Alfred Brownell received the Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts to preserve the majestic forests of Liberia from palm oil plantations through the NGO he founded, Green Advocates. READ MORE

The Liberian Studies Association re-elected Danielle Tanaa Smith as president and Samuel Toe as the new vice-president.  The election was during the Liberian Studies Association’s 51st conference held April 11 to 13 at Concordia University [...]

The Liberian Coast Guard, in partnership with self-styled “eco-vigilantes” Sea Shepherd, patrols 370 km of coastline to prevent industrial fishing vessels from plundering coastal fisheries.  Any illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing within six nautical [...]

Hours ahead of an emergency hearing of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, U.S. President Trump extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program for Liberians  through March 31, 2020.  The legal action was taken by [...]

A press conference by Tubman University refuted reports that the school is closed.  University authorities said that while the school adheres to the free tuition national mandate, a low budgetary allotment and slow payment of [...]

In October, 2018, President Weah announced his policy to waive tuition at all public tertiary institutions across the country without an adequate budget to replace tuition funds that paid for operating Liberia’s ten public institutions [...]

While clarifying that there are no cases of Ebola in Liberia, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh of the National Public Health Institute said a test of the country’s resilience and preparedness to fight the [...]

Eighteen health workers have begun training in child and adolescent mental health at the Deanna Kay Isaacson School of Midwifery in Zwedru, sponsored by the Carter Center Mental Health Program.  The program graduated its first [...]