President Joseph N. Boakai, Mrs. Kartumu Y. Boakai, and other members of the Liberian delegation have landed in Bali, Indonesia, marking the start of their participation in the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF). According to an Executive Mansion release dated September 1, 2024, after nearly thirty hours journey, the delegation arrived late-night on Saturday, August 31,…
In a significant move to strengthen the decentralized structure of the MAP initiative, the Multi-Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia Land Platform) completed a one-day regional forum of the Western region comprising (Gbarpolu, Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties). According to the MAP Liberia release dated August 30,…
Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Liberia acquitting former Liberian Chief Justice Gloria Maya Musu-Scott and three of her family members from the conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment for murder by the Criminal Court “A” on January 9, 2024. According to a release dated August…
Former Minister of State for Presidential Affairs now Margibi County Senator Nathaniel McGill has withdrawn the writ of prohibition he prayed for recently before the Supreme Court of Liberia. On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, McGill issued a statement announcing his decision to withdraw the Writ of Prohibition previously filed before the Chamber Justice of the…
President Joseph N. Boakai will on today, August 30, 2024, lead a high-level delegation of the Government of Liberia for official visits to the Republic of Indonesia and the People’s Republic of China. According to a statement from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, while in Indonesia, President Boakai will join other African Presidents…
The House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has announced that the motion for the draft recast budget scrutiny has been put on hold until the Special Investigative Committee, led by Representative Robert Wongbe, submits its report. In his address on Thursday, 29 August, during the first day of the extraordinary session, Speaker Koffa emphasized…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down China Union Company Iron Ore Mines in Bong County, Grandma Mineral Water factory in Jacob’s Town, Montserrado County, while completing investigation into the disposal of a potent radio-active material at the JFK and chemical spills on the Cavalla River. Addressing Information Ministry regular press briefing on Thursday,…
The Ministry of Public Works says there will be a demolition of all “compensated structures” within the vicinity of the Proposed Overpass Interchange Bridges along the Ministerial Complex and SKD Boulevard Junction in Congo Town. In a press release on Thursday, August 29, 2024, Public Works Minister Roland Giddings said the demolition exercise will target…
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) is conducting a two-week training for over 40 state security officers in Investing and Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (ISGBV24-1). Speaking at the opening of the program earlier this week on behalf of the Commandant at KAIPTC Major General Richard Addo Gyane, Col. Frank Kusi-Darko said the…
Nearly two months after the resignation of former Finance Minister Bioma M. Kamara, President Joseph N. Boakai has appointed Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan as the new Minister of Finance and Development Planning. Minister Ngafuan was amongst many appointees named by the President on Thursday, August 29, 2024, affecting the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, National…
