News and Press Releases

As part of its communication and outreach strategy, the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) began the dissemination and discussion of the 2nd EITI Reports of Liberia with citizens and residents of the fifteen counties in Liberia. Read

The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has completed and published its 2nd EITI Report covering the period July 1, 2009-June 30, 2009 and involving seventy-one (71) companies and five (5) agencies of Government. Read

The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has completed its 2nd EITI Report covering payments made to the Government of Liberia by seventy-one (71) mining, oil, agriculture, and forestry companies during the 12-month period from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Read

The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has begun work to investigate and reconcile unresolved discrepancies contained in its first EITI Report published early 2009. Read

The First Report of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) covering the period July 1, 2007 up to and including June 30, 2008 was published on February 9, 2009. Read

The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) was yesterday October 14, 2009 designated as EITI compliant during the 10th meeting of the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read

The Chairman of the EITI international Board, Dr. Peter Eigen and Mr. Eddie Rich visited Liberia from October 4-7, 2009. The visit followed the earlier visit of a joint EITI/World Bank/African Development Mission to Liberia in May of this year. Read

Ensuring transparency over all funds paid to Government of Liberia by mining, oil, logging and agriculture companies is not only a matter of complying with the new LEITI Act, it is a matter of necessity for both the Government and companies as well as civil society. Read

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