For all the expectations, and inevitable failures, she did achieve something unprecedented in 70 years of leadership by Liberian men: she stepped aside for someone else when her time in power was up. —Aryn Baker

After more than 37 years, Liberia can boast a sizable number of trained land surveyors, land administrators, and forest technicians who have received training at the Forestry Training Institute in Tubmanburg.

Openings abound for Peace Corps Volunteers (2 year commitment) and Peace Corps Responders (6-12 month commitment for professionals) with healthcare skills.

The Land Rights Act of 2018 recognizes customary land ownership, but communities must first harmonize boundaries with their neighbors to have legal rights to their land.  The NGO Parley-Liberia, in collaboration with the Liberia Land Authority, conducted a conference in Gbarnga last week to raise awareness of the law among [...]

The chief of Massamai in Voinjama District of Lofa County, David Korvah, praised residents for using their own talent and resources to build the new town hall.  At the February 11 dedication he said:   “Today, we are grateful to God for this self-help initiative which has sent a message of [...]

The Liberia Literacy Landscape Paper and its companion pieces, the Literacy Contacts and Literacy Map, document Liberian and international NGOs working in preschool to adult literacy, technology training and occupational education. If you can recommend an additional organization, contact  education@fol.org.

Lassa Fever is a deadly disease caused by eating food, drinking water, or touching household items contaminated by feces or urine of infected rodents. The Ministry of Health is conducting an  awareness program to sensitize Grand Bassa residents on how to prevent the disease. Since Jan. 2019, there have been [...]

Faculty members from 20 schools of nursing and midwifery attended a week-long continuing education pilot workshop in January at the Phebe School of Nursing, Bong County. Four members of the FOL Health Team in Liberia did all the planning, and added a fifth expert to help with the teaching. All [...]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pull out 23 missionaries due to concern about the availability of supplies.  That leaves 99 missionaries still in Liberia.

GIZ/EnDev is offering an online course for University students who are seeking to advance or understand Solar Energy. Course sessions are held at the GIZ/EnDev office located Adjacent to the Chinese Embassy,  Oldest Congo Town.  Technical students interested in Renewable Energy and willing to commit to active participation for 8 weeks [...]

The deadline has been extended to February 3, 2020, to receive individual paper, roundtable discussion and panel presentation proposals for the 2020 Liberia Studies Association annual conference  to be held April 23-25, 2020.

Police used heavy handed tactics to clear 3000 demonstrators outside the capitol building as they gathered to cook evening meals. The demonstrators had peacefully marched to ask Mr Weah what happened to $25m the government withdrew from the country's Federal Reserve Account in 2018 to stabilise the economy.  They also [...]