July 25, 2022
Liberia: Grand Gedeh Caucus to Boycott 26 Celebrations
Grand Gedeh County Legislative Caucus has announced a total boycott of all activities connected to Liberia's 175th Independent Day celebration. Read more »
Liberia: MOA Secures U.S.$38 Million to Commercialize Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture reveals here that it has secured US$38 million under the Liberia Agribusiness Commercialization Fund (LACF) to commercialize agriculture in the country… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Liberia: The Impact of Temporary Operating Bases - Saving Lives By Being There
Sometimes, being present, and visible, can be the difference between life and death. Just ask residents of Duk Padiet. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Liberia: Value Advisory Is a Necessity for Business Transformation Success
The pandemic and growing relevance of 4IR technologies continues to drive greater digitalisation across industries. According to Gartner, 64% of organisations are accelerating… Read more »
Liberia: ADB Group Board Approves U.S.$ 1 Billion for Emergency Food Production
Facility targets 20 million African smallholder farmers to end reliance on food imported from Russia and Ukraine Read more »
Liberia: Senate Concurs With House On Budget
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives on the passage of the draft Restated 2022 National Budget in the tune of US$806,587,341.00. Read more »
Liberia: Weah Issues Proclamation for July 26
President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared Tuesday, July 26, 2022, as Independence Day and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday. Read more »
Liberia: Mudslides Kill 1 in Bong County
Reports from Kokoya District, Bong County, say rescuers have retrieved one body from tons of mud after a landslide that wept into an unauthorized goldmine. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Judge Wennah Awarded As U.S. Releases 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken released the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington,… Read more »
Africa: New Handbook Outlines How Journalists Can Write About Africa Beyond Stereotypes
Narrative-change organization Africa No Filter is challenging stereotypical news about Africa with its latest handbook, Why Change the Way We Write About Africa? A storyteller's… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Liberia: Nimba Lawmaker Wants MoJ Invited Over Land Dispute
Nimba County Electoral District # 6 Representative Dorwohn Twain Gleekia is calling on the House of Representatives to invite Justice Minister Cllr. Frank Musa Dean. Read more »
Liberia: LACC Gets Prosecutorial Powers
The House of Representatives has given the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) prosecutorial power through the passage of an Act amending and restating the Act that… Read more »
Liberia: Rep. Yekeh Kolubah - CDC Negotiated With Me
Opposition Lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah reveals here that the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change negotiated with him to join the Coalition prior to its recent 17th-anniversary… Read more »
Liberia: Legislature Passes Dual Citizenship Bill
Monrovia - Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 19, finally passed the dual citizenship bill ending more than four decades of debates. Read more »
Liberia: SUP to Protest July 26 Celebration
The University of Liberia's campus-based Student Unification Party (SUP) says it will protest the pending July 26 Independence Day celebration by the government, in the face of… Read more »
Liberia: Lawmakers Amend Alien and Nationality Law
The House of Representatives has passed into law an Act to amend and or nullify certain provisions of the Alien and Nationality Law. Read more »
Liberia: NEC Launches Art Exhibition Competition
The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Monday officially launched the 2022 Inclusive Mural Art Exhibition Competition focusing mainly on women, youths and… Read more »
Liberia: Unity Party Gears up for Convention
Team Amin Modad of the Unity Party (UP) says it cannot afford the mistake of changing an experienced and over-achieving leadership with another without an understanding of UP's and… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Musicians Urged to Unite
Musicians in Liberia are engulfed with challenges ranging from piracy, poor sales, and marginalization to disunity and infighting, prompting the Mayor of Monrovia Jefferson Tamba… Read more »
Liberia: 'Government Remains Committed to Fiscal Transparency', Minister Tweah
Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah Jr, has said the government of Liberia remains committed to fiscal transparency. Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Celebrates International Chess Day
The Liberia Chess Federation (LCF) joins the rest of the federations around the world in celebrating International Chess Day today, July 20, 2022, with a public demonstration and… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Liberia: Playing Games With the Liberian People
Editorial: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are feasting in cash withdrawn from the national coffers and disbursed thru covert accounts, while ordinary citizens continue to die due to… Read more »
Liberia: Health Minister - Liberia 'Prepared' to Handle Marburg Threats
Liberia is prepared to deal with any cases of Marburg, the highly infectious virus, Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah has assured. Read more »
July 18, 2022
Liberia: Liberia Reports On Progress in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals - Presents Voluntary National Review to the UN
(New York, July 17, 2022) The Government of Liberia on Friday, July 15, 2022, presented to the United Nations its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the implementation of… Read more »
Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Momo Waysay-Wasa Makes July 26 Greasy
The commercial hub of Duala on Bushrod Island was a place of attraction and happiness over the weekend as several of Liberia's leading GSM company Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money… Read more »