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BREAKINGAt Liberia’s international mining and energy conference, Chief Executive Michiel van der Merwe outlined plans for higher iron ore exports, shared railway access and a partnership intended to last decades. MARGIBI COUNTY, Liberia — ArcelorMittal Liberia expects to export more than 20 million tons of…
BREAKINGDr. Yarkpawolo said Liberia stands with the African Group on four priorities. First, he wants global targets paired with real implementation support. He said reviews of progress should look not only at conservation results but also at whether developing nations were given the means to deliver By…
BREAKINGAfDB Consultant Calls for Credit Guarantees, Technical Support and Market Access to Close $1.03 Billion Annual Financing Gap By Charles G. Lamadine, contributing writer MONROVIA — Dr. James Francis Davis, a senior international consultant for the African Development Bank (AfDB), has called for…
BREAKINGMONROVIA – Liberia’s House of Representatives has ordered a sweeping review of salaries and benefits across government, days after a rare public disclosure of a senior official’s pay reignited anger over the cost of running one of the world’s poorest countries. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway In a…
BREAKINGA Liberian judge convicted a former national security aide of statutory rape and kidnapping but cleared him of gang rape. Four days later, his lawyers filed a motion arguing that the two halves of the ruling cannot both stand. By Rodney D. Sieh MONROVIA — When Judge Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh Sr.…
BREAKINGA coalition of civil society groups says signing long-term contracts under Liberia’s 2000 mining law would lock in the weak oversight, lost revenue and pollution that have marked the sector for decades. MONROVIA, Liberia — A coalition of civil society organizations in Liberia has called on the…
BREAKINGMONROVIA – A prominent Liberian lawyer and leading figure in the Grebo community has called for calm and a swift investigation into the death of Samuel Gekor, a young Grebo man found dead on a cassava farm near Zwedru, the capital of southeastern Grand Gedeh County. Gekor’s body was discovered in…
BREAKINGMONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai will open a two-day international mining and energy conference on Wednesday, as Liberia steps up efforts to attract foreign investment into the natural-resource sectors that underpin its economy. The Liberia International Mining and Energy Conference and…
BREAKINGZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County — Sixteen years after Liberia enacted the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act of 2010, a new survey conducted by the Independent Information Commission (IIC) has revealed significant gaps in public awareness of the law in Grand Gedeh County, with 87.6% of 1,875 respondents…
BREAKINGAgriculture Ministry Advances Government’s Drive Toward Mechanized Farming, Increased Food Production, and National Food Self-Sufficiency MONROVIA — Liberia’s ambitious journey toward agricultural modernization and national food self-sufficiency has received another significant boost as the…