Author: Rodney Sieh

A prison guard prepares the gate for the pending release of Mr. Charles Sirleaf, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia. Judge Boima Kontoe has signed off on Mr. Sirleaf’s release. Monrovia – Mr. Charles Sirleaf, the eldest son of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf walked out of the Monrovia Central Prison Friday after Judge Boima Kontoe of the Criminal Court C signed off on his release.

Mr. Kollie Ballah, a General Support staff at the Central Bank of Liberia is believed to be the one who drove one of the trucks with the LD 16 billion from the Freeport of Monrovia. Authorities say he might have had an idea of the routes the truck took after leaving the port. Ballah was also one of 35 persons of interest the government investigated in connection with ‘missing’ containers and bags of money amounting to 16 billion Liberian dollars. He died in an accident on February 11, 2019 on a truck ride to Zorzor, Lofa County Rodney D. Sieh,…

Monrovia – Charles Sirleaf, the son of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the former Executive Governor Milton Weeks spent the weekend behind bars, moments following the release of two major reports – an Independent Review Report funded by the U.S. government and prepared by Kroll Associates Inc and the Special Presidential Task Force – regarding allegations of the disappearance of new Liberian Dollar banknotes and the controversy surrounding the disbursement of US$25 million intended to mop-up excess Liberian dollars on the market in stabilize the rapidly increasing exchange note between the Liberian dollar and the United States dollars.

Much of what Kroll uncovered in its findings are bolstered in the findings of the Presidential Investigation Team which went a step further in not only breaking down how the Ministry of finance conducted the controversial US$25 million mop up exercise. LIBERIA OWES A LOT to the United States of America. Since as far back as 1819, when the US Congress appropriated $100,000 toward the establishment of what is now Africa’s oldest republic; which it went on to officially recognize in 1862, 15 years after its establishment as a sovereign nation in 1847, both countries continue to share close diplomatic,…

Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] Monrovia – Ahead of the release of the Special Presidential Task Force report on the missing Liberian billions, a leaked introductory statement from the United States embassy in Monrovia, which reportedly introduces its own report due out Friday, suggests that the independent auditing firm, Kroll’s analysis of the delivery documents provided by the Central Bank of Liberia(CBL) confirms that while new banknotes totaling LRD 15.506 billion were received into the CBL’s reserve vaults, the auditing firm found no information to support allegations that a container of banknotes went missing.

Monrovia – On his first official trip to the Jewish Republic of Israel, President George Manneh Weah has a glowing opportunity to inject some spark into the gloomy economic outlook back home when he visits “Green 2000” for a presentation on agriculture Tuesday.

Monrovia – From all indications it appears that two long-awaited reports on Liberia’s missing sixteen billion and perhaps the report on the US$25 million will be released this week.

Monrovia – Late January when President George Manneh Weah delivered his annual message before the joint session of the national legislature, it was clear that his administration was aware about the anxiety hovering over the nation, still in shock over the missing LD16 Billion and US$25 million respectively.

In Liberia, Section 19.1 titled “Violation of Privacy” under the country’s 1976 Penal Code states that it is unlawful to eavesdrop or undertake surveillance without someone’s knowledge. Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] Monrovia – Liberia, like most countries around the world have privacy laws against recording phone conversations without the other party’s consent.

FrontPageAfrica has reliably learned that two members of Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s Bong County team have been called in for questioning in connection with the recently-leaked recording the superintendent’s conversation, raising questions as to why the focus of the investigation is being shifted to those who recorded rather than what was actually revealed by Superintendent Esther Walker. Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] Monrovia – Two members of the Bong County team of Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor have reportedly been called in for questioning by the National Security Agency in connection with the recently-leaked damning audio recording on which Madam Esther…