Liberia
7 hours 35 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of efforts to foster tax consciousness among Liberia's youth, the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), in collaboration with the USAID-LEAD Activity and the Ministry of Education (MoE), host the country's first-ever National Students Tax Day (NSTD) on Thursday, November 21. Held under the theme "Moving to Billions: Celebrating Taxpayers' Impact," the event underscores the transformative power of tax education in building a prosperous and compliant society.
7 hours 36 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- It's a mantra repeated by government officials, activists and the international community: Liberia's victims and survivors must be at the heart of efforts to bring justice for crimes committed in the country's long civil wars that ended in 2003. But now the office to establish the War and Economic Crimes Courts is finally taking shape, victims and survivors say they have been excluded from the process.
8 hours 1 minute ago
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Upper Women's League club, Senior Female Professional, has officially unveiled their new home and away jerseys for the 2024/2025 Liberia Football Association (LFA) season.
8 hours 2 minutes ago
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called for the creation of a Liberia-specific "Doing Business Survey" to assess and improve the country's business environment. Speaking at the Liberia Chamber of Commerce Business Luncheon on Thursday, November 21, 2024, Minister Ngafuan emphasized that this initiative should be driven by Liberia's own priorities and not solely by the recommendations of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World
12 hours 56 minutes ago
[Liberian Observer] The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) has expressed consternation over the decision of President Joseph Nyumah Boakai to bypass House Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa in the submission of the national budget for Fiscal year 2025 to the House of Representatives.
Liberian Observer
12 hours 57 minutes ago
[Liberian Observer] There is a single House of Representatives on Capitol Hill, the seat of the Liberian government, but there are certainly two Speakers now available for a single seat at the Lower House-if events unfolding at the first branch of government are anything to go by.
Liberian Observer
12 hours 59 minutes ago
[Liberian Observer] The Liberia Senate has chosen to proceed independently with the budget review process due to the ongoing leadership crisis within the House, which has led to the delay in the conventional joint review procedure.
Liberian Observer
12 hours 59 minutes ago
[Liberian Observer] The ongoing political standoff in Liberia's House of Representatives involving Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and a faction of lawmakers has escalated into a multidimensional crisis with political, economic, and legal ramifications. This crisis threatens to disrupt governance, erode public trust, and stall critical economic progress in the country. Here's an in-depth analysis of the unfolding situation.
Liberian Observer
13 hours 2 minutes ago
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Amid a legal challenge from Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa at the Supreme Court, the breakaway group of lawmakers at the House of Representatives has controversially elected Montserrado County Representative Richard Koon as Speaker.
13 hours 3 minutes ago
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Liberia has passed the critical eligibility criteria for the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) fiscal year 2025 country scorecard, including the hard hurdles of corruption control and democratic rights. However, the scorecard highlights significant gaps in areas such as fiscal policy, government effectiveness, and investments in health and education.
16 hours 21 minutes ago
[Liberian Observer] With just a day to climax the 29th Session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the organizers have released the draft document outlining how funds for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) will be mobilized and distributed. However, the amount paid by which country is not mentioned.
Liberian Observer
17 hours 22 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and his allies have petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia to address what they describe as unconstitutional actions by a faction of the House of Representatives. The petition, filed on Thursday, is addressed to the full bench of the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh.
17 hours 37 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill, Monrovia -- The leadership of Liberia's House of Representatives has issued a strong statement condemning what it describes as "unconstitutional and unlawful attempts" to undermine the authority of the legislative body. The statement, released on Thursday, warned that these actions represent a grave threat to Liberia's democratic principles.
17 hours 37 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill, Monrovia -- Members of the Majority Bloc have elected Representative Richard Koon (Unity Party, District 11, Montserrado County) as their new Speaker. The election took place in the joint chamber after the bloc declared the Speaker's post vacant.
17 hours 54 minutes ago
[New Dawn] Liberia believes that a speedy resolution of the stalemate at the House of Representatives will demonstrate leadership between majority and minority blocs.
New Dawn
22 hours 19 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The removal of two senior members of the essential Ways, Means and Finance committee and the suspension of three lawmakers of the House of Representatives Tuesday is raising serious legal and procedural issues on whether the "majority bloc", presided by Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah, is acting in line with the law or outside the law.
22 hours 19 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] The health of a nation's democracy can often be gauged by the effectiveness and integrity of its legislative bodies.
22 hours 20 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Medica Liberia has launched the second phase of its project aimed at reducing school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) in southeastern Liberia. Titled: "Empowering Teachers, Students, and Parents to Take Action Against SRGBV in Southeast Liberia - II," the project is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the British Embassy in Liberia. This phase builds on the success of the first, with a focus on enhancing education and safety for students, particularly girls, in
22 hours 20 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- The National Commission on Disabilities is pleased to announce the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, taking place from November 30 to December 3, 2024, at Jackie's Multipurpose Complex in Ganta, Nimba County.
22 hours 20 minutes ago
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberian Senate has passed a bill to establish an Independent Seaport and Inland Ports Regulatory Authority, aimed at promoting sustainable development and regulation of port operations across the country.
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