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Liberia will require gold mined in the country to be refined at home before export, President Boakai said Wednesday, announcing a sovereign wealth fund and a state mining company to take equity stakes in projects. #Liberia #Mining liberianinvestigator.com/lib…

Employers who force workers to retire before 70 could face up to two years in prison, a fine of at least US$10,000, or both, under a bill Sen. Abraham Darius Dillon introduced. It would raise the retirement age to 70. #Liberia #NASSCORP liberianinvestigator.com/dil…

Sen. Amara Konneh asks the Senate to summon the NPA, APM Terminals and five others over reported container delays of more than 30 days at sea. Delays and fees keep prices high even as inflation falls to 4.6%, he says. #Liberia #Freeport liberianinvestigator.com/kon…

Liberia will take the U.N. Security Council presidency in December, its first in 65 years. President Boakai is set to chair a high-level debate on maritime security on Dec. 3. "Liberia is at the table," he said. #Liberia #UNSC liberianinvestigator.com/lib…

Finance Minister Ngafuan says even a US$5 billion budget isn't enough for all of Liberia's problems, hitting back at critics over billion-dollar revenue. Some promises were always set for 2028 and 2029, he said. "Watch and see." #Liberia #LiberiaNews liberianinvestigator.com/nga…

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Nearly seven in 10 people in #Liberia’s #prisons have never been tried: 2,848 of 4,125, according to Justice Minister-designate Betty Lamin Blamo. One court handles about 200 armed robbery cases, and at its pace it can hear about 20 a year.

Justice Minister-designate Betty Lamin Blamo told senators Monday prosecutions will rest on evidence, not politics: "I will not be the minister who prosecutes adversaries with zeal and friends with reluctance." #Liberia #Senate #JusticeMinistry liberianinvestigator.com/bla…

Liberia will gain 50,000 metric tons of fuel storage and a ship-loading facility under a US$35M LPRC expansion President Boakai launched Monday. He says it lifts LPRC's share of national storage from about 25% to 50%. #Liberia #LPRC #EnergySecurity liberianinvestigator.com/lpr…

IMF figures show low-income countries now spend 14% of revenue servicing debt, up from 6% a decade ago, even as total debt falls. #AFRODAD says the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok brought no fix for Africa. #Africa #DebtCrisis liberianinvestigator.com/afr…

Orange Liberia and LonestarCell MTN could face a Senate probe. Sinoe Sen. Augustine Chea accuses both of charging subscribers for calls that drop or never connect, which he called “theft.” #Liberia #LiberiaSenate liberianinvestigator.com/che…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai says some officials he asked to step aside have been reluctant to go. At Friday’s Cabinet meeting, he warned that coming performance reports “will not be so encouraging.” He told ministers, “It’s not friendship club. It’s not family club.” #Liberia #Boakai #Governance #TheLiberianInvestigator

Former VP Jewel Howard-Taylor's office says posts and media from her six years in office have been pulled from the Office of the Vice President's Facebook page. It is demanding to know who ordered it and wants the records restored. #Liberia #JewelHowardTaylor liberianinvestigator.com/jew…

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#Liberia: When court judgments meet Executive power!