The Government of Indonesia has committed US$3.5 billion to African nations including Liberia, one of the countries participating in the three-day Indonesia-African Forum currently ongoing in Bali, Indonesia. The three-day event is anticipated to produce deliverables that can be implemented and have an immediate impact, with values expected to reach up to US$3.5 billion. The…
As Liberia enters its 21st year of unhindered peace since the signing of the Accra Peace Accord, Justice Minister Oswald N. Tweh says the Government of Liberia is committed to the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court to prosecute those who carried out atrocities during the brutal Liberia civil war. “It has been…
Team Unity has condemned the Interim Leadership of the Press Union of Liberia, led by Peter Quaqua, for unlawfully placing the committee as a party to the crisis in seeking clarification on a ruling from the 9th Judicial Circuit Court from Judge Boima Konto, who is not assigned to any court in Liberia at the…
The Government of Liberian through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) and the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has announced the temporary suspension of 6,387 individuals from the national payroll. According to reports, this suspension comes as a result of their failure to comply with mandatory payroll verification processes, including the General Auditing Commission…
Liberia’s former Minister of Finance, Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has issued a statement addressing what he calls facts surrounding the domestic and international debt between the then ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and the previous Unity Party administrations, leading up to the year 2023. Former Minister Tweah unequivocally described any information contrary…
Indian Humanitarian and Chief Executive Office of Jeety Rubber LLC, Upjit Singh Sachdeva, has saved over 900 Liberians jobs after buying the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) from its previous owner Socfinaf S. A. The company shut down following a protest that led to the burning of its property and death threats against the General and Plantation…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended the relocation of Yegbedu Town in Lofa County following investigation into recent earth vibrations. Speaking during recently Information Ministry press briefing, EPA Executive Director Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo said the recommendation is based on an investigation done through EPA, the Ministry of Mines and Energy into the recent earth…
The Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation (KAICT) at the University of Liberia (UL) and its international partners has celebrated Liberia’s 21st anniversary of the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Liberia’s civil conflict. The celebration which brought together government officials, international and local partners, parties that signed the Accord, Liberian experts, ambassadors, women groups and students, was held August 30, 2024 at…
In a significant move to strengthen the decentralized structure of the MAP initiative, the Multi-Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia Land Platform) completed a one-day regional forum of the Western region comprising (Gbarpolu, Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties). According to the MAP Liberia release dated August 30,…
Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Liberia acquitting former Liberian Chief Justice Gloria Maya Musu-Scott and three of her family members from the conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment for murder by the Criminal Court “A” on January 9, 2024. According to a release dated August…
