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MONROVIA - Liberia’s three planned forums at the 81st United Nations General Assembly place domestic priorities before an influential global audience. The September engagements will address youth participation, women’s leadership, social…

MONROVIA - Public reaction to Liberia’s US$1 billion revenue milestone exposes a gap between government’s fiscal celebration and citizens’ economic experience. George Werner argues that cumulative collections should not be mistaken for…

MONROVIA - Former Commerce Minister Amin Modad’s response to Liberia’s US$1 billion milestone shifts attention from collection figures toward choices that determine their value. He argues that the achievement deserves recognition because…

MONROVIA - Liberia's historic crossing of the US$1 billion domestic revenue threshold gives the Boakai administration both an achievement and a demanding accountability test. Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe…

MONROVIA - Liberia's warning before the United Nations Security Council places the advancing Sahel terrorist threat within the country's security calculations. Ambassador Lewis G. Brown II argued that geography offers coastal West African…

MONROVIA - Liberia’s effort to resolve nonperforming loans has moved from diagnosis toward a coordinated national response involving government, banks, courts and borrowers. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and officials used the National…

MONROVIA - President Joseph Nyuma Boakai used the Second Annual Presidential Media Dinner in Congo Town to reaffirm his administration’s declared commitment to press freedom. His message also placed a demanding burden on journalists:…

MONROVIA - Acting Justice Minister and Attorney General Betty Lamin-Blamo entered office with Liberia watching how prosecutors handle corruption, narcotics and politically sensitive cases. Her assumption statement directly addressed fears…

MONROVIA - Government’s renewed promises to protect journalists arrived with a material concession: payment of debts that previous administrations left with local media institutions. The declarations at the second Presidential Media Dinner…

MONROVIA - President Joseph Boakai has placed Liberia’s commissioned officials under a test: public authority must produce measurable results. His September 8 charge covered leaders serving state-owned enterprises, electoral management,…