October 13, 2022
Liberia: A Culture of Impunity Reigns, Former TRC Commissioner Tells Paris War Crimes Court
Day three of the war crimes trial of Liberian Kunti Kamara was all about setting the scene of Liberia's civil war and the history that led up to it for the jury of six French… Read more »
Liberia: Atty Kebeh Saryon Makes MIPAD Most Influential 100 Law And Justice Edition 2022
The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Recognition and Awards Ceremony was held on Sunday, October 2nd 2022, following the opening of the 77th United Nations… Read more »
Liberia: Anti-Corruption Boss Challenges New Anti-Corruption Act At Supreme Court
The Executive Chairperson of the Liberia Anti-corruption Commission (LACC) has moved to the Supreme Court of Liberia challenging critical provisions of the recently passed amended… Read more »
Liberia: Two Jailed for Impersonating Frontpageafrica News Desk Chief Lennart Dodoo
Monrovia City Court has sent two men to jail for purporting to be reporters and editors of FrontPageAfrica, with the sole intent of extorting money and blackmailing senior… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Liberia: Residents of Jikardor Town in Cape Mount Demand Relocation After Chemical Affected Their Town
Grand Cape Mount County - Residents of Jikardor Town, Grand Cape Mount County are calling for the relocation of their town after the Bea Mountain Mining Corporation chemical spill… Read more »
Liberia: Concession Company CEO Heard of Audio Recording Instructing Employee to Organize Protest Against Aggrieved Residents in Bomi
The CEO of the Mano Palm Oil Plantation, Mr. Assad Fadel has been caught on tape instructing the head of his company's private security, to mobilize residents of Bomi and Cape… Read more »
Liberia: Kamara Admits Falsifying Travel Documents to Escape Europe
It didn't take long for prosecutors to catch Kunti Kamara in multiple traps in day two of his war crimes trial Tuesday. The former colonel with the United Liberation Movement of… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Liberia: New Chief Justice Promises Equal Justice for All - Says She Wants More Women On the Bench
Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. You, has assured the public that she would dispense justice equally to whether rich or poor, powerful or common. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Rights Campaigner Calls for Repealing of Death Penalty Law
Rights Campaigner Adama Dempster at the Intellectual Contemporary Museum Read more »
Liberia: Trial of Liberian Rebel for War Crimes Begins in France
Though the charges being considered in the trial that got underway here today are "barbarous" according to prosecutors, day one was a quiet affair with the presiding judge of the… Read more »
Africa: UL's Former Student Leader Elected President of the Federation of African Law Students
Siaffa Bahn Kemokai, II, a senior student at the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia has been elected president for the Federation of African Law… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Liberia: SONIT Distances Itself From Cocaine Saga - Says It's Been Out of Business in Liberia for the Past Two Years
SONIT Liberia Inc. The frozen food company in Topoe Village in whose facility the huge consignment of cocaine were confiscated has issued disclaimer over their involvement in… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Liberia: Lawmaker Accused On Building in Driveway - Infringes On Residents' Right
Residents of the Rehab Gulf Community in Paynesville have raised a public outcry about the encroachment of Grand Gedeh District #3 Rep. Alex Grant building in the driveway stopping… Read more »
Liberia: 'Margibi Not Dustbin for Questionable Wealth' - Clarice Jah to Mcgill
Former Margibi County Senator Clarice Alpha Jah has sounded a caveat to United States-sanctioned former Liberian Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill to… Read more »
Liberia: Lawmakers Linked to Facilitating Female Genital Cutting in Gparpolu County
The campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia seems to be leading to a complete fiasco as some lawmakers in the country are said to be heavily facilitating the… Read more »
Liberia: Tubman University Suspends Campus Politics
The Administration of the state-run William V.S. Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County has with immediate effect suspended all campus-based student politics. Read more »
October 07, 2022
Liberia: Three More Arrested in Connection U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Bust in Monrovia
Three persons of interest linked to the US$100 million worth of cocaine busted in Liberia have been arrested at the Sierra Leone border. Read more »
Liberia: Rescue Alternatives Liberia Wants House of Representatives Concur With Senate in Passing Anti-Death Penalty Bill
In commemorating this year's World Day against the death penalty on October 10, 2022, Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) is encouraging the House of Representatives to concur with… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador On War Crimes to Seek Clarity From Liberian Legislature On Stalled Draft War Crimes Court Statutes
United States Ambassador At Large for Global Criminal Justice (GCJ), Dr. Beth Van Schaack has arrived in Liberia and already hit the ground running with a meeting with the civil… Read more »
Liberia: Minister of Justice Cautions Against False Accusation and Speculation in U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Case
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is cautioning the public including media institutions against spreading what it terms rumors in the talking about US$100 million cocaine case. Read more »
October 06, 2022
Liberia: LDEA Promises to Make Liberia a Drug-Free Country
The Director General of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Marcus Zehyou has disclosed that his entity is ready to make Liberia a drug-free country. Read more »
West Africa: Survivors of Lutheran Church Massacre Sue Govt at ECOWAS Court As Us Amb. On War Crimes Begins Visit to Liberia
Survivors of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre--one of the bloodiest in Liberia's history, have sued the Liberian Government to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Hands Over Smuggled Cigarettes to S/Leone Customs
The Anti-Smuggling Unit (ASIU) of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has handed over 70 cartons of smuggled cigarettes to its Sierra Leonean counterpart. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Liberia: Masayaha - Villagers Protest Against Firm for Forest Benefits
Editor's Note: This is the third part of a series on a string of illegal activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which operates in Grand Bassa County. Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Amb. On War Crimes to Visit Liberia
Beth Van Schaack, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice is visiting Liberia, beginning tomorrow, Thursday, amid renewed calls from justice activists for the Weah… Read more »