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Monrovia, Liberia: President George Manneh Weah has announced plans to transform Gibraltar, in Clara Town on Bushrod Island; commencing with the re-roofing of all the homes in order to spare inhabitants of impending embarrassment in the wake of the fast approaching rainy season.
Most of the homes in the community have been in the state of dilapidation as a result of being built over the past three or four decades.
Speaking Monday, April 23, 2018 during a visit to the Gibraltar Community, President Weah disclosed that he would embark on the re-roofing all the homes in the area. The Liberian Leader told residents of the community that he still has special love in his heart for them and the community. This is incensed by the fact that he has been working with them long before his election as President of Liberia.
Though the President said he has been harboring plans to give the community a facelift, the raining season has reinforced the decision to undertake the project. He added that residents will be relocated for five months to allow reconditioning of their homes. Read more...
This month, Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as president of Sierra Leone, replacing the incumbent Ernest Bai Koroma, who had abided by the country’s two-term limit. In January, the incumbent president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, became the first president in her country’s history to adhere to term limits, also stepping aside after finishing her second term.
Are these part of a broader trend? World news regularly features headlines about African power grabs and “constitutional coups.” But according to new research, most African leaders abide by their constitutional term limits. Read more...
Armed with AK-47s, the rebels sneaked into Liberia on Christmas Eve in 1989 to overthrow the country’s President Samuel Doe. As the ensuing civil war escalated, ultimately killing 400,000 people, the world’s attention turned to rebel leader Charles Taylor, and Libya, which had trained his men. But the man whom diplomats and experts hold responsible for the invasion was watching calmly from Yamoussoukro. At 84, Ivory Coast President Félix Houphouët-Boigny’s appetite for regime change hadn’t waned.
West Africa’s longest-serving leader, Houphouët-Boigny led Ivory Coast from its independence in 1960 till his death in 1993, turning the former French colony into a rare pillar of economic success and stability. An ally of the West during the Cold War, Houphouët-Boigny had a Peace Prize instituted in his name by UNESCO in 1990. But there was a more manipulative side to the man popularly known as Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux (The Old One), say experts and diplomats who worked with him. Read more...
 Washington, D.C. – April 19, 2018: The Minister of Finance and Development Planning of Liberia, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., says the government of President George M. Weah is prioritizing the private sector to achieve the aims of its new Pro-Poor Agenda for Development and Prosperity.
According to a dispatch from the Liberian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Minister Tweah was speaking on April 18, 2018, at the Africa Finance Forum, held under the auspices of the Corporate Council of Africa (CCA) in Washington.
Minister Tweah is in Washington at the head of a high-level Liberian Government Delegation at the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), being held in Washington, April 16-22, 2018. Members of the Liberian Government Delegation include Hon. Milton A. Weeks, Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia; Hon. Mogana Flomo, Minister of Agriculture; and Hon. Augustus J. Flomo, Deputy Minister for Economic Management, MFDP.
Addressing a large gathering of business leaders and those involved with African policies on the topic: “Investment Opportunities in Liberia,” Minister Tweah said Liberia’s economy and jobs pillar of the new Pro-Poor Agenda will aim to significantly address constraints to investments and improve the general business climate in the country. Read more...
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel D. Tweah has disclosed that the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC)-led government does not have a ‘development agenda for the country,’ since the election of President George M. Weah. Read more...
 Monrovia - With less than three months of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government, the Joint Security Committee said their attention has been drawn to series of unexplained deaths around the country.
At a press conference Tuesday, April 17, Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean said the Committee is actively engaged in efforts to ensure that communities are safe.
The joint security includes the Liberia National Police, Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency, Liberia Immigration Service, National Fire Service and National Security Agency. Read more...
Monrovia, Liberia: President George Manneh Weah has made additional nominations and appointments constituting the Boards of several Agencies of Government affecting the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, National Port Authority, Liberia Electricity Corporation, and the Central Bank of Liberia.
The President also made additional appointments at the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation and the Township of Clara Town.
Those appointed include: Read more...
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Monrovia - When James Johnson decided to move back to Monrovia from the United States in 2009, he had his mind on exploring the opportunities of Liberia’s construction sector.
