Youth Groups Warn Poverty, Unemployment Threaten Liberian Families; Reject "Imported Anti-Rights Agendas"

Monrovia, May 21 -- More than 10 youth advocacy groups in Liberia, including the Federation of Liberian Youth, have identified rising unemployment and poverty as major threats weakening Liberian famil... Read More

Liberia: GAC Auditor General Jackson Warns of Tough Sanctions Against Ministries, Agencies Failing to Submit Financial Statements on Time

Monrovia, May 12 -- Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson has outlined punitive measures being taken by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning against h... Read More

Liberia: 'Research Makes a Real Man': Sen. Dillon Tells Liberian Students, Assesses Ongoing Construction Works On Historic Public Library Project Worth Over US$75,000

MONROVIA, May 7 -- Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon has assessed ongoing construction works on a library project worth over US$75,000 in Monrovia, with a call on Liberian students to i... Read More

Liberia: 'Barking Dogs' Remark Sparks Political Firestorm as Bishop Brown Urges Boakai to Clarify

Monrovia, May 5 -- Rising political tensions in Liberia have taken a sharper turn following controversial remarks by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, with senior clergy calling for calm, clarity, and mo... Read More

Liberia: Ex-Mines Minister Paye Challenges VP Koung Over Conflicting Concession Remarks

Monrovia, April 29 -- Former Mines and Energy Minister Wilmot Paye has taken issue with Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung over what he describes as "contradictory" comments regarding President Joseph... Read More

Liberia: Yekeh's Expulsion Overshadows Special Sitting as Legislature Hastily Passes US$53M Supplementary Budget in Night Session, Prompting Dillon's Walkout

Monrovia, April 24 -- A dramatic late-night sitting of Liberia's 55th Legislature ended on Thursday with the swift passage of a US$53 million supplementary budget, but the process was overshadowed by ... Read More

Liberia: Sen. Konneh Outlines Redtapes On Proposal To Print New Money

Monrovia, April 23 -- The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, Senator Amara Konneh, has released an analysis on a proposal from the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to print ne... Read More

Liberia: CBL Targets Economic Stability with L$79B Print Plan, Introduces L$2,000 Note

Liberia, April 22 -- Monrovia - The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has unveiled an ambitious currency expansion plan aimed at stabilizing the economy, proposing the printing of L$79 billion i... Read More

Pro Tempore Lawrence Urges African Senators to Reject Short-Term Politics, Embrace Role as Stabilizing Force

MONOVIA, April 9 -- The President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence, has underscored the need for members of various Senates across the African Continent to resist short ter... Read More

Bishop Kortu Brown Urges Inclusion of Ex-President Sirleaf in Liberia-Guinea Border Mediation, Warns Handling of Crisis Will Define Boakai-Koung Administration

Liberia, April 1 -- The former President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) Bishop Kortu Brown has described as an "hour of temptation" for the Unity Party (UP) led-government of President Josep... Read More

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