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Liberia: Jewel Howard Taylor Rushed to GIMS Hospital After Medical Emergency in Police Custody

MONROVIA, LIBERIA, Aug. 20 -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has been rushed to GIMS Hospital in Sophie, Monrovia, after reportedly experiencing a medical emergency while in police custody.... Read More


Liberia: ACCICO'S US$16 Million Surety for Nora Finda Bundoo Faces Prosecution Scrutiny over Documentation, Authority and Financial Capacity

MONROVIA, Aug. 20 -- The effort by former Deputy Minister and Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo to secure her release from detention has entered another critical stage, as Criminal Court "C" continu... Read More


Former VP Taylor Remains at LNP Holding Cell Amid Reported Health Concerns

Liberia, Aug. 20 -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor remains at the Liberia National Police's withholding cell as of Thursday, August 20, amid reports that she may not be transferred to the M... Read More


Liberia: Chesson Hit with Threat, Coercion Charges; US$228,658 Property Secures US$10,000 Bond

MONROVIA, Aug. 19 -- Former Assistant Minister of Public Works, Minister J. Jefferson Chesson, one of the more outspoken political voices surrounding Liberia's controversial drug-trafficking crisis, h... Read More


Liberia: Mary Broh's Long Road Back: From Powerful GSA Boss, to Prison, to Prosecution's Withdrawal in Saudi Rice Case

Liberia, Aug. 19 -- MONROVIA-The Saudi rice case has been a dramatic fall. For former GSA Director General Mary Tanyonoh Broh, from one of Liberia's most recognizable public offices to a prison cell, ... Read More


Liberia: Suspended, But Not Charged: Why Are Former Suspended LDEA Chiefs Still Waiting for a Reason?

Liberia, Aug. 19 -- MONROVIA-Former Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency Officer-in-Charge DCP Fitzgerald T. M. Biago and former Deputy Officer-in-Charge for Operations ACP Patrick B. Kormazu have now been... Read More


Liberia: 16-Year-Old's Testimony Puts NSA Agent at Center of Rape Trial as Witness Recounts Three Alleged Sexual Assaults, Abduction and Roadside Abandonment

MONROVIA, Aug. 18 -- A 16-year-old alleged victim has delivered a deeply troubling account in the rape trial of National Security Agency Operative Peter Bon Jallah, telling Criminal Court "E" that he ... Read More


Liberia: Herbalist Jailed for Frightening Woman Into Paying US7,200

Liberia, Aug. 15 -- Mobrovia-"I was hired to kill you," was the alleged warning that turned fear into cash, that later landed 61-year-old Saah Fayiah Jr., alias Alahaji Bamba, in prison. Liberian pol... Read More


Saudi Rice Case: Kemayah, Co-Defendants Prepare to Face Trial Amid Strong Denials

MONROVIA, Aug. 14 -- Former Foreign Affairs Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah and 12 other former government officials are set to face trial Monday, August 17, in Criminal Court "C" over allegations s... Read More


Liberia: Why Prophetkey's Six-Month Sentence Has Not Yet Guaranteed His Freedom

MONROVIA, Aug. 14 -- For months, the date August 13 had been viewed by supporters of Justin Oldpa Yeazehn, widely known as "Prophet Key," as the day the controversial social media commentator would fi... Read More