The Fortescue Metals CEO has denied a Liberian Government announcement of a deal for the company to finance a railroad upgrade and extension to carry iron ore from Guinea to the Port of Buchanan. So [...]
Hopes are high that the two year old project to rebuild the Timbo River Bridge will be completed before independence celebrations on July 26. Sand miners who undermined pilings of the old bridge will be [...]
The European Union gave 8 large dump trucks, 5 mini dump trucks, 1 bulldozer, 8 pickups, 3 front-end loaders, 8 tricycles and 10 skip trucks to the cities of Monrovia and Paynesville. The waste management [...]
Cheap imports have forced Firestone out of the Liberian domestic lumber market. Rubberwood, also known as Hevea wood, is a hardwood made from exhausted old rubber trees. Firestone began Hevea wood production in 2009, employing [...]
Liberia ratified last month the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) to eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU). Adopted in 2009 by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the PSMA requires parties to strengthen [...]
After removing a section that made Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) illegal, the Liberian legislature passed the long-awaited Domestic Violence Law yesterday. Liberia is one of only six countries which are home to 16 million girls [...]
Over 180 traditional leaders, in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have agreed to suspend Bush School activities for one year. The suspension aims to stop “harmful traditional practices” of Sande societies, such as [...]
The new electric power station, to be located next to the James Spings Airport, will add to the grid 38,000 homes and 2,100 street lights in Sinkor, Congo Town, and parts of Payneville City. The [...]
Mountain Dew Lodge in Ganta is a 3 hour paved road drive from Monrovia, or 45 minutes from the elephants and baboons of the Mount Nimba nature reserve. A one bedroom suite for $60 per [...]
Because the Liberian government failed to commit funds toward the $2 million reconstruction cost of the washed out Grand Bassa Community College bridge with Buchanan, USAID has withdrawn its share of $350,000 from the project.
