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General Debate of the 79th Sessionof the UN General Assembly
Featured African speakers: South African President Cyril RamaphosaSierra Leonean President Julius Maada BioAngolan President João Manuel Gonçalves LourençoMauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El GhazouaniNigerian Vice President Kashim ShettimaMoroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch
Liberia:Charles Taylor had a vision for Liberia in 2030.
Less than 100 freed African slaves and freeborn African-Americans originally founded the Republic of Liberia. With the support of the Quaker run American Colonization Society (ACS), these emancipated slaves and freemen traveled by ship to the west coast of Africa, where they established a settlement, which later became the capital of Monrovia, in 1816. By…
Liberia Dismisses Port Officials as Part of Anti-Corruption Measures
Liberia’s National Port Authority (NPA) has ousted ten senior officials over allegations of corruption, according to NPA’s Managing Director, Sekou Hussein Dukuly. He revealed that the individuals engaged in “financial improprieties” as per an internal investigation, and the case has now been handed over to the police for prosecution. Despite this, some of the accused…
Liberia: President Boakai Affirms Support for CLSG Project Amid Karpowership Talks, Stresses Commitment to Tackle Power Outages
ABIDJAN – Liberia is going through a recurrent energy crisis due to the shortfall in the delivery of stable electricity to the public, and it appears President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is keen to address the challenge. This was evidenced during his recent high-level working visit to Abidjan, La Cote d’Ivoire. During his engagement with host President…
Liberia: US$1B Needed to Address Electricity Shortage
— LEC Proposes the construction of reservoir to supply Mt. Coffee Dam Addressing Liberia’s perennial power crisis will require significant financial investment, with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) estimating that between US$700 million to US$1 billion is needed for the construction of a reservoir to alleviate the electricity issue. The lack of a sufficient reservoir…
Liberia: World Bank suspends acccess to “unwithdrawn loans”
The World Bank has suspended its access to “unwithdrawn loans” in Liberia after the country defaulted loan repayments by 60 days under the administration of outgoing president George Weah. The decision to suspend access was conveyed in a letter on November 15 to Liberia’s Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, from the Vice-President of the Western and…
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