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THE WORLD BANK has handed the Boakai administration a report card that should end the season of self-congratulation. Its seventh Liberia Economic Update, launched in Monrovia this week under the title “Beyond Growth: Addressing Structural…

MONROVIA - Few critics speak on the economy with Amara M. Konneh’s weight. The Gbarpolu senator once ran Liberia’s finance ministry. Now he has read two international reports side by side. The World Bank and the U.S. State Department, he…

MONROVIA - Press associations in Liberia often preach democracy to government but struggle to practice it. The Ministry of Information Reporters Network (MIRNET) has just offered a different example. Its secretary general stepped aside,…

MONROVIA - Thanksgiving messages are usually polite rituals. Senator Amara M. Konneh’s message carries an economic argument inside its prayers. He thanks God for 23 years of peace since the civil war. Then he puts a number on the…

MONROVIA - Liberia's road debate is shifting from promises to kilometers. Public Works Minister Layfette Giddings says 150 kilometers of primary roads were paved between January 2024 and August 2026. He now projects roughly 700 kilometers…

THE MARKET WOMAN at Red Light does not read inflation tables. She reads the price of a bag of rice and a gallon of oil, and she tells the truth about them every morning. When Senator Amara M. Konneh repeated what one such woman told him,…

MONROVIA - ArcelorMittal Liberia is making its case to Liberians with numbers. The company says its investment is approaching $4 billion since mining resumed in 2011. It claims some 8,000 direct and indirect jobs and a record 10 million…

MONROVIA - Liberia runs the world’s largest shipping registry by gross tonnage. That size brings Liberia both clout and exposure. This week, LMA Commissioner Neto Zarzar Lighe carries that weight into the 138th IMO Council session in…

MONROVIA - Liberia has entered the 5G era, at least in parts of Monrovia. Orange Liberia says it is the first operator to offer the technology commercially. The promise is faster internet, shorter delays and room for digital banking,…

MONROVIA - The Supreme Court has run out of patience with Bea Mountain Mining Company. On Monday, it gave the company 21 days to survey disputed land in Ngojah. The deadline falls on November 23, 2026. The order follows the company’s…