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Monrovia - There are birthdays bought with imported wine and gold-rimmed invitation cards, and then there is the one Liberia watched on its phones this week. When George Manneh Weah turned sixty, he did not fill his Jamaica Resort with the…

Monrovia - Liberia's mining sector is expanding faster than the institutions meant to police it. That is the warning at the heart of CENTAL's latest intervention. Executive Director Anderson Miamen told a Monrovia roundtable on Thursday…

Monrovia - Liberia's 2027 budget begins with a hole already in it. Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan opened the Executive Budget Hearings on Thursday with a sober message. A one-time inflow of about US$200 million lifted this year's…

MONROVIA - He was born in the swamps of Clara Town, where the tide crept into the houses and dreams were meant to drown with it. Sixty years later, George Manneh Weah stands as the most improbable success story this republic has produced —…

MONROVIA - The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) marked its 62nd anniversary by reading out a charge sheet. President Julius Kanubah listed a year of arrests, summonses, threats and prison sentences against journalists. Those named included…

MONROVIA - The World Bank has told Liberian journalists their work is part of national infrastructure. Country Manager Georgia Wallen made the case at the Press Union of Liberia’s (PUL) 62nd anniversary. She placed credible journalism…

MONROVIA - President Joseph Nyuma Boakai took his government’s report card to Liberians abroad. At a town hall in Olney, Maryland, he asked the Diaspora to move from dialogue to delivery. His request was concrete: skills, investment and…

MONROVIA - George Manneh Weah turns 60 on October 1, and he has chosen prayer over a party. The former president is turning his birthday into a Day of Prayer for Liberia. His party cites the hardship many Liberian families now face. The…

MONROVIA - Liberia writes a new development plan almost every time it changes government. Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo wants that habit broken by law. The Environmental Protection Agency chief proposes a 25-year national framework,…

DULLES, Virginia – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has taken his U.S. schedule to the office that keeps Liberia’s flag on the world’s oceans. He visited the Virginia office of the Liberia International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR).…