Tag: Republic of Liberia
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🇱🇷 Fula Community Want National Recognition; Calls for Legislating Fula As An Official Ethnic Group in Liberia
MONROVIA – Fulanis in Liberia are seeking legislation that will make the tribe legitimately recognized as one of the official tribes in Liberia. The group said its contributions to national development and politics, including the economy as compared to other tribes, are outstanding and therefore should warrant full recognition. The Fulanis under the banner “Falanis…
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🇱🇷Monrovia’s New U.S. Embassy: A Symbol of Strengthened Partnership and Regional Promise
Monrovia, Liberia — In recent years, the diplomatic landscape between Liberia and the United States has taken on a new dimension with sustained investments in infrastructure, policy engagement, and strategic cooperation. At the heart of this renewed relationship is the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia — a modern diplomatic mission that reflects both countries’ deep historical…
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🇱🇷 U.S. citizen says encounter with ICE agents in Brooklyn Park landed him in the hospital
U.S. citizen claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents left him hurt and hospitalized after an encounter in the Twin Cities. Emmanuel Sackie, a Liberian-born, naturalized citizen, says he was stopped in the parking lot of Family Dollar in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Monday afternoon. Sackie says he was inside the store when his fiancée, Amanda…
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🇱🇷 A Cry in Suakoko: Murder of Quita Jackson Ignites Protests and Exposes Community Trauma in Liberia
Pan-African News BlogSeeking Truth, Demanding Justice SUAKOKO, BONG COUNTY, LIBERIA – The quiet farming district of Suakoko has been shattered by a wave of grief, rage, and fear following the brutal murder of a young woman, Quita Jackson. What began as a missing person’s case has erupted into a massive community protest, with residents taking…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: ArcelorMittal Remains Liberia’s Largest Revenue Contributor Nearly Two Decades Running
New financial disclosures highlight ArcelorMittal Liberia’s position as the country’s largest and most consistent revenue contributor, with payments to the Government of Liberia now exceeding nearly half a million since the company began operations nearly two decades ago. According to data read by this paper this payment has repeatedly been made through royalties, taxes, and…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: European Union’s Electrification Works Advance in Buchanan
Buchanan — As contractors of the Light Up South East Program accelerate the planting of concrete light poles in Buchanan City, a joint assessment mission comprising representatives of the European Union Delegation (EUD), the National Authorizing Office (NAO) of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has…
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🇱🇷 Twin Groundbreakings in Congo Town: Bridges and Party Headquarters Reshape Liberia’s Political Landscape
Congo Town, Monrovia – The bustling corridor of Tubman Boulevard in Congo Town has become the epicenter of two major infrastructure projects, each symbolizing a different vision for Liberia’s future. Just months after President Joseph Boakai broke ground on two critical overpass bridges, the political opposition has moved to establish a new headquarters just steps…
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Judge calls Trump official’s testimony on Abrego Garcia’s potential removal “a zero, in my view”
Greenbelt, Md. — A federal judge on Thursday expressed frustration with the Trump administration over the testimony provided by a top immigration official who was called to address the steps the Trump administration has taken to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the West African country of Liberia. John Cantú, a senior official at Enforcement and…
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🇱🇷 How Much Revenue Liberia Has Lost Under AML’s Monopoly
Liberia may finally be in a position to reclaim what policy analysts are calling “the years that the locusts have eaten,” as new economic data reveals the staggering scale of revenue the country has lost under ArcelorMittal Liberia’s near-exclusive control of the Yekepa–Buchanan railway. With President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. having returned the company’s Third…
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🇱🇷 Clash of Wills: Illegal Evictions and Community Resistance in Liberia’s Red Light Market
A Pan-African Perspective on Urban Rights and Accountability in Liberia’s Growing Eviction Crisis A cloud of tear gas hung over Red Light Market in Paynesville on November 1, 2025, as sheriff officers and police clashed with residents resisting what many describe as an illegal enforcement of a contested eviction order. The scene—characterized by thrown stones,…