August 04
Liberia: Liberia's Army Formally Apologizes for War-Era Crimes As Lutheran Church Massacre Survivors Demand Legislators Pass Bill to Establish War Crimes Court
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Liberia: Prophet Key's Long Road From Firebrand to Forgiveness - the Prophet's Reckoning
Six months ago, Justin Oldpa Yeazeahn built his name calling the country's judges corrupt without proof. Now, with his sentence almost served, he has put his signature to two… Read more »
Liberia: Dismissal Is Not Accountability - Mark Kuiah Must Be Arrested and Charged
A writ of arrest. A letter seeking special favor for a distressed ship that turned out not to be so distressed. A name that keeps surfacing in a scandal that has already jailed… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia's Economy Has Stabilized. a New Report Argues Paying for What's Next Is the Real Test
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Liberia: Liberia's Chase for the Ghost Ship That Keeps Slipping Away - Hot Pursuit, Cold Trail
Major General Forleh doesn't sound like a man who enjoys admitting his troops haven't caught up with a 41-year-old cargo ship. He says it anyway, plainly, because there isn't… Read more »
August 03
Liberia: Ex-Weah Protocol Chief Nora Bundoo Files Third U.S.$8 Million Criminal Appearance Bond After Two Rejections
Former Chief of Protocol to ex-President Nora Finda Bundoo has filed a new US$8 million criminal appearance bond, marking her third attempt to secure release from prosecution after… Read more »
Liberia: Movee Rallies Behind Weah's 2029 Presidential Bid, Declares 'Comeback Is Irreversible and Unstoppable'
The opposition Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE) has formally endorsed former President George Manneh Weah's bid for the 2029 presidential election, describing his… Read more »
Liberia: Op-Ed - Liberia's Open Borders: a Door of Mercy, a Window for Chaos
Liberia has always prided itself on being a home for the tired, the displaced, and the hopeful. That spirit -- the open hand, the open border -- is part of our DNA. But in 2026, a… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Launches First Legal-Learning Artificial Intelligence 'Cj Lewis' to Expand Public Access to the Law
Liblaw, Liberia's largest digital law library, has officially launched CJ Lewis, the country's first legal-learning artificial intelligence (AI), marking a significant milestone in… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Youth Challenged to Make Meaningful Contribution to Nation's Building Process
Amid dangling economic, social and political challenges confronting the nation and its people, Liberian youth have been heavily challenged to shoulder these hurdles into… Read more »
Liberia: Philanthropist Nuku Reeves Promises Construction of Children's Playground in Buchanan
Humanitarian Emmanuel Nuku Reeves has expressed his commitment to supporting the development of recreational facilities in Buchanan, promising to build a large and modern… Read more »
Liberia: Superintendent Gono Commends President Boakai, Vice President Koung for Their Active Involvement in County Affairs
Chiefs, community leaders and citizens of District 8, Nimba County converged in Gipo Town on Saturday, August 1 for a public gathering that praised the presence and work of senior… Read more »
Liberia: A Bill Liberia Cannot Afford to Pass in the Dark
The mystery of the IB Atlantic IV was never about one ship. It's about a government that cannot yet tell its own citizens what is moving through its waters -- and a legislature… Read more »
Liberia: This Is Unacceptable - Inside the Environmental Protection Authority Raid That Exposed an Illegal Chinese-Owned Gold Mine Using a Banned Chemical
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Liberia: Labor Ministry Rejects Mansa Resources' Applications for Foreign Workers' Permits Over Gross Violations - Orders Local Advertisement of Vacancies
Mansa Resources, the company seeking to assume control of Liberia's multi-million-dollar Dugbe Gold Project, has come under scrutiny after the Ministry of Labour rejected its… Read more »
Liberia: Inside Liberia's Cocaine Scandal - Where the Police Became 'Suspects' - - Who Gave the Order?
Picture the road before anyone official wants you to: a van, a truck, and -- tucked in front and behind, headlights doing the ordinary work of traffic -- two marked Liberia… Read more »
Liberia: The Mask Is Off - Liberia Deserves Better
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Liberia: Senator Konneh Alarms Over Involvement of State Security Actors, Former and Current Senior Government Officials Linked to Cocaine Trafficking
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, Senator Amara Konneh, has challenged the Unity Party led-Government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to reset… Read more »
Liberia: Before His Dismissal, Former Ria Deputy Sought Help for Mysterious Vessel He Claimed Was in 'Distress'
Two and a half weeks before his name became public as one of the officials swept up in Liberia's cocaine purge, Mark Egon Kuiah put his signature on a letter that reads, in… Read more »
July 31
Liberia: PUL President Kanubah Gives Liberia - Government 72 Hours to Produce Evidence of Media Bribery Allegations in U.S.$317 Million Cocaine Probe
The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the administration of President Joseph Boakai, demanding that the Government of Liberia publicly release all… Read more »
Liberia: Weah's Comeback Speech Lands in the Middle of Liberia's Biggest Drug Scandal Yet
Former Liberian President George Weah used a keynote address to the diaspora wing of his party to recommit to a 2029 run for the presidency, telling supporters in Springfield,… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia's Top Cop Drops Bombshell, Then Turns On the Press
Without naming a single name, Liberia's Inspector General told the nation Thursday that its record cocaine scandal was "sanctioned" from the top of government. In the same breath,… Read more »
July 30
Liberia: Police Officials Among Several Charged in Alleged Cocaine Smuggling Ring
Authorities have charged a Liberia National Police (LNP) division chief, a police highway patrol chief, and several others in connection with an alleged international cocaine… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai Orders Dismissal of Ria, Police and NSA Officials As Cocaine Investigation Widens
The letter from the Executive Mansion arrived Thursday with the flat, procedural language governments use when they want a story to sound routine: the president had "ordered the… Read more »
July 29
Liberia: Embracing Media As Allies in Liberia's War Against Illicit Drugs - A Pathway to a Brighter Future:
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai: "Has strongly condemned drug trafficking, emphasizing that while Liberia is open for business, it is not a haven for criminal networks. He has vowed… Read more »
