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Liberia: A call for National Consolidation for Progress
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
“If the change we seek is not now, then when? If it is not you, then who? If it’s not here, then where?” President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is poised to end Liberia’s long struggle to achieve transparency, accountability, patriotism, and national...
Liberia's health ministry stares at a crisis as USAID comes to an end
Africanews
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July 8, 2025
In downtown Monrovia, signs of Liberia's ties to the U.S. can be seen everywhere. The capital is named after former U.S. President James Monroe, and green American-style street signs and yellow school buses are a common sight in the landscape....
Liberia reels from abrupt U.S. aid cuts, leaving clinics empty and women vulnerable
United News of Bangladesh
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When Roseline Phay set out in search of contraceptives earlier this year, she didn’t realize she was already too late. Liberia’s clinics had run dry after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly suspended most foreign aid through USAID, which had...
TRIBE Takes Bold Move to Help Transform Liberia’s “Broken Education System”
Liberian Observer
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TRIBE, a Liberian innovation-driven organization, has launched a week-long training program for over 30 teachers and school administrators from more than ten high schools across Montserrado County. With backing from the MasterCard Foundation, the...
Liberia: Acting BSE Director General Commissions Audit to Boost Transparency and Accountability
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Monrovia – The Acting Director General of the Bureau of State Enterprises (BSE), Mr. Varlee F. Sanor, has formally commissioned the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) to conduct a full-scale audit of the institution. The Bureau of State Enterprises...
Liberia: Big Boost for Public School Teachers As Credit Union Reports L$16M Surplus, Calls for Increased Membership
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – The National Teachers Association of Liberia Credit Union Cooperative Society (NATLCUCS) has concluded its 6th Annual General Assembly in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, with the announcement of a net surplus of...
Generate More Revenues for Liberia for the Good of All Liberians: A Vision for Progress and Prosperity
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
By: Austin S Fallah, [email protected], Contributing Writer In the face of Liberia’s formidable journey towards economic recovery and sustainable development, the call for a collective commitment to generating more revenues through contractual...
Liberia: Mpox Cases Declining Across Africa, But Cholera Surges, Says Africa CDC Official
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
The Deputy Incident Manager of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Yap Boum, has reported a significant decline in Mpox cases in Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the Democratic...
Liberian Business Climate Poised for Growth as Trade Fair Initiative on the way
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
The Zoom Network Inc, prominent Liberian-owned enterprise is in discussion with the Government of Liberia to launch a large scale trade fair aimed at energizing the country’s business landscape. This move comes as part of a broader economic...
Liberia: Documents Reveal Ministries Finance, Agriculture, Education WFP Redirected COVID-19 Funds to Homegrown School Feeding Program
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
MONROVIA – A FrontPage Africa investigation has uncovered that a portion of the remaining funds from Liberia’s COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) has been redirected to the government’s consolidated account to support the national...
Liberia: SIB Loses Labor Case to Former Risk Manager Over Unfair Dismissal, Administrative Errors, and Discrimination
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
MONROVIA – The Ministry of Labour’s Hearing Court has issued a default judgment in favor of Miatta Sonii Jarry, former Treasurer and Risk Manager of SIB, who was wrongfully dismissed in December 2024. The ruling follows an investigation which...
Liberia: Government and Money Transfer Businesses Breathe Sigh of Relief as Trump’s Remittance Tax is Cut to 1%; But U.S. Citizens Now Also Face the Levy
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
The United States Congress passed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday. The Senate sharply reduced a controversial tax on remittances, money sent abroad by immigrants from an initial 5 percent proposal...
Liberia’s Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria Vows to Pursue Oil & Gas Opportunities for Liberia’s Benefit
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Ballout, a former Senator of Maryland County, was recently nominated by President Joseph Boakai to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Monrovia, Liberia – The Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria, John Ballout, has pledged to prioritize economic...
As U.S. abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies
NBC News
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July 8, 2025
SARWORLOR, Liberia — Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia, set off on a quest to find contraceptives. Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet. Determined not...
LRRRC ends 5-day assessment to Southeastern Liberia
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 8, 2025
The Liberian Refugees, Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has assured former Ivorian refugees here of sustainable livelihoods thru agriculture. Southeastern Liberia, July 8, 2025 – The Executive Director and Officer-in-Charge (OIC)...
Why Liberia Must Help Writers to Survive
Liberian Observer
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In every great nation, the heartbeat of its soul is found not only in its monuments or institutions, but in the pages of its literature. It is there—in the quiet power of words—that a people are remembered, understood, and honored across...
New Machines, Old Mindsets: Why Compassion Must Anchor Liberia’s Health Transformation
Liberian Observer
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When health authorities broke ground last week for Liberia’s first modern radiotherapy center, it marked more than a milestone in cancer care. It signaled the country’s aspiration to finally reverse the tide of outbound medical tourism, especially...
The Corruption Conundrum: A Critical Examination of Accountability in Liberia:
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 8, 2025
By: Austin S Fallah-A True Son of the Planet Earth Soil: In a world where the actions of individuals in positions of power can significantly influence the trajectory of a nation’s development and well-being, Albert Einstein’s assertion, “You...
Liberia: Bong County – MNG Gold to Resume Mining Operations
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 7, 2025
Gbarnga — MNG Gold Liberia is set to restart its mining activities in Bong County’s Electoral District #1, specifically in the Kokoyah Statutory District, following a period of operational slowdown. The announcement was made recently by the...
Big Boost for Public Teacher, Education Workers
Liberian Observer
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The National Teacher Association of Liberia Credit Union Cooperative Society (NATLCUCS) has climaxed it 6th Annual General Assembly in Buchanan Grand Bassa County with a financial disclosure of the Net Surplus of LDR $16,139,734.68, as compare 14...