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MONROVIA - Nine years ago, in her Hilton office in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser, Pastor Paula White-Cain, prayed over a visiting Liberian Vice President named Joseph Nyuma Boakai and told him that God said…

MONROVIA - One hundred and seventy-nine years after a determined band of freed settlers gathered in Monrovia to proclaim Africa’s first independent republic, the Government of Liberia has unveiled the official calendar of events for the…

MONROVIA - The Liberian People’s Party (LPP) has bowed in what it calls “revolutionary salute” to its former standard bearer, Dr. Togba-Nah Tipoteh, as the veteran economist, politician, and pan-Africanist marks 85 years of life, struggle,…

By Musa Hassan Bility This morning, I have been thinking about one of the saddest habits in Liberian public life. No matter how serious an issue may be, we make noise about it for a few days, promise an investigation, and then let it go…

MONROVIA - Strong environmental institutions are increasingly becoming indispensable to sustainable development, particularly for resource-rich countries balancing economic growth with ecological protection. Liberia's acquisition of a…

MONROVIA - Liberia's campaign to enforce integrity in public service has entered one of its most politically sensitive phases. For the first time under the Boakai administration, the Senate has formally recommended disciplinary action…

MONROVIA - Liberia’s annual Independence Day observance in the United States has evolved far beyond ceremonial gatherings into an instrument of diplomacy, cultural preservation and diaspora engagement. As the Republic prepares to…

MONROVIA - Liberia's US$19 million cocaine scandal has now crossed from domestic controversy into international diplomacy. Jefferson T. Koijee, Secretary General of the Congress for Democratic Change, has petitioned the United States…

MONROVIA - A vow by women demonstrators to strip naked outside the Executive Mansion transforms Friday's protest into a test of presidential responsiveness. The warning comes from Madam Philo Koffa, a women's leader aligned with the…

MONROVIA - A quiet legislative debate over numbers is fast becoming a battle over who counts in Liberia's democracy. Representative Steve Tequah of Rivercess County District #2 has condemned proposals to set the electoral threshold as high…