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MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Liberia is preparing to play an important role in international deliberations on maritime security, the protection of seafarers and the safe…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), headed by Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan and responsible for overseeing national…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s announcement of plans to establish a National Mining Company of Liberia, construct the country’s first gold processing facility…

HARBEL, MARGIBI COUNTY — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has announced an ambitious package of mining sector reforms, including plans to establish Liberia’s first…

DAKAR, SENEGAL – Liberian human rights advocate Adama K. Dempster has called for sustained public pressure, stronger international partnerships, and alternative…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The journey from a rural community in southeastern Liberia to the leadership of one of the country’s major academic colleges is a story of p…

The conviction of 63-year-old Peter Bon Jallah for statutory rape and kidnapping should serve as a sobering reminder that the protection of children must never…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has issued a stern warning to members of his Cabinet and other government appointees, declaring that officials…

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Hon. Richard F. Ngafuan, has called f…

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Africa’s ability to plan effectively, allocate public resources responsibly, and measure development progress depends on the quality and…

MONROVIA — Leadership is often celebrated through public achievements, influence, recognition and the ability to guide others through difficult circumstances. Y…

LISGIS Director General Credits ECOWAS for Strengthening Liberia’s Statistical Capacity, Calls for Stronger Leadership and Digital Transformation as Regional St…

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK — Liberia has called for stronger international action to protect civilians caught in the Ukraine-Russia war, demanding full compliance…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Leadership does not end when the sermon is over, and for Bishop J. Allan Klayee, decades of responsibility across ministry, public service,…

NEW YORK, USA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. has placed Liberia at the center of one of Africa’s biggest diplomatic demands, calling for sweeping reforms o…

NEW YORK, USA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has positioned Liberia’s experience with women-led peacebuilding as a foundation for the country’s expanding role…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s 2029 elections may be more than three years away, but the Solidarity and Trust for a New Day, STAND, says the battle for electoral credibil…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has declared Liberia’s achievement of more than US$1 billion in domestic revenue collection a historic fiscal breakthro…

MONROVIA – Former Commerce Minister Amin Modad has welcomed Liberia’s reported US$1 billion domestic revenue collection milestone while warning the Boakai admin…

Monrovia – The Government of Liberia is moving to confront the country’s persistent non-performing loans problem through the establishment of a National Non-Per…

MONROVIA — Stephen Marka Yekeson is returning to the Liberian government more than a decade after his name surfaced in one of the country’s most closely watched…

MONROVIA – More than two decades after Liberia’s civil wars, a coalition of civil society organizations is pressing President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administrati…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has warned that Liberia’s growing problem of non-performing loans is no longer simply a concern for banks, saying unpai…