Liberia News Archives

"The cassava we are eating today is from that small garden you see over there," said Hayford Quaye, a 50-year-old father of four.

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An investigation by the government in Liberia has concluded that the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company has polluted local water sources.

In honor of her October 29 birthday, we look at the life and career of longtime politician and economist-in-exile Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who became the first elected female president in Africa when she won the 2006 general election in Liberia.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has met with the Board of Directors of the National Port Authority to discuss issues affecting the Port.

Following an outcry of lowering standards in public schools as private schools hike fees, teachers of the nation's largest public school system, the Monrovia Consolidated School System , have pleaded for higher salaries and improved conditions to enhance their performance.

In Liberia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has suspended Information Minister Laurence Bropleh pending the outcome of an investigation into a $300,000 scandal at the information ministry.

The Firestone Rubber Plantation Company, an American Company operating in Harbel Lower Margibi County 45 Kilometers away from Monrovia, has been slammed with a guilty verdict by the Environmental Protection Agency , a body responsible to oversee pollution and other health hazard related matters.

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has told the Liberian people and the international community at every given opportunity that Liberia is facing enormous challenges but that her administration is fighting tooth and nail to rebuild the country with the assistance of foreign economic partners and friendly governments.

A Special AU summit on refugees, returnees and internally displaced peoples opens in Kampala today.

The Minister of Information, Culture Affairs & Tourism, Dr. Laurence Bropleh, has been suspended by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, pending results of an ongoing investigation by the Ministry of Justice, into an alleged financial scandal at the Ministry.

Convicted drug dealers in Liberia now face longer prison terms. It is part of a campaign to battle both foreign drug traffickers and domestic producers, some of whom enjoy the support of local villagers in a country where official unemployment tops 80 percent.

Postmaster General of the Republic of Liberia, Minister Jeremiah C. Sulunteh, at the head of a delegation comprised of key stakeholders officially dedicated a newly rehabilitated post office in Sanniquellie City, Nimba County, which also coincided with celebration of the 135th anniversary of World Post Day and held outside of Monrovia for the first ...

Four state-owned enterprises and agencies are graduating from the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program , taking over total responsibility for financial management by the end of October 2009.

The Liberian Government has instituted "stringent security measures" to prevent spillover of the bloody unrest in neighboring, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and naturalization Col.

A new language class is providing an opportunity for Liberians to learn Mandarin as China expands its economic presence in the West African country.

The Vice President of Liberia Joseph N. Boakai has hailed Liberians in the Diaspora for their support to the Liberian economy during the country's difficult days.

The documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" will be shown at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at River of Life Lutheran Church, 2200 Fremont Av.

Britain will continue to support the needs of millions of people by providing extra funding for Liberia's universal healthcare, Sky News has learned.

As heavy rain hammers the grass thatch roof of her mud hut, Goromah Borbor huddles inside and quietly describes how her daughter Annie died while giving birth.

After 14 years of war, it has taken four Lutheran church bodies in Liberia, West Africa, just two years to come together and form the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia.

Aggrieved logging companies who are now before the Supreme Court of Liberia, praying for a writ of prohibition against any further actions in the awards of forest management contracts are praising the Liberian leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for her steadfast in adhering to the strict rules governing the awards for forest management ...