Liberia: 'Frontpageafrica Has to Be Made to Pay', Says Former Agriculture Minister

The publisher of the Liberian-based FrontPage Africa print and online newspaper has vowed to fight a $1.5 million verdict against his publications for libelling then-Agriculture Minister J. Christopher Toe.

A lower court in 2010 found the paper guilty of libelling Toe when it said the paper failed to substantiate its claims the minister diverted millions of dollars intended to fight an army worm infestation in two regions of Liberia.

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