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Liberia is closing in on a major domestic revenue milestone, with the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) reporting that it has collected US$954.7 million in revenu…

MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has launched a new five-year strategic plan aimed at rebuilding and sustaining public confidence in Liberia’s…

MONROVIA – A Montserrado County Grand Jury has indicted several individuals, including George Wah Harris and a number of business and security-linked figures, i…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has announced a new wave of appointments affecting several key institutions of government, including the Ministry of Ju…

MONROVIA – Senator Augustine Chea has launched a sharp critique of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s anti-corruption campaign, questioning whether the government…

MONROVIA – The government’s yellow machine program will prioritize technical competence over political connections, with National Coordinator Brownie J. Samukai…

MONROVIA – A renewed effort to strengthen relations between Liberia’s government and the media is taking shape following high-level discussions between the Publ…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has renewed Liberia’s suspension of import tariffs on qualifying renewable-energy products but has attached strict elig…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Nora Finda Bundoo’s bid to satisfy Criminal Court “C”’s US$8 million bond requirement has hit another legal roadblock, with the court ruling…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The expulsion of Senator Samuel G. Kogar from the Movement for Reconstruction and Democracy (MDR) has exposed a deeper political fault line…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Nathaniel McGill’s return to Liberia’s political arena has failed to persuade U.S. sanctions authorities that the concerns surrounding his 2…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – A legal dispute over spousal support has expanded into a broader warning about how government institutions interpret and communicate Liberia…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Reporters Association of Liberia (RAL) has disclosed that its new leadership inherited an association with virtually no funds in its his…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Citizens Movement for Change Political Leader Musa Hassan Bilily has proposed a broad framework for rebuilding Liberia’s opposition politics…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – A murder conviction that sent Valington B. Kaiser to prison for life has been dismantled by Liberia’s highest court after justices determine…

BREWERVILLE, MONTSERRADO COUNTY – Amid growing concerns over tensions along Liberia’s northern border, major drug seizures and heightened political divisions, L…

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – Liberia has warned the United Nations Security Council that repeated failure to turn its decisions into action is weakening the instit…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Liberia is preparing to use its upcoming presidency of the United Nations Security Council as more than a diplomatic milestone, with the gov…

SANNIQUELLIE, NIMBA COUNTY – Liberia’s public higher education sector could be entering a new era of collective action after faculty organizations from public u…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Joseph Boakai administration is moving to tighten oversight of government procurement while expanding access to public contracts for bus…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – What began with a sudden stop at Roberts International Airport has developed into a high-profile criminal case now awaiting its first substa…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has framed Liberia’s public procurement system as a pathway for citizen participation in national development,…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The University of Liberia has reaffirmed students’ right to protest and criticize university decisions while warning that freedom of express…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – A Supreme Court ruling in favor of former LISGIS official Wilmot Smith has placed the protection of confidential banking information under i…