August 22, 2022
Liberia: Jewel Howard Taylor - An Academic Inspiration, Not a Fraud - A Rejoinder to Martin K. N. Kollie's Academic Fraud Allegation
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Liberia: Liberty Party Raises Red Flag On Conduct of Expelled Political Leader's Conduct
The Liberty Party has distanced itself from the fundraising event announced by its expelled political leader, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence on grounds that she is acting without… Read more »
Liberia: Suspended Minister of State Calls for Investigation of Treasury Department Allegations Despite Calls for His Dismissal
Suspended Minister of State for Presidential Affairs believes that allegations on which the U.S. Treasury Department based its conclusion to sanction him are vague, lack reality,… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Court Orders Thomas to Pay U.S.$84 Million to Victims of Lutheran Church Massacre
A US court has ordered Moses Thomas, the former Armed Forces of Liberia commander found liable for the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre, to pay $US84 million to four victims of… Read more »
Liberia: Consortium Welcomes U.S. Report, but Wants More Clarity On Sanctioned Officials
The Consortium of Civil Society Organizations has welcomed the US States Department of Treasury report on the sanctioned officials of the Weah and Taylor Governments. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Citizen Suffers in Ivorian Prison, Family Seeks President Weah's Intervention
The family of a 28- year old Liberian citizen, Jerry Sam, languishing in an Ivorian prison is appealing to President Weah to intervene and see how best the detainee could get… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Liberia: 'I Have No Foreign Account' - Suspended Minister of State Debunks 'Frozen UBA Account' Report
Suspended Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill has denied having bank accounts in Ghana or any other part of the world besides Liberia. Read more »
Liberia: Judge Orders Police Inspector Sudue Arrest for Ignoring Human Rights Commission's Subpoena
Circuit Court Judge Nancy Finda Sammy has issued an arrest warrant for the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP) Patruck Sudue over his refusal to appear before… Read more »
Liberia: Associate Justice Sie-a-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh Tipped for Chief Justice Post
Top sources at the Liberian Senate have told FrontPageAfrica that President George Weah favorable pick for chief Justice is Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh. Justice Yuoh will… Read more »
Liberia: U.S.$20 Million Suit Hangs Over Senate Secretary
The Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice has slapped a US$20 million lawsuit on Nanborlor Singbeh in the case involving him and Hans Armstrong for the action of damages or… Read more »
Liberia: Reviewing the U.S. Treasury Sanctions Within the Context of Legislative Oversight
Liberia has a Republican form of government with three separate coordinate branches: the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary. The Executive enforces the laws and the… Read more »
Liberia: APM Terminals Liberia & Dock Workers Sign MOU to Resolve Dispute
APM Terminals Liberia and the leadership of the Dock Workers Union of Liberia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to end a long-standing dispute that has existed between the… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Liberia: Rep. Aspirant Takes Issue With Pres. Weah Over Suspension of Sanctioned Officials
A Representative hopeful for District #8 in Montserrado County, Alvin Pennue, has criticized President George Manneh Weah for showing what he calls the lack of leadership in his… Read more »
Liberia: Weah's Supporters Not Bothered By Sanctions Against Top Officials As They Vow to Give Him Another Term
Supporters of Liberia's President George Manneh Weah appeared to be unmoved by the sanctioning of three top officials of his government for corruption by the U.S. Treasury… Read more »
Liberia: 'Weah and Officials Are Partners in Crime' - Cummings
The Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Cummings says the character, image, and values of the Minister of State Nathaniel McGill are a direct… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Liberia: Senate Debates Making Amendment to Drug Law
The Liberian Senate is debating whether or not to make a law that will declare drugs abuses bailable or non-bailable. The current proposed law calls for people arrested with… Read more »
Liberia: Citizens, Politicians, CSOs Call for the Dismissals of Sanctioned Govt. Officials
If President George Weah had thought that his decision to suspend three of his officials barely 24 hours after they were slapped by U.S. sanctions for their involvement in… Read more »
Liberia: National CSO Council Urges President Weah to Dismiss Corrupt Government Officials
President George Weah continues to be bombarded by calls from several institutions and citizens, urging him to sack the three officials sanctioned by the United States Government… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Liberia: U.S. Envoy Hopes President Weah 'Makes Good Decisions' After Sanctions Placed On Top Officials
Michael McCarthy rarely minces his words on issues of governance, the rule of law and corruption. The tough talking US Ambassador to Liberia raised eyebrows recently when… Read more »
Liberia: Human Rights Commission Vows to Subject Police Inspector to Ongoing Public Hearing Over July 26 Violence
The Chairman of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), Cllr. Dempster Brown says the Commission will do all in its jurisdiction to subject Police Inspector… Read more »
Liberia: Montserrado As Grand Jury Indicts CDC-COP Gangs With First, Second Degrees Felony
Criminal Court "A" has issued a Writ of Arrest for seven members of the Coalition For Democratic Change-Council of Patriots, following an indictment brought against them by the… Read more »
Liberia: Facebook Page Purporting to Be Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Is Fake
Local Voices Liberia has been keeping tab on two Facebook accounts purporting to be Samuel D. Tweah - Liberia's Minister of Finance and Development Planning. Read more »
August 17, 2022
Liberia: Seeking Answers for Liberia's China Snub, Critics See UN Condemnation As Bid to Avoid U.S. Sanctions
Twice in the last twelve months the Liberian government has confounded observers by breaking with a decades-long foreign policy of non-interference in other states' internal… Read more »
August 15, 2022
Liberia: Key Members of Weah-Led Government Placed On U.S. Sanctions
Three senior members of President George Manneh Weah-led government have been slapped with sanctions by the United States Department of Treasury. Read more »
Liberia: Claims, Counter Claims Following Mysterious Burning of Unity Party Chairman's Home Heightens Political Tension
The burning of the house of the newly minted Chairman of the opposition Unity Party Rev. J. Luther Tarpeh has sparked an exchange of accusations from the government of President… Read more »