Road & Connectivity: Liberia’s House pledges top priority to President Boakai’s road agenda as the Gbarnga–Salayea Highway is commissioned, with Saudi Fund for Development co-financing (USD 20m concessional loan) and other Arab partners backing the wider corridor push. Women & Finance: AWLN Liberia and the Central Bank of Liberia kick off a two-day National Conference on Women’s Financial Inclusion, aiming to expand women’s access to financial services and enterprise. Agriculture Finance: UfarmX, operating across Nigeria, Senegal and Liberia, says it has credit-scored 17,000+ smallholder farmers and facilitated USD 6.8m in farm commerce using digitised value-chain data. Public Health: DRC’s Ebola outbreak is now the second-largest on record, with contact-tracing gaps and unknown transmission chains undermining containment—an urgent reminder for regional preparedness. Governance & Oversight: Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Commission confirms it is assessing a complaint involving Liberia Telecommunications Authority plans for traffic monitoring with NUMTEL. Education/Institutional Tension: University of Liberia President Dr. Layli Maparyan warns faculty supporting a go-slow could face suspension or dismissal. Agribusiness & Jobs: LACRA launches nationwide distribution of 750,000 coffee seedlings to revive Liberica coffee production and rebuild the value chain. Security/Crime: Police in Gbarnga arrest five over alleged theft of 17 chickens from a poultry project. Industry Policy: Liberia bans export of unprocessed natural rubber, pushing more local processing and manufacturing.