From investment deals and health-sector training to peace dialogues, charity outreach and a renewed push for diaspora voting, Liberia’s engagement with its citizens abroad has evolved into a full-scale national development platform. Addressing President Joseph N. Boakai and other government officials at the close of the 2025 Diaspora Annual Return over the weekend, the head…
The Ministry of Education has inducted a new cohort of County Education Officers and inaugurated Liberia’s first National CEO Council, a major step in strengthening county-level leadership, monitoring, and accountability across the education system. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Education Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah reminded the officers that their role goes far beyond administration….
The final phase of the Media-Security Conference on reviewing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Elections is underway in Ganta, Nimba County. The three-day event, which runs from January 12–14, 2026, forms part of ongoing efforts to review, update, and strengthen the SOP governing collaboration between the Liberian media and security apparatus, as preparations continue…
At a time when hundreds of young people in Margibi County are being forced out of school due to economic hardship, the Martin K. N. Kollie Foundation has stepped in with a decisive intervention, disbursing more than half a million Liberian dollars in scholarships to keep 75 students. The scholarship program, which targeted financially struggling…
The Professional Educators Association of Liberia (PEAL) has announced a major leadership transition, reaffirming its commitment to strengthening professionalism, accountability, and quality assurance in Liberia’s education sector amid growing national and global pressure to reform learning systems. The announcement was made following PEAL’s General Assembly held on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the Ala Lagun…
Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has announced a series of nationwide reforms aimed at modernizing customs posts and strengthening domestic revenue generation, as part of the government’s broader economic recovery and development agenda. Speaking during a tour of the Mendicorma customs entry point in Lofa County, Minister Ngafuan said the…
In support of empowering Liberian women and girls, the Abimuse Charity Foundation has launched an entrepreneurial program. At the official launch of the Abimuse Charity Foundation during the weekend in Monrovia, prominent Liberian businessman, Anthony T. Cole called on the Liberian government to prioritize investment in women’s empowerment. He also urged the women benefiting from…
President Joseph N. Boakai has challenged Liberians in the diaspora to move beyond periodic homecomings and cultural reunions and take a more direct role in rebuilding the national economy. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the annual diaspora return on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the Executive Mansion, Boakai praised the growing partnership between the…
A Liberian rice farmer, Galakpai Kollie of Zorzor District in Lofa County, is calling on government authorities, development partners, and consumers to increase support for local rice production, warning that without deliberate action, Liberia’s farmers will continue to lose ground to imported rice from Asia despite producing a healthier, more sustainable product. Speaking from his…
The Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce (AREPT) has expressed dismay over a Christmas and New Year gift card sent by the Modern Development and Management Corporation (MDMC), a company currently indicted by the taskforce for alleged acts of corruption. According to a release, since its establishment two years ago, AREPT has never received gifts,…
