Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – The delegation from the Republic of South Sudan has arrived in Liberia for a week-long study tour with the goal of assessing the country’s public financial management (PFM) and human resource (HR) systems and reforms. Gatluak Gac Choul, deputy director of the Department of Treasury Operations’ Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), is leading the delegation. On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, the nine-member group paid a courtesy call on Hon. Anthony G. Myers, Acting Minister of Finance and Development Planning for Liberia, to start their visit. Hon. Elwood Nettey, Comptroller and Accounting General, Deputy Minister for Budget…

Monrovia, Liberia – Alieu Touray, the President of the Economic Community of West Africa States Commission (ECOWAS), has revealed that he is not in Liberia as a result of a message received from Liberia’s Former President and Political Leader of Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), George Manneh Weah, to ECOWAS. In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, following his meeting with President Joseph N. Boakai at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia, the President of the ECOWAS Commission stated that he intended to travel to Liberia following a few meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, with Dr. Ibrahim Al-Bakri Nyei, the…

Monrovia, Liberia – The importance of peace and stability in fostering sustainable development across the sub-region was emphasized by Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, during her remarks at the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) Ministerial Meeting. The benefits of sustained peace efforts are evident in the stability that both Liberia and the wider Mano River Union (MRU) basin are currently enjoying, stressed Foreign Minister Nyanti. Speaking at the high-level event, Foreign Minister Nyanti stressed that peace is not only essential for prosperity but also the cornerstone upon which the goals of the region may be…

Monrovia, Liberia – At the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the minister of foreign affairs of Liberia, and Ms. Kamikama Yoko, the minister of foreign affairs of Japan, held an important bilateral encounter. In the course of the meeting, Foreign Minister Nyanti conveyed warm greetings from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. and the people of Liberia. She also expressed her sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Japan for hosting the TICAD Ministerial Meeting. Foreign Minister Nyanti thanked Japan for its continued development aid to Liberia, including significant initiatives like the Japan Freeway and…

RELEASE Monrovia, Liberia – A demanding week-long refresher and capacity-building training program for at least fifty customs officers stationed at rural ports throughout Liberia has kicked off by the Customs Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) on Monday, August 26, 2024. In order to effectively collect taxes and facilitate trade, the LRA is committed to improving the expertise and abilities of its customs officials, as is demonstrated by this program. Participants in the course are receiving updated information, skills, and attitudes in important areas while attending the program in the port city of Ganta, Nimba County. These comprise the…

Monrovia, Liberia – A nongovernmental organization Migrant as Messengers Association of Liberia (MAMAL) has continued its post-election Peace and Reconciliation campaign through sports in the counties of Grand Cape Mount and Montserrado in an effort to put a stop to the bloodshed that follows elections in Liberia, tagged in “Let’s play and keep the peace.” The goal of the Post-Electoral Peace Awareness initiative is to educate young Liberians about the value of peace and its effects on the country’s society by bringing them together from a variety of political and non-political institutions. Speaking at the Monrovia event, Catheryn Kenny, the Executive Director…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Environmental Protection Agency with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada through NovaSphere on Thursday 22 August 2024 ended a two-day climate action forum in Gbarnga, Bong County. The forum seeked to generate ideas for more developed and robust institutional frameworks and multi-level climate governance in Liberia. A number of prominent figures from government line ministries, including superintendents and county development officers from Liberia’s fifteen counties, executives from the Environmental Protection Agency, and national and international specialists on climate change make up the attendees. In order for Liberia to fulfill its share of the Nationally Determined Contributions…

Monrovia, Liberia – Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe has urged all Liberians to combat corruption by making bold and decisive changes. Cllr. Gongloe addressed a huge gathering of Liberians over the weekend and suggested numerous legal changes to the country’s legal framework as a means of putting an end to corruption in both the public and private sectors. Delivering on the topic: “Strengthening Liberia’s governance: ending corruption through accountability and legal reforms” over the weekend in the Zondo Town, Logan Town Community, Cllr. Gongloe described corruption as Liberia most persistent and destructive challenge. The political head of the Liberian People’s Party…

Monrovia, Liberia – According to reports, the former president of Liberia, George Manneh Weah, has formally protested to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) the “unprovoked attack” that the Boakai-Koung administration carried out on the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) headquarters in Congo Town. Police and CDC partisans engaged in violent altercations during a drug raid around the party’s national headquarters in Monrovia on Thursday, August 22, 2024. Agents from the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) reportedly raided suspected drug sellers on Thursday morning at around 4:30 AM in the area of Small-Town Community, which is home to…

Monrovia, Liberia – The man who was seen unconscious and receiving assistance from LNP officer during the violent protest in Congo Town has reportedly passed away, according to information on social media. The Liberia National Police (LNP) in a statement refute the claims in the public and some media outlite. According to an August 23, 2024, LNP release, Prince Zammie, a 43-year-old resident of the Fiamah community, is currently receiving medical treatment at the JFK Referral Hospital. This is in contrast to rumors and claims of the victim’s death, LNP state that the victim was rescued and taken to the hospital by LNP…