Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – Making Impact Liberia, a local non-profit organization, continues to make a meaningful difference across secondary schools in Montserrado County, with over five institutions recently benefiting from its powerful motivational teachings. The organization, which is driven by passion and purpose, provides free Mental Shift Training, a curriculum that aims to change the way the younger generation thinks. The program seeks to steer pupils away from distractions and toward principles that promote both individual and societal development. Making Impact Liberia said, it is dedicated to empowering youth by fostering the proper mentality, values, and useful skills necessary to develop resilient, purpose-driven…

BUT COMPLAINS OF DISCRIMINATION. Monrovia, Liberia – The Group of 77 Disabled Center’s members have voiced their profound anguish and outrage over what they see as systemic discrimination and neglect in Liberian society for a long time. Mr. Joseph W. Jimmy, who spoke on behalf of the group, emphasized that a large portion of the discrimination they encounter is due to their physical challenges, which keep them at a disadvantage in many facets of life. “Due to our condition, we are not given the opportunity to apply for employment for which we are qualified, even if we do so,” Mr.…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in association with the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Liberia Chamber of Commerce (LCC) has announced the next Liberia Trade and Investment Conference, with the subject “Bridge to Prosperity.” The five-day gathering, which is set for June 17–21, 2025, in Monrovia, will bring together a group of well-known American businessmen and business executives to discuss trade and investment prospects in Liberia’s main economic sectors. The Ministry’s economic diplomacy program, led by H.E. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, is characterized by this flagship project, which is closely related to the Trump Administration’s redoubled commercial…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Liberian government, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and other partners have observed the Day of the African Child. Raising awareness of the significance of the Day of the African Child, the advancements achieved in the child rights movement since 2010, and the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Liberia were the three main goals of the celebration. Additionally, it was anticipated that the event will boost funding for children and mobilize support from important stakeholders to expedite efforts to eradicate FGM. Underage girls got the chance to raise concerns about FGM, its effects on…

Monrovia, Liberia – A group calling itself “ex officials of the Liberian Business Association” (LIBA) has demanded that James M. Strother resign as the organization’s president, claiming that Strother has violated the constitution by being in office for a long period of time without holding elections. Madam Emma C. B. Marshall revealed in a speech on Friday, June 13, 2025, that Strother is no longer acknowledged as the association’s leader and cautioned that conducting business with him on behalf of LIBA would be at one’s own risk. Any person or organization doing business with Mr. James M. Strother on behalf…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Joint Security has been instructed by Monrovia City Court Stipendiary Magistrate L. Ben Barco to arrest Jenelai Alex Tyler, son of Bomi County Senator Alex Tyler, while she is still alive for not paying a $7,500 auto loan. Complainant Rannie Baio told the court that on May 30, 2025, defendant Tyler, with criminal intent and purpose, purchased a Ford Explorer from his (Rannie) business entity with the agreement and obligation to pay US$7,500. Since then, defendant Tyler has purposefully put himself in hidding and has failed, refused, and neglected to pay, according to Magistrate Barco’s June…

Monrovia, Liberia – We, the Concerned Women of Nimba County—mothers, daughters, sisters, and caretakers, rise today in frustration and despair over the reckless campaign of misinformation and political agitation being orchestrated by Senator Nya Twayen against ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Phase II Expansion Project. We speak not as politicians, but as women who live every day with the harsh realities of poverty, joblessness, and the fragile hopes of our families. We speak for those who rise early to cook for schoolchildren, who till the soil with blistered hands, who stand by their husbands and sons, struggling to earn a living, and who…

Monrovia, Liberia – The first signing of President Joseph N. Boakai’s government performance contracts, which took place between October 2024 and March 2025, saw thirteen government institutions honored for their exceptional accomplishments. Agricultura Commodities Regulatory Authority, Jackson F. DOE Hospital, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company, WASH Commission, Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission, Public Procurement and Concession Commission, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Liberia Airport Authority, Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo Information Services, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, and Ministry of Public Works are among the thirteen institutions. President Boakai stated that three institutions lead the excellence…

Monrovia, Liberia – A high-level bilateral meeting has taken place between His Excellency Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Hon. Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr., the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia. Aiming to further strategic collaboration between the two countries, the conference was held in Changsha City on the sidelines of the Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President Macdonald Metzger, Hon. Magdalene Dagoseh, Minister of Commerce and Industry;…

Monrovia, Liberia – Liberia is utilizing every opportunity available to it, according to Dr. Ibrahim Al-barkri Nyei, Deputy Minister for International Cooperation and Economics Integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also describes the China-Liberia relationship under President Joseph N. Boakai as robust and advantageous. Speaking on the margins of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) implementation activities ministerial conference, Dr. Nyei stated that the connection between Liberia and China has become stronger and more developed. He stated that China-Liberia has been experiencing unprecedented mutually beneficial growth during President Boakai’s presidency, including the building of an overpass bridge, healthcare intervention,…