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Liberia is home to a large share of West Africa's remaining Upper Guinean rainforest.
Confirmed Liberia's National Elections Commission and the UNDP held a regional consultation in Buchanan on a new Civic and Voter Education Strategic Plan covering 2026 to 2030.
Confirmed Liberia's government says it remains firmly committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it signed in 1968, with Deputy Information Minister Daniel Sanoe calling international cooperation on the issue "essential to global peace."
Confirmed Liberia's Judiciary has pushed back on allegations that tribal considerations or Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay influenced a Gompa City court's decision to jail former mayor Amos Suah for contempt.
Confirmed Addressing the Press Union of Liberia's 62nd anniversary celebration, World Bank Country Manager Georgia Wallen said an independent, credible press is critical to the country's development and governance.
Confirmed Testimony in the trial over an alleged diversion of Saudi-donated rice linked roughly 1,050 bags to a legitimate 2024 inauguration cleanup campaign coordinated through President Boakai's transition office, according to former GSA chief Mary T. Broh.
Confirmed The Coalition for Democratic Change has released a political calendar running into 2027, anchored by a Martyrs Day commemoration in Grand Cape Mount County, a prayer day led by former President George Weah, and an Extraordinary National Convention in Maryland County.
Confirmed Liberia's Commercial Court ordered the National Oil Company and the Ministry of Finance sealed after they failed to pay a $764,762 judgment owed to two former NOCAL executives, and held the state oil firm's finance chief in contempt.
Confirmed Five opposition party leaders, including former president George Weah and Alexander Cummings, signed an agreement in Monrovia on September 27 pledging to jointly hold the Boakai administration accountable, while insisting the arrangement is not yet an electoral alliance.
Dozens of Liberians demonstrated outside UN Headquarters and President Boakai's New York hotel during the UN General Assembly, alleging the government is not serious about fighting drug trafficking and applies the law selectively. No evidence was presented, and the government has not yet responded.
Confirmed River Gee County Senator Francis Saidy Dopoh II has defended Liberia's new cybercrime law, insisting it targets threats, fraud and exploitation rather than legitimate criticism, journalism or peaceful dissent, as debate continues over how the law will be enforced.
Confirmed Criminal Court "C" Judge Ousman F. Feika has denied bail to former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, ruling that alleged financial transactions continuing into August 2026 fall within the 2023 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. She remains under court-supervised home detention.
Confirmed President Joseph Boakai used Liberia's address to the 81st UN General Assembly to demand at least two permanent, veto-holding African seats on the UN Security Council, arguing Africa's exclusion from the body that decides most of its peace and security matters is no longer sustainable.
The family of detained former Highway Patrol Chief Wadell Kwarbo has rejected a statement attributed to him that linked Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman to Liberia's ongoing US$317 million cocaine trafficking case. IG Coleman says he will not be intimidated by what he calls a disinformation campaign.
Confirmed Former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah says the real test of Liberia's record $1 billion in domestic revenue is whether it shows up in better roads, healthcare and jobs, pointing to a $22 million road project as an example. Finance Minister Ngafuan says most of the money is already committed to salaries and services.
The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia has reaffirmed its support for strengthening Liberia's justice institutions in talks held as Acting Justice Minister Cllr. Betty Lamin-Blamo settles into the role, pledging impartial prosecutions.
Prominent Liberian lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has called for rigorous legislative review of a proposed national identification concession with an Austrian contractor, citing unresolved questions over jobs, revenue-sharing and biometric data protection.
Confirmed Lawyers for former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor have asked Criminal Court "C" to allow her release on personal recognizance or bond, arguing that applying Liberia's 2023 anti-drug law retroactively to pre-2023 conduct raises constitutional bail questions.
Confirmed Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar has condemned AI-generated and manipulated images circulating online that portray Vice President Jeremiah Koung in degrading situations, and called on the Foreign Ministry to clarify what happened at Brussels Airport.
Confirmed President Boakai has appointed former Justice Minister Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh as Acting Minister of National Defense, filling the post vacated by Geraldine George and outlining three priorities including AFL soldier welfare.
Confirmed Vice President Jeremiah Koung has rejected reports that he was stopped and searched while transiting through Brussels Airport en route to the IAEA conference in Vienna, calling his passage "uneventful."
Confirmed President Boakai has named Stephen M. Yekeson Jr., a finance and public administration veteran, as Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, filling the post vacated by Magdalene Dagoseh's reassignment.
A coalition of Liberian women's rights groups is demanding clarity after Defense Minister Geraldine George and Commerce Minister Magdalene Dagoseh were reassigned from their posts, warning that "a change in assignment must not become a reduction in influence."
Unconfirmed reports suggest expelled lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah may be seeking to mend fences with President Boakai, though neither camp has confirmed a meeting and the Executive Mansion has stayed silent.
Confirmed At the second Presidential Media Dinner, President Boakai pledged his government will never treat the press as an institution to be controlled, reaffirming Liberia's commitment to the Table Mountain Declaration.
Confirmed President Boakai holds the second Annual Presidential Media Dinner on September 12, continuing an initiative started by the late Ambassador Sylvester Grigsby, as press union leaders press for progress on government debts to media outlets and journalist pay.
Confirmed President Joseph Boakai named acting ministers at Defense and Commerce and suspended a Gender Ministry deputy for 60 days without pay, in a fresh round of government changes announced September 11.
Confirmed Former President George Weah has publicly accused the Boakai administration of undermining the rule of law through selective justice, dismissed the drug charges against ex-Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor as "bogus," and announced plans to visit her in prison.
Confirmed President Boakai will lead Liberia's delegation to the 81st UN General Assembly this month, addressing the General Debate on September 24 and hosting side events on youth security, women in peacebuilding, and natural resources.
A public dispute between CDC and NPP executives over the opposition roundtable's guest list has exposed fresh cracks in Liberia's opposition unity push, days after six parties agreed to form a joint steering committee.
Six of Liberia's opposition parties agreed to set up a joint steering committee to coordinate ahead of 2029, but the unity push showed early cracks after CDC and NPP officials publicly disputed who was actually invited.
Confirmed President Joseph Boakai has replaced Justice Minister Oswald Tweh with Cllr. Betty Lamin-Blamo and named a new Solicitor General, as part of a wider round of cabinet and agency appointments announced this week.
Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor's drug-trafficking case took two turns this week: her September 4 court appearance was postponed after her team said she was unwell, and a co-defendant is now challenging the judge's earlier decision to move her from prison to guarded house detention.
A state witness testified in a Monrovia court that former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor discussed assassinating ex-President George Weah as part of an alleged drug-trafficking conspiracy. Her camp calls the claims fabricated.
Former President George Weah has criticized the Boakai administration's handling of drug trafficking charges against ex-Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, calling the case an example of selective justice.
Opposition leader Alexander Cummings has urged the government to prosecute the Howard-Taylor drug trafficking case impartially, warning against selective justice.
House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon may contest a legislative seat in Sinoe County in 2029, a potential shift from his long-standing Montserrado base.