President Joseph Boakai has told cabinet ministers to accelerate negotiation in the mining and other vital sectors to generate jobs and alleviate rampant unemployment in Liberia.
He said his officials could face the wrath of jobless young people if the matter relating to economic opportunities for youth is not addressed with urgency.
Montserrado County Electoral District #16 Representative and spokesman for the Rule of Law Caucus, Dixon Seboe, has announced that the Speaker, J. Fonati Koffa, and his bloc will not participate in the 'so-called reconciliatory conference' organized by the Majority Bloc.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia has made significant strides in improving employee working conditions by dedicating several new vehicles for staff transportation and field operations.
The World Bank has advised Liberian authorities to pursue institutional and policy reforms to bolster economic growth that will ease poverty and transition the West Africa nation of 5.5 million people into middle income economy.
As of 1 March 2025, Liberia becomes an associate member of the Enlarged Partial Agreement of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. This milestone strengthens African representation within the Centre, which already includes Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Cabo Verde as member States.
While people in the D.C. area are used to seeing firefighters show up to burning buildings wearing top-of-the-line gear that’s National Fire Protection Association compliant, other parts of the world aren’t so lucky.
The Liberian government has issued a series of austerity measures following the Trump administration's cancellation of over $360 million in foreign aid.
Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), a prominent grassroots advocacy organization, has filed a petition with Liberia's Supreme Court seeking the immediate lifting of restrictions imposed on motorcycle and keke (commercial auto rickshaw ) riders in parts of Monrovia.
Liberia’s long and turbulent history of civil conflict, marked by two brutal civil wars, has scarred the nation’s socio-economic and political fabric. The first civil war lasted from 1989 to 1997, and the second from 1999 to 2003, with the wars killing a total of between 150,000 and 200,000 people.
Liberia's Vice President Jeremiah Koung was met with a wave of protests during his recent trip to the United States, where he attended the 10th Powering Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., before moving on to a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania with members of the Liberian diaspora.
