February 22
Liberia: LDEA Director Abraham Kromah Launches Administration With Seizure of Three Million Liberian Dollars Drugs - Foreign Nationals Arrested for Drug Trafficking
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 seized pills of hard drugs with a street value of more than three million Liberian dollars in Sayon Town,… Read more »
Liberia: Tenured Officials Contemplate Lawsuit Against Govt
When President Boakai mounted the podium on January 22, 2024 to give the most important speech of his life right after his swearing in by Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Youh, he… Read more »
February 21
Liberia: Pres. Boakai Controversial Appointments to Tenured Positions Raises Eyebrows On His Respect for Rule of Law
In 2018, when the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) took over the Unity Party with a popular mandate having stayed in opposition for 12 years, they attempted to do something… Read more »
Liberia: State Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against 'Prophet Key' to the Dismay of Amb. Endee
Government lawyers prosecuting 'Prophet Key' on behalf of Cultural Ambassador Juli Endee has withdrawn all charges filed against 'Prophet Key' at the Monrovia City Court. Read more »
February 19
Liberia: Transport Minister Calls On Police IG to Investigative Corruption Allegations Against RFIR's Daniel Johnson
During his confirmation hearing early last week, the then Transport Minister-designate, Sirleaf Tyler, faced questioning from Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph regarding… Read more »
February 15
Liberia: 'J. Nelson Freeman Did Not Open Fire On Cdcians' - Nov. 7 Investigative Report Shows
FrontPageAfrica has obtained a copy of the investigative report of the November 7, 2011 shooting at the headquarters of the Congress for Democratic Change. The report clears the… Read more »
Senegal: Constitutional Council Rejects Postponement of Senegal's Presidential Election
Senegal's Constitutional Council late Thursday overturned the controversial law recently passed by parliament postponing the country's presidential election scheduled for 25… Read more »
February 14
Liberia: Additional Budgetary Support Needed to Provide Adequate Access to Justice for Poor People - Public Defendants Advise
Lawyers who represent poor people accused of committing both felonious and non-felonious crimes across the country say the public defenders program needs additional budgetary… Read more »
February 06
Liberia: Chris Weah - the Man Allegedly Purporting As Ex-President's Brother Duping Investors Over Non-Existing Oil Block-9
The Major Crime Unit of the Liberia National Police has confirmed the findings of a FrontPageAfrica investigation into the fraudulent activities of Christopher Geeplay Weah, a… Read more »
January 31
Liberia: How Embracing Intellectual Property Rights Can Unlock SME Growth in Liberia
Why do so many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) fail in Liberia? The answer for many would be inadequate financing, but an often-neglected factor is the underutilization of… Read more »
January 30
Liberia: Boakai Attacked at UMU 19th Graduation Exercise in Dormah Town
An unknown person Tuesday intruded the President's security protocol while he was attending the 19th Graduation of the United Methodist University. Read more »
Liberia: Local Civil Society Group Engaging Lawmakers for the Establishment of a WASH Standing Committee
Compassion for Humanity Liberia (C4H Liberia), a national non-governmental organization, has announced its commitment to formalizing the establishment of the WASH Legislative… Read more »
Liberia: Commercial Drivers Decry Extortion By Security Personnel Assigned Along Laugatuo-Monrovia Highway
Several commercial drivers traveling on the Luogatuo to Monrovia highways have raised concerns about the increasing harassment by security forces. Read more »
Liberia: Pres. Boakai Declares War Against Drugs, Says He'll Take the Lead in Taking a Drug Test
Liberia's President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has declared drugs and substance abuse as a public health emergency in the country. Read more »
Liberia: 'I Take These Allegations Seriously' - - Former LACE Executive Director Troubles Over Writ of Arrest Against Him for Alleged U.S.$40k Debt
The former executive director of the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE), Pepsi K. Yeke, has expressed serious discomfort over a recent Writ of Arrest against him, on… Read more »
Liberia: Influential Johnsonville Elder Amos Gono On the Run After Allegedly Raping 13-Yr-Old
Thirteen-year-old Sarah Andrews, not her real name, was allegedly raped by Mr. Amos Gono, an influential man in the Johnsonville Kpelleh Town Community in which a street is named… Read more »
Liberia: Members of the Liberian Senate Reportedly Violate Standing Rule 29 During Constitutional Debate
Several new and old members of the Liberian Senate either knowingly or unknowingly have grossly violated Rule 29 of the body's Standing Rules focusing on the approaches during a… Read more »
January 29
Liberia: Acrimony At EPA - Dismissed Chief Technical Advisor Questions Executive Director's Tenure
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia is embroiled in controversy and acrimony over the 'tenure' of the Executive Director, Mr. Wilson Tarpeh and the dismissal of… Read more »
Liberia: Lack of Transparency in Asset Valuation - A Risky Move for Public Officials
The recent disclosure of assets by Senate President Pro Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, Senator Abraham Darius Dillon, and Jonathan Boy-Charles Sogbie is a positive step toward… Read more »
Liberia: Gender Minister-Designate Faces Scrutiny as Character Questioned
Ms. Gbeme Horace Kollie, President Joseph Boakai's nominee for the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, is facing scrutiny due to allegations raised by the late… Read more »
Liberia: Government Inaction Brings U.S.$26 Million Coastal Defense Project to a Standstill
As sea erosion continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of this low-lying Monrovia township there is growing anger here about the status of the $US25.6 million project… Read more »
January 28
Liberia: Senator Prince Johnson Says Former Fighters Will Prevent Him From Facing the War Crime Court
Senator of Nimba County, Prince Yormie Johnson, has sharply warned the administration of President Joseph Boakai to abolish the plans for the establishment of the long-awaited war… Read more »
January 11
Gambia: Former Gambian Interior Minister Takes the Stand After Swiss Court Denies Request to Dismiss Charges
Ousman Sonko, Gambia's former interior minister, who turned 55 on Tuesday, took the stand for the first time at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland. He provided… Read more »
Gambia: First Witness in Swiss Trial of Jammeh Enforcer Sonko Says He Treated Her as 'Sex Slave'
The first witness in the crimes against humanity trial of 55-year-old Ousman Sonko--Gambia's former interior minister--told a the Federal Criminal Court that Sonko imprisoned and… Read more »
January 08
Gambia: Alleged Jammeh Enforcer Sonko Goes On Trial for Crimes Against Humanity in Switzerland
year-old former interior minister of the Gambia, goes on trial for crimes against humanity in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in the city of Bellinzona Monday for his alleged role… Read more »