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Liberia: INCHR Suspends Executive Director, Planning Director Over Alleged Corruption, Referred to LACC Along with Suspended Chair

Liberia, July 15 -- The Board of Commissioners of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has suspended the Commission's Executive Director, Attorney Urias Teh-Pour, and Director f... Read More


Liberia: Young Students Urged to Embrace Patriotism as Foundation for Peace and National Development

Liberia, July 13 -- Gbarpolu County Elections Magistrate, Ernest K. McCay Sr., has challenged students of the Farwenta Elementary and Junior High School to embrace patriotism as a lifelong national du... Read More


Liberia: House Rescinds Decision to Summon Judge Over US$19M Cocaine Case as Speaker Koon Cites Constitutional Reliance

Liberia, July 10 -- The House of Representatives has reversed its decision to summon former 13th Judicial Circuit Court Judge, now assigned to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court, His Honour T. Ciapha Car... Read More


Lawmakers, Civil Society Push for Landmark Law to Eradicate Harmful Traditional Practices Against Women and Girls

Liberia, July 9 -- Liberian lawmakers, civil society organizations and gender advocates have reignited efforts and renewed calls for the passage of the proposed Women and Girls Protection Act of 2025,... Read More


Liberia: Civil Society Warns Illegal Migration, How Cocoa Expansion Threaten Liberia's Forests and National Security

Liberia, July 9 -- The Civil Society Oil Palm Working Group (CSO-OPWG) has alarmed over what it terms as an escalating threat to Liberia's forests, biodiversity and national security. The group obser... Read More


Liberia: Government Launches New Law to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Tax Incentives

Liberia, July 9 -- The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), in collaboration with the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), has officially launched the Tax Expenditure Management Act of 202... Read More


Liberia: Investigation Reveals Overcrowding at JFK Dialysis Center Amid Inadequate Machines, Alleged Neglect

Liberia, July 7 -- A joint independent investigation into the operations of the Dialysis Center at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center has uncovered allegations of severe overcrowding, inadequate med... Read More


Liberia: SDI Takes EPA to Task Over 'Systemic Failure' Over GVL Complaint

Liberia, July 7 -- The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and the Nitrain Community Forestry Management Body (NCFMB) have accused Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of failing to ful... Read More


Rubber Broker, Farmer Union Urge President Boakai to Revisit Executive Order 166, Says Export Ban Hurts Smallholder Farmers

Liberia, July 6 -- A Liberian rubber broker, Charles Bamakpeh, and the National Rubber Brokers and Farmers Union of Liberia (NARBFUL) have expressed serious frustration over Executive Order (EO)166, t... Read More


Liberia: House Targets Cargo Firms in US$19 Million Cocaine Case, Sen. McGill Slams Government Over 'Slow Pace' of Investigation

Liberia, June 26 -- Pressure is mounting on the Liberian government over the handling of the US$19.2 million cocaine investigation, with the House of Representatives calling for the suspension of key ... Read More