Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – A team from Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority’s (NRA) Customs Administration is in Liberia for an experience-building visit to the Liberia Revenue Authority’s (LRA) Customs Department. This visit demonstrates the two organizations’ growing collaboration and draws attention to the LRA’s expertise in improving customs procedures throughout the region. Customs Commissioner Saa Saamoi greeted the team and reaffirmed the LRA Customs Department’s commitment to share Liberia’s expertise at an opening engagement at the LRA headquarters in Paynesville. As sister countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone must support one another to increase regional and cross-border commerce, Saamoi said. The Sierra…

Nimba County, Liberia – Citizens of areas impacted by ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) gathered in Sanniquellie City to demand that the government negotiate agreements that directly benefit them. AML’s expansion and the adoption of its modified Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) were overwhelmingly supported by more than 70 chiefs, elders, and concerned locals. They however make it known that, they had a condition attached to their endorsement: pointing to immediate access to concession benefits. The handling of development funding has been a major cause of conflict between local communities and international corporations for many years. Millions of dollars are paid by AML each year for community development,…

Monrovia, Liberia – Cybersecurity is a major issue that must be integrated for the country’s benefit, according to Dr. Ibrahim Al-Bakri Nyei, deputy foreign minister for international cooperation and economic integration. Speaking Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at the opening of a three-day intensive Cyber Security awareness and training in Monrovia, Minister Nyei stated that Cyber Security is new, but a very important field in the information communication and technology sector because of increasing threats which has engulfed due to increasing used of the Cyber space daily. Dr. Nyei, serving as a guest speaker under the theme “Strengthening digital Security readiness in Liberia’s…

Monrovia, Liberia – Large amounts of drugs have been effectively captured by join security personnel in Lofa County as part of a significant operation to stop the illegal drug trade. In the course of the operation, which was carried out by the Liberia National Police (LNP) and the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), 772 compressed plates of marijuana as well as two additional substances that could be harmful to the public’s health trauma-k and trauma-doll were seized. It is reported that the narcotics were transported into Liberia from Sierra Leone, where they were made locally. The effective operation was conducted close…

CALLS ON GoL TO IMPROVE AML EXPANSION. Monrovia, Liberia – Citing ArcelorMittal Liberia’s longstanding contributions to the socioeconomic development of Liberia, chiefs, elders, and residents of the communities where the company operates in Nimba County have thrown their support behind the extension of the company’s investment and the ratification of its amended Mineral Development Agreement (MDA). Traditional leaders and local stakeholders from the districts of Yarmein, Seh, and Zor, in a forcefully worded statement, thanked the company for its ongoing partnership and called it a “reliable ally” that has supported them during Liberia’s most trying times, such as the COVID-19…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Governance Reform and Accountability Transformation (GREAT) Project is about to be formally launched by the Liberian government in collaboration with the World Bank and important stakeholders. On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the project will be inaugurated at the EJS Ministerial Complex in Monrovia. This significant project aims to improve service delivery in key government sectors, boost institutional capacity, and improve governance. The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) provided $30 million for the GREAT Project. Enhancing tax revenue collection, increasing access to digital public services, and bolstering accountability and transparency in important government agencies are the…

Monrovia, Liberia – A local vendor and the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) have finalized two significant contracts for the purchase and delivery of certain vital pieces of equipment that are necessary to improve drainage and sewage cleaning operations in Greater Monrovia. Through the Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURP), which is funded by the World Bank, the interventions are made feasible. In order to improve drainage and sewer cleaning operations in Greater Monrovia, the Ministry of Public Works and the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) urgently need a consignment of high-performance equipment and devices, which the Liberian company Family…

Monrovia, Liberia – The University of Liberia (UL), according to its president, Prof. Dr. Layli Maparyan, will keep funding research and academic initiatives that help the country’s social workers improve. In a March 18, 2025, press release, Dr. Maparyan promised UL’s assistance on the Capitol Hill campus on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, during her keynote speech at a World Social Work Day event. The National Association of Social Workers of Liberia (NASOWL) organized the event, which included the topic “Strengthening Communities Through Social Work for Inclusive and Enduring Well-being in Liberia.” According to the president of UL, social workers play a…

Monrovia, Liberia – To create a new country strategic opportunities program (COSP) for Liberia, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the Liberian government have jointly begun a two-day stakeholders’ engagement workshop. The multiyear framework for IFAD’s involvement in inclusive and sustainable rural development in the nation is the country strategic opportunities program. The current COSOP (2020-2025) for Liberia was developed in collaboration with the government of Liberia and other stakeholders and approved by the IFAD executive board in December 2019 with the overall goal to increase income and employment opportunities for rural men and women while building resilience…

Monrovia, Liberia – In order to ensure that students with disabilities have equal opportunities to demonstrate their abilities and obtain the credentials they are entitled to, President Joseph N. Boakai has urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) body to acknowledge the urgency and significance of developing inclusive examination policies and practices. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the WAEC 73rd Annual Council Meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the EJS Ministerial Complex in Congo Town Liberia, President Boakai stated that the examinations body can remove the obstacles that students with disabilities face by implementing accommodations like extra time, alternate…