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WASHINGTON – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). Completion of the third review enables the immediate disbursement of SDR 17 million (US$23.64 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 68 million (US$94.8 million). On August 23, 2021, Liberia received SDR 247.7 million (US$345.3 million) in the context of the general SDR allocation to the IMF’s membership. Fiscal reforms should focus on containing wage bill, enhancing domestic revenue mobilization, improving the quality of public spending, and operationalizing a Treasury Single Account. It will be important to accelerate structural reforms to improve the business climate for private sector development.”

Bishop Sanogo disclosed that the school fees of the older children involved in the stampede will be paid by his ministry. Currently, Bishop Sanogo and his team are holding similar crusade at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville, outside Monrovia. PovertySpeaking further, Bishop Sanogo observed the growing wave of poverty not only in Liberia, but other countries across the African continent. Despite the challenges, Bishop Sanogo urged Liberians to turn away from their wicked ways and draw closer to God. The doctors and nurses are available and they will welcome you; there are also free medical consultations ongoing and this medical program is a gift from Jesus”.

LFA 3rd division club, Stages FC, has termed as “delay tactics” the Liberia Football Association’s (LFA) prayer for excuse and postponement of a court conference that was scheduled for Wednesday, November 24, at the Monrovia City Court. Both parties were due to sit for the conference following a citation from the Monrovia City Magisterial Court, through Associate Magistrate Quincy A. Q. Garnett. It follows a complaint brought against the LFA President Raji by Stages FC, represented by and through its legal counsels that the LFA, through President Raji, has “violated their duly entitled rights as a member club” by having neither invited nor provided them congress documents for the just ended extraordinary congress held on Saturday, November 20. Joseph Kollie. The LFA has set Wednesday, December 1, 2021 as the election date to fill the vacant EC seat.

GIZ has trained several national stakeholders to counter the movement of illicit minerals, terrorist financing and money laundering, as well as illicit financial flows, within the Artisanal Smallscale Miners sector of Liberia. The joint training of national stakeholders is part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) due diligence guidance for responsible minerals supply chains and EU conflict minerals regulations, terrorist financing, money laundering, and illicit financial flows. The issue of smuggling of gold and diamond was high on the discussion, with emphasis on how to handle the movement of those minerals before it falls into the hands of terrorists. Liberia is a mineral-rich country, especially gold and diamond, but the proliferation of mining activities, coupled with illicit mining has made most of the minerals to be smuggled out of the country. This EU-funded training, which is being implemented by GIZ, was held in partnership with Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), LIS, LNP, German Corporation, and the Mano River Union (MRU).

Liberian-German boxer “Pretty Boy” Freddy Kiwit has won his third fight for Universal in Hamburg on Saturday November 20,2021 against Colombian Wilber Blanco Martinez. The preparation for his fight was difficult because there was little material from his opponent Wilber Blanco Martinez from Colombia, who was unbeaten in eight fights. Still, Freddy Kiwitt showed that he was perfectly adjusted to his opponent. Kiwitt, who won 19 times in 22 fights, made short work of his three years younger opponent. In contrast to his last fight against Johan Perez, in which Kiwitt had to go the full distance, he started the knockout in the third round on Saturday.

As UNESCO Celebrates Its 75th Birthday, Why Africans Have Much to Tell the World about EducationAfrica is often presented as a continent with the greatest of education challenges. That leadership has been vital and has led directly to transformed learning outcomes for tens of thousands of Liberian children. The transformation in Edo State has taken three years. African Government programs have led the transformation of public education through the gathering and analysis of data. Within seven weeks, students in EKOEXCEL public schools advanced in numeracy twice as fast and in literacy three times as fast as their peers.

The Plenary’s decision followed the submission of the agreement by President George Weah to the House for ratification. The expansion project – which encompasses processing, rail and port facilities – will be one of the largest mining projects in West Africa. The capital required to finalise the project is expected to be approximately $0.8 billion, as it is effectively a brownfield expansion. Economic benefitsAs the largest foreign investor in Liberia, ArcelorMittal Liberia has invested over $1.7 billion in the country over the past 15 years, the company’s data shows. The Joint Committee is expected to review the agreement and report to Plenary within two weeks with a set of recommendations.

President Weah recalled that the MRU, founded in 1973, has effectively executed the task of maintaining peace and regional stability for the past five decades. In a special statement delivered Monday, November 22, 2021, at the Farmington Hotel in Margibi County at the opening of the MRU Conference, President Weah observed that the MRU uses collaboration and cooperation in the realization of its goal. Such examination, President Weah maintained, should include addressing essential economic matters of growth and development; multi-dimensional poverty, lack of political inclusiveness, gender inequity, and youth unemployment. President Weah said he looks forward to the positive, practical, and innovative outcomes of this conference, which he believes will help accelerate the transitional process towards democratic governance in Guinea. The gathering, which comes as a result of President Weah’s request, is dubbed ‘MRU Diplomatic, Peace, Security and Democracy Conference’.

Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Representative Thomas Alexander Goshua (District #5, Grand Bassa County) has called on his colleagues at the Liberian Senate to concur with the House of Representatives in passing the amended drugs law. There shouldn’t be any reason why the Senate should not pass this bill,” Rep. Goshua said. The current drug law of 2014 has several loopholes in the fight against drug and substances in Liberia. The bill seeks to make importation of drugs a non-bailable offense, and a prison term of 20 years. In addition, the law seeks to confiscate properties and money from perpetrators that could be placed into government coffers and used as revenue.

Monrovia- The International Organization on Migration Liberia, through its Migrants, As Messenger program has embarked on massive awareness activities against irregular migration and the need to travel safely. The awareness is part of Migrants As Messengers (MAM) Caravan 2021, using sports, entertainment and community engagements, among others to provide information among Liberians, mostly the youthful population on making informed decisions on traveling through the proper channel. At the same time, IOM Country Coordinator, Mohammed Diallo said those involved with irregular traveling are constantly found doing so because they were not informed of the danger irregular traveling poses to them. According to him, the purpose of the caravan is to raise awareness against illegal traveling. According to him, the solution to the difficulty in life is not irregular migration, as such, people should get involved with things that will better their lives.

Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan has been awarded the first-ever Manevia Leadership African Award in Public Healthcare Innovation. The Nyan-Test can detect about 3-7 infections and simultaneously identify them in less than an hour. He was awarded a US patent for his invention and recognized last year by the 2020 German-Berlin Science Week. Dr. Nyan has received other awards and recognitions including the 2017 African Innovation Award Special Prize for Social Impact and the Humane Order for African Redemption in 2016 when he served as National Orator of Liberia's 169 Independence Commemoration. Dr. Nyan was honored at an event held in College Park, Maryland over the weekend at the University of Maryland.

MONROVIA – The World Bank Country Manager for Liberia, Dr. Kwhima Nthara has hailed the Liberian Government for making tough choices that have resulted in a boost to the economy. Dr. Nthara made the commendation following the launch of the Second Edition of the annual Liberia Economic Update, “Finding Fiscal Space”. According to the report, economic growth is expected to recover to 3.6 percent in 2021, before rising gradually to an average of 5.2 percent over 2022–2025. In addition, Liberia needs to invest in its people and institutions, and create an educated, skilled, and healthy labor force, in both the public or private sectors, and protect its economy and vulnerable population against repeated exogenous shocks, the Liberia Economic Update emphasized. This means that the external resources mobilized in the period financed a significant part of the government’s operating expenditure instead of financing public investment in infrastructure.

For nearly five decades of its existence, the Mano River Union has been the vehicle of aspiration for diplomacy, peace, security, stability, democracy and development for our sub-region. These unfortunate experiences must now inform our quest for durable diplomacy, peace, security and democracy in the sub-region. In this regard, we urge the Secretary-General and the Secretariat of the Mano River Union to reach out to the African Union, United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and Peace Building Fund, to foster stronger and more active partnerships in peacebuilding initiatives for the Mano River Union. The ECOWAS Commission’s partnership with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office can also provide synergies with these peacebuilding initiatives. EXCELLENCIES, DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:I hereby declare that the Mano River Union Diplomatic, Peace, Security and Democracy Conference in Liberia is now formally opened.

The LRA intends to introduce the excise tax stamps all alcohol products and tobacco beginning January 2022. The Excise Tax Stamp is a specially designed stamp with digital and other security features which is affixed on excisable goods to show that taxes and duties have been paid or would be paid. … The Excise tax stamp is not a new tax. In South Sudan, Madras Security Printers was accused of corrupt and collusive behavior in 2020 with regard to their tax stamp program. Ghana’s policy on the tax stamp policy places the responsibility on the affected excise product on the importer or the manufacturer.