Liberian Government Signs $1.6b Investment Agreement with Indonesia-based Golden Agri-Resources

The Liberian government has announced that it signed a $1.6 billion investment agreement with the Indonesia-based agribusiness and food company, Golden Agri-Resources. The chairman of the National Investment Commission, Dr. Richard Tolbert, who made the...

Liberian President Urges People to Vote in By-election

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is apparently taken aback by the low turn-out of voters in the first round of the senatorial by-election, has urged registered voters who did not vote in the first round to go to the polls on Tuesday 24 November...

European Commission Provides €165.9 Million Grant to Liberia

The National Authorizing Office (NAO) of the European Commission (EC) has announced strategic assistance worth €165.9 million to the Liberian Government for its post-war reconstruction program. Media reports in Monrovia on Monday quoted the NAO deputy...

Liberian Authorities Arrest One of Pakistan’s Most Wanted Terrorist Suspects

One of Pakistan’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” suspects, who operates with several aliases, has been arrested at Liberia’s only international airport, as he tried to enter the country and he is now in the custody of immigration authorities. Ronny,...

Preliminary Results of Liberian National Census Released

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Friday announced preliminary results of the March 2008 national census, putting the current population of Liberia at about 3.4 million.