Author: Press Release

Yekepa – Five Nimba County legislators on last Saturday visited the ArcelorMittal Liberia Yekepa concession on a citizens engagement tour, announced by Senator Jeremiah Koung to obtain information about AML’s operations, and to interact with staff of the company.

MONROVIA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with iCampus Liberia, Growth Africa and the Business StartUp Center-Monrovia, has selected 10 Liberian Businesses as finalist for its Growth Accelerator Liberia Programme.

BUCHANAN – ArcelorMittal Liberia (“AML”, “the Company”) is aware of the recent ruling by the Ministry of Labor in Liberia in relation to an ongoing dispute with a group calling itself “Aggrieved Former Contractors” (“Aggrieved Contractors”). The dispute involves claims to entitlements going back in some cases more than ten (10) years.

Monrovia – The Federation of International Football Association(FIFA) has ordered the Liberia Football Association (LFA) to pay US$123,150 to Italian coach Roberto Landi, who was sacked on 17 February 2012.

MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), and the Liberia National Tourism Association (LNTA), will observe the 42nd World Tourism Day on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Paynesville Town Hall in Paynesville City. The theme for this year’s global event is “TOURISM FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH”.

WASHINGTON – The World Bank has approved a new financing to improve Liberia’s fisheries sector management and enhance the livelihoods of targeted beneficiaries and increase Government revenues. The Liberia Sustainable Management of Fisheries Project (LSMFP), funded by the International Development Association (IDA) in the amount of $40 million ($20 million grant and $20 million credit), will improve conditions for fishermen and women, increase value addition for export, and help address economic vulnerability of the Liberian economy to climate change and vulnerability of food security.

MONROVIA – Nearly two thousand candidates taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, have benefited from the distribution of hand sanitizers by the Office of Liberian First Lady, Amb. Clar M. Weah.

Monrovia — The National Civil Society Union of Liberia (NACSUL) attention has been drawn to the series of smear campaign against the character of the Foreign Minister of Liberia, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., by some individuals,who are claiming that he had wrongfully advice the President of Liberia, Dr. George Manneh Weah to notattend the United Nations General Assembly slanted for this month September 2021.

MONROVIA – Africa Code Week (ACW) was created to offer free opportunities for young Africans to learn coding skills and for teachers to be trained on digital learning curricula. Strong partnerships with the public, private and civil society sectors across the continent driving sustainable impact by building teaching capacity and supporting the adoption of coding into national curricula in support of UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5 and 17.

Monrovia –  A six-member delegation from the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), headed by Hon. Jane A. Macauley, the Director General, is visiting the United States to hold discussions with several high-level US Government Officials regarding strengthening of the public health systems in Liberia.