Spotlight Liberia

16/02/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

President Boakai Meets WTO Director-General on the Sidelines of the African Union Summit

February 15, 2025

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., today, held a high-level discussion with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the sidelines of the 38th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa.

The meeting focused on strengthening Liberia’s integration into the global trading system, enhancing trade facilitation, and leveraging WTO mechanisms to support Liberia’s economic diversification agenda.

President Boakai reaffirmed his Administration’s commitment to deepening Liberia’s participation in multilateral trade and ensuring that trade policies align with national development priorities.

During the discussions, President Boakai emphasized the need for increased technical assistance and capacity-building programs to empower Liberian businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to compete in international markets. He also underscored Liberia’s interest in exploring trade-related initiatives that foster sustainable economic growth, job creation, and industrialization.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala commended Liberia’s steady economic growth rate recently and commitment to trade reforms and expressed the WTO’s readiness to support the country in maximizing the benefits of global trade.

She highlighted the importance of enhancing regional trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and encouraged Liberia to take advantage of WTO-led initiatives aimed at boosting trade resilience, particularly in the face of global economic challenges.

Both leaders acknowledged the significance of a rules-based global trading system and reiterated their commitment to strengthening cooperation between Liberia and the WTO.

The meeting concluded with a mutual agreement to explore further avenues of collaboration, including technical support for trade policy formulation and private sector engagement.

President Boakai said Liberia’s active role in regional and global economic dialogues is to prioritize economic transformation and sustainable development.

Photo credit: Executive Mansion - Liberia

03/05/2024

President Joseph Boakai signing the Executive Order #131 on the Establishment of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court on May 2, 2024 ❤️🇱🇷💪🏾



Photo Credit: Executive Mansion

15/04/2024

MCM: LIB Megastar Musician JZyNo ❤️🇱🇷👨🏾‍🎤🎙️🎵💪🏾

13/04/2024

Presidential Swag!!! President Joseph Boakai on a trek with LPRC MD Amos Tweh ❤️🇱🇷🕵🏾‍♂️💪🏾

10/04/2024

Happy & Blessed Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim brothers and sisters!!! We pray for peace, love, unity, and happiness in Mama Liberia ❤️🇱🇷💪🏾

21/11/2023

US President Joe Biden Congratulates President-elect Joseph Boakai and Commends President George Weah for Conceding ❤️🇱🇷🇺🇲💪🏿

I congratulate Joseph Boakai on his election to be the next president of Liberia.  These free and fair elections and presidential runoff demonstrated Liberians’ commitment to making their voices heard through the ballot box, and I look forward to working together to continue deepening the ties be...

24/08/2023

Happy Flag Day, Liberia ❤️🇱🇷💪🏿

17/07/2023

Strength of a Woman: The 2011 Nobel Laureates together recently on a flight - L-R: Leymah Gbowee, ex-President Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf, Malala Yousafzai ❤️👸🏾💪🏿

14/07/2023

Coastal Highway Project Imminent as GOL and AfDB Officials Meet to Discuss Implementation

The Government of Liberia recently held a meeting with the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) to discuss the implementation of the construction of the long-awaited Coastal Highway which is expected to commence soon in 2023.
The AfDB’s delegation comprised of Mr. Rufus Darkortey, Executive Director of the Bank, Dr. Benedict Kanu, Country Manager of the Bank in Liberia, and Jean-Noel Ilboudo while the GOL was represented by MFDP Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr. and Public Works Minister Ruth Coker-Collins.
The first phase of the project known as LOT I, that is a crucial infrastructure project, which aims to address the persistent road challenges faced by the southeast region of Liberia, will encompass the construction of a 56-kilometer stretch from Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, to the junction in Cestos, Rivercess County. This significant segment of the Coastal Highway project carries an estimated cost of US$54 million. The entire corridor is about 444km long and estimated at US$430 million.

14/07/2023

Liberia, World Bank Sign US$300M Pact for Hydro Power Plant Project

An initial amount of US$300 million has been committed to the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the construction of the St. Paul River Hydro Electric Power Project in Lower B**g County by The World Bank Group. The Group has recommitted to working with the Government of Liberia through the LEC management led by its acting CEO Monie Captan, key stakeholders, and development partners in ensuring that the vision for the construction of the St. Paul River Hydro Electric Power Plant otherwise known as “SP2,” is achieved.
The announcement was made by the Bank’s Acting Country Manager, Liberia Office, Mr. Mack Capehart Mulbah, at a one-day Roundtable Stakeholders Development Forum held recently at the Bank’s Head Office in Oldest Congo Town, aimed at enhancing stakeholders’ participation in the discussion of the St. Paul River Hydro Electric Plant.

29/06/2023

Timothy Weah signing fans' kits ahead of his medical and subsequent signing of his contract with Italian Serie A giants Juventus in Turin, Italy... Bravo!!! Best of luck ❤️🇱🇷🇺🇲🇯🇲⚽💪🏿

27/06/2023

Liberian Human Rights Lawyer Pela Boker Wilson Elected to UN Committee

Cllr. Pela Boker Wilson, a Liberian Human Rights Lawyer, was elected by States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Thursday, June 22, 2023, to serve as one of the Independent Experts on the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for a four-year term beginning January 2024.
CERD is a Human Rights Treaty Body of the United Nations that consists of eighteen (18) Independent Experts who are persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights.
The independent experts are nominated by Member States but serve in their personal capacity and are charged with the responsibility to monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its 182 States Parties.
Cllr. Pela Boker Wilson currently serves as a Commissioner at the Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia and is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Liberia’s Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law. Bravo, Great Daughter of the Soil ❤️🇱🇷👸🏾💪🏿

15/06/2023

Work in Progress: Ongoing asphalt pavement along the Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County corridor ❤️🇱🇷💪🏿

02/06/2023

Work in Progress: Trial of solar panel street lights recently erected on the SKD Boulevard, 72nd Community ❤️🇱🇷💪🏿

30/05/2023

VP Taylor Launches STEM Hub for Female Students

Over the weekend, the office of Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor launched the Roseline K. Toweh Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) hub in Monrovia, an initiative carried out in collaboration with STEM Power Africa, Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), and the Jewel Starfish Foundation for changing lives and making a difference in one girl at a time. The program which was held at the YWCA in Congo Town on May 26, 2023 was graced by several diplomatic partners, local academia, and beneficiaries of the Jewel Starfish Foundation. Students, most especially females, are going to be trained, empowered, and capacitated in Information Technology (ICT) and other aspects of computer sciences and networking.
The Roseline K. Toweh STEM hub is named in honor of a brilliant, fearless, and passionate female advocate who worked tirelessly to ensure that women and girls are empowered and trained and their rights are respected and protected from all and every form of sexual gender-based violence, as well as domestic violence and traditional stigmatization.

30/05/2023

West Point Given Facelift With Dedication of New Sports Pitch

President George Weah recently dedicated the newly renovated West Point Sports Pitch, now called the Albert Doe Sports Pitch, named after a late, one-time talented player of the area. The spot, unkempt for decades, has been transformed into a modern fully turfed field, giving a facelift to the community, and bringing joy to the community residents especially the youth in need of recreation.
Meanwhile, plans are underway by the President to extend such facilities to other areas in the city and beyond so that Liberian youth can have access to recreational facilities.

30/05/2023

Liberia’s Tolbert Nyenswah Inducted Into The 2023 Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society

In the wake of the conferral of a degree of Doctor of Public health (DrPH) from the prestigious John Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A, Liberia’s Ebola Hero (Czar), Cllr. Tolbert Nyenswah, was on May 22, 2023 inducted into the 2023 Omega Public Health Society, Alpha Chapter, first founded at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in May 1924.
Cllr. Nyenswah, LL.B., M.P.H., DrPH, is a faculty within the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an internationally recognized legal scholar and a global public health expert. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins University, he was the Deputy Minister of Health of Liberia, Director General/Chief Executive officer of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, and the Assistant Minister of Health of the Republic of Liberia during the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

He specializes in health policies, health systems strengthening and public health emergency preparedness and response, advising on incident management system functionalities. He has been engaged with several public health emergencies, including as the incident manager of the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Lassa Fever, Zika, meningitis, and COVID-19. Some of his major contributions to the COVID-19 response include developing a contact tracing course. The course is used in all US 50 States, Departments of Health, and translated in Subtitles: Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Indonesian, English, Spanish, Nepal.

30/05/2023

Liberian Youth Education Activist Nathan Gbelee Wins International Award in Morocco

Nathan N. Gbelee, the Founder and Executive Director Sustainable Educational Initiative of Liberia (SEIL), a Liberian non-governmental organization, has won the International Young African Leaders Award (YALA) in the Education Star Category, recently held in Rabat, Morocco.

YALA is an annual event organized by the African Youth Architects, a youth driven organization improving Africa through education and youth-driven initiatives in Morocco. It is the most prestigious award in Morocco which celebrates young African leaders working in the Sustainable Development Goals & Agenda 2063 of the African Union.

Gbelee has received several other national and international awards and recognitions overtime for his passion, commitment and actions to promote quality education in line with Goal Four of the SDGs, youth development and capacity building among others, including the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Excellence Award in Ghana (2018).

He also received the Young African Hero by Today’s Heroes Magazine from Nigeria (2021), Young Liberian Excellence Award for Academic Excellence, and Community Service and Volunteerism from the Liberia Research and Development Networks in 2018 and 2019 among others. Bravo, Great Son of the Soil ❤️🇱🇷💪🏿