The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has confirmed the arrest of Mr. Musa Kamara, a former Action Agent, on April 22, 2026, just one day after his termination. Kamara was apprehended for impersonating as an LDEA officer following his dismissal alongside Icarus Geeplay on April 21, 2026, after an internal investigation established serious violations of…
The Government of Liberia has welcomed a major boost to its economic reform and resilience agenda following the approval by the International Monetary Fund Executive Board of a 21-month financing arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), amounting to approximately US$266 million (SDR 193.8 million). According to an IMF release issued on April 27,…
The Government of Liberia and a delegation from California’s agricultural, academic, and investment sectors over the weekend launched a joint initiative to eliminate Liberia’s $200 million annual rice import bill and modernize the country’s farming sector. In a press release issued on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the Executive Mansion said the initiative aims to combine…
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Atty. Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah, facilitated by Ambassador Teeko Tozay Yorlay, Sr., is in Paris, France, for a five-day working visit (27 April – 1 May 2026), in direct follow-through on the General Cooperation Agreement signed by Presidents Joseph Nyuma Boakai and Emmanuel Macron in October 2025. The agreement, which…
The head of the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce, Cllr Edwin Kla Martin, said recent indictments have brought Liberia a step closer to recovering millions of dollars in public funds. Speaking on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, on OK FM, Chairman Martin said the Taskforce has brought four major cases under indictment, involving more than…
The Government of Liberia, through the Office of Diaspora Affairs, has announced the appointment of Ambassador Emmett Dunn as Chairman of the Planning Committee for the 2026 Diaspora Annual Conference, with Ambassador MacDella Cooper named Vice Chair and Reverend Dr. Francis O. S. Tabla serving as Vice Chairman for Operations. The high-level appointments form part…
An assessment report has been released on a survey that highlights Violence Against Women in Elections and Politics in Liberia. The survey is being jointly conducted by the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC-Liberia), UN Women, and the UNDP Liberia Electoral Support Project (LESP). During an online presentation held on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at…
In a dramatic turn in the high-profile national security spending trial, jurors on Monday, April 27, 2026, confronted former Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., with a barrage of probing questions that cut directly to the core of the prosecution’s allegations of abuse of authority, irregular financial transfers, and the legality…
Amid public debates over the Central Bank of Liberia’s (CBL) proposal to print L$79 billion in additional banknotes based on past currency controversies and growing concerns about inflation and economic stability, this publication has taken a closer examination of the proposal. The proposal suggests that the initiative is less about expanding money supply indiscriminately but…
Due to the high security nature of the ongoing recruitment activities of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), the Movement for Justice, Fairness and Freedom-Education Accountability and Social Justice (EASJ), Inc. has strongly recommended the immediate suspension of any live online broadcast of the recruitment process. In a release, the group noted that while transparency…
