March 01, 2023
Liberia: House Expresses Dismay Over Petroleum Importers' Failure to Pay U.S.$20.3 Million Owed Gov't
The House of Representatives has expressed disappointment over the failure of major petroleum importers to pay more than US$20.3 million owed the Liberian through the National Road… Read more »
Liberia: Senator Moye Calls for GAC Audit in U.S.$50,000 Diversion Allegation
The office of Senator Prince Moye is requesting the General Auditing Commission to investigate a recent discovery made in the country's national budget, where it's alleged that… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Liberia: Prosecution Appeal Witnesses Accuse Massaquoi of Mass Killings but Give Inconsistent Dates
The first witness took the stand on Wednesday in the Liberia hearings of the appeal of former Revolutionary United Front commander Gibril Massaquoi's 2022 acquittal on charges of… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Liberia: Finnish War Crimes Court Returns to Liberia for Massaquoi Appeal
The Finnish court assessing charges of war crimes against Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front, has returned to Liberia for the third… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Liberia: Corruption On the Rise
Liberia Declines Further In Public Corruption Index; Records Six Points Decline Since The Inception Of The Weah-Led Government Read more »
January 27, 2023
Liberia: Spoon Network CEO, Stanton Witherspoon Indicted in America for Wire Fraud
The United States Department of Justice has issued an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Spoon Group of Companies, Mr. Stanton Witherspoon, for his alleged… Read more »
Liberia: Massaquoi Defense Claims Liberians' Roles in War Crimes Covered up in a Deal With Liberian Government As Appeal Court Moves to Liberia
Witness tampering has been the focus of the first hearings in the appeal of the acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi, the former commander with the Revolutionary United Front, accused by… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Pro-Tempore Declares Western Cluster MOU Null and Void
Senate Pro-Tempore Albert Chie has declared the controversial Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Liberia and Western Cluster null and void. Read more »
Liberia: Senate Concurs Hor On the Ratification of Modern Mills Liberia, Incorporated
The Liberian Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives on the ratification of an Investment Incentive Agreement between the Republic of Liberia and Modern Mills… Read more »
Liberia: Chopped Body Parts Found in Possession of Grandfather - Mother, Uncle Implicated in the Grisly Murder of 2-Yr-Old Boy in Bomi
Six persons have been arrested by officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) in connection to the death of six-year-old Momo Saah in Bomi County. Read more »
January 26, 2023
Liberia: Supreme Court Denies Bong County Officials' Request to Pardon Seven Local County Officials in Six Detention for Criminal Contempt
Request from Officials of Bong County, seeking a pardon for seven local officials who are currently serving six-month detention for Criminal Contempt of the Judiciary, had been… Read more »
Liberia: Police Launch Probe Into the Grisly Murder of 2-Yr-Old Boy in Bomi - Six Arrested
Police in Tubmanburg, Bomi County have arrested six persons in connection with the gruesome murder of a two-year-old child in Dewein District. Read more »
Liberia: Rep. Fofana Wants Supreme Court Compel Govt to Enforce Code of Conduct
Lofa County District 4 Representative, Mariama Fofana, has petitioned the Supreme Court to compel the Liberian government to enforce the section of the National Code of Conduct… Read more »
Liberia: Her Voice Liberia Launches Community Initiative for Peaceful Election Project in Liberia
Her Voice Liberia has officially launched a new project titled: Community Initiative for Peaceful Elections in Liberia (CIPE) 2023. Read more »
Liberia: Liberia National Police Forwards Defendant Yekeh to Court for Allegedly Killing Girl Friend
The Liberia National Police (LNP) has forwarded defendant Liston B. Yekeh to the Monrovia City Court for allegedly killing his girlfriend Samelia Darlene Fuller in the Soul Clinic… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Liberia: The 'Kpokolo' Kingpin - How FDA Created a Serial Illegal Logger
On one sunny day in Karnwee late last year, forest rangers and police officers seized a truck with 80 pieces of boxlike timber, ending an hourlong chase all the way from Bahn,… Read more »
Liberia: Mayor Koijee Pledges Govt Commitment in Adhering to Local Migration Governance Indicator
The Mayor of the City of Monrovia, Jefferson Koijee, has pledged government commitment to adherence to the local Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) development, as he addressed a… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Liberia: Former State Security Agent Gets 25 Years for Human Trafficking - Trafficker Claims a State Conspiracy
A Monrovia court has sentenced Arthur Chan-Chan, a former agent of the National Security Agency, to 25 years in prison for human trafficking--the highest penalty yet for a convict… Read more »
West Africa: Former Special Representative of ECOWAS President to Liberia Wants War Crimes and Human Rights Violations Actively Addressed
The former Special Representative of ECOWAS President, to Liberia and HD Facilitator to Liberia, Ambassador Babatunde O. Ajisomo, has expressed as a pressing need for actors in the… Read more »
Liberia: Environmental Protection Agency Fines East Int'l U.S.$150k for Backfilling Marshall Wetlands
East International Group, the Chinese firm reconstructing the Robertsfield Highway, has acknowledged violating the Environmental Protection and Management Law (EPML) of Liberia and… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Liberia: Civil Law Court Denies Manubah Petition for Declaratory Judgment
The Civil Law Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Montserrado County, on January 11, 2023, ruled against Sekou Dgeorges Manubah in a Petition for declaratory judgment, to… Read more »
Liberia: Liberty Party Driver Accused of Stealing U.S.$70K Arrested in Sierra Leone
The standard-bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Cummings, has announced the arrest of Simeon Davies by the Interpool security in Sierra Leone over… Read more »
Liberia: Anger Still Fresh in Kokoyah, Bong County As Citizens Recount 2018 Police Raid
Liberia's history is replete with disagreements between concessionaires and local communities. This has a background in the manner and form in which concession agreements are… Read more »
Liberia: Bomi Senatorial Aspirant Describes Renegotiation of Wester Cluster Deal As 'Wicked and Counterproductive'
In keeping with a popular mandate from thousands of citizens from western Liberia, Bomi County Senatorial aspirant Soko Adama Dorley has called for the cancellation of the… Read more »
Liberia: Vice President Taylor Alarmed Over Condition of Prisoners At Monrovia Central Prison
Jewel Howard Taylor has expressed serious concern over the deplorable and over crowdedness of the Monrovia Central Prison in Monrovia. Read more »