Liberia Risks Missing 2029 Targets Without Stronger Anti-Corruption Action

Liberia could miss its 2029 governance and development targets unless the government accelerates anti-corruption and accountability reforms, the Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has warned. In its newly released 2025 Policy Brief on...

Liberia Losing Millions Through Smuggling and Tax Evasion

Liberia is losing millions of dollars annually through smuggling, tax evasion, and illicit financial flows, a situation that threatens national development and undermines public trust, according to Mr. Harold Aidoo, Executive Director of Integrity...

Liberia: Monrovia’s Citizens Beg for Quiet as Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown on Noise Pollution

Mid-afternoon in Monrovia, a megaphone blasts a vendor’s message in a busy neighborhood, one of the city’s most common sources of noise pollution. Photo: Manon Verchot/New Narratives By Aria Deemie, environmental reporter with New Narratives At 3...

ArcelorMittal, Monrovia Breweries, Hooked for Violations

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken disciplinary actions against ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML), and Monrovia Breweries Incorporated, two major companies operating in the country for violating environmental laws. The EPA’s punitive...

Liberia: Minister Ngafuan Urges Staff to Lead with Accountability

Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan Monrovia- Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called on employees of the Ministry to uphold the highest standards of integrity and professionalism...

Liberia: Citizens in Liberia’s Capital Beg for Quiet as Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown on Noise Pollution

At 3 a.m. Richedna Kpanneh Tobii finally opened her books. The 21-year-old university student had learned that her densely populated neighborhood of Lakpazee, with more than 160,000 people, was only quiet enough for her to study in the middle of...

Liberia: FAWE and Mastercard Foundation Scale Up Efforts to Empower Liberian Youth Through Education and Employment

Monrovia – The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has announced the launch of Phase II of its transformative program aimed at expanding access to inclusive tertiary education and...

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...

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...