Monrovia, Sept. 16 -- Liberia is celebrating a number. For the first time in the country's 179-year history, domestic revenue collection has pushed past US$1 billion in a single year - a figure President Boakai described in a special address as proof that revenue "earned, not borrowed" can rebuild a nation's confidence in itself.

By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

It is a genuine milestone. As recently as 2023, domestic revenue stood at roughly US$612 million. It rose to about US$699 million in 2024 and climbed further to somewhere between US$818 million and US$848 million in 2025, depending on whether one uses the Liberia Revenue Authority's year-end figure or the final consolidated number cited in the President's...