MONROVIA, Aug. 11 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has appointed retired Major General Daniel Dee Ziankahn Jr. as Director General of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), replacing Deputy Police Commissioner Fitzgerald T. M. Biago, who had been serving as the agency's officer in charge amid a widening cocaine investigation.

By Jaheim T. Toby

The appointment, announced Monday by the Executive Mansion, is subject to confirmation by the Liberian Senate.

Ziankahn, a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia and former Minister of National Defense, most recently served as President Boakai's Military Advisor. His appointment comes as the government faces mounting pressure over Liberia's handling of major narcotics seizures,...