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Liberia: How a Mystery Ship Exposed a Nations's Blind Spots

Liberia, Aug. 27 -- By Rodney D. Sieh | rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com MONROVIA - Liberia is a small country with a long memory for how badly things can go wrong when institutions fail, and a ... Read More


Liberia: Proposed War Crimes Court Has Some Surprising Allies: Warlords

Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Summary By Gloria Wleh, senior reporter with New Narratives BUTT NAKED COMMUNITY, Montserrado County - On a recent afternoon, commercial motorcyclists wait for passengers at this... Read More


Liberia: Sen. Kogar Blasts Howard-Taylor's Detention, Demands Police IG's Resignation, Calls for Probe into Joe Boakai Jr. Over Drug Saga

Monrovia, Aug. 27 -- Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar has sharply criticized the government's handling of former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor's arrest, describing the manner in which she was ta... Read More


Liberia: Senator Konneh Urges Justice Ministry to Publish Documents Behind Police Vehicle Procurement Amid Drug Allegations

Monrovia, Aug. 27 -- Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh has urged the Ministry of Justice and security authorities to publicly release documentary evidence surrounding the procurement and assignment... Read More


The Ship We Couldn't Catch Was Never Just About A Ship

Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Part One of this newspaper's series on Liberia's cocaine reckoning was not really a story about a vessel, a stash house, or even a former Vice President. It was a story about how m... Read More


Liberia: Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Ex-Speaker Koffa, Others In Capitol Arson Case

Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Court to also rule on FDA officials' $6M forestry fraud appeal as it clears 55 cases before term's end. The Supreme Court will this week rule on a bid by former House Speaker J. Fo... Read More


Liberia: Drug Fight Faces Credibility Crisis as Experts Demand Independent Probe; Justice Minister Pushes On

Monrovia, Aug. 27 -- Calls for an independent investigation into Liberia's escalating illicit drug crisis intensified Wednesday as leading experts warned that ongoing investigations could suffer a ser... Read More


'A Dream Team': Liberian Delegation in Rwanda, South Africa to Study Memorials For Proposed Peace Museum

Monrovia, Aug. 27 -- Liberians are celebrating this week as a high-powered government delegation arrives in Rwanda and South Africa. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway The mission is to gather lessons for a ... Read More


Justice Minister Tweh: Liberia Will Not Surrender to Drug Traffickers

Liberia, Aug. 27 -- MONROVIA- Justice Minister and Attorney General Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh has vowed that the Government of Liberia will intensify its fight against drug trafficking, warning that crimin... Read More


Ex-PUL President Coffey Urges Calm, Patriotism and Respect For Rule of Law In Drug Prosecution

MONROVIA, Aug. 27 -- Former President of the Press Union of Liberia, Charles B. Coffey Jr., has called on Liberians, including political institutions and actors expressing divergent views on the Gover... Read More