“Liberian voters demonstrated commitment to the democratic process by participating in great numbers in the General Elections on Tuesday. The technical preparations and running of the election day were well administered. While the campaign was largely peaceful and vibrant, and the press free to cover all sides of the campaign, the use of government platforms and state resources constituted an advantage to the incumbency”, says Andreas Schieder, the Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) and Member of the European Parliament. He highlighted that “Our 100Read More

The U.S. Embassy says it is aware that multiple candidates and political parties are claiming victory prior to the announcement of official results from the National Elections Commission. “For our part, the U.S. Embassy, like other international partners, will be awaiting official results from the NEC before judging the outcome of the election, despite claims by any party or candidate, and encourage Liberians to patiently do the same,” Washington said in a statement. We note the joint post-election press statement from the ECOWAS and African Union election observation missions andRead More

What appeared to be a negative sign to the peace and stability of Liberia is gradually creeping in as both the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change and the main opposition Unity Party claimed victory in the Tuesday’s October 10 polls. Western observers have so far described the process as very peaceful, calling on Liberians to wait for the official release of the results by the National Elections Commission. However, despite the appeal, the Secretary General of the ruling CDC—Jefferson Koijee and other party executives claimed they’d won the election. “WeRead More

The Economic Community of West African States—ECOWAS and the African Union Election Observation Missions to Liberia is commanding Liberians for peacefully exercising their rights to vote on Tuesday. In a joint statement, the missions express admiration for the voters’ discipline, patience and peaceful conduct, in spite of the long queues observed in most precincts. They particularly commend the women and the youth for their show of patriotism and commitment to democracy by turning out in large numbers to vote. At the same time, the missions commend the National Elections CommissionRead More

For the first time, Liberia has moved from manual alien registration and documentation to a digitized system following the launch of the project on Monday, October 9, 2023. The exercise now moves the country on par with others in the sub-region thereby paving the way for digitizing the alien and work permit in the country. Digitizing the process will help relieve resource strain and generate more revenue for the government. Speaking during the official launch of the exercise, Justice Minister Cllr. Frank Musa Dean said since the end of theRead More

Liberians are glued to their radios and social media pages awaiting provisional results following the official closed of Tuesday’s presidential and legislative elections. Counting commenced immediately after voting closed at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. As approved by the electoral umpire, 20 presidential candidates participated in the process with each hoping for a resounding victory to rule a country of about five million people for the next five years. But the fact remains that the race is between incumbent George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change and former Vice PresidentRead More

6 October 2023 ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISAIEOM) and the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), have jointly noted with concern reports circulating in the media claiming that observers of the three missions have expressed disappointment regarding the ongoing investigations by the Liberian National Police (LNP) into incidents which led to loss of life and injury in Foyah City which occurred on 29 September 2023. ECOWAS EOM, EISA IEOM and EU EOM would like to jointly assure the public that they haveRead More

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Liberia deploys today 40 Short-Term Observers (STOs) to all 15 counties of the country. A Delegation of 7 members of the European Parliament headed by Mr. Leopoldo Lopez Gil and around 20 diplomats from EU Member States accredited in Liberia will also be integrated in the mission. EU Election Observers come from the 27 different EU Member States, as well as Canada and Norway, bringing the total number of EU Observers on Election Day to around 100. “Our teams have beenRead More

The first ever Presidential debate organized by international partners commenced in Liberia Tuesday, October 3, 2023 with the main contenders, President George Weah, Joseph Boakai and Alexander Cummings  all boycotting the event. The debate is centered around the Economy, health, education, rule of law, peace and security, agriculture and food security including foreign policy, youth empowerment, drug abuse among others. It was organized by Internews Liberia with support from the United States Agency for International Development, USAID and other partners. The Chief of Party for the USAID-funded Liberia Media DevelopmentRead More

The Central Bank of Liberia says as of March 31, 2024, they will officially terminate from circulation all old Liberian dollar banknotes printed before 2021. The measures according to the bank are in compliance with Section 25 of the Amended and Restated Act of the CBL of 2020, the Central of Bank of Liberia (CBL). In a release, the bank asserted that the move will allow only the new family of Liberian dollar currency to be in circulation. The amount of L$48.734 billion was authorized by the 54th National LegislatureRead More