Analysis
Leijdekkers’ Shadow Over Liberia’s Cocaine Probe Grows Harder to Ignore
MONROVIA – For most of this year, Jos Leijdekkers has lived in Liberia as a whisper. Security officers traded sightings no one could pin down: a…
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Mining Issues
Liberia: All Set for Big International Mining and Energy Confab with Vision to Promote Economic Growth and Job Creation
Monrovia – Coined from the ideology of reposition Liberia’s mining and energy sectors as key drivers of economic growth, investment, job creation and sustainable national development,…
Politics
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Politics
Liberia: Kolubah’s Expulsion Case Tests Legislative Authority as Supreme Court Sets October 22 Hearing
MONROVIA – What started as a political controversy over remarks by Montserrado County District 10 Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah has grown into one…
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Editorial
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Pro Temp Karnga-Lawrence Must Put the Brakes on Pay Raise Plan for Senators
A Senate committee wants US$792,552 in the FY2027 budget for pay raises inside the Senate, with 70 percent going to senators' personal offices. With half of Liberia below the poverty line and senators unwilling to cut their own…
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Business
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County News
Liberia: In Bomi, Women Turn World Bank Support Into Businesses, But Call For More Help
BOMI COUNTY — Women in Gbojay, Bomi County, say financial support from the Liberia Women Empowerment Project (LWEP) is helping them build small…
Podcasts
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War Crimes Justice Comes to Liberia
“Victims Can’t Wait”: Justice Advocate Adama Dempster on Reparations Ahead of Liberia’s War Crimes Court
- $16m in EU Funds Yield Just Two Rape Convictions in Six Years: Inside Liberia’s Broken Justice System
- SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Sweden’s ambassador promises ongoing support to Liberia after embassy closure
- SPECIAL Interview: Aaron Weah, historian, justice activist and host of new podcast Liberia: Remembering the Future
Health & wellbeing
Health
Liberia: Called a ‘Dragon’: A Mother’s Struggle Exposes Failure to Provide Help for People with Disabilities
Summary: • A family in Monrovia was forced from their home because the landlord believed her five-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy, a disability caused by…
Liberia: Former NPHIL Director General Dr. Nyenswah Calls for Major Investment in Healthcare Financing, Scientific Research and Technology in Liberia
Firestone Liberia Takes Free Children Surgery Awareness to Gbarpolu County
Liberia: As Hypertension and Obesity Rise, Government Urges Citizens to Get Moving
Liberia: A Government Assessment Shows Liberia Is 69 Percent Ready for Ebola. Frontline Health Workers Say the Missing 31 Percent Matters
Courts & justice
Legal Issues
Liberia: Snowe, Konneh Reject Gbeisay’s Call to Abolish Jury Trials, Urge Constitutional Reform
MONROVIA – Two Liberian senators have publicly rejected the Chief Justice’s call to abolish jury trials, arguing that the answer to allegations of compromised jurors is a stronger…
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Liberia: AFL Veterans Demand Pension Review, 36 Years of Back Pay
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Liberia: Kemayah Verdict Triggers Political Showdown, Koijee, Witherspoon Condemn Jury’s Decision
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Liberia’s Council of Churches warns justice “must not become political revenge” as ex-ministers convicted in Saudi aid case and Chief Justice floats scrapping jury trials
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Liberia: Gbeisay’s Call to Abolish Jury Trials Sparks Constitutional Showdown, Raises Fears of Concentrating Justice in Judges’ Hands
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Liberia: Saudi Rice Trial: Gbassay Rejects Guilty Verdict, Declares Innocence, Alleges Pressure to Become State Witness
Official statements
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Latest release
Liberia Reaffirms Commitment to Eradicating Colonialism, Supports UN-Led Political Process on Western Sahara
New York: The Republic of Liberia has reaffirmed its commitment to the complete eradication of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations. Speaking at the UNGA81 Fourth Committee…
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Liberia Calls for Ceasefire, Civilian Protection, and Unhindered Humanitarian Access in Ukraine
New York – Liberia has called for full adherence to international humanitarian law, unhindered humanitarian access,…
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Liberia: LNP Seizes US$400,000 in Undeclared Cash at Cape Mount Checkpoint
Grand Cape Mount County — The Liberia National Police has intercepted US$400,000 in cash during a…
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Rights Group Raises Concerns Over Detention of Shincheonji Founder at UN Human Rights Council
GENEVA — CAP Freedom of Conscience has raised concerns over the pretrial detention and treatment of Lee…
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Liberia: Naymote Demands Probe Into Alleged Political Favoritism Over Lofa’s India Training Slot
MONROVIA — Naymote Partners for Democratic Development is calling for an independent investigation into the selection…
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Liberia: LIS Senior Officers Receive Certificates After Advanced Leadership Training
GBARNGA — More than one hundred senior officers of the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) have received…
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Liberia: Executive Governor Showcases Liberia’s Digital Payments Success Story at MojaCom 32 in Ghana
Accra, Ghana – The Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, Henry F. Saamoi, has…
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Sports
Tiles, Triumph, and Territory: 24 Nations Converge as Liberia Hosts Historic 16th Africa Scrabble Championship
MONROVIA — Liberia is poised to welcome the continent’s finest in scrabble as it hosts the 16th Africa Scrabble Championship, marking a historic milestone as the…
