urgent public health warning Friday after a toxic pufferfish washed ashore at Marshall Beach in Margibi County, cautioning citizens against… Read more »
Liberia: Bility - Tribal, Religious Politicians Are Hiding Their Failures
Congress for Democratic Change political leader Musa Hassan Bility is warning Liberians that politicians who invoke tribalism and religion on the campaign trail are doing so… Read more »
Liberia: American Firms in Liberia Form Business Association
More than 40 American businesses operating in Liberia voted Wednesday to establish a formal association aimed at deepening commercial ties between the two countries, selecting a… Read more »
Liberia: Doe's Daughter Says Her Father Sheltered Charles Taylor's Mother During War - Taylor's Niece Calls It a Lie
The daughter and niece of Samuel K. Doe and Charles Taylor, respectively, traded accusations on social media this week over competing accounts of their fathers' roles in Liberia's… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Voted With Russia, U.S. Against UN Climate Resolution - and It Was the Only African Nation to Do So
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Liberia: Boakai Breaks Ground On $45m Voinjama-Mendikorma Road
FOYA, Lofa County -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai broke ground over the weekend on an 86-kilometer road project linking Voinjama to Mendikorma at the Sierra Leone border, a $45… Read more »
May 22
Liberia: Boakai Sends War Crimes Court, Anti-Corruption Bills to Legislature
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has formally submitted legislation to the House of Representatives seeking to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court and a National Anti-Corruption… Read more »
Liberia: House Summons Health, Border Officials Over Ebola Threat
The House of Representatives has ordered Liberia's top health and border officials to appear before plenary Tuesday, May 27, demanding a full accounting of what stands between this… Read more »
Liberia: EPA, Police Arrest Nearly 20 Chinese Nationals Over Illegal Mining
The Environmental Protection Agency, working with the Liberia National Police, arrested nearly 20 Chinese nationals Thursday on allegations of illegal mining and extensive… Read more »
