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By Willie Bestman  Liberia has called for a stronger and more structured partnership between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) to better prevent and respond to emerging conflicts across Africa. Addressing a United...

 Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition parties and civil society groups have taken a significant step toward presenting a unified vision for electoral reform, submitting a joint proposal for a new election management body to the government...

By Willie Bestman/National Correspondent williebestman3@gmail.com  The Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS) has welcomed a delegation from the Africa Fire Mission to Liberia in a move aimed at strengthening cooperation, enhancing professional capacity, and improving the country's...

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, Oct. 2, 2026 — Twenty-four years after a mass political mobilization took place in Abidjan amid Côte d'Ivoire's 2002 armed conflict, former youth leader Charles Blé Goudé is revisiting a day...

By Romeo Moses/National Correspondent  Concerns are mounting over overcrowding at Kakata Central Prison in Margibi County, where the inmate population is reported to have exceeded the facility's intended capacity, adding pressure to an already strained...

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire — Nearly four months after a large-scale eviction operation in the Vridi 3–Zimbabwe settlement, displaced families say they continue to grapple with the social and economic consequences of the demolitions, while...

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has fueled speculation about his political future after suggesting publicly, for the first time, that he may consider seeking a second term in office when Liberians return to...

By Willie Bestman ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, September 28, 2026 – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. has called for a stronger, results-driven partnership between the Government of Liberia and Liberians living abroad, urging members of the Diaspora...

NEW YORK, September 23, 2026 — Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, has called for stronger participation of women in the country’s transition to solar energy, underscoring their potential to lead...

By Willie Bestman williebestman3@gmail.com New York, September 22, 2026 — U.S. President Donald Trump called for members of drug cartels to be “killed, exiled, or detained as enemy combatants” during his address to the opening...