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Liberia: As Vaccine Aid Is Cut, a Remote Measles Outbreak Shows What's at Risk

Liberia, June 25 -- The measles came to this town in January. Nobody announced it. Nobody warned families here. It moved quietly from home to home, the way measles does - through the air, between chi... Read More


Liberia: Gov't Under Fire Over Slow Pace of US$19 Million Drug Probe Despite Major Revelations

Liberia, June 25 -- The Liberian government is facing mounting criticism over what many citizens, activists, and public commentators describe as the slow pace of the investigation into the alleged US$... Read More


Liberia: CDC Taps Cummings as Keynote Speaker as Opposition Leaders Converge on Zwedru for 2029 Political Push

Liberia, June 25 -- The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has announced that Alternative National Congress (ANC) Political Leader Alexander B. Cummings will serve as the keynote speaker at the part... Read More


Liberia: House Backs Closure of GLS Menzies, Wants Drug Probe Persons of Interest Treated as Suspects

Liberia, June 25 -- The House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for the immediate closure of GLS Menzies and all businesses allegedly linked to the reported US$19 million drug traffic... Read More


Liberia: In Major Shift, Coalition of Religious Leaders Urges Passage of Bill to Extend Abortion Access

Liberia, June 24 -- In a major boost to efforts to pass a health bill that would expand access to abortion in Liberia, the Inter-Religious Council, the umbrella body representing the country's major C... Read More


Liberia: Two Defendants Deny Charges as Second Witness Corroborates Security Visit, Claims Vice President's Guards Didn't "Bother Anybody" at Compound at Heart of Case

Liberia, June 24 -- Another defendant in the human trafficking trial involving 57 alleged victims testified Tuesday that four members of Vice President Jeremiah Koung's security detail visited the com... Read More


Liberia: Tweah Writes UN Chief, Vows to Resist 'Injustice', Warns of 'Political Witch-Hunt' and Rule of Law Erosion in Liberia

Liberia, June 24 -- Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has launched a blistering attack on the administration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, accusing the governmen... Read More


Liberia: Senate Orders Probe, Seeks Suspension of GLS Cargo Handling Over Alleged Link to US$19.2 Million Cocaine Case

Liberia, June 24 -- The Liberian Senate has ordered an investigation into the operations of GLS-Menzies and is considering recommending the suspension of the company's cargo-handling concession at Rob... Read More


Liberia: LAA places Seven Employees on Leave, One Suspended as Authorities Deepen Investigation

Liberia, June 24 -- The Liberia Airport Authority has placed seven employees on administrative leave and indefinitely suspended another staff member as investigations continue into the US$19 million d... Read More


102 Days in The Morgue: Economist Sam Jackson Demands Release of Late Wife Toni Khumalo's Autopsy Report

Liberia, June 23 -- More than three months after the death of South African national Toni Khumalo, her husband, Samuel P. Jackson, is demanding the immediate release of her autopsy and toxicology repo... Read More