News Flash
On March 14, the director of a U.S. adoption agency, and three of the agency's employees were prevented from departing Liberia with recently adopted children.  The children were in possession of lawful adoption decrees and valid U.S. immigrant visas, and their escorts had Powers of Attorney from the adoptive parents of the children which allowed them to act as escorts.  The director of the agency was later told that adoptive children will not be permitted to depart Liberia with an escort unless their travel had been cleared by the Ministers of Justice and Gender.  The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia is seeking confirmation of this new requirement.  The Government of Liberia is currently reviewing its adoption laws and regulations with the aim of strengthening the current system.   

Swift Assists Vessel in Distress Off Liberian Coast
HIGH SPEED VESSEL SWIFT (HSV 2), At Sea – While transiting off the coast of Monrovia, Liberia as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS), High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) received a distress call relayed from Cap Lara, a Greek flagged vessel, of a Portuguese fishing vessel, the Princesa Do Guadiana, stranded off the coast with no food, water or fuel.(more)

President Bush Visits Barclay Training Center in Liberia
PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, you're right, we have met four times, and every time I'm the better for it. (Laughter.) I appreciate the warm welcome we've received from the people of your beautiful country. .(More)

Briefing on Recent Africa Trip and Upcoming Asia Trip
Secretary Condoleezza Rice
We have just concluded an extraordinary trip to Africa. It really was an extraordinary trip. It was wonderful to see how the people of the five countries that we visited are really responding to not just the generosity of America, but to the challenge to use these innovative programs, whether it is the Millennium Challenge or the President’s Malaria Initiative or, of course, PEPFAR, to better their lives.(More) 

President and Mrs. Bush to Visit Africa
President and Mrs. Bush will travel to Africa from February 15-21, 2008. They will visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia. This trip will be an opportunity for the President to review firsthand the significant progress since his last visit in 2003 in efforts to increase economic development and fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other treatable diseases, as a result of the United States robust programs in these areas.(more)

Bush Trip Will Showcase Strong Pro-Africa Legacy
Five-nation trip to emphasize economic development
Washington -- President Bush’s February 15-21 trip to five African nations is going to be "very historic and significant" because it will "solidify one of the strongest components" of his legacy: Africa, says the first and former assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa, Rosa Whitaker.(more) 

Africa Education Initiative: Ambassador’s Girls’ Scholarship Program Replaces Child Labor with Homework in Liberia
December 21, 2007. Montserrado County, Liberia
Beatrice Roberts has an intense gaze for a 6th grader and stands erect at the podium of a small church next to her school in the Soul Clinic community of Paynesville, a rural suburb of Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. She speaks words of thanks for the Ambassador’s Girls’ Scholarship Program, part of the $600 million, nine-year Bush Africa Education Initiative (AEI) run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2002 through 2010. (more)

Laura Bush Praises Liberian President at Africare Dinner
First lady calls Sirleaf an inspiration and a distinguished leader
First lady Laura Bush called Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf “an inspiration to everyone who believes in free societies” during a speech at an Africare dinner honoring Sirleaf October 18.
Africare is a leading nonprofit organization specializing in development assistance for Africa...(MORE)

United States Agency for International Development
Signs Assistance Agreements with Liberia

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed four Assistance Agreements with the Government of Liberia to signal continued commitment to Liberia’s peace and recovery.  The four agreements support USAID’s objectives and are consistent with the Government of Liberia’s priorities as outlined in the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy..(More)

USA Delivers Third Installment of Road Repair Equipment to Ministry of Public Works
On Friday, September 15, 207, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) acting through the Liberia Community Infrastructure Program (LCIP) delivered to the Government of Liberia Ministry of Public Works the third installment of heavy duty road maintenance and equipment including six (6) 12 cubic yard dump trucks and one 40-ton low bed trailer and tractor head valued at approximately $680,000...(MORE)