The Liberian Investigator

CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia — House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon is weighing a 2029 run for the Sinoe County District 1 seat held by Rep. Thomas Romeo Quioh, one of th…

CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia — A Liberian who walks away from an engagement could be required to repay money the other side spent preparing for the wedding, and an en…

MONROVIA — The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority has secured a US$325,000 grant from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to b…

MONROVIA — Liberia will require gold to be refined domestically before export, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai said Wednesday. He also announced a sovereign wealt…

MONROVIA — Liberia will take the U.N. Security Council presidency in December for the first time in 65 years. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is scheduled to chai…

Monrovia — ArcelorMittal has invested nearly US$4 billion in Liberia’s iron ore sector, including about US$800 million to rehabilitate and expand the country’s…

MONROVIA — The last of the farm machinery China has donated to Liberia has arrived at the Freeport of Monrovia. The consignment fills 42 containers, and the Min…

MONROVIA — FrontPage Africa Editor and Head of Newsroom Gerald C. Koinyeneh has challenged young Liberians to embrace education as a powerful weapon against pov…

MONROVIA— Lofa County Senator Momo Tarnukeollie Cyrus has called on African governments to make cybersecurity a central component of their national security str…

MONROVIA — A coalition of eight civil society organizations has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and the National Legislature to immediately suspend the…

PARIS, France — The FIFA Players’ Voice Panel, led by honorary captain and former Liberian President George Weah, has pledged to intensify efforts to combat rac…

Monrovia — A GoFundMe campaign launched by the parents of a 3-year-old soccer enthusiast has raised more than $30,000 to support his soccer journey after a disp…

MONROVIA — The Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) has announced the enrollment of 409 volunteer teachers on the government payroll, with an additional 1…

MONROVIA — Gbarpolu County Sen. Amara M. Konneh has asked the Senate to summon the National Port Authority, APM Terminals and five other port-sector actors to e…

MONROVIA — Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan used the commissioning of a World Bank-funded water main on Tuesday to hit back at…

MONROVIA— Rev. Dr. J. Luther Tarpeh has resigned as chairman of Liberia’s Lone Star Mobilization Committee following widespread criticism of his controversial s…

MONROVIA — Prosecutions will rest on evidence, not on the politics, wealth or connections of the accused, Justice Minister-designate Cllr. Betty Lamin Blamo tol…

MONROVIA — Liberia is set to gain 50,000 metric tons of petroleum storage and its first facility for loading fuel onto ships, under a US$35 million Liberia Petr…

MONROVIA — A fire swept through a bakery and several surrounding residential buildings along Jamaica Road on Bushrod Island on Monday, Oct. 26, leaving several…

MONROVIA — Lawmakers will not take up the bill to create Liberia’s war crimes court until January 2027, and the proposed US$1.2 billion national budget sets asi…

MONROVIA — About seven in 10 people held in Liberia’s prisons have never been tried, Justice Minister-designate Cllr. Betty Lamin Blamo told senators Monday. Sh…

MONROVIA — Liberia’s national bar association will press its campaign for war crimes accountability before an international audience in New York on Wednesday, w…

MONROVIA — Africa’s continental free trade pact will not reach farmers, small businesses, or young entrepreneurs until the continent rewrites the laws that stil…

MONROVIA — Liberia’s foreign minister is asking the country’s judiciary to help put the first Liberian on the International Court of Justice, a court no Liberia…