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MONROVIA - When a nation's official storyteller stands before its leaders, the safe path is celebration. Dr. Herbert C. Brewer chose confrontation instead. Delivering the 179th Independence oration, the historian answered a question…

There are orations a nation forgets by nightfall, and there are those it carries home in its chest — and by every account rippling out of Grand Bassa, Dr. Herbert Brewer delivered the latter. Rising as National Orator before a hushed and…

MONROVIA - President Joseph Nyuma Boakai used Liberia's 179th Independence Anniversary to redirect the national conversation. He steered the anniversary away from ceremony toward a contest over the country's historical memory. Speaking in…

MONROVIA - A few carefully chosen sentences from Washington have carried outsized diplomatic weight this Independence season. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Liberia's 179th anniversary with a message reaffirming…

MONROVIA - As Liberia prepares to commemorate 179 years of independence, the national conversation extends well beyond ceremonial celebrations into fundamental questions about identity, unity and the country's future direction. Nearly two…

MONROVIA - Liberia's 179th Independence Anniversary has inspired renewed reflection on the nation's remarkable journey from pioneering African republic to modern constitutional democracy. While Independence Day traditionally celebrates…

MONROVIA - The discovery of nearly four metric tonnes of suspected cocaine has intensified political pressure on the Boakai administration, shifting national debate beyond law enforcement toward questions of presidential accountability and…

MONROVIA - The scale of the narcotics enterprise Liberian authorities say they have uncovered at Duazon is without precedent in this country's experience, and the disclosures made Wednesday by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice…

MONROVIA - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Liberia’s digital transformation agenda during the Liberia Tech Summit 2026, held at the EJS Ministerial Complex under the theme “Government…

MONROVIA - There was something almost ceremonial about the way Madam Nora Finda Bundoo entered the Monrovia Central Prison on Tuesday, driving herself to the gate and asking the sheriffs to bring the papers she then signed. Barely…