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Liberia: As Rainy Season Gets Underway, Disaster Agency Goes Unfunded with Hundreds of Thousands at Risk
As Liberia’s rainy season gets underway, the country’s national disaster agency warns it is not prepared for what could become one of…
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Liberia: Government and Money Transfer Businesses Breathe Sigh of Relief as Trump’s Remittance Tax is Cut to 1%; But U.S. Citizens Now Also Face the Levy
The United States Congress passed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday. The Senate sharply reduced…
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Liberian Finance Official Defends Debt Strategy Amid Public Concern
As civil society organizations intensify calls for debt cancellation and fiscal reform, the Liberian government has defended what it calls a deliberate…
Climate Change
Liberia’s Civil Society Demands Fiscal Reform and Climate Justice Ahead of Global Finance Summit
As Liberia prepares for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, a vital United Nations-led global summit focused on mobilizing resources to…
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A Proposed U.S. Remittance Tax Could Hit Liberian Families Hard
In a quiet office on the outskirts of Monrovia, Isaac Success Yomah manages a stream of transactions from Liberians collecting money sent…
Environment
Liberia: EPA Shuts Liberian-Chinese Mining Company, Seizes Equipment Over Alleged Illegal Operations; Issues Ultimatums to Others
Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has shut down and seized the equipment of a Liberian-Chinese mining company over alleged illegal operations and given…
Environment
Liberia: Residents and Experts Applaud Environment Agency for Noise Pollution Fine of Major Telecommunications Company
CONGO TOWN, Montserrado—Residents of the community housing Lonestar Cell MTN say they are “happy” for the recent $US15,000 fine imposed on the company…
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Liberia:$10 million Weather Warning System Delayed Four Years by EPA “Lack of Competence”, Inflated Salary Claims and Refusal to Follow Donor Rules, Says Report
VARNEY GOWAH TOWN, Montserrado – Kulah Tokpah arrives home from her farm, exhausted, her arms burdened with firewood for the meal she…