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Extreme rainfall to hit Liberia’s Central and Southeastern regions
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 23, 2025
The Ministry of Transport, through its Methodology and Seasonal Forecast Division, has predicted extreme rainfall in central and southeastern Liberia through the end of September 2025. By: Kruah Thompson Monrovia, June 23, 2025: The weather...
Aria Deemie Assistant Editor and Climate, Environment and Science correspondent
New Narratives
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June 23, 2025
Aria Deemie is an award-winning Liberian journalist, fact-checker, and digital content creator with a passion for social impact reporting. With a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and ongoing postgraduate studies in Clinical Social Work at Stella...
Presidents Of Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Others Expected In As Tinubu Hosts 67th ECOWAS Summit
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
1 ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu will attend the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, today. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th...
IMF approves Liberia’s economic outlook
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 20, 2025
By Lincoln G. Peters The International Monetary Fund (IFM), through its Staff team, has expressed appreciation and pleasant opinion regarding Liberia’s economic outlook, following conclusion of a consultative visit to Monrovia. The IMF staff team,...
Delegates from the Bridge to Prosperity Investment Mission Promised Conducive Business Environment in Liberia
Front Page Africa
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June 20, 2025
Monrovia-Delegates at the Bridge to Prosperity Investment Mission have expressed their desire to invest in Liberia as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s economy. By J.H. Webster Clayeh (0886729972)[email protected] The Bridge to...
“We Have No Choice”: As Farms Fail, Rural Dwellers Turn to Charcoal Production in Renewed Threat to Liberia’s Forests and Global Climate Commitments
Front Page Africa
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June 19, 2025
Summary: With erratic weather crippling agriculture, thousands of rural Liberians are turning to charcoal for survival—fueling deforestation and putting the country’s climate goals at risk. Mangroves and old-growth forests under threat as weak...
Nurdle spill from MSC Elsa 3 sparks environmental concerns along coast
The Hindu
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June 19, 2025
From the edge of the waterline on Kovalam’s scenic Grove Beach, an irregular line of volunteers extend up the sand to a shallow pit. Muddy seawater fills the makeshift tank, about eight feet across and lined with blue tarpaulin. Water collected in...
No Christmas Cheer For Growing Number of Liberians in Poverty
New Narratives
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June 19, 2025
Madam Esther Bana looks surrounded by a pile of charcoal as she looks on in a difficult Christmas period for she and her family. Credit: Fatu Kamara/New Narratives. By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives TODEE DISTRICT, Montserrado County – For...
Twin ship disasters in India threaten widespread pollution on Sri Lankan coasts
Mongabay
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June 19, 2025
The Liberia-flagged vessel MSC ELSA 3, carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo, along with almost 85 metric tons of diesel and 367 metric tons of furnace oil, sank off of Kerala, in southern India, on May 25. Just 10 days after...
IFC urges Ghana banks to increase lending for sustainable buildings
Ghana Business News
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June 19, 2025
Kyle Kelhofer – Senior Country Manager for IFC Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has urged banks in Ghana to expand their lending portfolios to support sustainable building projects, embarked on by both...
ArcelorMittal: 20 Years of Operation in Liberia
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 18, 2025
By Seltue Karweaye Sr. Many Liberians have negative views about mining due to a history of exploitation and limited local benefits. Still, Liberians were optimistic when Liberia enacted its Minerals and Mining Law in April 2000, aimed at...
Wang Yi meets leading politicians from Uganda, Liberia, Mozambique and other countries
Friends of Socialist China
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June 19, 2025
On June 12, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a series of bilateral meetings, for the third consecutive day, with leading politicians from a number of African countries who were in Changsha, Hunan to attend the Ministerial Meeting of...
World Bank Aligns New Framework with Liberia Rising 2030 Goals
Liberian Observer
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The World Bank Group (WBG) announced a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Liberia that supports more and better jobs by focusing selectively on four essential outcome areas: education; energy access; accountable and transparent...
IFC urges banks to increase lending for sustainable buildings
Ghana News Agency
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June 18, 2025
By Francis Ntow Accra, June 18, GNA – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has urged banks in Ghana to expand their lending portfolios to support sustainable building projects, embarked on by both government and the private sector, to boost...
Senator Twayen Demands Full Probe into ArcelorMittal’s $1.4 Billion Plant: Is Liberia Being Shortchanged?
GNN Liberia
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June 17, 2025
By Amos Harris Monrovia, Liberia – Senator Nyan Twayen has formally called on the Liberian Senate to open a full-scale investigation into global steel giant ArcelorMittal’s reported $1.4 billion investment in an iron ore processing plant located...
ECOWAS Parliament convenes in Monrovia
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 17, 2025
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament are meeting in Monrovia to discuss investment and youth unemployment in the region. By Lewis S. Teh Monrovia, Liberia, June 18, 2025 – The head of the Liberian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Edwin M....
High-Level ECOWAS Meeting Kicks-off in Monrovia
Liberian Observer
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Liberia is playing host to a high-level Joint Committee Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament, bringing together delegates from across West Africa to address one of the region’s most pressing challenges: youth unemployment. Themed "Assessing the...
“We Cannot Abandon the Private Sector” – Finance Minister Ngafuan Says as Liberia, EU Sign €25M Deal to Boost Private Sector Development
Front Page Africa
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June 17, 2025
Ngafuan described the private sector as the “engine of growth,” and stressed that an attempt to sideline it would amount to “scoring own goals in football parlance.” Right: EU Ambassador to Liberia, Nona Deprez. Monrovia – Ministry of Finance and...
Children Forced Out of School and into Labor as Poverty Tightens Grip on Rural Liberia
New Narratives
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June 17, 2025
By Joseph Titus Yekeryan with New Narratives SALALA, Bong County- The midday sun beats down here as 10-year-old Nulee runs from one vehicle to another with plastic sachets of cold-water urging passengers to buy. “Cold water, cold water here! Make...
Commerce Minister Reflects On China’s Continued Support To Liberia
Liberian Observer
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The Minister of Commerce & Industry (MoCI), Magdalene Ellen Dagoseh, says the relationship between China and Africa has grown into a dynamic partnership that is built on shared goals. Minister Dagoseh noted that the China-Africa relationship...