Month: March 2023

Kemayah, Zambia Foreign Minister Meet to Reaffirm Existing Relations between Liberia and Zambia

IPNEWS- On the margins of the Summit for Democracy 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia that is currently ongoing, Stanley K. Kakubo, M.P, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today, Thursday March 30, 2023 held bilateral talks with his Liberian counterpart, Dee-Maxwell Kemayah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Dean of Cabinet of the Republic of Liberia. …

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Media Experts Meet In Dakar, Senegal to Review ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority Draft Communication Plan

–ECOWAS Radio News Director Raymond Zarbay Represents Liberia IPNEWS-Dakar, Senegal: The Meeting of the Working Group for the Review of ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority Draft Communication Plan, commenced Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. The gathering is intended to pull the contributions of West African Media Experts and Practitioners to ensure greater …

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US Amb. McCarthy Wants Gov’t Immediately Provide NEC’s Full Budget for October 2023 Elections

–Says, ‘Lack of Funds to Electoral Body Should Alarm Every Liberian IPNEWS-Monrovia: United States Ambassador to Liberia, Michael A. McCarthy has called on the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to immediately provide the National Elections Commission (NEC) with its full 2023 budget, so it has the necessary resources to …

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Speaker Chambers Attends Legislative track of Biden’s 2nd Summit for Democracy in Washington DC

IPNEWS: Liberia’s House Speaker Bhofal Chambers has joined other senior Legislators in Washington DC to attend the United States 2023 Democracy Summit intended for global legislators. The summit is hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives, co-implemented by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) with funding from USAID. The Legislative …

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ArcelorMittal Women Honor International Women Day with Community Outreach in Buchanan

IPNEWS: Group of ArcelorMittal Liberia female staff Wednesday, March 29, 2023, participated in a community engagement outreach to observe International Women’s Day. The outreach held at the Chapel of Praise Church on Johnson Street in Buchanan City brought together about three dozen women who discussed the importance of women becoming good supporters. They engaged in …

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Salary Increment Sparks Employees Protest @ Ministry of Mines & Energy

—- As Similar Protest looms at Other Gov’t Ministries over salary increment IPNEWS: Disenchanted employees on Tuesday brought normal working activities to a standstill at the Ministry of Mines & Energy (MME), over salary increments. The aggrieved employees’ workers held placards at the Ministry calling on the minister of Land and Minds to address ongoing …

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“Talk to Him and His Group; I Wasn’t There”

US Ambassador McCarthy Urging Liberians/Media to Ask Pres. Weah Concerning His Recent Visit to CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia IPNEWS – It seems Liberians, who didn’t make the trip to the US Government’s Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, USA, will have to wait a little longer in order to know what were …

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Liberia Lone Star’s Journey to Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Nations Cup Ends on Sad Note -Bows Out to South Africa, 2-1

IPNEWS-Monrovia: Hopes and expectations were high up following the Lone Star of Liberia pulsating 2-2 draw with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on March 24, 2023 in Johannesburg at the Orlando Stadium. A 0-2 lead advantage for South Africa was quickly leveled in the second half with goals from Tonia Tisdell and Mohammed Sangare to Liberia …

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ArcelorMittal’s Phase 2 Expansion Already Touching Bassa, Bong and Nimba Counties

IPNEWS: ArcelorMittal’s mining project in Liberia is the first greenfield mining operation undertaken by the company since it entered Liberia in 2006 following the merger of Arcelor and Mittal Steel. While the global steel giant mines iron ore at Yekepa, in Nimba County, and then transport the ore by rail to Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, …

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