Welcome to HeartTalk Network’s Week-In-Review for October 31, 2026 — a Liberia-first review of the developments shaping public policy, the economy, education, natural resources and community life. Speaking from the Heart.
In this edition
- Energy and infrastructure: The proposed US$35 million Liberia Petroleum Refining Company expansion, its planned additional storage capacity and questions about financing, implementation and public value.
- Mining and natural resources: Government plans for a national mining company and a gold refinery, including the implications for transparency, local value addition and national benefit.
- Small-scale mining: The FASMIN initiative and its support for formalisation and improved mining practices in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- Agriculture: The handover of agricultural machinery and the importance of training, maintenance, access and measurable benefits for farmers.
- Education and accountability: The resumption of classes following the teachers’ go-slow at Monrovia Consolidated School System and the broader questions around teachers’ welfare and public education.
- Public-sector performance: The role of performance management, institutional accountability and transparent delivery of government commitments.
- Regional and global perspective: Community trust and the challenges of public communication during health emergencies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Our discussion focuses not only on announcements, but on implementation: who benefits, how public resources are managed, what outcomes can be measured, and what citizens should continue to ask.
HeartTalk Network — Speaking from the Heart.
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