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After a long stay abroad attending the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, you return to a Liberia that has not stood still. The country you le…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Forty-seven days after the Government of Liberia dramatically announced the arrest and prosecution of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Tay…

Gabriel Bacchus Matthews’ Endorsement of George Weah Reshaped Liberia’s Postwar Politics

The question raised in Part One was not whether George Weah made mistakes as president. He did.

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Few Liberian political figures have generated as much emotional debate as former President George Manneh Weah.

MONROVIA, Liberia — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has marked his 60th birthday in an unusual but deeply personal way, turning the occasion into w…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – A police investigation into an alleged procurement scam involving a former senior Liberia National Police officer has focused on WhatsApp co…

Liberia’s Lone Star belongs to every Liberian—not to the Unity Party, the CDC, the government or any individual.

MONROVIA — The Liberia national men’s football team, the Lone Star, faces a difficult question as the country continues to struggle for consistency on the inter…

MONROVIA — The controversy over whether Liberia participated in the walkout during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations has…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A lighthearted remark attributed to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai during his engagements around the 81st United Nations General Assembly has…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Families of people undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in Liberia are raising alarm over what they describe as a shortage of major TB…

Liberia is facing a housing crisis that government can no longer afford to treat as a private matter between landlords and tenants.

MONROVIA – The Reporters Association of Liberia has challenged Liberia’s newly elected media leaders to place journalists’ welfare, professional development, an…

MONROVIA — The growing struggle over who should lead Liberia’s opposition has taken a sharper turn, with Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) Political Leader Mus…

MONROVIA — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai went before the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 24 carrying two responsibilities: to speak for Liberi…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Press Union of Liberia is set to mark its 62nd Anniversary on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, with a major celebration centered on the ro…

Our disagreement with Senator Amara Konneh over the Cybercrime Act.

BREWERVILLE, MONTSERRADO COUNTY – The Apostolic Pentecostal Church International is set to bring together pastors, ministers and members of its wider Christian…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission is moving to strengthen the procedures guiding its investigations as the Commission works to ensure t…

ACCRA, GHANA – Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) have signed a Memorandum of Engagement under which the LRA will provide te…

GRAND GEDEH, LIBERIA – Grand Gedeh Bar Association President Cllr. Kanio Bai Gbala says recent progress by Africa Metallic Resources Inc. toward the acquisition…

For 179 years, Liberia has had a remarkable maritime asset: a coastline that links its communities to the Atlantic and the broader West African region.

MONROVIA — September 18, 1998, remains etched in Liberia’s history as the day Monrovia once again descended into heavy armed violence, barely two years after th…