Abdullah Kamara, the suspended Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), has responded to allegations of corruption against him by expressing his willingness to cooperate with an investigation led by the Ministry of Justice and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). Following his suspension by President Joseph Boakai on June 16, 2025, Kamara has contacted the…
The Joint Committee on Compliance and Concessions Review of the House of Representatives has issued a contempt citation against ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML), citing the company’s failure to appear at a scheduled legislative hearing on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The hearing, convened in collaboration with the Inter-Ministerial Concessions Committee (IMCC), was intended for…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), is set to launch the State of the World Population Report 2025. According to a press statement, the 2025 report is titled “The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive…
I’m an angry old man not for me but because of Ma Watta. I’ll be 72 years in 24 days. If I die today there will be no delay in my funeral because of money. New York Life insurance will cover my burial with something extra for my wife. All my young kids have homes…
The Patriotic Consciousness Association of Liberia (PACA) has strongly condemned what it calls “the current wave of baseless and scandalous media attacks and castigation against Labour Minister Hon. Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr.” from certain sectors of Liberian society. In a major press statement released in Monrovia on July 1, 2025, PACA asserted that, over…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has nominated Associate Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate. According to a release issued by the Executive Mansion on Monday, June 30, 2025, the nomination was made per Article 54(c) of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia, which…
A coalition of civil society organizations and concerned citizens from Bong County, united under the banner “United Citizens Mass Action,” has formally petitioned the government of President Joseph Nyamah Boakai against the repeal of the 2018 Local Government Act (LGA). The petition was presented to County Superintendent Loileyah Hawa Norris on June 30, 2025, for…
In a continued effort to safeguard the future of Liberia’s children and reduce harmful child labor, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has delivered a substantial consignment of food and non-food items to vulnerable families in the Rock Crusher Community. According to a press release dated June 30, 2025, the latest intervention is…
The Management of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) announces its plans to implement staff retirement, downsizing, rightsizing, and reshuffling within its workforce. In a release issued on Saturday, June 28, 2025, the LAA stated that this decision, set to begin in early July, is backed by a resolution from its Board of Directors. This resolution…
The Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) says it is aware of the recent legal actions involving former and current government officials over allegations of corruption and other offenses, calling for a neutral and transparent proceeding. It can be recalled that on Thursday, June 26, 2025, former Foreign Affairs Minister D. Maxwell Saah Kemayah and several…
