Liberia’s newly sworn-in President, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, wasted no time in naming the first members of his Cabinet, a crucial step in shaping the direction of his administration. The appointments, covering key portfolios such as Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, National Security Advisor, Police Inspector General, and Director […]
The Most Important Foreign Bribery Law in Half a Century Empowers the U.S. Government to Prosecute Foreign Officials Who Demand or Receive Bribes from Americans A statement from Transparency International U.S.December 14, 2023 Today the U.S. Congress approved the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (or FEPA) as part of the annual defense spending bill, known as […]
CHARGE D’AFFAIRES CATHERINE RODRIGUEZ’S REMARKS AT PRESS ROUNDTABLE (DECEMBER 12, 2023) By U.S. MISSION LIBERIA DECEMBER 12, 2023 Good morning! Thank you for joining me today for our first press roundtable since Liberia’s successful presidential and legislative elections. It has been a historic period, so I want to begin by congratulating the Liberian people for demonstrating […]
Our esteemed Partisans and Members of the National Executive Committee of the Mighty Coalition for Democratic Change; our collaborating partners in the Coalition for Democratic Change, distinguished citizens, farmers, market women, yanna boys, pehnpen riders, keke riders, ladies and gentlemen. We are assembled here today, in historic times on the occasion of the second time […]
Fellow Sierra Leoneans, I bring you greetings from the Presidential Lodge in Freetown. In the early hours of this morning, there was a breach of security at the Military Barracks at Wilberforce in Freetown, as some unidentified individuals attacked the military armoury. However, they were repelled by our gallant Security Forces and calm has been […]
The President-elect of the Republic of Liberia, H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has, with deep pleasure, received a special congratulatory message from his brother and friend, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping. In his congratulatory message, President Xi Jinping expresses his readiness to work with the President-elect, Boakai to deepen bilateral […]
Unity Party bemoans the tragic loss of lives of its partisans and supporters of the rescue mission in a targeted act of domestic terrorism. Monrovia-November 20, 2023: The Unity Party is deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic act of domestic terrorism that occurred at about 11pm, Monday evening resulting in the loss of several […]
Monrovia-Liberia, November 19, 2023 : The Unity Party has received news of a fake statement attributed to its Standard Bearer and President -elect of Liberia H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, making rounds on various social media platforms. The Unity Party clarifies that the purported policy statement on corruption and all its content, which appears to particularly […]