August 2026

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The United Citizens of Nimba for Peace and Progress (UCNPP) strongly condemns the recent unconstitutional, illegal, and politically motivate…

The war against drug trafficking and substance abuse in Liberia has reached a critical juncture where it can no longer be treated as the sole responsibility of…

Monrovia, August 30, 2026 – The preacher at the Thanksgiving Service in Monrovia ahead of 2026 Africa College of Bishops Meeting has called on the global church…

TAPPITA, Nimba County — The Government of Liberia is advancing plans to expand specialized healthcare services outside Monrovia with a major upgrade of the Jack…

Monrovia – Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress, Alexander Benedict Cummings, has called on the Government of Liberia to ensure a speedy and fa…

Liberia has opened what the World Bank Group describes as a “new chapter” in financial inclusion and private-sector development with the launch of an Enhanced C…

Kigali, Rwanda; August 31, 2026: – More than two decades after the guns fell silent, Liberia is taking a significant step toward preserving the memory of its ci…

ACCRA, Ghana — The President of the Association of Evangelicals of Liberia (AEL), External Director for Israel Allies Foundation, Liberia and Community of Hope…

About a decade after its establishment in May 1975 through the Treaty of Lagos, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faced a myriad of politic…

MONROVIA – A Sunday prison visit intended as a personal show of solidarity with detained former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has widened into a blunt poli…

MONROVIA – By hosting the Africa College of Bishops Meeting for the first time, Liberia gains a continental platform. The United Methodist gathering centers fai…

MONROVIA – Former President George Manneh Weah’s effort to bring Liberia’s opposition leaders around one table has received a significant response, with Citizen…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Cabinet has again produced the right language: accountability, transparency, electronic procurement, protection of public assets…

MONROVIA – After 18 years, Liberia’s anti-corruption fight still confronts a credibility test: can enforcement punish graft without sacrificing fairness? The Li…

MONROVIA – Ben Sanvee has delivered an emotional message of loyalty to Jewel, praising her compassion, resilience and service behind bars. Writing as a son dete…

MONROVIA – Liberia is returning to the international petroleum market with a clear demand: investors must prove capacity before negotiations begin. The Liberia…

MONROVIA – Musa Hassan Bility’s farewell to Deelay is a story of grief, memory and elders who preserve a community’s shared Liberian history. Through Deelay’s r…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Cabinet has placed implementation at the center of its accountability commitments. The decisions cover electronic pro…

Around 2019 and 2020, I began returning home more frequently. For nearly thirty years, I had been disconnected from my hometown and many of the communities that…

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The arrest and detention of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in connection with the ongoing investigation into the US$317 million drug bust has underst…

MONROVIA — Senate Pro Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence recently shared that she didn’t pass the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exam, yet she still man…

MONROVIA, Liberia, August 31, 2026 — The Liberia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church is hosting the 2026 Africa College of Bishops Meeting, bringin…

MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON, South Beach, August 30, 2026 — Opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) political leader Alexander B. Cummings has expressed doub…