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Liberia: Dutch economist Fred van der Kraaij's New Book Unravels A Fifty-Year Investigation Rewriting the Republic's Founding Myth

Liberia, July 21 -- There's a line about Liberia that gets repeated so often it has hardened into fact: alone among African nations, it was never colonized. Fred van der Kraaij doesn't buy it, and he'... Read More


FPA Investigation: Joana Joekai Was Reassigned to Health Ministry Amid Allegations of Insubordination and a Role in an Ebola Misinformation Scares

Liberia, July 21 -- The resignation of Joana Domingo Joekai as Director of Nursing Services at John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK), Liberia's largest public hospital, has exposed a months-long intern... Read More


Liberia: 'Our People Need Our Presence More Than Our Money,' - Deputy Minister Jones Urges Bong Officials to Reconnect with Their Communities

Liberia, July 21 -- The Deputy Minister for Administration at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, Bill McGill Jones, has challenged appointed government officials from Bong County to recon... Read More


Liberia: "UBCAA Resource Center Can Transform the Future of Bong County," - Dr. Urey Pledges EPA's Support for Diaspora Project

Liberia, July 21 -- The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has pledged the EPA's full institutional support to the proposed US$250,000 UB... Read More


Liberia: Yekeh's Expulsion Tests Free Speech Commitment - What Are The Odds He Returns To The Legislature?

Liberia, July 20 -- When members of Liberia's House of Representatives voted on April 17 to expel Montserrado District #10 lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah, securing the constitutionally required two-thirds maj... Read More


'STOP THE VIOLENCE': West African Christian Leaders Condemn Xenophobic Killings in South Africa, Demand Urgent Government Action

Liberia, July 20 -- The Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa (FECCIWA) has joined a growing chorus of African faith-based organizations condemning the recent wave of xenophobic... Read More


Liberia Business School to Host Purpose Discovery Youth Summit 2026

Liberia, July 20 -- The Liberia Business School (LBS) Inc., one of Liberia's contemporary executive training and leadership development institutions, will host the PURPOSE DISCOVERY YOUTH SUMMIT (PDYS... Read More


Liberia: House Agriculture Committee Extends Hearing As Liberian Rubber Farmers Protest Executive Order 166 On Raw Rubber Export Ban

Liberia, July 20 -- Hearing into the contentious Executive Order 166 by the House Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was further extended to a later date following nearly four h... Read More


Liberia: Tension Erupts At Battery Factory Land Dispute As Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Land Reform Warning Resurfaces

Liberia, July 20 -- A call by former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf back in February of this year for stronger government intervention in addressing Liberia's persistent land disputes has returned to... Read More


Liberia: Civil Society Council Challenges Suspension Of H/Rights Commission Chair, Cites Constitutional Violations

Liberia, July 20 -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL), along with its membership-based Human Rights Coalitions, has gravely criticized President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's decision to s... Read More