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Nimely Scores Late Despite Kokand 1912's Uzbekistan Cup Exit

MONROVIA, Sept. 17 -- Liberian international forward Sylvanus Nimely was on target for Kokand 1912, but his late goal was not enough to prevent the Uzbek club from crashing out of the Uzbekistan Cup f... Read More


What Liberia's Historic Revenue Milestone Means - and Doesn't Mean - for Ordinary Liberians

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 Presid... Read More


Liberia: How South American Cartels Found a New Home on West Africa's Coastline

Liberia, Sept. 16 -- Monrovia- For a few years after 2010, West Africa was, in the words of officials who fought to make it so, a hard place to move cocaine through. That reputation is now being teste... Read More


A Billion Dollars Means Nothing if Bread & Butter Issues not Addressed

Liberia, Sept. 16 -- LIBERIA HAS DONE something it has never done before. For the first time in 179 years, the government has raised more than a billion dollars at home in a single year - not borrowed... Read More


Liberia: Prime Credit Sues Central Bank, Demands Nearly US$1.2M Over Credit Bureau Dispute

Monrovia, Sept. 16 -- Prime Credit Reference Bureau, Inc., a Liberian-owned company headed by Managing Director and CEO Eugene Bedell, has filed a damages action against the Central Bank of Liberia (C... Read More


Liberia: CBL's New Financial Inclusion Plan Hinges on ID, Business Registry Reforms

MONROVIA, Sept. 16 -- A new Central Bank of Liberia strategy meant to give Liberians access to credit, savings and insurance, not just mobile money, will depend on reforms to the national identificati... Read More


Liberia: When Silence Meets a Shutdown: The New Totota School Crisis No One Acted On Until It Went Viral

MONROVIA, Sept. 16 -- According to an unconfirmed report reaching FrontPage Africa, the Ministry of Education has ordered a suspension of academic activities at New Totota Public School after a photo ... Read More


Liberia: Rice Trial Exposes Deep Cracks in Liberia's Disaster Relief System, Regardless of Kemayah Verdict

MONROVIA, Sept. 16 -- Whatever the jury in Criminal Court "C" ultimately decides about Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah's guilt or innocence, the trial now in its 27th day has already surfaced some... Read More


Liberia: US$1 Billion Collected, But Liberians Still Struggle: CDC-US Official Takes Aim at Boakai's Administration

MONROVIA, Sept. 16 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's declaration that Liberia's domestic revenue milestone must translate into tangible improvements for ordinary citizens has drawn sharp criticism fr... Read More


Liberia: FAWE Liberia Trains Recruitment Committee to Expand Tertiary Education Access for Marginalized Youth

MONROVIA, Sept. 16 -- The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Liberia Chapter has conducted a refresher training and induction exercise for members of its National Recruitment Committee as ... Read More