Africa Liberia For the first time in 30 years, rival Liberia has overtaken Panama in terms of gross tonnage, making it the world's largest ship register, according to new data released by Clarksons Research
Africa Liberia About 500 rice farmers in six of Liberia's fifteen counties are expected to benefit from the Scaling Up Climate Resilient Rice Production in West Africa project that aims to increase rice production in the region
Africa Liberia Significant progress has been made towards fiscal transparency, as outlined by the US Bureau of Economic and Trade Affairs in its Fiscal Transparency Report 2023
Africa Liberia Cuttington University, Sub-Saharan Africa's oldest private university, has now obtained 24-hour electricity after years of limited supply, with students hitherto forced to interrupt their nightly studies and other social activities
Africa Liberia Health authorities at the Grand Kru County Government Referral Hospital have lamented the deteriorating situation due to the lack of essential medical supplies, particularly drugs
Africa Liberia African Development Bank identified a number of key challenges for growth in Liberia, emphasising that it is significantly dependent on the external sector, particularly export growth and sustained foreign direct investment inflows
Africa Liberia A Swiss appeals court upheld the 20-year prison sentence against former Liberian warlord Alieu Kosiah for rape, murder and cannibalism and also the additional charge of crimes against humanity
Africa Liberia Cuttington University, one of the country's most prestigious academic institutions and the oldest private university in sub-Saharan Africa, will become the first and only one in the country to offer doctoral degrees
Africa Liberia $12 million intended for the market and rural women in Bong County vanished with no trace of its use; it had been provided by President George Weah through the national chairman of the CDC for later distribution to traders and other women in the county
Africa Liberia The Monrovia City Corporation has launched the planting of 20.000 mangrove and coconut trees along the Japan Freeway, the coastal strip of the borough of New Kru Town and West Point, respectively
Africa Liberia A joint tax compliance control operation is underway in Grand Bassa and Margibi, an initiative of the Liberia Revenue Agency and the Ministry of Transport that has been intensified lately
Africa Liberia The National Electoral Commission has extended daily working hours by an additional two hours over the weekend for the last two days of the first phase of the biometric voter registration process
Africa Liberia The government denied reports in some media and other organisations that the President had vetoed the section of the New Election Law to ensure 30% female participation in the national legislature