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U.S. Signal to Liberia's Drug War Carries Extra Weight After Record Busts - and a Cloud Over Its Chief Enforcers

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Embassy meeting between Charge d'Affaires Joe Zadrozny and Liberia's top police officials - Inspector General Gregory Coleman and EPS Director Sam Gaye - comes at a fraugh... Read More


Liberians Trapped in Cambodian Detention Plead for a Way Home

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- A group of Liberian nationals, writing through spokesperson Emmanuel Johnson, say they've been held at a Cambodian immigration detention center in Phnom Penh since May 25, 2026 - n... Read More


Liberia: Boakai's Twin Test - Cocaine, a Contested Border, and a Presidency Under Pressure

MONROVIA, Aug. 11 -- Six weeks apart, two crises have converged on the desk of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, each testing a different pillar of his authority. One is a sprawling narcotics investigati... Read More


Liberia: At Sorlumba, a Fragile Peace Papers Over an Unresolved Border Crisis

Liberia, Aug. 11 -- Sorlumba may be quiet, but the dispute is far from over. Months after an armed confrontation displaced communities, wounded a Liberian and triggered a presidential summit, Guinean ... Read More


Liberia: Boakai Appoints Ziankahn to Lead LDEA, Suspends Biago Over Ethics Concerns

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has dismissed Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Officer-in-Charge Fitzgerald T. M. Biago over allegations he received a vehicle from an indi... Read More


Liberia: Inside the Deadline That Could Define President Boakai's War on Drugs

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- "A Detailed Report Within Forty-Eight Hours" The presidency did not wait for the controversy to cool on its own. The Minister of Justice has been instructed to submit a detailed r... Read More


After Three Weeks, Three Countries and One Broken Chain of Command, the IB Atlantic IV Is No Longer Liberia's Alone to Find

MONROVIA, Aug. 10 -- For the better part of three weeks, the IB Atlantic IV existed mostly as a rumor with coordinates attached. It was a ship the government said it was watching, a ship whose engine ... Read More


What Trump's New Order Means for Liberia - and Why Liberia's Own Law Looks Nothing Like America's

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- What Trump's New Order Means for Liberia - and Why Liberia's Own Law Looks Nothing Like America's Washington is fighting over whether being born on American soil should be enough ... Read More


Liberia: IB Atlantic IV Seized in Ivory Coast, Liberia Moves to Bring Vessel Home

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Ivorian authorities take control of the ship that eluded Liberian pursuit for weeks; Coast Guard seeks Sea Shepherd escort as questions over cargo remain unanswered By Rodney D. Si... Read More


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