“Liberia must stop allowing its natural resources to leave the country with limited local processing and economic benefits,” prominent Liberian political figure Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has told President Joseph N. Boakai. Cllr. Gongloe, also the Political Leader of Liberia People’s Party (LPP), urged the Boakai administration to turn the country’s mineral and forest wealth…
Resident Circuit Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie of Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice has ordered the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to provide an update on the custody, education and welfare of 14 children rescued from five Liberian women convicted of human trafficking in March of this year. Sitting in Chambers…
Liberia is pursuing a new regional air connection as Senegal’s national carrier, Air Sénégal, considers entering the Liberian aviation market, with flights to Monrovia potentially beginning in the first or second quarter of 2027. The proposed service would connect Dakar, Senegal, to Monrovia through Conakry, Guinea, and Freetown, Sierra Leone, potentially expanding travel options and…
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has broken ground for a US$350,000 electricity expansion project to extend power access to communities in Bong County’s Electoral Districts One and Two, along the Borbor Fayahta–Siansue corridor. Funded through Liberia’s 2026 national budget, the project is expected to be completed by the end of November 2026. It will be…
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has completed the reunification of 100 children removed from orphanage homes across Montserrado County under the pilot phase of the Liberia Care Support Scheme (LCSS). The intervention forms part of the Government of Liberia’s broader efforts to strengthen…
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has officially launched its Five-Year Strategic Plan 2026–2030, establishing a strategic roadmap to guide the Ministry’s work over the next five years. The launch, held at the Ballroom of the EJS Ministerial Complex in Congo town, brought together government officials, development partners, United Nations agencies, civil society…
Former presidential candidate and prominent Liberian lawyer Tiawan Saye Gongloe has demanded a full public accounting of President Joseph N. Boakai’s 23-day stay in the United States, questioning what the lengthy trip cost the Liberian people and what tangible benefits it delivered. In a strongly worded statement upon President Boakai’s return to Liberia on October…
Days after the Ministry of Justice indicted former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor and other suspects over the alleged 317-kilogram cocaine trafficking case, the Government of Liberia has ordered the arrest of five additional defendants linked to the investigation. The five are Gerald Foley Smith, former Deputy Director for Administration of the National Security Agency;…
The Ministry of Public Works has unveiled an expansive road and bridge construction program targeting 13 counties, with Public Works Minister Roland Layefette Giddings declaring that Liberia is on the verge of a major infrastructure construction boom. Appearing before the Executive Budget Hearing on Monday, October 5, 2026, Minister Giddings said government is deploying significant…
NAYMOTE’s third President Meter Report has revealed that President Joseph Boakai’s administration has completed 12 of 385 tracked promises and interventions, representing 3.1 percent. The report is part of NAYMOTE’s independent effort to monitor the implementation of the government’s development agenda and provide citizens with evidence about progress. According to the report, 213 interventions, or…
