2026 in Liberia
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Events in the year 2026 in Liberia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – Liberia assumes a two-year non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, for the first time since 1961.[1]
July
[edit]August
[edit]- 20 August –
- The first 20 US deportees arrive in Monrovia under a new agreement with the US government that will send up to 1,200 migrants to the country, alongside US$124 million in assistance.[3]
- Former vice-president Jewel Taylor is detained at Roberts International Airport in Monrovia and charged with drug trafficking and money laundering in connection with a transnational cocaine-trafficking network.[4]
- 31 August – Sweden officially ends its bilateral development aid programme to Liberia after 18 years; the embassy in Monrovia is scheduled to be fully wound down by 31 October.[5]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[6]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 11 February – Armed Forces Day
- 12 March – Decoration Day
- 15 March – J.J. Roberts' Birthday
- 11 April – Fast and Prayer Day
- 14 May – National Unification Day
- 26 July – Independence Day
- 24–25 August – Flag Day
- 6 November – Thanksgiving
- 29 November – William V. S. Tubman's Birthday
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit]- 18 March – Nyan Dokpa, musician[7]
- 6 September – Guus Kouwenhoven, 84, Dutch-born arms dealer (Second Liberian Civil War)[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "DRC, Liberia among five new non-permanent UN Security Council members". Africanews. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Bior, Ayen Deng; Miridzhanian, Anait (24 July 2026). "Liberia seizes $317 million of cocaine bound for Europe, police chief says". Reuters. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
- ↑ Gedeon, Joseph (2026-08-20). "US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
- ↑ Okafor, Makuochi; Sekulich, Harry (2026-08-20). "Liberia's former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor charged in drug-trafficking probe". BBC. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
- ↑ Choat, Isabel (2026-08-31). "Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women's rights and healthcare". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Liberia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ Menkor, Ishmael F. (24 March 2026). "Liberia Mourns Musical Icon Nyan Dokpa as Tributes Pour In". Liberian Observer. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fugitive convicted war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven died a free man". Liberia Past and Present. 2026-09-07. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
External links
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