Liberia
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:06:42 GMTSeven in 10 Liberian Prisoners Have Never Been Convicted, Govt Official Reveals
[Liberian Investigator] Published: April 29, 2026
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:10:07 GMTNational Security Advisor Fires Back At Office of War Crimes Court Chief, Denies Sabotage Claims, Warns Against 'Misinformation Campaign'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Office of the National Security Advisor has strongly rejected allegations by the Executive Director of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia (OWECC-L), Cllr. Jallah A. Barb...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:37:21 GMTCephas Announces Liberia to Host Ydua Youth Forum
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The Chairman of the National Youth League of the Unity Party, Togar Melvin Cephas, has announced that the Board of the Young Democrat Union of Africa (YDUA) has concluded a high-level working session to finalize pr...
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:06:42 GMTSupreme Court Clears Way for Trial of Firm Accused of Diverting $851,000 From Foreign Affairs Renovation
[Liberian Investigator] Published: April 30, 2026
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:12:23 GMTLiberia, Japan Launch Integrated Education Initiative Under $118b Supplementary Budget
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The Ministry of Education (MOE), in collaboration with the Government of Japan and United Nations partners, has launched the 2025 Japan Supplementary Budget Projects, marking a major step toward strengthening Liber...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:36:35 GMTLNP Empowers LDEA Commanders, Sectional Heads
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Liberia National Police (LNP), in collaboration with the leadership of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), has successfully concluded a two-day capacity-building workshop for LDEA commanders, investigators, sectiona...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:36:02 GMTIMF Approves Additional U.S.$266m for Liberia
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved a 21-month financing arrangement for Liberia under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), providing approximately US$266 million (SDR 193.8 million).
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:35:34 GMTAML CEO Urges Community Inclusion As Key to Safety
[New Dawn] "Joy must not only be among the people who are privileged to work; it must also flow to AML's neighbors. This is the only way we will operate safely here," CEO Michiel Van Der Merwe told employees.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:12:40 GMTMissing Files, Missing Justice - One Case Shows How Dysfunctional Police and Justice Systems Are Failing Rape Victims
[FrontPageAfrica] Part 3 in a series documenting the journey of a 57-year-old alleged rape victim from rural Montserra to obtain justice.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:05:38 GMTEx-Mines Minister Paye Challenges VP Koung Over Conflicting Concession Remarks
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Mines and Energy Minister Wilmot Paye has taken issue with Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung over what he describes as "contradictory" comments regarding President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's policy on reviewing conces...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:46:30 GMTLiberia, Japan, UN Unveil Comprehensive Sector Projects
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the Government of Japan and the United Nations, has officially launched the 2025 Japan Supplementary Budget Projects, aimed at strengthening Education, Health, WASH, Gender Equalit...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:45:14 GMTDiaspora Liberian Raises Red Flag Over Passport Changes, Limited Pages
[Liberian Observer] Concerns are mounting among Liberians living abroad over what many describe as growing complications tied to passport renewals, with members of the diaspora warning that current policies risk undermining their legal status, mobili...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:41:42 GMTIMF's U.S.$266m Lifeline
[Liberian Observer] The approval of a US$266 million financing package by the International Monetary Fund under its Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) marks a significant turning point in Liberia's economic and climate policy trajectory. Bu...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:41:16 GMTEx-Hunters, Farmers Now Growing Animals to Protect Forest
[Liberian Observer] SALAYEA, Lofa County - Back in the days, Titus Morlu hunted deer, raccoons and pythons. But in 2024 he put down his gun and trap and became a beekeeper.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:36:52 GMTLiberia Launches 'Liberia Day' Cultural Outreach in Senegal Schools
[Liberian Investigator] DAKAR -- The Embassy of Liberia in Dakar has launched a renewed public diplomacy push aimed at promoting Liberian culture and history within Senegalese academic institutions, marking a significant step in strengthening cultura...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:11:56 GMTGovernment of Liberia Waives IP Registration Fees for Sports Stakeholders
[FrontPageAfrica] The Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) has announced a waiver of administrative fees for the registration of intellectual property (IP) assets by sports stakeholders, as a means of lowering financial barriers and accelerati...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:09:23 GMTKutoa Afrika Foundation Graduates Third Cohort of Teenage Girls in Computer Training Program
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The Kutoa Afrika Foundation (KAF) has successfully completed its third cohort of a computer training program for teenage girls, awarding four top-performing students brand-new computers in recognition of their outstan...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:51:05 GMT'We Smoke Shisha'
[New Dawn] Sierra Leonean national Thomas S. Lahun, 28, has provided what he called his first account to investigators into the sudden death of his girlfriend, Annette Y. Suah, 25, whose body was found in his room in Gaye Town, Old Road, Sinkor.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:48:12 GMTGC, Ministry of Local Government Join Forces to Strengthen
[New Dawn] Governance Commission (GC) has wrapped up a technical brainstorming session with the Ministry of Local Government (MLG) to ensure Liberia's decentralization program moves from policy to practice.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:47:01 GMTMoH Reviews Immunization Performance in Two Counties
[New Dawn] Zwedru -- The Ministry of Health (MOH), in partnership with county health teams and other collaborators implementing Liberia's Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), has launched its annual review meeting to evaluate performance in 2025, ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:45:54 GMTLEC to Light Up Buchanan
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has announced that it will today, April 29, 2026, begin the installation of streetlights and the expansion of electricity access across Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:44:40 GMTGeorge Solo's Unfinished Appointment
[Liberian Observer] The sudden death of Ambassador George G. Solo, a renowned political figure and eminent son of Grand Gedeh County, has sparked outrage among his kinsmen, who accuse the ruling Unity Party of political neglect and deliberate delays ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:01:51 GMTAll of Africa Today - April 29, 2026
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:23:59 GMTIMF Approves $266 Million for Liberia As Economy Grows At Fastest Pace in Years
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The International Monetary Fund has approved a $266 million financing package for Liberia, the largest single injection of multilateral support since President Joseph Nyuma Boakai took office, arriving as the count...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:35:00 GMTTweah Ends Testimony in U.S.$6.4m Corruption Trial
[New Dawn] -Prosecution rests, reserves right to call rebuttal witnesses
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:12:59 GMTLiberia Calls for Urgent Continental Action On Roads
[FrontPageAfrica] Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire -- Liberia has urged African leaders and regional institutions to treat road infrastructure as a continental emergency, warning that Africa's prosperity depends on deliberate investment in transport conne...
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:21:21 GMTThousands Spend Nights On Street
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Thousands of young men and women packed the Armed Forces of Liberia's (AFL) Barclay Training Center on Monday, after spending days on the streets, as the Liberian military opened its 2026 recruitment drive.
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:20:45 GMTLiberia's Human Rights Commission Reports Guinea Border Violations to UN
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) says it is alarmed by what it describes as gross violations of fundamental human rights and Liberia's sovereignty following Guinea's reported incursion into Liberian t...
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:19:26 GMTNSA Denies Barbu's Claims
[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- The Office of National Security Advisor (NSA) Samuel K. Woods II has rejected as "false" and "unfounded" allegations by Cllr. Jallah A. Barbu, Executive Director of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crime...
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:18:58 GMTBarbu Blast Brown Over War Crimes Court
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The simmering dispute over Liberia's proposed War and Economic Crimes Court (WECC) is taking a new twist as Dr. Jallah Barbu, Executive Director of the Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia (OWECC-L), has fire...