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 »
Liberia: Kosiah Denies War Crimes - Repeats Unproven Claims of Witness Bribery
The second last day of witness testimony in the appeal hearing of Alieu Kosiah, the Liberian former rebel commander who was convicted of war crimes in Switzerland's first war… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Liberia: Speaker Chambers Rallies Lawmakers to Unite Ahead of 2023 Crucial Elections At Opening of 54th Legislature's Final Sitting
As the 54th Legislature embarks on its sixth and final sitting, House Speaker Bhofal Chambers has called for the members of both chambers to unite as they discharge their… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Courts Crack Down On Officials Trying to Stop Illegal Timber Exports, As Impunity in Forest Sector Grows
It Is With Alarm That We international NGOs with longstanding interests in Liberia - have learned of recent attempts by Liberia's Courts to arrest key staff in the country's… Read more »
Liberia: Court Sheriffs Moves Sheikh Bassirou Kante's Belongings From Leased Property to Unknown Warehouse
Over the weekend, two sheriffs from Criminal Court 'B' removed all belongings from Sheikh Bassirou Kante's home and took to an unknown warehouse. The removal of his belongings from… Read more »
Liberia: Fifty Trafficked Ladies Get Reintegration Package
The Lutheran Church in Liberia in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ministry of Labour have begun a Psychosocial Training Intervention… Read more »
Liberia: Sinoe Residents Protest Against Chinese Miners' Operation
Villagers in a township in Sinoe County's Kpayan District last week blocked the entrance of a company mining sand in that area, claiming not to have taken part in a memorandum of… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Pro Tempore Hopes the 2023 Turnover in the Senate Would Be Better Than Previous Results
In keeping with the Liberian Constitution of 1986, which requires the Legislature to return to session on the second working Monday of January, the Legislature Monday, January 16,… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Liberia: 16-Yr-Old Committed to the Monrovia Central Prison for Allegedly Killing 32-Yr-Old Alpha Gray
The Liberia National Police (LNP) have forwarded Cyrus Logan to the Monrovia Central Prison for reportedly murdering Alpha Gray on January 6, 2023. Read more »
Liberia: Plaintiff Alleges Attacks and Intimidation in Retaliation for Testimony in Kosiah Trial
In a dramatic third day in former Liberian rebel commander Alieu Kosiah's appeal of his 2021 war crimes conviction, a plaintiff in the 2021 trial told the court he has been… Read more »
Liberia: CDC Secretary General Koijee Warns Nimba County Officials to Stop Mistaking Personal Interest for County's Interest
Jefferson Koijee, the Secretary General of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has urged officials of Nimba County to put their county's interest over personal's… Read more »
January 14, 2023
Liberia: Former Child Soldier Asks UN to Hear Asylum Claim During Kosiah War Crimes Trial
In a dramatic replay of his controversial appearance in convicted Liberia war criminal Alieu Kosiah's 2021 trial, a former child soldier called on to testify on behalf of Kosiah,… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Liberia: Rape Survivor Gives Emotional Testimony at Start of Kosiah's War Crimes Trial
The trial of the Liberian warlord Alieu Kosiah opened today in Bellinzona. It started with a surprise report financed by Kosiah's friends and family. Redacted by a Liberian lawyer,… Read more »
December 23, 2022
Liberia: Post-Mortem Examination Reveals 13-Yr-Old Deceased Ricks Institute Student Was Sick Prior to Her Death
A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of Angel Nagbe, the deceased 13-year-old Ricks Institute 6th grader has revealed that she had a medical problem prior to her… Read more »
Liberia: Gbarpolu, Sinoe File Protest Against Margibi and Bong
The National County Meet group stage continued on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the four venues with spectacular matches in both Kickball and Football but there are teams that… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Commission Expresses Shock, Says It Stands By the Democratically Elected Government
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has expressed dismay and shock at the news of an attempted coup in the Gambia. Read more »
Liberia: After Omani Trafficking Mastermind Skips Bail Judge Denies Bail to Ex-NSA Agent Facing Same Charges
A Monrovia court has denied bail to Arthur Chan-Chan, a former official with the National Security Agency, who is on trial for charges of human trafficking. Such charges would… Read more »
Liberia: Criminal Court 'A' Calls for Retrial in EPs Agent Alleged Murder Case
Criminal Court 'A' Judge Roosevelt Willie, on Thursday, December 22, announced a retrial in the alleged murder case involving dismissed EPS Agent, Patrick Kollie. Read more »