President Joseph Boakai appears to disagree with a report from the Central Bank of Liberia that indicated a decline in prices. Boakai said in an Independence Day’s speech Saturday that many households continue to struggle with the burden of high living costs.
Liberia’s 178th Independence Day orator Dr. Emmett Dunn, shed light on the growing divide between the wealthy and the poor, rampant unemployment, and the urgent need for investment in youth and education while advocating for a united front to heal the nation’s historical wounds.
The Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), in alliance with WE THE PEOPLE Movement and collaborating groups that organized the July 17 “Enough is Enough” Protest says it takes firm note of President Joseph Boakai’s belated admission of the worsening hardship and skyrocketing prices suffocating ordinary Liberians.
On Saturday July 26, Liberians will celebrate the 178th independence anniversary of their country of 5.5 million people. In those years the people of this oldest African Republic have had a period of agony and joy under autocrats and dictators; hopelessness under warlords and tyrants.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), implored Liberia's leadership to take decisive action in harnessing the country's abundant natural resources to foster sustainable development.
Demonstrating its continued commitment to education and technical capacity-building in Liberia, ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has donated US$50,000 to Nimba University.
The Ministry of Justice has announced the full implementation of the 2018 Concession Agreement between the Government of Liberia and Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated (LTMI), a foreign-owned private firm, officially transferring responsibility for vehicle registration and driver licensing from the Ministry of Transport to LTMI.
Some foreign diplomats accredited in Liberia have raised serious concerns with President Joseph Boakai regarding the conduct of Inspector General Gregory Coleman of the Liberia National Police (LNP).
From altar boy to Jesuit, Melvin Pius Friday, SJ, is the first Jesuit ordained from Liberia. His story is one of a vocation guided by God’s providence.
Plagued by illegal logging and corruption, Liberia has been losing its forests at an alarming rate. But its new strategy to make direct payments to communities that agree to prohibit cutting and protect their trees is seen as a potential model for other developing nations.
