MONROVIA — Liberian international forward Sylvanus Nimely was on target for Kokand 1912, but his late goal was not enough to prevent the Uzbek club from crashing out of the Uzbekistan Cup following a defeat to FC Gazalkent. By Christopher C. Walker | Christopher.walker@frontpageafricaonline.com Nimely found the back of the net in the 80th minute, cutting […]
The River Gee County Sports Committee invites qualified, experienced, and committed coaches to apply to serve as coaches for the 2026/2027 National County Sports Meet. Applications are invited for: ⚽ Soccer🏀 Basketball🏐 Volleyball🥎 Kickball Applicants must: Application Requirements Interested applicants should submit a CV, relevant coaching certificates/qualifications, evidence of coaching experience. SELECTION PROCESS 1.The selection […]
Monrovia — Liberia is celebrating a number. For the first time in the country’s 179-year history, domestic revenue collection has pushed past US$1 billion in a single year — a figure President Boakai described in a special address as proof that revenue “earned, not borrowed” can rebuild a nation’s confidence in itself. By Rodney D. […]
Monrovia- For a few years after 2010, West Africa was, in the words of officials who fought to make it so, a hard place to move cocaine through. That reputation is now being tested harder than at any point in over a decade. By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com In July, Liberian security forces raided a […]
LIBERIA HAS DONE something it has never done before. For the first time in 179 years, the government has raised more than a billion dollars at home in a single year — not borrowed, not donated, but collected from our own people and businesses. That is worth marking. It is proof that when institutions are […]
Monrovia — Prime Credit Reference Bureau, Inc., a Liberian-owned company headed by Managing Director and CEO Eugene Bedell, has filed a damages action against the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) and its Governor, Henry F. Saamoi, accusing the Bank of issuing it a license to operate a private credit reference bureau before allegedly withholding the data […]
MONROVIA – According to an unconfirmed report reaching FrontPage Africa, the Ministry of Education has ordered a suspension of academic activities at New Totota Public School after a photo showing students seated on bare ground Monday circulated widely on social media. By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com | Bong County, Liberia Neither the Ministry nor the Bong County […]
MONROVIA – A new Central Bank of Liberia strategy meant to give Liberians access to credit, savings and insurance, not just mobile money, will depend on reforms to the national identification system, business registration and credit reporting, participants in a review of the draft have said. Some of those reforms will require legislative approval, judicial reforms, […]
MONROVIA – Whatever the jury in Criminal Court “C” ultimately decides about Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah’s guilt or innocence, the trial now in its 27th day has already surfaced something that may outlast the verdict, evidence that Liberia’s disaster relief apparatus may not have known where its own rice went, who received it, or whether […]
MONROVIA — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s declaration that Liberia’s domestic revenue milestone must translate into tangible improvements for ordinary citizens has drawn sharp criticism from Matthew Young, a member of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) Diaspora Cyber Team in the United States. By Christopher C. Walker christopher.walker@frontpageafricaonline.com Reacting to the Liberia Revenue Authority’s […]
MONROVIA — The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Liberia Chapter has conducted a refresher training and induction exercise for members of its National Recruitment Committee as the organization moves to expand access to tertiary and technical and vocational education for marginalized young Liberians. By Christopher C. Walkerchristopher.walker@frontpageafricaonline.com | The one-day exercise, held Tuesday, September 15 […]
Monrovia-Liberia has delivered one of its strongest warnings yet on the changing face of terrorism, calling on the United Nations Security Council to abandon a largely reactive approach to By Willie N. Tokpah international security and invest aggressively in prevention before extremist violence reaches the doorsteps of more coastal West African states. Speaking in New […]
MONROVIA – Liberia may be blessed with abundant rainfall, rivers, streams and groundwater, but for many Liberians, having water nearby does not necessarily mean having safe, reliable and affordable water at home. By Patience M. Jones That contradiction is now driving a new push by the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) and the African […]
MONROVIA — For years, Liberian women have carried the wounds of war into their homes and communities while simultaneously becoming some of the country’s strongest voices for peace, reconciliation and survival. By Patience M. Jones Now, as Liberia moves toward transitional justice and the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court, the United Nations […]
MONROVIA, Liberia —The Feminist Coalition has expressed frustration over President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr.’s decision to reassign two women from strategic Cabinet positions, warning that the move could undermine recent gains in women’s representation at the highest levels of government. By Patience M. Jones,patiencejones@frontpageafricaonline.com The Coalition’s concerns follow the reassignment of National Defense Minister Geraldine […]
BONG MINES, Bong County— Residents of several villages bordering the China Union Mining Concession in Bong and Margibi Counties have accused the Chinese-owned mining company of causing widespread environmental damage, including the pollution of waterways and farmlands, destruction of feeder roads and excessive dust and mud deposits from its mining operations. By Yawah Y. Jaivey […]
PLEEBO, Maryland County — The Ministry of Transport has broken ground for the construction of a US$187,679 regional office in Maryland County, a project officials say will bring transportation services closer to citizens in southeastern Liberia. By Peter P. Toe, Jr., peterp.toe@frontpageafricaonline.com The groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday, September 15, at the outskirts of Pleebo City, […]
HARPER, Maryland County — The Minister of the Ministry Finance and Development Planning(MFDP), Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has described William V.S. Tubman University as a symbol of Liberia’s resilience, saying the institution’s history demonstrates that a nation can emerge from the wounds of war without surrendering its future. By Peter P. Toe, Jr., peterp.toe@frontpageafricaonline.com Minister Ngafuan, who […]
NIMBA — A new county‑led agriculture initiative in Nimba County is already producing significant harvests and aims to make the county a reliable, year‑round supplier of vegetables to Monrovia, county and agriculture officials have said. By Franklin Doloquee / Nimba County Launched with roughly US$400,000 from the Nimba County Development Fund, the Nimba County Agriculture […]
MONROVIA — When the senior national team of Liberia, affectionately nicknamed the “Weah XI,” drew the curtain on January 28, 2002, following a 1–0 loss to Nigeria in their final group match of the Mali 2002 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), it marked the end of the most intriguing chapter in Liberian football history. By […]
MONROVIA — The Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) has issued a stern condemnation following a profane verbal attack launched by Liberian international footballer Mohammed Kamara against sports journalist Fatumatta J. Barry. The incident reportedly occurred after Barry publicly criticized the player’s late withdrawal from the national team setup. In a press statement released in […]
Monrovia-Emmanuel Gilman, the Human Resources Manager of Private Bar, has reportedly died under circumstances that are raising fresh questions amid an ongoing drug investigation that has already placed the establishment and its chief executive officer, Leroy Harris, under intense scrutiny. By Willie N. Tokpah Gilman reportedly died Monday night at a clinic along the S.D. […]
Monrovia-The conviction of a 46-year-old man for statutory rape involving a 12-year-old girl has brought renewed attention to the responsibility of adults who have access to children and the duty of the justice system to protect minors from sexual exploitation. By Willie N. Tokpah Defendant Grawfar Tokpah, also known as Augustine Tokpa Yah, was found […]
Monrovia — A controversy that began with a single Facebook post has widened into a pointed question for the Liberian government: how did confidential records on some of the country’s most vulnerable children end up in the public domain? By Gerald C. Koinyeneh | gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com The post, published by Mo Ali, Managing Director of the […]
Summary By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives INTERNATIONAL TIMBER INDUSTRY VILLAGE, River Cess County — When Eric Kollor learned that former government officials were finally on trial over thousands of bags of Saudi-donated rice meant for vulnerable and disaster-affected Liberians, he was surprised. The case had been moving through the courts in Monrovia, […]
MONROVIA — Rumors move fast in Liberian politics, but few in recent memory have traveled as quickly, or generated as much chatter, as the reports now circulating about a possible reconciliation between expelled lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah and President Joseph Boakai. By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com No press conference has been called. No joint statement has been […]
For more than three years, Lorpu has lived with the constant leakage of urine and feces caused by obstetric fistula, a debilitating childbirth injury. By: Tina S. Mehnpaine The condition where a hole forms between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum. can result from prolonged, obstructed labour, often when timely medical care is […]
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Liberia is taking its investment and economic opportunities message to the Caribbean, with Ambassador Maisie Dunbar, Special Envoy to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for Trade and Investment, set to promote Liberia as an emerging destination for investment at the 2026 We Mean Business Summit. The summit is scheduled for […]
VIENNA, Austria Liberia is seeking at least US$22 million to build and operate its first comprehensive cancer diagnosis and treatment center as the West African nation looks to expand access to life-saving healthcare and deepen cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). By Jaheim T. Tumu-jaheim.tumu@frontpageafricaonline.com Addressing the 70th General Conference of the IAEA […]
ZOTA DISTRICT, BONG COUNTY — In the town of Shankpallai, where Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo grew up and eventually left to build a career in environmental advocacy and education, the community gathered over the weekend to celebrate something that started, in his words, as a personal debt he wanted to repay. By Selma Lomax, […]
MONROVIA – Information Minister Jerolinmek Mathew Piah has reaffirmed the Government of Liberia’s commitment to ensuring maximum protection for professional and ethical Liberian Journalists. By Augustus D.R Bortue-augustusd.rbortue@frontpageafrica0nline.com Speaking at the 2nd Annual Presidential Media Dinner at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, outside Monrovia on Saturday, September 12, Minister Piah stated that under President […]
MONROVIA — Representative Foday E. K. Fahnbulleh of Bong County’s Seventh Electoral District has expressed delight over Liberia’s achievement of the historic US$1 billion mark in national revenue. By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageaffricaonline.com Representative Fahnbulleh, a member of the National Legislature, congratulated President Boakai and members of the government’s economic management team for what he described […]
Monrovia – Press Union of Liberia (PUL) President, Julius K. Kanubah, has proposed the formulation and enactment of a Liberia Media Governance and Sustainability Act. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway The proposal aims to establish a transparent national framework for supporting independent, ethical and professional journalism. Speaking Saturday, September 12 at the Presidential Media Dinner held at […]
TOTOTA, Bong County — The United Bong County Association of America (UBCAA), through its Kuwo, Ohio Chapter, has handed over a newly installed borehole hand pump to the Capitol Hill Community in Totota City, Bong County, to improve residents’ access to safe drinking water. The dedication ceremony brought together representatives from the Totota City Mayor’s […]
HARPER, Maryland County — Liberia has crossed the US$1 billion mark in domestic revenue collection for the first time in the country’s 179-year history, the Minister of the Ministry Finance and Development Planning(MFDP), Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has announced. By Peter P. Toe, Jr., peterp.toe@frontpageafricaonlince.com Minister Ngafuan made the disclosure on Monday, Monday, September 14 while […]
The President of the Trade Union Congress of Liberia (TUCL), Dominic Nimely, has sharply criticized the Central Bank of Liberia’s (CBL) National Non-Performing Loans Resolution Conference, recently held at the Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Cong Town, outside Monrovia. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway Nimely, who is also a member of the Liberia Business Association (LIBA) […]
The sentence, handed down Monday by Assigned Circuit Judge Cllr. George S. Wiles Jr., includes five years of hard labor. HARPER, Maryland County — The Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland County has sentenced Dougbe Newton and Friday Newton to 30 years in prison for the murder of Josephene Sieh, a woman who was allegedly accused […]
PAYNESVILLE, Montserrado County — Maryland County District 2 Representative Anthony F. Williams has donated US$100 and LRD$60,000 to the Maryland County Quizzing Team amid growing concerns over the team’s living conditions while participating in the ongoing national academic competition. By Peter P. Toe, Jr., peterp.toe@frontpageafricaonline.com Rep. Williams made the donation Sunday, September, 13 when he visited […]
HARPER, Maryland County — The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has arrested a Liberian woman with four plates of marijuana valued at approximately US$400 at the Karloken Checkpoint in Maryland County. By Peter P. Toe, Jr., peterp.toe@frontpageafricaonline.com The suspect, identified as Mamie Williams, a Liberian national originally from River Gee County, was arrested on Wednesday, September […]
HARPER, Maryland County — The Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning(MFDP) Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has challenged students of Tubman University to move beyond classroom learning and apply their knowledge to solving real-time challenges facing Liberia. Minister Ngafuan made the call on Monday, September 14 at the 17th Founder’s Day Celebration of Tubman […]
FENDALl —The University of Liberia (UL) has thrown its weight behind a potential strategic partnership with the European Union-funded Strengthening Artisanal Fishing (SAFish) Value Chain Project, a US$30 million initiative seeking to transform Liberia’s small-scale fisheries sector and unlock new opportunities within the country’s emerging blue economy. By Patience M. Jones,patiencejones@frontpageafricaonline.com UL President Prof. Dr. […]
MONROVIA — Liberian international Mohammed Kamara has once again withdrawn from the Lone Star squad ahead of Liberia’s crucial 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against Rwanda and Mali, citing medical concerns. By Christopher C. Walker | christopher.walker@frontpageafricaonline.com | 0777898224/0886723075 Kamara, who currently plays for Romanian top-flight outfit Rapid București, was named in […]
MONROVIA — Trokon Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of newly promoted Liberia Football Association (LFA) Second Division side Tebeh FC, has called on his players particularly new signings to focus on correcting their mistakes following back-to-back pre-season defeats against top-flight opposition. By A. Macaulay Sombai | Sombai.macaulaysombai@FrontPageAfricaonline.com | 0777217428 Speaking on Friday, September 10, after Tebeh […]
MONROVIA — The Liberian government is moving to confront the country’s non-performing loans (NPLs) problem with the establishment of a National Non-Performing Loans Task Force, in a bid to unlock credit, strengthen banking stability and expand financing for businesses and entrepreneurs. Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung Sr. announced the task force at the close of […]
MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s Commerce Ministry gets a new face today as businessman and former Deputy Public Works Minister Stephen Marka Yekeson Jr. assumes the acting ministerial post, bringing with him a career that has moved between government, corporate leadership and entrepreneurship. With Liberia seeking to expand local enterprise, strengthen trade and create more value from […]
Monrovia, Liberia — Liberian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to take advantage of regional and international trade opportunities while improving the quality, management and marketability of locally produced goods. By Patience M. Jones,patiencejones@frontpageafricaonline.com The call was made during the conclusion of a three-day dialogue under the Accelerate 360 Liberia Program, which brought together […]
Monrovia – In Liberia, showing your work used to mean something simple — a photo of a handshake, a ribbon-cutting, a smiling child holding a new backpack. This week, several government officials, among them Mo Ali, Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, took “showing your work” somewhere it should never go: they […]
SACLEPEA, Nimba County — In Saclepea, Nimba County, the promise of newly paved streets should ordinarily be a welcome development. Instead, a government road project has become the subject of an increasingly heated political argument after the acting city mayor initially identified the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction as the successful bidder, only for the party […]
MONROVIA — Former Solicitor General of Liberia, Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephus, has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to publicly apologize to former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor over what he described as the degrading manner in which she was arrested and detained in connection with Liberia’s multimillion-dollar drug investigation. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com […]
Major General Davidson F. Forleh, chief of staff of Liberia's armed forces, is in Morocco working to expand military cooperation between the two countries. He secured commitments covering commando training, military vehicles and training equipment for the Liberian army. Morocco has also pledged support for Liberia's effort to establish and operationalize an Air Wing. The visit points to Rabat's growing role as Monrovia's main military partner.