MONROVIA — Leadership is often celebrated through public achievements, influence, recognition and the ability to guide others through difficult circumstances. Y…
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Ngafuan’s Leadership Puts Lisgis At The Center Of Regional Statistical Cooperation
LISGIS Director General Credits ECOWAS for Strengthening Liberia’s Statistical Capacity, Calls for Stronger Leadership and Digital Transformation as Regional St…
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UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK — Liberia has called for stronger international action to protect civilians caught in the Ukraine-Russia war, demanding full compliance…
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Bishop Klayee Draws On Decades Of Leadership Experience In The Bleeding Leader
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Leadership does not end when the sermon is over, and for Bishop J. Allan Klayee, decades of responsibility across ministry, public service,…
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Boakai Leads Liberia’s Call For Historic UN Reforms, Demands Permanent African Security Council Seats
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…
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From Peace Huts To Security Council, Boakai Positions Liberia As A Voice For Women In Global Peacebuilding
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…
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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…
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Boakai Hails Historic Us$1 Billion Revenue Milestone
MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has declared Liberia’s achievement of more than US$1 billion in domestic revenue collection a historic fiscal breakthro…
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Modad Challenges Boakai Government After Us$1 Billion Revenue Milestone – “so What?”
MONROVIA – Former Commerce Minister Amin Modad has welcomed Liberia’s reported US$1 billion domestic revenue collection milestone while warning the Boakai admin…
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Brown Warns Terror Threat Is Moving South From Sahel Toward Coastal West Africa
NEW YORK – Liberia has warned the United Nations Security Council that the growing terrorism crisis in Africa’s Sahel region is increasingly threatening coastal West Africa, urging stronger international support …
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Koung: “what Remains Is Implementation” As Boakai Administration Moves Against Bad Loans
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…
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Yekeson Returns To Government With Old Lacc Questions Still Hanging Over His Public Record
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…
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Civil Society Coalition Says Liberia’s War Victims Cannot Wait Forever For Justice
MONROVIA – More than two decades after Liberia’s civil wars, a coalition of civil society organizations is pressing President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administrati…
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Boakai Warns Bad Loans Are Blocking Credit, Threatening Jobs And Private Sector Growth
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…
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Boakai Demands Results From Government Officials, Says Liberians Have Heard Enough Excuses
MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has challenged newly commissioned government officials to abandon bureaucratic excuses and deliver measurable results,…
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MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is facing an increasingly direct political challenge from within his own Unity Party, as a group of aggrieved partisans…
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Ngafuan: “Liberia Is On Track To Close The Inflation Gap By End Of 2026”
MONROVIA – The Liberian economy is showing stronger signs of expansion, with real GDP growth estimated at 5.1 percent in 2025 and projected to accelerate to abo…
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Dr. Nyan Says Liberian Voters Are Ready For A Third Political Path As 2029 Approaches
MONROVIA – Former National Public Health Institute of Liberia Director General Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan believes Liberia’s political landscape is undergoing a sig…
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Dr. Nyan Says Cdc And Up Failed To Deliver Meaningful Good Governance
MONROVIA – Former Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, has delivered a critical assessment of go…
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Police Witness Delivers Explosive Testimony In Jewel Howard-taylor Drug Case
MONROVIA – Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor appeared before the Monrovia City Court on Friday under heavy police escort as prosecutors advanced a preli…
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Ngafuan Warns Liberia Against Building Development On Fragile Foundation As Global Crises Deepen
MONROVIA – Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has challenged Liberia to rethink how it approaches development, warning that the c…
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Cdc Demands Independent Probe Into Drug Crisis, Accuses Boakai Government Of Selective Justice
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has rejected President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s recent national address on Liberia’s fight against il…
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Tweh Puts Rule Of Law At Center Of Drug Fight, Rejects Trial By Media And Political Pressure
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Justice Minister and Attorney General Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh has warned that Liberia cannot defeat the country’s growing drug crisis by abando…
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Konneh Demands Swift, Equal Justice In Drug War, Warns Suspensions Alone Are Not Enough
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Senator Amara Konneh has challenged the Liberian government to move beyond drug seizures, official suspensions and public destruction of con…