Liberia’s NASSCORP Chief to Lead Global Social Security Commission

Monrovia, Liberia — The Director-General of the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), Dewitt vonBallmoos, has been elected Chairman of the Technical Commission on Contribution Collection and Compliance of the International...

Liberia Embassy Facilitates Meeting on 20MW Hydropower Project Between Nimba Superintendent and HYDRONEO CEO

PARIS, France — The Embassy of the Republic of Liberia near Paris, France, is pleased to announce the successful convening of a high-level strategic meeting on October 9, 2025, between Hon. Kou Meapeh Gono, Superintendent of Nimba County, and Mr....

Liberia: 100-Acre Upland Rice Harvest Launched in Bong County Through Collective Impact Partnership

Zota District, Bong County – Under clear blue skies and the rhythm of traditional drums, hundreds of villagers, local leaders, and guests gathered in the heart of Kpaquelleh Clan, Shankpallai, Zota District, to witness a landmark moment for rural...

Liberia: KRTTI Begins Lowland Rice Harvest In Margibi County

Margibi County—The Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute (KRTTI) has begun harvesting 3.8 hectares of lowland rice on its campus in support of the Government of Liberia’s ARREST Agenda—specifically its agriculture pillar—in Kakata, Margibi...

Liberia: LIDA Launches Major Maize Training For Farmers In Foima District to Boost Food Security

Grand Cape Mount County- Liberia Development and Agriculture (LIDA), with backing from the Ministry of Agriculture and support from STAR-P and RETRAP, has rolled out a comprehensive maize cultivation training for farmers in Foima District, Grand...

Liberian Journalist Nukanah Kollie Represents Country at Global Agricultural Journalism Event in Kenya 

Gbarnga – Liberian journalist Nukanah Kollie, Bong County Coordinator and member of the Liberia Agricultural and Environmental Journalists Network (LAEJN), is representing Liberia and the West African region at the 2025 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leaders...

How shadowy Russian and US groups are pouring billions into the systematic destruction of women’s rights globally

A highly organised and well-funded campaign to strip women of their rights is gaining global momentum. “Reject harmful sex education in South Africa!” reads the headline of a petition launched in August this year. “The South African Department of...

The Upper Room - Coleman Collins’s exhibition considers how attempts at making a new world risk reproducing the cruelties of the old.

On screen, a plantation burns, while a voiceover by the artist verifies a feeling: “For us in particular, there was no hope,” not in what “I would (begrudgingly, unfortunately) describe as my homeland.” My satisfaction at witnessing this classic...

AATF calls for stronger seed systems to sustain Ghana’s biotechnology progress

By Gloria Anderson The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has called for stronger seed systems, policy continuity, and sustained investment to ensure Ghana fully benefits from its growing success in agricultural biotechnology....

Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked

Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools. Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said...

Liberia: NPHIL, Ministry of Defense-AFL Sign MOU for Collaboration In Biomedical Research and Health Security

The agreement also aims to promote biomedical and operational research in key public health areas, support joint training initiatives, and foster workforce development in health security. MONROVIA – The National Public Health Institute of Liberia...

Liberia: “We Are Lighting the Candles”; Finance Minister Ngafuan Says National Budget Is Impacting 28,000 Lives

In a bold and optimistic declaration, Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has affirmed the government’s commitment to driving national development despite prevailing challenges. By Julius Konton,...

Liberia’s Draft Carbon Policy: Oversight, and Equitable Benefit Sharing, Explained

Carbon is life. It keeps us moving daily. We breathe and live it. From animal to human, ecosystem, and biodiversity, there can never be us, them, or they without carbon. However, when released into the atmosphere in excessive amounts as carbon...

Liberia: Ministry of Labor, Rise Talent Accelerator Launch LiberiaWorks to Transform Job Access and Workforce Development

In his keynote address, Hon. Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr., Minister of Labor, described LiberiaWorks as a transformational leap in bridging the gap between jobseekers and employers Monrovia – The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Labor,...

Liberia Academy of Sciences Welcomes International Scholars to 2026 Fellowship Class

The Liberia Academy of Sciences (LAS) has announced the election of two distinguished international scholars — Professor Austin Mardon of Canada and Professor Kemal Yildirim of Turkey — to its Fellowship, the highest honor conferred by the...

Liberia intensifies IMO campaign ahead of November’s Elections

UN HQ, Manhattan, New York, United States | October 8, 2025: The Republic of Liberia has intensified its diplomatic campaign to secure re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with its Permanent Representative...

“Liberia Will Decide” — The Silent Cry Behind a Yearbook Caption

When a young man named Bohlen James A. wrote in his high school yearbook, “Liberia Will Decide,” while his peers wrote “Doctor,” “Engineer,” or “Lab Technician,” social media erupted — not with ridicule, but with recognition. Across Facebook and...

Insecurity, democracy crises derailing regional integration — ECOWAS President

Africa Participants at the African Public Square (APS) Second Continental Edition Conference on Friday in Abuja(NAN). THE President of ECOWAS Commission Dr Omar Touray has said that West Africa is currently facing security and democracy crises,...

Liberia: Ex-Pro Tempore Jallah Lauds Boakai-Koung Government’s Mineral Review    

Jallah observed that for too long, Liberians have not received their fair share of the nation’s vast natural wealth. Monrovia – Former President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Armah Jallah, has underscored the need for Liberia’s natural...

Korean Firm Eyes Revival of Liberia’s Aviation Sector

Margibi County, Liberia – The Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) and South Korea’s Make Holdings Corporation, Ltd. (Make Group) have opened discussions to establish a far-reaching partnership aimed at transforming Liberia’s aviation sector...