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Liberia: Suspended Monrovia Central Prison Deputy Superintendent Alleges Irregular Arrest, Names Officials in Public Statement Tied to Drug Casey

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Jackson K. Kolako, Deputy Superintendent for Operations at the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP), has gone public with a detailed account of his August 1 arrest, alleging he was detaine... Read More


Liberia: Suspended Monrovia Central Prison Deputy Superintendent Alleges Irregular Arrest, Names Officials in Public Statement Tied to Drug Case

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Jackson K. Kolako says he was detained for six days after resisting an unlogged, after-hours visit to an inmate linked to Liberia's multi-million-dollar narcotics case By Rodney D.... Read More


How a Paynesville Nightspot Became Ground Zero in Liberia's Cocaine Case

Monrovia, Aug. 7 -- The operation that shut down Private Bar on Wednesday looked, from the outside, like a raid built to send a message. Heavily armed security officers blocked access to the premises ... Read More


Liberia: Boakai On Drug Scandal - 'We Will Find You' - But Will The Courts Deliver?

Liberia, Aug. 7 -- He came to swear in judges and court marshals. He left having delivered the most direct public warning of his presidency - to drug traffickers, yes, but also, if the words are taken... Read More


Liberia: IG Coleman Rejects Any Ties To Liberia's Cocaine Cartel

Monrovia, Aug. 7 -- Coleman's statement, posted to his personal Facebook page, reads less like a routine institutional update and more like a man answering a question nobody asked him directly, becaus... Read More


Liberia: Weah's Comeback Speech Lands in the Middle of Liberia's Biggest Drug Scandal Yet

Liberia, July 31 -- Before George Weah said a word about the presidency, he asked the room to be quiet. A gospel singer partisans knew and loved, Minister Miracle Kettor, had died since the party last... Read More