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Liberia: Auditor General Cites Missing Audit Committee, Non-Competitive Procurement, Unverified Assets, Delayed Projects and Undelivered Digital Lending Platform

Monrovia, Aug. 11 -- Liberia's General Auditing Commission (GAC) has uncovered a series of governance, procurement and project implementation weaknesses in the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation a... Read More


Liberia: Ex-LDEA Airport Commander Rearrested Allegedly Attempting to Leave Country in $19.2M Cocaine Case

Monrovia, Aug. 10 -- Moses Jallah, the former Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) deputy commander at Roberts International Airport, has been rearrested after allegedly attempting to leave Liberia ... Read More


CBL Licenses First Atlantic Bank, Expanding Liberia's Commercial Banking Sector to 10

Liberia, Aug. 3 -- The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has licensed First Atlantic Bank Liberia Limited (FABLL) to operate as a commercial bank, increasing the number of commercial banks in the country ... Read More


Liberia: Ministry of Education Approves Daniel Henderson's Memoir for Senior High Schools as CLCY Founder Launches Inspirational Book

Liberia, July 24 -- What began as the story of a boy struggling for an education has now become part of Liberia's educational journey. Daniel Henderson, Founder and Executive Director of Change for L... Read More


Liberia: Tweah Accuses VP Koung of Orchestrating Bid to Overturn His Acquittal as Judge Prepares Ruling on Jury Tampering

Liberia, July 21 -- Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has renewed his confrontation with the Boakai administration, accusing Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of or... Read More


Liberia: Senate PAC Seeks Public Works Review as LACC Briefs Lawmakers on US$990,000 Gbarpolu Road Probe

Liberia, July 20 -- The Senate Public Accounts and Audits Committee (PAC) has called for a joint appearance by the Ministry of Public Works and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) as lawmake... Read More


Liberia: Government Denies Receiving Confidential Reports Warning of Narco-State Threat, Smuggling Risks at RIA

Liberia, July 16 -- The Liberian government has pushed back against a report published alleging that confidential intelligence documents warned top officials months before the country's largest cocain... Read More


Liberian Students in Israel Prepare to Apply Agricultural Expertise Back Home

Liberia, July 13 -- As Liberia continues to prioritize agriculture as a key driver of economic growth and food security, a group of more than 30 Liberian students undergoing advanced agricultural trai... Read More


Liberia: CARI Scientist Accuses DG Karnuah of Defying Ombudsman Order, Illegal Dismissal; Management Rejects Claim

Liberia, June 29 -- A longstanding dispute between a senior researcher at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) and the institution's management has escalated after Dr. Nykoi Jomah accuse... Read More


Liberia: US$19 Million Drug Probe Takes Dramatic Turn as Paul King Identifies Cocaine Shipper, Seeks Witness Protection, and Denies Knowledge of Shipment

Liberia, June 26 -- Liberia's ongoing investigation into the US$19 million cocaine seizure has taken a dramatic turn after one of the key persons of interest, Paul Jamaal King, formally requested witn... Read More