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Liberia: Criminal Court Rejects Peter Bon Jallah's Acquittal Bid, Orders Him to Take Witness Stand

Liberia, Sept. 30 -- Judge Wesseh Says Prosecution Evidence Requires Defense Response as Statutory Rape Trial Moves Forward By Willie N. Tokpah Monrovia-Criminal Court "E" for Montserrado County has... Read More


"The People Did a Fantastic Job" - Mary Broh Defends Defendants in Saudi Rice Trial

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Monrovia-Former General Services Agency Director General Mary T. Broh, delivered one of the defense's strongest accounts Monday, September 28, in Liberia's ongoing Saudi-donated r... Read More


Liberia: Bon Jallah Seeks Acquittal As DNA Evidence Links Him to Four Exhibits, Defense Points to Crime-Scene Dispute

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Prosecution Given Until Tuesday to Resist Motion as Criminal Court "E" Suspends Trial; Rwandan Forensic Expert Says DNA Match Cannot Establish When or How Biological Material Was ... Read More


Liberia; Former RIA LDEA Commander, Deputy, Nigerian National Sentenced to 20 Years in Quita Dolo Kosso Drug Case

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Margibi County-The assigned Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Margibi County, sitting in its August Term of Court, has sentenced former Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (... Read More


Liberia: Former RIA LDEA Commander, Deputy, Nigerian National Sentenced to 20 Years in Quita Dolo Kosso Drug Case

Liberia, Sept. 29 -- Margibi County-The assigned Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Margibi County, sitting in its August Term of Court, has sentenced former Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (... Read More


Liberia: Bail Denied, The Former Vice President's Lawyers Weigh A Trip To The Supreme Court And a Long Legal Fight

MONROVIA, Sept. 25 -- For three weeks, the most important document at Jewel Howard-Taylor's home has been a visitors' log. By Willie N. Tokpa Every person who passes her gate is written down. Police... Read More


Liberia: NOCAL, Finance Ministry Reportedly Rush to Settle After Court Threatens Closure

MONROVIA, Sept. 25 -- Less than 24 hours after a court ordered the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning closed and sealed, the two institutions ... Read More


Liberia: NOCAL Finance Chief Azango Held In Contempt, Entity Faces Shutdown, as Government Struggles With Decade-Old US$764,762 Liability

Monrovia, Sept. 24 -- National Oil Company of Liberia Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of NOCAL Emmanuel Azango on Wednesday, September 23, found himself at the center of a growing f... Read More


Liberia: Commercial Court Orders NOCAL, Finance Ministry Sealed Over US$764,762 Debt; Finance Chief Held in Contempt

Monrovia, Sept. 23 -- The Commercial Court for Montserrado County on Wednesday, September 23, ordered the closure and sealing of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) and the Ministry of Finance... Read More


Liberia: CDC Prepares to Take Cybercrime Law Fight to Supreme Court After Wrato Release

Liberia, Sept. 23 -- Monrovia-The release of political commentator Jerry Nyantee Wrato from police custody has opened a new and potentially consequential legal battle over Liberia's recently enacted C... Read More