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Local Voices Liberia Local Voices Liberia is a network of Liberian journalists based across the country.

This network is dedicated to reporting about rural communities and issues that are underreported by major mainstream media in Liberia. Our fact checking desk also work to debunk misinformation, disinformation or fake news.

06/08/2026

In this edition of the , we verified a claim by Minister of the Ministry of Information, Jerelimik Piah, that when the Boakai administration assumed office, it inherited only three functional buses at the National Transit Authority (NTA).

We also checked if "about 80% of Liberia’s economy is operated by informal businesses" as claimed by Senator Amara Konneh of Gbarpolu County.

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06/08/2026

In this edition of the , we verified:

* On July 29, Liberia’s *Deputy Information Minister, Daniel Sando, claimed during a live radio appearance on Prime FM that Liberia has the longest coastline in West Africa.

On July 21, a Facebook blog, The Liberia Influence, claimed in a post that the Government of Liberia had increased the Judiciary's budget by 80% over the past three years, from US$18.5 million in 2023 to US$33.3 million in 2026.

Did they get the facts correct?

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05/08/2026

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02/08/2026

In this edition of the , we check if the Ecowas - Cedeao recent summit held in Sierra Leone included a discussion about the border dispute between Liberia and Guinea.

And we also check if "70% of Monrovia’s population lives in slum communities under devastating housing conditions" as claimed by Florence K Geegbae, the managing director of the National Housing Authority.

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23/07/2026

MPC Political Leader Simeon Freeman claimed that 90% of money collected for Liberia’s national budget is spent on government services, though he did not provide evidence or specify a fiscal year.

Our review of the FY2024, FY2025, and FY2026 national budgets found that recurrent spending accounted for 91.2% of the budget in FY2024, about 88% in FY2025, and 76.7% in FY2026.

Since recurrent expenditure has varied significantly across the years and was not consistently at 90%, we conclude that Freeman’s claim is partly correct.

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23/07/2026

A Liberian medical professional has claimed that Liberia reduced its maternal mortality ratio from 1,749 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 628 in 2026.

Our review of data from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, the World Bank, and the UN Population Division confirmed that maternal mortality fell from 1,749 in 2000 to 628 in 2023, representing a reduction of about 64%.

However, no official estimate for 2026 has been published, making the claim Mostly Correct.
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22/07/2026

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