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Liberia: Documents Reveal Ministries Finance, Agriculture, Education WFP Redirected COVID-19 Funds to Homegrown School Feeding Program
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
MONROVIA – A FrontPage Africa investigation has uncovered that a portion of the remaining funds from Liberia’s COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) has been redirected to the government’s consolidated account to support the national...
Liberia: SIB Loses Labor Case to Former Risk Manager Over Unfair Dismissal, Administrative Errors, and Discrimination
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
MONROVIA – The Ministry of Labour’s Hearing Court has issued a default judgment in favor of Miatta Sonii Jarry, former Treasurer and Risk Manager of SIB, who was wrongfully dismissed in December 2024. The ruling follows an investigation which...
Liberia: Government and Money Transfer Businesses Breathe Sigh of Relief as Trump’s Remittance Tax is Cut to 1%; But U.S. Citizens Now Also Face the Levy
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
The United States Congress passed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday. The Senate sharply reduced a controversial tax on remittances, money sent abroad by immigrants from an initial 5 percent proposal...
Liberia’s Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria Vows to Pursue Oil & Gas Opportunities for Liberia’s Benefit
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Ballout, a former Senator of Maryland County, was recently nominated by President Joseph Boakai to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Monrovia, Liberia – The Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria, John Ballout, has pledged to prioritize economic...
Liberia: Bong County – MNG Gold to Resume Mining Operations
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 7, 2025
Gbarnga — MNG Gold Liberia is set to restart its mining activities in Bong County’s Electoral District #1, specifically in the Kokoyah Statutory District, following a period of operational slowdown. The announcement was made recently by the...
As US abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies
Newsday - New York
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SARWORLOR, Liberia — Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia, set off on a quest to find contraceptives. Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet. Determined not...
As US ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies
ABC News - New York
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July 8, 2025
SARWORLOR, Liberia -- Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia, set off on a quest to find contraceptives. Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet. Determined not...
Big Boost for Public Teacher, Education Workers
Liberian Observer
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The National Teacher Association of Liberia Credit Union Cooperative Society (NATLCUCS) has climaxed it 6th Annual General Assembly in Buchanan Grand Bassa County with a financial disclosure of the Net Surplus of LDR $16,139,734.68, as compare 14...
Photos show Liberia’s health clinics shuttered after US aid cuts
The Gazette - Colorado
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SARWORLOR, Liberia (AP) — As cuts to U.S. aid take hold, medical services in Liberia are feeling the pinch. Clinics, undernourished children and overwhelmed families are grappling with the sudden loss of support that once funded health care,...
Des Moines family waits 11 years for decision from immigration officials
Iowa Capital Dispatch
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July 7, 2025
A Des Moines family that has been waiting 11 years for approval of their application for permanent residence is going to court in an effort to force action in the case and is seeking protection from retaliation by federal officials. The family of...
Liberia inaugurates West Africa's largest iron ore concentrator
GhanaWeb
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July 7, 2025
Liberian’s President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially opened ArcelorMittal, a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The...
LIBERIA: ‘We need enforceable legal tools to hold governments accountable for climate inaction’
CIVICUS
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Interviews 03 July 2025 CIVICUS discusses African climate litigation efforts with Liberian environmental rights activist, lawyer and law professor Alfred Lahai Brownell, president of Global Climate Legal Defence and co-founder and Lead Campaigner...
ArcelorMittal unveils $1.8B Iron Ore facility in Liberia
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 7, 2025
ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel producer, has officially opened a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The inauguration...
Liberia: STAND, Allies Inform Gov’t of Three-Day “Enough is Enough” Protest, Demand Justice, Good Governance
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Monrovia – A civil society coalition led by Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND), in collaboration with the We The People Movement and other allied grassroots organizations, has informed the Ministry of Justice of its intent to stage a...
Liberia: President Boakai Apologizes to Civil War Victims, Pledges National Memorial, and Recommits to Criminal Accountability
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Adhering to a recommendation of the country’s T. R.C., President Joseph Boakai has officially apologized to victims of Liberia’s civil wars, an action none of his predecessors took Boakai has also pledged to erect a national memorial and ensure...
Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...
Liberia: Education Minister Jallah, Committee Lauded for National Reconciliation Program
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Monrovia – Education Minister Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah and members of the Reburial Committee are receiving national commendation for the successful execution of the National Reconciliation, Healing, and Unity Program held in Monrovia over the...
Liberia: President Boakai Lights Up Candle National Healing, Reconciliation, and Unity Candle
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Monrovia– As part of ongoing efforts to foster peace, unity, and national renewal Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, yesterday lit the National Healing, Reconciliation, and Unity Candle at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...
Liberia: World Bank Country Manager Hails Liberia’s First Certified Public Sector Accountants Graduation as Landmark for Africa
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Monrovia – The World Bank’s Country Manager for Liberia, Georgia Wallen, has praised Liberia’s historic graduation of its first cohort of Certified Professional Public Sector Accountants (PPSAs), describing it as a landmark achievement not just...
Liberia: FBB Pro Frimpon Urges Liberian Bodybuilders to Embrace Discipline, Growth
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Frimpon also advised local trainers to prioritize education, stressing the importance of understanding body mechanics, muscle groups, and structured training. MONROVIA – Ghanaian IFBB professional bodybuilder Godwin Frimpon has called on Liberian...