Liberia has taken a decisive step to harden its defenses against future epidemics and pandemics, as the government formally reaffirmed its commitment to domesticate the 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), a move officials say is vital to national survival in the face of recurring public health threats. Speaking Thursday, December 18, 2025,…
A major step toward strengthening regional cooperation in water resource governance was achieved on Wednesday, December 18, 2025, in Monrovia, as participants at a three-day regional validation workshop adopted a final communiqué calling for the establishment and operationalization of a Mano River Union (MRU) Trans boundary Water Nucleic Acid Management Office. The workshop, held from…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has launched Liberia’s Instant Inclusive Payment System (IIPS); declaring it a decisive break from cash-driven inefficiencies and a major step toward financial inclusion, transparency, and faster government payments. Speaking Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the EJS Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, President Boakai said the new digital platform will enable Liberians…
China, through its Ambassador to Liberia, Yin Chengwu, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, handed over 3,600 metric tons of emergency humanitarian food assistance to the Government of Liberia, reinforcing its strategic partnership with the country and fulfilling commitments made at the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Speaking at the official…
West Africa’s push for stronger regional water governance reached a critical milestone on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Mano River Union (MRU) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) convened a high-level regional workshop in Monrovia. The gathering is intended to validate the legal…
President Joseph N. Boakai has launched the Excellence in Learning in Liberia (EXCEL) Project, declaring it a transformative national investment aimed at delivering quality, equitable, and resilient education for more than 350,000 Liberian children across the country. Speaking Monday, December 15, 2025, at the Monrovia City Hall, President Boakai said the EXCEL Project goes beyond…
Electricity consumers across Liberia will pay less for power beginning January 1, 2026, following the approval of a new three-year tariff regime by the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC). The Electricity Regulator cuts costs for social and residential users while setting a clearer path for sector growth and reliability. Announcing the decision in Monrovia, LERC…
President Joseph N. Boakai has declared agriculture as the backbone of Liberia’s economic independence, as he officially opened the National Agriculture Fair (NAF) 2025. The President vowed to deepen investment in roads, mechanization, and farmer empowerment to ensure the country feeds itself. Speaking Friday, December 12, 2025 in Nimba County, the Liberian leader described the…
Nimba County District #7 Representative, Musa Hassan Bility, has denounced the recently passed Threshold Bill describing it as a constitutional breach, an economic provocation, and political distortion Liberia cannot afford.” In an official statement released Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Political leader of the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) warned that the bill, presented as…
Liberia’s integrity institutions have issued a stark warning that corruption, money laundering, and illicit financial crimes are silently choking the nation’s future, urging students and citizens to take personal responsibility in the fight against wrongdoing. At a one-day observance of International Anti-Corruption Day in Monrovia, officials from the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), the Office of…
