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Liberia: Govt Probing Money Flows, Not Missing Money - Officials
New Democrat, 21 September 2018
A review and analysis of Liberian Government officials' statements and interviews on what has now been duped in the press as "missing billions" indicates the cumulative position of… Read more »
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Liberia: Weah Invites FBI to Probe Missing Billion, Cash Inflows
New Democrat, 20 September 2018
The Liberian government has requested the assistance of the United States Treasury Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the International Monetary Fund to help probe… Read more »
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Liberia: Sirleaf Brands Weah 'Wicked, Impugnment'
Liberian Observer, 20 September 2018
Former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has expressed strong dissatisfaction over what she says is the manner in which her successor, President George Weah, is attempting to draw… Read more »
Confusion Reigns in Liberia Around 'Missing' Billions
There is growing controversy over claims that banknotes worth billions of Liberian dollars have gone missing after being brought into the country. The New Democrat reports that the "cumulative position" of Liberian authorities now is that they have not reached that conclusion, and in another report says President Weah has asked the American FBI to investigate. Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reportedly protested at being dragged into the controversy.
President George Weah is reported to have asked the FBI in the U.S. to investigate claims of missing banknotes.
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Liberia: 'Missing' Billions - Who is Telling the Truth?
Liberian Observer, 21 September 2018
Conflicting accounts by Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, Justice Minister Musa Dean and Information Minister Eugene Nagbe over the reported disappearance of 16 billion Liberian… Read more »
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Liberia: Billions' Probe Widens
NEWS, 21 September 2018
Investigation into the L$16 Billion mystery has been widened by the Liberian government, a move which indicates that President George Manneh Weah is not taking the probe lightly as… Read more »
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Liberia: It Is Now High Time President Weah Break His Silence
Liberian Observer, 21 September 2018
As the current imbroglio unravels amidst a plethora of denials and contradicting accounts of what actually happened to the disappeared billions, statements by Finance Minister… Read more »
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Liberia: "Arrest Tweah," Methodist Church Human Rights Monitor Says
Liberian Observer, 21 September 2018
Minutes after Finance Minister Samuel Tweah denied the disappearance of any container of money [L$16 billion] imported into the country, the director of the Human Rights Monitor of… Read more »
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Liberia: Eugene Nagbe - 'I Did Not Resign'
Liberian Observer, 21 September 2018
Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe has denied resigning his post, despite widespread rumors that he has tendered his resignation to President George Weah. Read more »
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Liberia: The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost
Liberian Observer, 20 September 2018
That containers of new Liberian dollar bank notes have gone missing without trace remains a puzzling mystery but is hardly surprising to many Liberians. Read more »
InFocus
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While an investigation into the reported disappearance of about U.S.$60 million - as confirmed by Information Minister, Lenn Eugene Nagbe - continues, the government has restricted ... Read more »
