The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has identified midwives as a potential vehicle and strategy to drastically reduce the skyrocketing maternal deaths across the country, especially in rural areas, to achieve the Global Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) goals. At the same time, the UNFPA, reflecting on the Liberia Demographic and Health…
Liberia’s Presidential Press Secretary, Atty. Kula B.N. Fofana says the Revised National Youth Policy & Action Plan must be transformation-grounded in data, aligned with international best practices, and integrated into national development planning frameworks, including the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and the commitments under the African Youth Charter, African Union’s Agenda 2063, and Sustainable…
On Friday, April 2, 2025, President Joseph N. Boakai along with other government officials inspected a US$26 million project “Chicken poultry” in Careyburg, rural Montserrado County. The project, when completed, will cut imports of eggs to Liberia, while enabling Liberia to be a regional exporter. Speaking with reporters after the tour, Liberia’s Presidential Press Secretary…
President Joseph Boakai has spoken of a vision to integrate Liberia’s Foreign Policy in the government’s ARREST Agenda as diplomatic strategy to guide the country’s engagement with the global community. Speaking Friday, May 2, 2025 at the re-launch of the Ambassadorial Lecture and Seminar Series at the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute, President Boakai…
After four months of investigating facts related to several instances of alleged academic fraud and misconduct at the University of Liberia (UL), Dr. Layli Maparyan, President, has exposed, named, and dismissed eight academic “bad apples” at the State-Run University. Dr. Maparyan took the action upon receiving the final report of a Special Committee to Investigate…
The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) through its Program Manager, Gerald D. Yeakula, has described the April 23, 2025 ruling of the Supreme Court of Liberia as “final and binding”, calling on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and all parties to respect the court’s decision without delay or selective application. Speaking Monday, April…
The Executive Mansion, through Presidential Press Secretary Atty. Kula Fofana, has stated that President Joseph Nyuma Boakai remains committed to collaborating with those who have a quorum to ensure uninterrupted governance. During a regular press briefing at the Executive Mansion on Friday, April 25, 2025, Atty. Fofana clarified that President Boakai’s recent mention of “quorum”…
The National Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Commission has clarified recent allegations linking the National Beverage Incorporated, the producer of Diamond Water, to the recirculation of water in its production process. WASH response comes amid recent allegations from some individuals believed to be journalists, thus prompting the company to threaten legal action against the journalists…
The Government of Liberia (GoL) has broken silence on the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case involving embattled House Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and Majority Bloc Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon, urging lawmakers to heed the ruling and use it as a foundation to craft a peaceful, political resolution to the crisis. While calling…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has described His Holiness, the late Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as a “humble man” who cared for every human being. Speaking Thursday, April 24, 2025 after signing the book of condolence for the late Pope Francis at the Vatican Embassy in Mamba Point, Monrovia, President Boakai said that the former…
