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September 15, 2026, 10:56 am
Govt Bets On Women's Leadership to Deepen Peace, Justice and Democracy
- [Liberian Observer] The country's investment in women's participation in peacebuilding and transitional justice is being framed not simply as another development intervention, but as a test of whether the country can convert decades of women-led activism into sustained influence over the institutions and decisions that shape its future.
Govt Admits Gaps in Fiscal Decentralization Rollout
- [Liberian Observer] The Government of Liberia has admitted that despite years of efforts to decentralize political and financial authority from Monrovia to the country's 15 counties, much of the fiscal decentralization framework remains largely unimplemented.
U.S. Embassy Marks 25 Years Since 9/11
- [New Dawn] The U.S. Embassy in Liberia has commemorated the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with a ceremony honoring the 2,977 people killed and recalling Liberia's solidarity with the United States in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Boakai - We Won't Muzzle the Press
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to press freedom, assuring journalists that his government will not seek to muzzle or control the media and urging stronger government-media relations based on openness, mutual respect and professionalism.
Liberia Cannot Gamble Its Way to Prosperity
- [Liberian Observer] There is something profoundly troubling about the National Lottery Authority having to order a private company to stop behaving as though it were the National Lottery Authority.
Spoiled Rice Triggers Health Concerns in Ganta
- [Liberian Observer] Concerns over food safety have emerged in Ganta following the discovery of what appeared to be a quantity of spoiled parboiled rice during the offloading of a commercial consignment at the Jungle Water Distribution Store on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
Boakai Puts Legal Expertise At the Heart of National Security
- [Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's decision to move Cllr. Natu Oswald Tweh from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of National Defense has transformed what initially appeared to be a removal from one of government's most influential positions into a significant redeployment within country's national security architecture.
Credit Bureau Sues Cbl for U.S.$1.18m
- [Liberian Observer] Prime Credit Reference Bureau, Inc. has sued the Central Bank of Liberia for more than US$1.18 million, alleging that the country's banking regulator licensed the company to operate a credit reference bureau, allowed it to make substantial investments, but subsequently failed to provide information the company says was essential to getting the business running.
Liberia Courts Caribbean Investors
- [Liberian Observer] MONROVIA -- Liberia is looking to the Caribbean for new investors and business partners, with Presidential Special Envoy for Trade and Investment Ambassador Maisie Dunbar heading to St. Thomas this week to make the case for investment in agriculture, tourism, energy, infrastructure and the country's largely untapped blue economy.
Gbeisay Tightens the LNBA
- [Liberian Observer] The Judiciary is moving toward a more systematic way of determining who is entitled to appear before its courts, as the Supreme Court and the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) seek to close one of the justice system's most damaging loopholes--uncertainty over who is actually licensed and authorized to practice law.
Govt Is Settling Debts Owed to Media Houses
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- The Government of Liberia has begun settling legitimate debts owed to media institutions for services provided under previous administrations, Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah has disclosed.
CSOs Want AU Women's Convention Put On Hold
- [New Dawn] MAMBA POINT -- A coalition of civil society and women's rights organizations has called on the House of Representatives to suspend action toward ratifying the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU CEVAWG), citing what it describes as significant gaps in the instrument's current form.
Tucl Wants Private Sector Voice in Npl Reforms
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Trade Union Congress of Liberia (TUCL) President Dominic Nimely has called for greater private-sector involvement in efforts to address non-performing loans, arguing that Liberian businesses should be directly involved in shaping policies intended to improve credit access and loan recovery.
NLA Draws the Line On Unauthorized Gaming
- [Liberian Observer] The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has opened a new front in its effort to bring Liberia's rapidly evolving gaming industry under tighter regulatory control, issuing a Notice of Default, Administrative Directive and Demand to Cease and Desist against Seven Blue Ltd, a Delaware-registered company, and associated entities.
Liberia's Unemployment-Debt Trap - How Joblessness, High Interest Rates and Concentrated Wealth Are Fueling the Non-Performing Loan Crisis
- [Liberian Observer] Liberia's economic debate often treats unemployment, high bank lending rates, poverty, inequality and non-performing loans as separate problems. They are not. They are interconnected symptoms of an economy that has struggled for decades to create enough productive employment, broaden access to capital and distribute economic opportunities beyond a relatively small circle of politically connected and economically privileged people.
The World Needs a 'Global Ai Cop' Before It Is Too Late
- [Liberian Observer] The world needs a "GLOBAL COP", but not an organization that controls artificial intelligence. It needs one capable of ensuring that artificial intelligence never controls the world.
Boakai Rallies Massive Support for Lone Star's Afcon 2027 Participation
- [Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has announced a major increase in financial incentives for Lone Star players while calling on Liberians, businesses and investors to rally behind the national team as the country prepares for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign.
Boakai, Media Talk Partnership, Survival
- [Liberian Observer] MONROVIA -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai spent Saturday evening dining, laughing and exchanging pleasantries with some of Liberia's most senior journalists, but beneath the relaxed atmosphere of the Second Annual Presidential Media Dinner was a serious conversation about the future of the country's struggling media industry.
Crewless Boat Found Behind Monrovia Central Prison, Canadian Claims Ownership
- [Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- An unmanned boat that came ashore behind the Monrovia Central Prison and drifted down the coast to Miami Beach is now in Liberia Coast Guard custody at Mesurado Pier, with no official finding yet on who owns it, what it was carrying or how it reached the ocean, even as a Canadian national has come forward to claim it.
Inchr Takes Human Rights Commitments to Counties
- [Liberian Observer] The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has begun taking Liberia's latest international human rights commitments to communities and justice-sector actors, with a two-day consultative dialogue in Gbarnga focused on implementation of recommendations from the country's fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
'Look Beyond Monrovia'
- [New Dawn] BUCHANAN -- Deputy Finance Minister for Fiscal Affairs Anthony G. Myers has urged Liberian journalists to move beyond Monrovia-centered reporting and increase scrutiny of county budgets, public contracts, development projects and service delivery across the country's 15 counties.
Liberian Employment Rises 77 Percent in Sampled Firms
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Employment of Liberians in 1,552 entities monitored by the Ministry of Labor increased by about 77 percent between 2023 and July 2026, Labor Minister Cllr. Cooper Kruah has disclosed, as the government tightens restrictions on foreign work permits.
Govt Payment Delays Can Trigger Bank Loan Crisis
- [Liberian Observer] Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has warned that delays by the Government of Liberia in paying contractors, suppliers and other vendors can trigger a wider banking-sector crisis by turning government arrears into non-performing loans.
What Else Have We Gotten Wrong About Africa?
- [Liberian Observer] Did you know that Liberia helped sponsor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last week calling for the world to correct the way Africa is represented on maps?
Cllr. Betty Lamin-Blamo Takes Helm At Justice
- [Liberian Observer] The new Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Cllr. Betty Lamin-Blamo, has assumed office at one of the most consequential moments for the country's justice system in recent years, inheriting a ministry under intense public scrutiny, a sprawling narcotics investigation and growing demands for both accountability and due process.
FDA, WCF Launch €4.7m Biodiversity Project
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- The Forestry Development Authority (FDA), in collaboration with the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and local communities, has launched a €4.7 million biodiversity protection project aimed at strengthening conservation of the Tai-Grebo-Krahn forest complex in southeastern Liberia.
Inchr Takes Rights Campaign to Three Counties
- [New Dawn] GBARNGA -- The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) is expanding human rights education, monitoring and access-to-justice initiatives in Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties, Acting Chairman Cllr. Mohammed Fahnbulleh has disclosed.
Yuoh Faults Arrest Agenda
- [New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Former Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh says Liberia's national development plan, the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID), was largely formulated by the Executive Branch without adequate consultation or participation from the Judiciary.
'Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is'
- [New Dawn] GRAND BASSA -- Liberia's Accountant General and Comptroller at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Elwood T. Nettey, has urged journalists to strengthen their understanding of public financial management and closely monitor how taxpayers' money is spent.
Sinoe Conservation Project Enters Phase Two to Empower Communities
- [Liberian Observer] Before now, the road connecting Monah, Gbowee, and other towns in the Wedjah district was damaged. Motorbikes could not easily cross over; cars or trucks were a no-go zone. People here only commute on foot. Their cassava and other crops harvested could not be transported to Greenville, Sinoe's capital, easily, leaving them at the mercy of a few motorbikes who rarely came along.
