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MONROVIA, LIBERIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has left Liberia for Accra, Ghana to take part in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). …

MONROVIA – Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, leads the country’s delegation to the 2025 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) has called for the immediate suspension of Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) officials implicated in a growing corruption …

GANTA, NIMBA COUNTY – As voters in Nimba County prepare to cast their ballots in the crucial April 22 senatorial by election, three of Liberia’s leading election observation groups, the …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA  – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has expressed profound sorrow over the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away in the early hours of Easter Monday, April 21, …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – As the Supreme Court of Liberia is expected to issue a ruling on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in the Bill of Information filed by embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and …

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called on Liberians to draw strength from the message of Easter by embracing unity, faith, and collective purpose to overcome the country’s challenges …

MONROVIA – The International Community has issued a joint statement commending the National Elections Commission (NEC) and the Liberia National Police (LNP) for their efforts in ensuring a peaceful process …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Two individuals believed to be drug users were found dead from a suspected narcotic overdose on Saturday, April 20, 2025, in the Barnersville community of Montserrado County. …

MONROVIA – Representative Musa Hassan Bility, political leader of the Citizen Movement for Change (CMC), has declared that his movement will not align with any of Liberia’s traditional political blocs, …

MONROVIA – Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has revealed that Liberia lost an estimated $300 million in a single month following the cancellation of major projects by …

Monrovia – Center Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) Executive Director Anderson Miamen has sharply criticized the politicization of education and the exploitation of vulnerable citizens during election seasons, calling …

MONROVIA – In a move raising political eyebrows, President Joseph N. Boakai on Friday held a private meeting with embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, just days before the Supreme Court …

MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has confirmed that one of six trucks transporting electoral materials for the upcoming Nimba County Senatorial By-election experienced a mechanical failure on Friday, …

MONROVIA – Anderson D. Miamen, a prominent transparency advocate on Thursday, April 17, 2025, called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai administration, particularly the Ministry of Public Works, to clarify why …

MONROVIA – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, in collaboration with the Presidential Executive Order 143 Taskforce, the Ministry of Public Works, Paynesville City Corporation, Monrovia City Corporation, Liberia …

MONROVIA – The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) has strongly condemned a divisive and derogatory statement made at a recent political rally by supporters of Representative Samuel G. Kogar, the …

MONROVIA – The National Youth League of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has expelled two of its senior officials and launched scathing accusations against several government officials and …

MONROVIA – Armstrong Kosleph Marziah, a long-standing partisan of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), has openly defied the party following his suspension by its Revolutionary National Youth League (RNYL) …

MONROVIA – A legal showdown appears imminent between the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force (AREPT) and two prominent figures, Madam Nora Finda Bundoo and Mr. Francis Tuain Blamo, …

MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia, through its Ministry of Justice, has begun presenting evidence in the ongoing extradition proceedings of Othello Bruce, a 60-year-old Liberian-American accused of multiple counts …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Dr. Muriel V. Nelson, President of the Women’s Division of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Liberia, has stepped down from her post and withdrawn from the …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Matthew Nyanplu, a former minister at the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs, and Tourism (MICAT) and political leader of the proposed Party for the People, has publicly …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – An urgent letter has been sent to Liberia’s Minister of Education, Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah, calling for immediate attention to a disturbing trend of fraudulent activities allegedly …