Author: Julius Konton

By: Julius Konton The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA) Sekou A.M. Dukuly has held intensive and strategic meetings with a delegation from Moroccan infrastructure and port specialists including Africa50 and Marsa Maroc to explore major investment opportunities in Liberia’s port infrastructure. The delegation’s visit marks a concrete step in advancing the NPA’s ambitious “RESET Strategic Plan”, under which the authority aims within five years to deliver full road connectivity to all major ports in Liberia, modernize port facilities, deploy advanced digital logistics systems and reposition the country as a West-African trade hub. Liberia currently operates four principal…

By: Julius Konton President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has held high-level bilateral talks with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as Liberia pursues new strategic partnerships to support investment and economic transformation. The meeting, held at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, focused on expanding cooperation in key development sectors including renewable energy, healthcare, tourism, agriculture, education, transport infrastructure, and logistics. President Boakai commended the UAE for its global leadership in innovation and sustainable development, noting that Liberia is ready to position itself as a destination for investment. “Liberia is ready…

By Julius Konton In Liberia a nation weighed down by entrenched poverty, social decay and growing hopelessness, the Church, long regarded as one of the country’s most trusted institutions, has increasingly gone silent. Sanctuaries fill every Sunday and offerings are collected faithfully, yet the cries of the suffering are increasingly ignored. Activist Tennie Jallah told our reporter that Liberians now ask a difficult question: “Has the Church become part of the problem?” Across Liberia, the Church enjoys freedoms that many faith communities around the world do not: full freedom to preach, gather and evangelize. Yet, as Jallah reminds us, freedom…

By: Julius Konton President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has issued a direct and urgent order to the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), demanding a full clarification of discrepancies in Liberia’s forest data within seven days. Speaking through Dr. Augustine Konneh, Senior Advisor to the President, during the opening of the National Forest Forum 2025 held Monday at the EJS Ministerial Complex, the President said Liberia’s forestry sector must “return to truth, integrity, and transparency.” “Accurate data is the foundation for sound policymaking, credible forest management, and effective international engagement,” President Boakai cautioned. President Boakai pointed to troubling inconsistencies in Liberia’s forest…

By: Julius Konton In a decisive vote, the Liberian Senate has confirmed Bornor M. Varmah as the new Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Liberia (LRC), positioning him at the helm of a critical legal-policy institution charged with modernising the country’s statutory framework. Varmah, who also serves as President of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), brings to the role an advocacy pedigree and a commitment to overhauling outdated legislation. According to LNBA materials, the Bar Association founded in 1907 promotes professional ethics and access to justice for lawyers, judges and law students. With his new appointment, Varmah is…

By: Julius Konton The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Sekou Dukuly, this week announced a bold new reform package aimed at overhauling Liberia’s port management and logistics framework. Under a five-year strategic blueprint titled “RESET”, Dukuly says the agency will embark on sweeping transformation to strengthen governance, streamline operations, expand infrastructure and decongest the country’s main cargo gateways. At the launch of the Liberia Revenue Authority’s Time Release Study, Mr. Dukuly confirmed that under the RESET plan, one of the top-line objectives will be to slash customs-clearing time by 50 %, a target he described as “central”…

By: Julius Konton At the Country’s premier health institution, John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK) the dream of healing has mutated into a nightmare of neglect. Founded in 1971 and designed as Liberia’s tertiary referral and teaching hospital, the institution should stand as a symbol of care and progress. Instead, it is collapsing. Every day, desperate Liberians cross its threshold in search of life, yet too many leave dead, or broken in body and spirit. One activist described it bluntly: “This is not a hospital anymore. It’s a death chamber.”Tennie Kormazu Kparzarwalah Jallah, a public-health advocate, told our reporter the…

By: Julius Konton Liberia’s Director General of the Civil Service Agency (CSA), Dr. Josiah F. Joekai Jr., stood at the podium of the historic Chicago Theatre on Saturday as graduate student speaker at Adler University’s commencement ceremony where more than 300 students received advanced degrees. Dr. Joekai, who completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, leads one of Liberia’s most ambitious public sector reform programs, guiding a workforce of more than 63,000 civil servants. “We are building systems that recognize every worker’s contribution,” Dr. Joekai told the audience. “We want a workplace where people feel they belong…

By: Julius Konton Every election season in Liberia plays out like a recycled drama: campaign promises flood the air, t-shirts are tossed into crowds, bags of rice change hands and hope briefly rises. Then the ballots are counted and reality crashes back. According to him, the roads don’t improve,Hospitals stay empty of medicine,Youth unemployment skyrockets while Liberians sigh, “We elected the wrong leader again. But one vocal activist is calling out what he believes to be the uncomfortable truth. “Liberia does not lack leaders,” says activist Tennie Kormazu Kparzarwalah Jallah. “Liberia lacks voters who vote with vision,”A Plate of Rice…

By: Julius Konton Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has held a Presidential Dialogue with Liberians living in France and across the European diaspora, describing their contributions as “indispensable” to the country’s national development drive. The engagement took place in Paris on Friday, October 31, following a series of diplomatic and investment-focused meetings with French authorities and development partners. The townhall-style event brought together professionals, students, business leaders, and community representatives from several European countries. It provided a platform for direct conversation with the President on issues including governance reforms, job creation, youth empowerment, education, and diaspora investment. President Boakai…