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Liberia: National Port Authority Admits Freeport Lagging Behind Shipping Demand; Harbor Master Says Dredging Contract Due This Week

MONROVIA, Nov. 4 -- The National Port Authority (NPA) has acknowledged that the Freeport of Monrovia, Liberia's principal seaport, is struggling to keep pace with the size and number of ships now call... Read More


Liberia Pleads for Seafarers as Iran War Sinks, Burns Ships

Liberia, Nov. 4 -- Liberia has told the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that seafarers "must never become targets or casualties" of the wars now spreading along some of the world's busiest s... Read More


Liberia: Ex-NSA Official Peter Bon Jallah Sentenced for Statutory Rape of 16-Year-Old Boy

Monrovia, Nov. 4 -- A former National Security Agency, NSA, official who once served within Liberia's national security establishment has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the statutory rape of... Read More


Liberian Women Begin Three-Day Fast and Prayer for War Crimes, Anti-Corruption Courts

Monrovia, Nov. 4 -- Women from across Liberia will gather Wednesday for a three-day fast and prayer to press for the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court and a National Anti-Corruption Cou... Read More


Liberia: Local Importers Petition Legislature Over 7-Month Shipping Delays, Increased Port Fees As House Summons Major Players

Liberia, Nov. 4 -- Capitol Building, Monrovia- Gathered in huge numbers early Tuesday before regular sittings of both chambers of the Liberian Legislature, a group of business owners and importers dec... Read More


World Bank Says Liberia's Economy Is Growing, But Extreme Poverty Is Rising

Monrovia, Nov. 4 -- The World Bank has released a report that detailed how mining-led growth is not creating enough jobs, and that the country is wallowing into extreme poverty By Emmanuel Weedee-Con... Read More


Liberia: From Extraction to Eco-Prosperity, What Liberia Can Learn from Anji, China's Bamboo Revolution

Liberia, Nov. 4 -- Monrovia-Liberia's environmental future will depend on choices that go beyond one focused. The country must determine how to manage its forests, wetlands, rivers, and agricultural l... Read More


Liberia: EPA Puts Gender at the Center of Climate Action, Orders Every Department to Deliver

MONROVIA, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has turned the lens on itself, unveiling its first Gender Policy and a refreshed national Climate Change Gender Action Plan, and warning i... Read More


Liberia: Rep. Kwagrue Launches Buu-Yao Women's Farm Harvest, Urges Support for Agriculture and Unity

Liberia, Nov. 4 -- Bealay Town, Buu-Yao District Five, Nimba County - Nimba County Electoral District Number 5 Representative Kortor Sehwongbay Kwagrue has launched the harvest of the Buu-Yao Concerne... Read More


Washington, Tehran: Stop the War, Spare the Ships

Liberia, Nov. 4 -- As attacks on merchant ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz hit a record in October, with a container ship sunk, tankers set ablaze, 24 seafarers killed and about 6,000 stranded... Read More