July 24
Liberia: Several Police Officers Under Interrogation Over Record Cocaine Seizure
Liberia’s police intelligence chief, two other ranking officers and an operative of the National Security Agency have been detained and are being interrogated over the… Read more »
Liberia: Ngafuan Launches Fy2027 Budget Process, Warns Against Poor Planning, Unplanned Spending
Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has launched the formulation of Liberia's Fiscal Year 2027 National Budget, warning ministries, agencies and… Read more »
Liberia: At 179, Liberia Must Decide Whether It Is a Republic or a Criminal Enterprise
On Sunday, July 26, Liberia will celebrate 179 years of independence. There will be speeches, military parades, church services, cultural displays, and the familiar declarations of… Read more »
Liberia: Tamar J.W. Tarr - the Private Who Wants to Command an Army
Women are 7.4 percent of the Armed Forces of Liberia. Pvt. Tamar J.W. Tarr, 24, a clerk at headquarters, is aiming at the office at the very top of it. Read more »
Liberia: Kebe Donates Football Equipment Ahead of Independence Day
Liberia's Ambassador for Youth and Sports Development, Alieu Kebe, has presented football equipment to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Liberia's chief patron of sports, as part of… Read more »
Liberia: NPA Pythons Eliminate Mighty Barrolle, Advance to Lba First Division Finals
NPA Pythons booked their place in the 2026 Liberia Basketball Association (LBA) First Division League Finals with a 76-71 victory over Mighty Barrolle on Wednesday, completing a… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Marathon Trust Rejects Laf Allegations, Says Partnership Agreement Expired in 2014
The Liberia Marathon Trust (LMT) has rejected allegations by the Liberia Athletics Federation (LAF) that it breached a memorandum of understanding (MOU), insisting the only… Read more »
July 23
Liberia: LNP Dismisses Police Academy Commandant Saymor Mulbah Over Alleged Extortion
MONROVIA - The Liberia National Police has dismissed the commandant of its own training academy over allegations that he extorted money from a businessman under the pretense of… Read more »
Liberia: Police Inspector General Relieves Crime Services Deputy Over Alleged U.S.$10,000 Payment in Cocaine Probe
MONROVIA -- The Liberia National Police has removed its deputy commissioner for crime services after he allegedly admitted receiving US$10,000 in connection with suspects held in… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Justice Upholds Order for New Trial in Hage Property Fraud Case
MONROVIA -- A Supreme Court justice has refused to disturb a lower court decision that threw out a jury verdict against Nohad M. Hage, leaving in place an order that the disputed… Read more »
July 22
Liberia: Latest Cocaine Bust Valued At Over U.S.$300m, Weighs Nearly 4 Tonnes
Liberian security forces have seized 3,971 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated US$318 million from a warehouse in the VOA Community in Paynesville, and arrested two foreign men… Read more »
Liberia: Eugene Nagbe Alleges Official Collusion in Liberia's Cocaine Trade, Disputes Government's U.S.$19 Million Valuation
Eugene Nagbe, a former top official in George Weah's government, has alleged that people in authority are colluding with drug traffickers, saying the large cocaine shipments… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Orders Finda Bundoo Released a Day After Her Incarceration
MONROVIA -- One night in Monrovia Central Prison was all it took to draw in the Supreme Court. A day after former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo was… Read more »
Liberia: 'This Is an Attack On the CDC' - Nagbe Defends Tweah, Condemns Finda Bundoo's Detention
MONROVIA - Eugene Lenn Nagbe, Chief of Office Staff to former President George Weah, says the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) is treating the renewed legal scrutiny of former… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia, France's Haropa Port Sign Landmark Deal to Modernize Seaports
MONROVIA - Liberia has taken a major step toward transforming its maritime sector after the National Port Authority (NPA) signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with… Read more »
Liberia: Finda Bundoo Asks Supreme Court to Void U.S.$8 Million Bond, Calls Jailing Order Unconstitutional
Former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has petitioned the Supreme Court to eliminate an US$8 million criminal bond, which her lawyers argue is… Read more »
Liberia: Faculty Revolt Tests Liberia's Oldest University As President Answers No-Confidence Votes With Reform Pledge
No institution symbolizes Liberia's hopes for national recovery and human capital development more than the University of Liberia (UL). For decades, the country's oldest and… Read more »
Liberia: Weah's Ex-Protocol Chief Surrenders for Incarceration After Court Rejects Bonds, Sets U.S.$8m Bail
Former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo turned herself in for incarceration Tuesday, hours after Criminal Court 'C' Judge Ousman F. Feika set her bail at US$8 million, rejected… Read more »
Liberia: Jurors Who Cleared Liberia's Ex-Finance Minister Smuggled Phones, Plotted Cover-Up, Court Probe Finds
The jurors who acquitted former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. smuggled mobile phones into their sequestered quarters, communicated with dozens of people on the outside and… Read more »
Liberia: ALCC Urges Boakai to Create National Equipment Pool for Liberian Contractors
The Association of Liberian Construction Contractors (ALCC) has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to establish a government-backed construction equipment pool, arguing that… Read more »
Liberia: Giddings Pushes for Independent Road Fund As Liberia Accelerates Highway Expansion
Public Works Minister Roland Lafayette Giddings is calling for the National Road Fund to operate independently, arguing that a stable and autonomous financing mechanism is critical… Read more »
Liberia: Journalist Larbeindee Tells Graduates They Are Liberia's Future Nation Builders
Journalist Matthias F. Larbeindee has challenged graduates of Tarplah Coleman Integrity Academy to view themselves not simply as recipients of academic certificates but as the next… Read more »
Liberia: Researcher George Tengbeh Calls for Transparency, Jobs As Liberia Leads World's Largest Ship Registry
Labour policy researcher and Liberia Labour and Governance Alliance (LILGA) Executive Director George Sahr Tengbeh has called for greater transparency, stronger legislative… Read more »
July 21
Liberia: Another Massive Suspected Cocaine Cache As U.S.$19.2m Airport Probe Deepens
DUAZON, Margibi County - Liberian security forces seized what could be the country's largest haul of suspected cocaine Tuesday, raiding a warehouse in Duazon and detaining two… Read more »
Liberia: Court Sets U.S.$8 Million Bail, Orders Re-Arrest of Ex-Weah Aide Nora Finda Bundoo
MONROVIA - Criminal Court 'C' at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia on Tuesday set bail at US$8 million for Nora Finda Bundoo, chief of protocol to former President George Weah, and… Read more »
