Liberia: Defendant Cries As He Pleads Guilty to Murder of Girlfriend, Princess Zuo

Criminal Court 'B' was gripped by grief Wednesday when defendant Bill Jallah, accused of murdering his girlfriend Princess Zuo, admitted guilt in open court -- weeping as the… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia Launches National Aica Chapter to Put Communities At Center of Conservation

Liberia has joined a growing Pan-African movement to elevate Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in conservation with the launch of its national chapter of the… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Congressional Delegation From Rhode Island Visits Liberia

A U.S. Congressional Delegation from Rhode Island, led by Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Gabe Amo, visited Liberia last week to highlight the historic and enduring bonds between… Read more »

Liberia: Bahais Break Ground On National Center in Liberia, Call It a 'Beacon of Unity'

The Bahai community in Liberia has broken ground for the construction of a new National Haziratu'l-Quds, a national center leaders say will serve as both an administrative hub and… Read more »

Liberia: Arcelormittal Dedicates New Water Systems in Yekepa to Improve Community Access

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Liberia: Child Street Vending On the Rise - Experts Urge Government to Act

In the traffic of Gbarnga, small hands dart between motorcycles and honking cars, balancing trays of water, plantain chips, and sugarcane. The vendors are not adults. They are… Read more »

Liberia: Ghibconverge2025 Outlines Strategies for Refining, Financing, and Integrating African Commodity Trade

- Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has concluded GHIBCONVERGE 2025, its flagship thought-leadership and impact forum, after three days of intensive debate on the future of African… Read more »

Liberia: CDC Moves to District 8 Office After Court-Ordered Eviction of Headquarters

MONROVIA -- Liberia's opposition Congress for Democratic Change has shifted its operations to its Montserrado District 8 office, naming it the party's temporary national… Read more »

Liberia: No Cars, No Bikes - Bong LDEA Officers Fight Drug War On Foot

Liberia has declared drugs a national emergency. But in Bong County, the officers tasked with enforcing that war are fighting with their hands tied, without a single vehicle or… Read more »

Liberia: LDEA Suspends Chief of Operations After Leaked Audio On Drug Compromise

Liberia's Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has suspended its Chief of Operations, Abraham O. Payne, after an audio recording allegedly captured him ordering the release of his… Read more »

Liberia: Kogar Accuses VP Koung of Falling for Gossip About His Ambitions

- Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar has accused Vice President Jeremiah Koung of straining their relationship by entertaining gossip that he, Kogar, harbors ambitions to become… Read more »

Liberia: Defense Cries 'Trial By Ambush' in Capitol Arson Case As Court Orders Late Evidence Disclosure

- Defendants in Liberia's Capitol Arson case filed a motion for discovery on August 11, but the court stayed silent until after prosecutors pushed for trial on August 21. On August… Read more »

Liberia: Caada Warns Against Vigilante Arrests of Suspected Drug Dealers, Cites Rights Violations

- The Community Action Against Drug Abuse (CAADA) has condemned recent citizen-led arrests of suspected drug dealers in Caldwell, warning that such actions violate Liberia's… Read more »

Liberia: CDC Withdraws John Youbuty From Headquarters Construction Committee

The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has abruptly withdrawn its national treasurer, John Youbuty, from the newly formed National Headquarters Construction Committee. Read more »

Liberia: Chinese National's Presence Raises Questions As Sen. Saah Joseph Unveils People Action Party

The launch of Montserrado County Senator Saah H. Joseph's new political movement, the People Action Party (PAP), took an unexpected turn Sunday when an unidentified Chinese… Read more »

Liberia: 'I Will Not License Anyone to Hell' - Bishop Quire Reaffirms Stance Against Same-Sex Marriage

The resident bishop of the Liberia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (LAC/UMC), Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr., has reiterated that the church in Liberia will never… Read more »

Liberia: Bomi Students, Parents Laud Sen. Snowe for L$2m Vacation Job Program

Hundreds of students in Bomi County are heading into the new school year with relief after benefiting from a vacation job program funded by Sen. Edwin Melvin Snowe, a move hailed… Read more »

West Africa: Liberia Joins Ecowas Talks in the Gambia On Strengthening Regional Court Protocols

Liberia has joined fellow West African nations in a high-level meeting to review and adopt new protocols and arbitration rules for the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, a reform… Read more »

Liberia: FDA Boss Allegedly Pushes Locals to Contract His Friend's Firm

The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Rudolph Merab, is allegedly pushing a community forest to sign a logging contract with a dormant company owned by… Read more »

Liberia: Ex-Speaker Koffa to Lead CDC Rebuilding Drive After Headquarters Demolition

Days after bulldozers leveled the Coalition for Democratic Change's (CDC) longtime headquarters in Congo Town, the opposition party has tapped former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa… Read more »

Liberia: Careless Words, Dangerous Truths - When 'Law' Looks Like Politics

Sometimes it takes just a careless remark to expose the truth. When the bulldozers tore through the CDC's Bernard's Beach headquarters, the Unity Party government insisted it was… Read more »

Liberia: Civil Society Groups Warn of Alcohol Crisis, Launch Shadow Report On Global Action Plan

- Civil society groups in Liberia have raised concerns about alcohol abuse, releasing a shadow report that states government inaction and weak policies are contributing to an… Read more »

West Africa: Ghana-Nigeria 2001 Match-Fixing Allegations Resurface

- Ghanaian journalist Fentuo Tahiru has revived allegations of match-fixing in a 2001 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana that ended Liberia's hopes of reaching its first… Read more »

Liberia: 'Law Is Law' Vs. 'Political Mischief' - CDC Evicted From Historic Headquarters

MONROVIA -- The bulldozers at Bernard's Beach did more than tear down concrete walls. They uprooted nearly two decades of political history, leveling the headquarters of Liberia's… Read more »

Liberia: 'CDC's Failures Are CDC's Failures,' Unity Party's Ali Defends Court-Ordered Eviction

MONROVIA - Liberia's ruling Unity Party has rejected accusations of political interference in the court-ordered eviction of the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC),… Read more »