MONROVIA, Oct. 26 -- Liberia's President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has issued a new executive order setting out how the country's interim railway office will finish its work and hand over to a permanent, legally established railway authority. The move comes as two global mining companies prepare to share the country's only major rail line to export iron ore.

By Rodney D Sieh

Executive Order No. 169, signed on October 22, 2026, renews the Liaison Office for the Establishment of the Liberia National Railway Authority (LNRA). For the first time, it also sets out a timetable for winding the office down. Once the Legislature passes a law creating the authority, the office will have 90 days to hand over its records, studies, staff and equipment. It...