Liberia: Former Liberian VP Camp Says Government Officials Are Cooking Up Fake AI Evidence in Drug Case

Liberia, Aug. 22 -- Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering, and related offenses tied to a transnational narcotics probe, after stopping ... Read More

Liberia: Recording Tied to 2022 Dubai Meeting Now at Center of $317M Case, as Howard-Taylor Faces Charges, Fate of Police, Other Officials tied to Case Uncertain

Liberia, Aug. 20 -- A wired phone call from a fugitive American informant is what investigators say sealed the case against Jewel Howard-Taylor - pulling Liberia's former First Lady and Vice President... Read More

Liberia: The Former President Says The Case Against Taylor Is Fabricated. The Government Hasn't Said Why It Isn't Treating Officials Still On Its Own Payroll The Same Way

Monrovia, Aug. 20 -- Former President George Weah's statement, issued under his own name as "Political Leader of the Congress for Democratic Change," was among the most forceful he has made since leav... Read More

BREAKING: Former VP Jewel Howard Taylor Barred from Leaving Liberia, Escorted by Riot Police

MONROVIA, Aug. 19 -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor says she was stopped en route to Roberts International Airport, where she was due to fly to Accra, Ghana, to take part in a women's progr... Read More

BREAKING: Ex-VP Jewel Howard Taylor Says She's "Under Arrest," Amid Widening Drug Probe

MONROVIA, Aug. 19 -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor says she has been told she is under arrest, according to a message she sent as the situation continued to develop Wednesday. "They have ... Read More

Inside Liberia's Stalled War on Drugs, Investigation into multiple narcotics busts

Monrovia, Aug. 18 -- MONROVIA - For weeks, the question hanging over Liberia's largest-ever drug bust was whether anyone would be formally charged at all. That question has now been answered, but the ... Read More

Liberia: Police Chief Demands Senator Konneh "Show the Evidence" in Cocaine Cartel Claims

MONROVIA, Aug. 18 -- A pointed letter from Liberia's top police official to Sen. Amara Konneh has escalated tensions between law enforcement and the legislature over who is really being protected - an... Read More

Buried Inside Liberia's Port Decentralization Bill: A Potential 2029 Rivalry - and the Security Gaps Nobody Wrote In

Liberia, Aug. 17 -- A Vice President and a Senate Pro Tempore are quietly positioning for 2029 over who profits most from Liberia's new port law - while the bill itself creates four independent port s... Read More

Liberia: President Boakai Signs Port Decentralization Bill in Middle of Biggest Drug Crisis

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- A year ago, the Liberian president said breaking up Liberia's ports would risk the country's maritime security. This week, with a mystery vessel case still unresolved and a cocaine... Read More

How a Liberia "Cartel" Took a 71-Year-old Canadian $100k

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- A Canadian retiree's search for African gold turned into a months-long con involving fake shipping companies, a phony "minister," strongbox theater, and a scheme so elaborate he co... Read More

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