Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By: Peter Kollie |Lofa Correspondent Lofa County, Liberia |Feb. 11, 2026|The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), in collaboration with the Liberia Land Authority (LLA), has successfully prepared Zone Four communities in Bluyema Clan, Zorzor District, Lofa County, for a confirmatory land survey under Liberia’s Customary Land Formalization program. The exercise followed a comprehensive validation process involving the communities of Lobobah, Soblima, and Wanlima. The process brought together more than 50 participants, including women and youth leaders, members of the community assembly, the Community Land Development and Management Committee (CLDMC), traditional chiefs, and other key stakeholders. Facilitated by the Liberia Land Authority,…
Monrovia, Liberia |Feb. 11, 2026| Through the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), the Government of Liberia has launched the Compact Delivery and Monitoring Unit with acronym – ‘CDMU’. The essence of this effort is to accelerate National Energy Compact and Mission 300 Targets. The launch ceremony of the CDMU was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, in Monrovia, at the central Monrovia head office of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. As per a Ministry of Mines and Energy release, the Compact Delivery and Monitoring Unit (CDMU), is a strategic coordination and oversight mechanism established to accelerate the implementation…
By Ben T.C. Brooks| River Gee Correspondent River Gee County | Feb. 11, 2026 | The 15th Judicial Circuit Court in River Gee County on Monday, February 9, 2026 officially opened its February Term of Court under challenging and unusual circumstances. The opening ceremony, held in the absence of the Presiding Judge, her Judge Nancy Finda Sammy also took place in darkness and heat. The room was seemingly dark, with participants using personal belongings to direct airflow to themselves and create windchill effect in the hall. In her stead, the Clerk of Court L,orpu K. Togbah, presided over the…
By: Keith Morrison | Contributing Writer Nicosia, Cyprus |Feb. 11, 2026| The University of Cyprus welcomed the Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia to Cyprus, His Excellency Teeko T. Yorlay, for a high-level meeting with the Rector, Professor Tasos Christofides, to discuss prospects for academic cooperation and student mobility between the two countries. The meeting took place at the Rector’s Office in the University House “Anastasios G. Leventis” in Aglantzia, Nicosia. Following the presentation of his Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Ambassador Yorlay initiated discussions on establishing institutional partnerships between the University of Cyprus…
By: J. Mason Kollie |Lofa Correspondent Voinjama City, Lofa County |Feb. 11, 2026| It appears that the Government of Liberia continues to concretize its commitment to access to justice nationwide as it breaks ground for a new judicial complex, otherwise known as the 10th Judicial Circuit court in Voinjama City. On Monday February 9, 2026 The Government of Liberia through the Justice Ministry broke grounds for the Construction of a modern 10th Judicial Circuit court Complex in Voinjama city to create enabling environment in promoting access to Justice across rural Liberia. The 10th Judicial Circuit Complex when completed, will contain…
By: J. Mason Kollie | Lofa Correspondent Voinjama City, Lofa County |Feb. 10, 2026| Government of Liberia has admitted to Voinjama Central prison being overcrowded but at the same time, has promised to build a modern Prison facility shortly. The Voinjama Central prison was constructed in 1976 for the sole purpose of keeping adjudged criminals cum wrongdoers in jail until they serve their sentences or until they have their day in court. The facility upon construction, was intended to host forty prisoners found to be in violation cum breach of the organic laws of the Republic of Liberia. But today’s…
By: Keith Morrison | Contributing Writer Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus |Feb. 10, 2026|His Excellency Dr. Teeko T. Yorlay, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to the French Republic, concurrently accredited to Cyprus, Greece, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland, today held a high-level meeting in Nicosia with Mr. Philokypros Roussounides, Secretary General of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). The discussions focused on strengthening bilateral economic relations and promoting trade and investment cooperation between Liberia and Cyprus through their respective private sectors. During the meeting, Ambassador Yorlay highlighted Liberia’s ongoing economic reforms and investor-friendly policies, emphasizing…
By: Keith Morrison |Contributing Writer Nicosia, Cyprus |Feb. 9, 2026|The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to the Republic of Cyprus, His Excellency Dr. Teeko Tozay Yorlay, formally presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellency Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, reaffirming Liberia’s commitment to strengthening bilateral relations between the two nations. During the ceremony on 9 February 2026, Ambassador Yorlay conveyed warm greetings and best wishes from His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, as well as from the Government and people of Liberia. As per a dispatch…
By: Emmanuel Koffa |Grand Gedeh Correspondent Barclayville City, Grand Kru County |Feb. 9, 2026|Despite repeated government assurances of nationwide progress in Liberia’s health sector, Grand Kru County continues to struggle with limited access to basic healthcare services, exposing deep inequalities between urban centers and rural communities. Over the past year, the Government of Liberia has completed and symbolically dedicated several health facilities in Grand Kru County, including the Domu Nimene Hospital and newly constructed clinics in Juduken and Gbanken. These projects were intended to serve more than 15,425 people across rural communities and surrounding towns, raising expectations of improved medical…
By Ben T.C. Brooks| River Gee Correspondent River Gee County | Feb. 9, 2026 | Pupils attending the government-run Gee Foundation School, located in the Bassa Community of Fish-Town, River Gee County’s capital are compelled to use plastic tarpaulins as both chair and desk to write notes and listen to their lecturers. The use of tarpaulins is due to the acute shortage of desks and armchairs, officials of the school have told the Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN). The school, which serves hundreds of children, currently lacks adequate classroom furniture, compelling dozens of pupils to use tarpaulins during daily lessons.…
