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Associated Press Deems USA Responsible For Condoms in Liberia

Associated Press Deems USA Responsible For Condoms in Liberia

On Tuesday, the Associated Press published an article detailing the “abrupt end” to USAID support to people in Liberia not being able to gain access to contraceptives. The AP used cherry-picked and one-sided narratives to paint the Trump...

Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India

Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India

The MSC ELSA-3 shipwreck, off Kerala’s coast in southern India, spilled oil and plastic pellets, with potential impacts on marine life, coastal ecosystems and fishing livelihoods. Gaps in maritime law and weak enforcement leave India ill-equipped...

ECOWAS Launches Liberia Energy Data Management System

The ECOWAS Commission has established Liberia’s Energy Information System (LEIS), enhancing regional energy data capabilities. Technical and financial support was provided through ECOWAS’ Energy and Mines Directorate, culminating in a four-day...

Liberia’s Fisheries Project Closes, Hailed as a Blueprint for Sustainable Ocean Management

Liberia’s Fisheries Project Closes, Hailed as a Blueprint for Sustainable Ocean Management

MONROVIA– The Communities for Fisheries Project, a collaboration between the European Union, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), and Liberia’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), a landmark initiative to transform...

Liberia: A call for National Consolidation for Progress

Liberia: A call for National Consolidation for Progress

“If the change we seek is not now, then when? If it is not you, then who? If it’s not here, then where?” President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is poised to end Liberia’s long struggle to achieve transparency, accountability, patriotism, and national...

Who Authorized Liberia’s Equity Reduction in AML?

Who Authorized Liberia’s Equity Reduction in AML?

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Compliance and Concessions Review has sharply criticized ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) for its failure to justify the controversial reduction of Liberia’s equity stake in the company and for not...

Editorial: China-Linked Hpx In Liberia: A Strategic Gamble or a Sovereignty Risk?

Editorial: China-Linked Hpx In Liberia: A Strategic Gamble or a Sovereignty Risk?

LIBERIA, A SMALL West African nation with outsized strategic importance, is once again at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical contest. But this time, the tools of engagement are not colonial gunboats or imperial mandates. THEY ARE CONTRACTS,...

Liberia: Acting BSE Director General Commissions Audit to Boost Transparency and Accountability

Liberia: Acting BSE Director General Commissions Audit to Boost Transparency and Accountability

Monrovia – The Acting Director General of the Bureau of State Enterprises (BSE), Mr. Varlee F. Sanor, has formally commissioned the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) to conduct a full-scale audit of the institution. The Bureau of State Enterprises...

Liberian Business Climate Poised for Growth as Trade Fair Initiative on the way

Liberian Business Climate Poised for Growth as Trade Fair Initiative on the way

The Zoom Network Inc, prominent Liberian-owned enterprise is in discussion with the Government of Liberia to launch a large scale trade fair aimed at energizing the country’s business landscape. This move comes as part of a broader economic...

Liberia: Chamber of Mines Applauds $1.8B Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal

Liberia: Chamber of Mines Applauds $1.8B Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal

The Liberia Chamber of Mines has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Government of Liberia and U.S.-owned Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc. following the signing of a landmark $1.8 billion concession and access agreement, describing the deal as a...

Liberia: Bong County – MNG Gold to Resume Mining Operations

Liberia: Bong County – MNG Gold to Resume Mining Operations

Gbarnga — MNG Gold Liberia is set to restart its mining activities in Bong County’s Electoral District #1, specifically in the Kokoyah Statutory District, following a period of operational slowdown. The announcement was made recently by the...

New Liberia Trade Office in Philadelphia Targets Diaspora, U.S. Partnerships

New Liberia Trade Office in Philadelphia Targets Diaspora, U.S. Partnerships

Philadelphia, PA – Liberia has officially opened its Trade and Investment Office in Philadelphia, a bold move aimed at deepening commercial ties with the United States while offering a platform for diaspora engagement and private-sector...

Liberia inaugurates West Africa's largest iron ore concentrator

Liberia inaugurates West Africa's largest iron ore concentrator

Liberian’s President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially opened ArcelorMittal, a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The...

ArcelorMittal Liberia inaugurates West Africa’s largest iron ore concentrator, advancing $1.8bn mining expansion

ArcelorMittal Liberia inaugurates West Africa’s largest iron ore concentrator, advancing $1.8bn mining expansion

ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel producer, has officially opened a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The inauguration...

More Canadians Headed to Costa Rica as WestJet Expands Liberia Routes

More Canadians Headed to Costa Rica as WestJet Expands Liberia Routes

Canadian airline WestJet is adding new routes for the 2025–26 winter season, including expanded service to Costa Rica. Beginning in December 2025, the airline will offer more direct flights to Liberia, Guanacaste as part of its broader push to...

LIBERIA: ‘We need enforceable legal tools to hold governments accountable for climate inaction’

Interviews 03 July 2025 CIVICUS discusses African climate litigation efforts with Liberian environmental rights activist, lawyer and law professor Alfred Lahai Brownell, president of Global Climate Legal Defence and co-founder and Lead Campaigner...

Liberia’s First Modern Radiotherapy Center In Sight

Liberia’s First Modern Radiotherapy Center In Sight

Liberia took a historic step forward in its fight against cancer with the groundbreaking ceremony for the country’s first National Radiotherapy Center, to be constructed at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK) in Monrovia. The milestone event...

Liberia: World Bank Country Manager Hails Liberia’s First Certified Public Sector Accountants Graduation as Landmark for Africa

Liberia: World Bank Country Manager Hails Liberia’s First Certified Public Sector Accountants Graduation as Landmark for Africa

Monrovia – The World Bank’s Country Manager for Liberia, Georgia Wallen, has praised Liberia’s historic graduation of its first cohort of Certified Professional Public Sector Accountants (PPSAs), describing it as a landmark achievement not just...

Liberia: President Boakai Lights Up Candle National Healing, Reconciliation, and Unity Candle 

Liberia: President Boakai Lights Up Candle National Healing, Reconciliation, and Unity Candle 

Monrovia– As part of ongoing efforts to foster peace, unity, and national renewal Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, yesterday lit the National Healing, Reconciliation, and Unity Candle at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

Liberia: Acting DG Orders Audit of Bureau of State Enterprises to Boost Accountability

Liberia: Acting DG Orders Audit of Bureau of State Enterprises to Boost Accountability

Monrovia — The Acting Director General of the Bureau of State Enterprises (BSE), Mr. Varlee F. Sanor, has officially commissioned the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) to conduct a thorough audit of the Bureau. The BSE oversees more than 20 state-owned...

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