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The Energy Trap at The Heart of Africa’s Stalled Industrialization

By W. Gyude Moore and Meron Tesfaye Gyude Moore and Meron Tesfaye’s view Many African states have produced vision documents pledging economic transformation through value addition and industrialization....

Uncovering Negative Impacts of Industrial Fishing on Liberia’s Small-scale Fisheries

By New England Aquarium/ Nathaniel Kollie This story is one of a series on projects supported by the New England Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF). Through MCAF,...

Liberia: Senate Ratifies Ivanhoe Atlantic Rail Access Deal Clearing Way For Cross Border Iron Ore Exports

The agreement allows Ivanhoe Atlantic to transport  ultra-high grade iron ore (over 67% Fe) from the Kon Kweni deposit in Guinea along a 243-kilometre...

LPRA: Lawmakers’ Oil Deals Approval Marks First Major Restart of Offshore Exploration In More Than a Decade

The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) on Thursday praised the Liberian Legislature’s ratification of a set of offshore petroleum production sharing contracts (PSCs), saying...

Liberian Senate Set to Vote on Vital Deals that Would Pump Billions and Shape Country’s Economy

The Liberian Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a package of measures that would shape the country’s fiscal outlook and natural resource sector,...

Liberia: Instant Payment System to Enable Real-Time Transfers Launched

The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Tuesday launches the Inclusive Instant Payment System (IIPS) on marking a major milestone in the country’s drive to modernize...

Liberia: West Africa Eyes Cheaper Air Travel With Planned Tax Scrap

West Africa’s regional bloc Ecowas is abolishing air transport taxes across the region from Jan. 1 in a move that promises cheaper flights and...

Liberia: Ivanhoe’s Deal Fulfills Dreamt 50-Year Cross-Border Trade With Guinea

Liberia’s House of Representatives approval of Ivanhoe Atlantic’s Concession and Access Agreement (CAA) hit a milestone that could reactivate a half century vision of...

Liberia: Artisanal Fishers Question Benefits of Government’s New Tracking Devices

By Edward Blamo via Mongabay In Liberia, a country where small-scale fishers number in the tens of thousands, fishers go missing at sea every year. Some, like...

Liberia: President Orders Probe Into 11.6 Million Tons of ‘Sovereign’ Mining Waste

By Festus Poquie President Joseph Boakai has established a Special Presidential Committee to resolve a decades old dispute over the Buchanan tailings stockpile in Grand...

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