August 2026

CONGO TOWN, Monrovia, August 20, 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged young Liberians to take greater responsibility for prote…

MONROVIA, August 20, 2026: The African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) and the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) at the University…

MONROVIA, August 20, 2026: Questions are mounting over whether the arrest and detention of former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor in connection with Liberia’…

Liberia has long been recognized for its hospitality and its tradition of welcoming people from neighboring countries seeking peace, security, and economic oppo…

The formal charging of a former vice president marks the sharpest escalation yet in Liberia’s widening narcotics inquiry. Jewel Howard-Taylor now stands accused…

The rapid gathering of opposition heavyweights outside police headquarters has given Jewel Howard-Taylor’s detention an unmistakably political edge. Within hour…

A former finance minister has recast Liberia’s sprawling drug inquiry as a partisan war rather than an ordinary criminal case. Samuel D. Tweah Jr. accuses the g…

A diaspora wing of the opposition has moved the fight over Jewel Howard-Taylor’s detention onto the international stage. The Congress for Democratic Change-USA…

A senator’s renewed call for the police chief to step back keeps the cocaine probe at the center of debate. Samuel G. Kogar warns that credibility, not personal…

A new partnership between Liberia’s fisheries regulator and a major humanitarian organization signals a deliberate turn toward investment-led growth. The target…

MONROVIA — Former Liberia National Police (LNP) senior officer Johnny Bolar Dean has rejected claims that he was dismissed from the police force over armed robb…

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States—and the controversial deal is raising serious questions. In this episode…

MONROVIA — Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has been formally charged in connection with an alleged transnational narcotics trafficking network, markin…

The MPR News story centers on Sekou Dukuly, managing director of Liberia’s National Port Authority, and the political fallout from an MPR investigation revealin…

Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been charged with multiple offenses as authorities investigate an alleged transnational narcotics network…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Pressure is mounting on Liberia National Police Inspector General Gregory O.W. Coleman to step aside from the country’s ongoing investigatio…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Liberia is on the verge of crossing the US$1 billion mark in domestic revenue collection for the first time in the country’s 179-year histor…

The Initiative for Women and Youth Empowerment (IWYE) has trained journalists and media practitioners in Liberia on family planning, contraception and Sexual an…

ABUJA, NIGERIA — The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) on Tuesday, August 18, launched the Strengthening Tax Administration Capacity Project in West…

MONROVIA, August 20, 2026: Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has been charged in connection with Liberia’s ongoing investigation into a major transnatio…

MONROVIA – Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been charged with cocaine trafficking, criminal conspiracy and money laundering, the most senior figure…

MONROVIA — Global lifestyle and wellness company QNET has announced a major leadership restructuring, strengthening its executive team and expanding regional ov…

Monrovia, Liberia; August 19, 2026: The National Elections Commission (NEC) has validated its new Communications Strategy following a high-level internal valida…