August 2026

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s tourism pledge is moving from rhetoric toward brick and mortar. By breaking ground at Providence Island, his administ…

FISH TOWN, River Gee County — The Armed Forces of Liberia wants women to make up as much as a fifth of its ranks, roughly triple their current share, and …

The ruling Unity Party has handed Senator Prince Kermue Moye a politically sensitive assignment: overseeing and conducting the party’s regional leadership elect…

MONROVIA – Senator Amara Konneh has turned a searing spotlight on how Liberia prosecutes its multimillion-dollar narcotics cases. His central charge is that jus…

The Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) has launched a 10-day Safety Management Systems (SMS) training aimed at strengthening safety standards, improving ri…

More than 20 young Liberians, ages 6 to 17, graduated from a month-long summer training program in artificial intelligence and digital arts hosted by Heritage L…

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The Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY) Bong County Secretariat has appointed an interim leadership for the Jorquelleh District #2 Youth Council, in a move aimed…

MONROVIA, August 17, 2026: Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Executive Governor Henry F. Saamoi has called for stronger cross-border banking supervision, improved c…

The Food Authority of Liberia (FAL) launched its 2026-2030 Strategic Plan supported by the EU-funded Liberian Food Safety Initiative to enhance food safety, pub…

MONROVIA, August 18, 2026: Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh has called for equal accountability across Liberia’s security sector in the ongoing fight agains…

YEKEPA, Nimba County, August 18, 2026: ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has promoted Liberian mining engineer Momo B. Moore to Deputy General Manager for Mines, plac…

MONROVIA, August 18, 2026: Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung Sr. has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring that public servants receive their reti…

MONROVIA, Liberia, August 18, 2026: Sinoe County Senator Cllr. Augustine S. Chea has questioned President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s handling of growing concerns ove…

PAYNESVILLE, August 18, 2026: Prison Fellowship Liberia (PFL) has announced plans to provide educational support to 525 children of inmates across nine of Liber…

MONROVIA – Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh has intensified calls for an independent investigation into Liberia’s sprawling cocaine scandal, warning that ac…

MONROVIA, August 17, 2026: River Gee County Senator Jonathan Boycharles Sogbie has hailed the enactment of the National Sports Fund Authority Act, describing it…

Paynesville, Liberia, August 18, 2026 — The Magisterial Court in Paynesville has reserved ruling on a defense request seeking the reopening of Private Sports Ba…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. has brokered a multi-party agreement aimed at ending the latest impasse at the University of Liberia (UL), directing universit…

A public war of words has erupted over the Boakai administration’s handling of Liberia’s latest cocaine seizure, with Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh accus…

Prominent lawyer and former Solicitor General of the Republic of Liberia Tiawan Saye Gongloe is calling on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to give a full public a…

Liberia is moving toward a major expansion of its maritime infrastructure after the Cabinet endorsed a proposed expansion of the country’s ports, including capi…

Some concern citizens of Liberia have called on President Joseph Nuyma Boakai to officially confirm and reassure Liberians that the Liberia-Guinea border situat…

The Ministry of Education has selected and vetted 38 teachers serving in rural communities across Liberia’s 16 Education Counties to participate in a three-week…