Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia- The Army War College of Nigeria (AWCN) has embarked on a strategic study visit to Liberia under the theme “Protection of Solid Mineral Sector for Enhanced National Security.” The delegation from the AWCN engaged with key officials and institutions in Liberia, aiming to foster collaboration and share insights on the critical intersection of natural resource management and national security. The visit featured a significant interaction with the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia. This engagement underscores the commitment of both nations to address common challenges and leverage shared experiences in the protection…

RELEASE Monrovia, Liberia – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent a condolence message to His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi following the death of the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others, who were killed in a plane crash in the Chikangawa Forest in Malawi on Tuesday, June 11,2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai expressed profound sadness and deep sorrow following the death of these senior officials of the Malawian Government. In his message to the President of the Republic of Malawi, the…

Monrovia, Liberia – Dominic Nimely, the Liberia Business Association’s Chairperson for Commerce and Trade, has reminded President Joseph N. Boakai to include the business community on his business visits. Speaking in Monrovia on Monday, June 10, 2024, Nimely stated that no businessperson was present on the President’s inaugural trip to the UN-Africa Business in the United States of America. “In other West African countries, the government sponsor the business people because they are there to sell the country. The business people are the back bone of any country.” He disclosed that anytime businesspeople accompany the president on a business trip,…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Honourable Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, MP, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, and Cllr. Jeddi Mowbray Armah, Deputy Minister for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia met on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Accra, Ghana. The meeting’s main topic was the continuing return of Liberians who were impacted by the dismantling of the Buduburam Settlement, a former camp for refugees that provided housing to thousands of people throughout the country’s civil wars from 1989 to 2003. During the…

Monrovia, Liberia – Following the recently concluded conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America, Bishop Samuel Jerome Quire, the resident bishop of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Liberia, has corrected the record about same-sex marriage and human sexuality, uniting the Methodist church in Liberia. At a press conference on June 7, 2024, in Monrovia,  Bishop Quire noted that a lot of messages regarding human sexuality and the United Methodist Church have been posted on social and secular media. He described some of those comments as extremely disparaging and deceptive. The United Methodist Church, according to the Bishop,…

Monrovia, Liberia – A number of Korean investors have shown interest in visiting Liberia to make investments in various sectors including technical transfer, according to President Joseph N. Boakai. Speaking with reporters after returning from the Korea-Africa Summit in Seoul, South Korea over the weekend, the president stated that he did not attend the summit for any particular purpose other than to attend the investment forum, where he and his delegates met a number of investors who expressed interest in visiting Liberia to make investments. He stated that scholarships for Liberians to study in Korea and for Koreans to visit…

Amid Alleged Death Threat and Intimidation Monrovia, Liberia – Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Campaigner Lammie M. Jabateh has been reported missing following threats to his life and intimidation from family members and traditional authorities in Bella Town, Suakoko, Bong County. Between 2019 and 2022, activist Jabateh reportedly faced intimidation from traditional elders and relatives when he refused to allow his younger sister to be brought to the Sande Bush for initiation and genital mutilation. Before going missing, Jabateh expressed alarm to journalists in Liberia that he was no longer safe there and that his life was in danger. According to…

FOR ALLEGED POWER STRUGGLE Monrovia, Liberia – President Joseph N. Boakai has suspended the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency Director General, Abraham Kromah and his two principal deputies, Gbawou Kowou and Hassan Fadiga Deputy Director General for Operations with immediate effect and with out pay. President Boakai’s decision is the outcome of a continuing dispute between Abraham Kromah, the director general of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency, and his two primary deputies. The President has, in the interim, authorized an investigation into the events that transpired at the Agency on June 3, 2024, according to a communiqué from the Ministry of…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Ministry of Internal Affairs on Capitol Hill received a courtesy visit from Yin Chengwu, the Chinese ambassador accredited to Liberia. The visit served two purposes: first, it was to reiterate China’s 2003 promise to the Liberian government; second, it invited the Minister to the Sino-African Local Government Cooperation Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, Quangzing Province, from July 8–10, 2024. The Guangdong Provincial People’s Government and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAPFO) will co-host the summit. The ambassador underlined the necessity of women’s empowerment in Liberia and the significance…

Monrovia, Liberia – The death of Charles E. Sirleaf, 68, son of former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and former Central Bank of Liberia Governor has left many people in deep sorrow. On Sunday, June 2, 2024. On social media and in other places, condolences have been flooding in. Of particular note is a phone call reported from President Joseph N. Boakai, who is in Seoul, Korea, for the African Development Bank’s first-ever Korea-Africa Summit. Although all the specifics surrounding his death are yet unknown, family-close sources have suggested that it came after a brief illness. The family has asked…