EDITORIAL: Sweden’s Exit Is Liberia’s Test of Statehood

Sweden’s withdrawal of bilateral development assistance leaves Liberia facing difficult questions about donor dependence and state capacity.

Sweden has closed its embassy in Monrovia and ended its bilateral development assistance to Liberia. What has departed is not ...

Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan speaks during Liberia’s 179th National Flag Day observance in Monrovia.

“From Heritage To Hope: The Flag That Unites Us”

by Contributor

August 25, 2026

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Oration delivered byHon. Augustine Kpehe NgafuanMinister of Finance and Development PlanningRepublic of LiberiaOn the Occasion of the 179th Anniversary of ...

Weah Warns West Africa of Tyrants Elected At The Ballot Box

by Lennart Dodoo

August 23, 2026

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MONROVIA – Elected presidents in West Africa are sliding into dictatorship by bending courts to their will and reducing legislatures ...

Gbarpolu County Sen. Amara Konneh, whose invitation by the Liberia National Police was criticized by ALCOP.

ALCOP Accuses LNP of Intimidating Sen. Amara Konneh over Drug Probe

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August 21, 2026

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The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) supports the government’s fight against drugs but condemns in the strongest terms what it ...

The 1835 bronze bell cast by Ephraim Force of New York at First United Methodist Church in Monrovia.

A Bell from New York Still Speaks to Monrovia’s History

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August 21, 2026

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An 1835 bronze church bell at First United Methodist Church offers a rare surviving link between Liberia’s early Methodist community ...

Students Unification Party members march on Capitol Hill in Monrovia to demand public-school renovations and university transition support.

SUP Demands School Renovation, University Transition Support

by Gibson Gee

August 21, 2026

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CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia — UL campus-based political party, the Students Unification Party (SUP) on Thursday marched through Capitol Hill demanding ...

Government officials, civil society representatives and development partners attend a dialogue on local governance and county development in Liberia.

Liberia’s Decentralization Push Stalls as Counties Face Funding, Capacity Gaps

by Blamo N. Toe

August 21, 2026

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MONROVIA — Liberia’s drive to shift development closer to its citizens continues to face serious funding, institutional, and coordination challenges, ...