• Liberia: Peaceful condition guarantees investment

    Monday, March 10, 2025

    By Martin C. Benson A Liberian businessman has admitted that the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in Liberia has led to a serene business climate thus encouraging investors, including himself, to invest in the West African nation.           Cecil Brown, with business holdings in Africa and Asia, made the assertion in an interview with journalists recently in […]

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  • Pan-African payment system launched

    Thursday, March 6, 2025

    The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), launched by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has recorded a significant milestone in its journey towards enhancing financial integration and economic prosperity across Africa with the official launch of the platform by […]

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  • 50 Liberians get training in insurance brokerage

    Thursday, March 6, 2025

    By Martin C. Benson About 50 Liberians, mainly youths from various communities across Montserrado County, have benefited from a nine-day comprehensive training in insurance brokerage.  The training was provided by Confident Brokers Insurance Incorporated, a new Liberian-owned insurance brokering company.  The participants, who were drilled through the core and relevant aspects of insurance brokerage, are […]

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  • A study to enhance women’s cross-border trade

    Wednesday, February 26, 2025

    A Mano River Union (MRU) delegation recently concluded a successful study tour of the ‘Busia One Stop Border Post’ (OSBP) between Kenya and Uganda, gaining valuable insights into efficient cross-border trade systems that benefit women traders. The tour brought together women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, alongside representatives from the African […]

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  • African Union deploys new youth volunteers

    Sunday, February 23, 2025

    The African Union has deployed and onboarded the 12th cohort of Youth Volunteers. The 45 Young Professionals from 23 countries across the five regions of the continent, will serve as volunteers in various African Union Commission Departments and in government offices and ministries of African Member states for a period of 12 months. Implemented by the […]

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News

Jul
1

Liberia: Providing education for the poor

Many parents in Liberia are not able to send their children to school because they cannot afford the costs. As a result, a lot of kids are not being given the education that they need to lead better lives in the future.  At the same time, there are Liberians who have clearly recognized the danger in this state of affairs and want to […]

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Jun
29

Sweden eases COVID restrictions

The Swedish Government previously presented a plan for adapting and phasing out the restrictions put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At a press conference on Monday, June 28, it was announced that a number of restrictions will be lifted as of July 1, in line with stage 2 of the Government’s plan. […]

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Jun
27

The story of Liberia’s first football victory over Ghana

By Benedict Nyankun Wisseh The passage of time has a unique way of undermining one’s ability to recall the facts of national history. As a result, the revisionist accounts, although constructed in distortions and supported by persistent repetitions, are eventually accepted to be true. Such is the claim by some Liberian football enthusiasts that Ghana’s […]

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Jun
26

Standard Bank Group gets top African honor

Standard Bank Group was on Wednesday named African Bank of the Year by a leading publication in recognition of the banking giant’s achievements in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and empowering women. African Banker magazine announced the winners of its 2021 Awards at a virtual ceremony held on the side-lines of the African Development Bank’s 2021 Annual […]

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Jun
21

Sweden extends COVID travel ban

The Swedish Government has extended the entry ban on travel to Sweden from EU/EEA countries. The Swedish regulations are also being adapted to the EU regulation on a COVID certificate. This mainly entails an entry ban on travel to Sweden unless a vaccination certificate, a negative COVID-19 test result, a certificate confirming recovery from COVID-19 […]

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Jun
18

Liberian gets 20-year jail term for war crimes

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court today announced a guilty verdict and 20-year prison sentence for Alieu Kosiah, a former Liberian rebel commander, after a four-week trial held in December 2020 and February 2021, following years of investigation which started in 2014. The former Liberian battalion commander of the ULIMO (United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy) rebel […]

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Jun
17

Experts discuss nutritious diets for all

During a panel discussion organized by Food Tank, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), experts discuss strategies that enable the production of accessible and nutrient-dense diets. The event is part of a series of panels with themes inspired by Global Alliance’s Seven Calls to Action to transform […]

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Jun
12

USA: Bong Miners to hold elections in September

The Association of Bong Miners in the Diaspora will elect a new team of executives on Saturday, September 18 during its national convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the USA. the convention will be held from September 17 to 19. In a recent public message, the US-based Liberian organization’s national president Benedict Philips said “pursuant to our […]

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Jun
11

UK-Africa Forum to examine future of trade

Leading African policy makers and business leaders from the UK and Africa will convene on June 15 for Invest Africa’s digital UK-Africa Forum on trade, policy, and reform Invest Africa, a Pan-African business and investment platform, aims to build constructive dialogue between policy makers and business leaders from the UK and Africa during the forum. […]

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Jun
5

Essay competition for Swedish students

Students at Swedish colleges and universities can submit essays to the Gender Equality Authority and compete for SEK 25,000.  The competition runs until 31 August.  Essays must be written in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or English and in any discipline, and must have a clear connection to Sweden’s gender equality policy. “One of our basic assignments […]

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