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Call for Applications
Call for application: The Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship
Liberia
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Economy
False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure
According to Samuel Jackson, an Economist, the wage bill under the former administration ballooned to 70%, amounting to $320 million. He said this left the government with little or no space for capital investment, which was essential in building post-war Liberia.聽
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Explainers
Explainer: The Global Magnitsky Act and Liberia鈥檚 3 Corrupt Officials
Liberians were greeted with a report released by the US Treasury Department under the Global Magnitsky Act, sanctioning three top government officials of the Liberian government for corruption-related offences.
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Economy
The Central Bank of Liberia has not minted coins in L$25 and L$30 denominations
There have been occasions where taxi drivers, tricycles (kehkeh), and motorbike riders and passengers get into confrontations over lack of change or when there is disagreement over mutilated currency as change or transport fares.聽聽
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