Liberia News

Addressing journalists at the UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Cameron said that members of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which includes President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, "nailed our colours to the mast with one clear overarching aim - end extreme poverty in ... (more)

In continuation of its ban on beach and sand mining, the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy on Thursday confiscated a 15-ton truck load of blocks in the 11th Street and Watanga communities in Monrovia.

Barely few days after the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation announced that it has begun pumping water to central Monrovia, the corporation has increased tariff to meet the new demands.

The head of secretariat of the multi-stakeholders Steering Group of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has disclosed that Liberia has generated US$117 million from the extractive sector of the economy.

The House of Representatives has invited the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia and the Director of the Executive Protection Service Othello Warrick over 'terror threat' against the Liberian Media.

The Press Union of Liberia has extended the media blackout on the Presidency and also included the Ministry of Information.

Prince Johnson, a former warlord-turned-politician who is best known for having videotaped himself overseeing the torture of Liberia's ex-president, announced Friday he is quitting the political party he founded.

A United Nations high-level panel on a post-2015 global development agenda wrapped up today with consensus emerging on how to make a more equitable world, said British Prime Minister David Cameron in his role as co-chair of the body.

Lenoir-Rhyne University will confer two honorary degrees to distinguished leaders in the Christian faith at the commencement service for Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary on May 25 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Columbia.

President Sirleaf's Unity Party is part of the Democrat Union of Africa and she's a Nobel Prize winner.

David Cameron and Prince Harry aboard a new Routemaster bus in the Meatpacking District of New York.

The United States and Liberia plan to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and energy as the West African country continues its decade-long recovery from civil war.

Right to Dream graduate Godfred Saka has been called up to the local Black Stars for a three-nation tournament in Liberia.

The president of Togo, one of the world's poorest countries, on Monday slammed rich nations who have cut development aid saying it contributes to the spread of terrorism.

Residents of Belle Yellah will for the first time in the history of Liberia breath a sign of relief when the nearly completed Tuma River Bridge which separates the community from the rest of Gbarpolu County will be dedicated in the next two weeks or so.

The investment needs of Liberia are so overwhelming to the extent that the country's economy relies heavily on foreign direct investment.

The Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism has called on the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia to reconsider and reverse its "news blackout" decision on the government.

It exports woodchips to power utilities that are used to reduce the emissions of fossil by replacing it with biomass for coal.

US and Liberia have signed a joint statement affirming commitment to work together to address the challenges in Liberia and boosts the two countries' bilateral relations.

A Coalition for Justice in Liberia two days symposium geared toward training staffers on how to unearth and report gross human rights abuses, including war related massacres taking place around the world, ended here last week with both participants and facilitators pledging to work together in order to end a "culture of impunity" by perpetrators of ... (more)