June 17
Liberia: Ngafuan Calls for Legal Protection of Kickball As a Liberian Innovation
Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called for kickball to be granted legal protection, proper branding and international promotion, warning that… Read more »
May 25
Liberia: U.S. Donation Highlights Logistical Struggles Facing Liberia's Anti-Drug Fight
The donation of 15 motorbikes by the United States Embassy to the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has renewed attention to the severe logistical and operational challenges… Read more »
May 22
Liberia: Boakai Sends War Crimes Court, Anti-Corruption Bills to Legislature
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has formally submitted legislation to the House of Representatives seeking to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court and a National Anti-Corruption… Read more »
Liberia: EPA, Police Arrest Nearly 20 Chinese Nationals Over Illegal Mining
The Environmental Protection Agency, working with the Liberia National Police, arrested nearly 20 Chinese nationals Thursday on allegations of illegal mining and extensive… Read more »
May 21
Liberia: Supreme Court Dismisses Contempt Bid Against House Speaker Over Faulty Service
MONROVIA - The Supreme Court of Liberia has dismissed contempt proceedings against House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon and members of the House of Representatives, ruling that the… Read more »
Liberia: Tweah's Lawyers Petition Supreme Court to Block Jury Probe, Call It Executive Witch Hunt
MONROVIA - Lawyers for acquitted former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. have filed an emergency petition before the Supreme Court of Liberia on Thursday, seeking a writ of… Read more »
May 20
Liberia: Senators Put Local Govt Minister in Check
Three Liberian senators are demanding that Local Government Minister Francis Nyumalin appear before the Senate to explain the legal basis for reported plans to dissolve multiple… Read more »
Liberia: Criminal Court 'C' Opens Inquiry Into Jury Tampering Claims in Tweah Economic Sabotage Trial
Criminal Court 'C' at the Temple of Justice is set to open formal inquiry proceedings Wednesday into allegations that jurors in the high-profile economic sabotage trial of former… Read more »
Liberia: Sirleaf Called It Filthy. Boakai Called It Progress. the Trash Remains.
MONROVIA -- When former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called Monrovia "filthy" on a popular radio program in late April, she was not saying anything that hundreds of thousands of… Read more »
May 19
Liberia: SUP Warns Against 'Political Witch-Hunt' After Tweah Acquittal, Defends Court Verdict
Monrovia - The Student Unification Party (SUP) of the University of Liberia has condemned what it described as a politically motivated campaign against former Finance and… Read more »
Liberia: Court Orders Seizure of NEC Assets Over U.S.$171k Unpaid Debt
The Commercial Court of Liberia has ordered the seizure and possible sale of National Elections Commission assets to satisfy a six-year-old judgment debt of US$171,105 owed to a… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Leaves Capitol Fire Trial Hanging in Limbo
More than 17 months after a fire devastated Liberia's Capitol Building, the criminal trial of former House Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa and 13 co-defendants remains on hold --… Read more »
May 18
Liberia: Judge Halts Sam Jackson Trial Over Autopsy Report the Defense Says It Has Never Seen
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May 15
Liberia: CDC Accuses Boakai Administration of Offering $275,000 Bribe to Convict Tweah
The Congress for Democratic Change used a National Unification Day press conference Thursday at its temporary headquarters on Fifth Street in Sinkor's Plumkor community to accuse… Read more »
Liberia: Acquitted One Week, Summoned the Next - Tweah Faces New U.S.$20.5m Probe
MONROVIA -- The ink was barely dry on his acquittal when the government came for Samuel D. Tweah Jr. again. Read more »
May 13
Liberia: Audit - Liberia Paid Chinese Road Contractor $1.15m Without Required Paperwork, Can't Account for $578k More
The government of Liberia paid a Chinese road contractor more than $1.15 million for airport highway construction work without the required completion certificate and cannot… Read more »
Liberia: Judiciary to Construct Two Magisterial Courts Amid Growing Calls for Judicial Expansion
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May 11
Liberia: Auditors - Liberia Can't Account for Hundreds of Millions in Tax Revenue
Liberia's national tax revenue system is riddled with hundreds of millions of dollars in unreconciled transactions, unauthorized bank withdrawals, fraudulent reversals, and… Read more »
Liberia: 'It's Not Over Yet' - Analyst Says Supreme Court Could Revisit Tweah Acquittal
MONROVIA -- The jury acquitted former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. But former communications director of the Temple of Justice says the $6.2 million theft case is far from… Read more »
May 08
Liberia: Sinkor Bouncer Charged With Manslaughter After Hiding Unconscious Woman's Body Under Mattress
|The Liberia National Police have formally charged a 27-year-old Sinkor bouncer with manslaughter and negligent homicide after investigators say he concealed the unconscious body… Read more »
Liberia: Criminal Court 'C' Sets Final Arguments in U.S.$6.2m Economic Sabotage Case Against Tweah, Four Others
A Monrovia criminal court has scheduled final arguments for Friday in the high-profile economic sabotage trial of former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah… Read more »
Liberia: Police Gunshot Wounds Bystander in Gardnersville
A Liberia National Police officer's gunshot wounded a motorcyclist bystander during a confrontation with residents at Chicken Soup Junction in Gardnersville Thursday afternoon,… Read more »
May 01
Liberia: Criminal Conviction Bars Kuoh As LFA Election Committee Unveils Final Candidates List
The Liberia Football Association's Independent Electoral Committee has ruled presidential aspirant Cassell A. Kuoh ineligible to contest the May 2026 LFA elections, citing… Read more »
April 29
Liberia: Seven in 10 Liberian Prisoners Have Never Been Convicted, Govt Official Reveals
Published: April 29, 2026 Read more »
April 30
Liberia: Supreme Court Clears Way for Trial of Firm Accused of Diverting $851,000 From Foreign Affairs Renovation
Published: April 30, 2026 Read more »
