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Liberia: Judge Feika Grants Jewel Howard-Taylor Compassionate Release

Monrovia — Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika has granted former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s request for compassionate release from detention on medical grounds. The ruling follows concerns raised by Howard-Taylor’s...

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Co-Defendant Challenges Judge’s Ruling Granting Ex-VP Taylor House Arrest, Calls It Unlawful

MONROVIA — A day after Criminal Court "C" ordered former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor moved from Monrovia Central Prison to guarded house detention on medical grounds, a co-defendant in...

Liberia Champions Key Discussions on Preventive Diplomacy and a Robust E10 Voice at the...

Panama - Liberia's Political Coordinator to the United Nations Security Council, Cllr. Aloysius Jappah assumed an active role in the 9th E10 & I5 Annual Dialogue, hosted by the...

Liberia Elevates Diplomatic Standing as August E10 UN Security Council Coordinator

NEW YORK — Liberia has successfully concluded its leadership as Coordinator of the Ten Elected Members (E10) of the United Nations Security Council for August 2026, marking a historic...

Liberia: Ex-Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor to Receive Medical Care at Residence Under Restrictions as...

MONROVIA — Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor is set to receive medical attention outside detention under strict conditions imposed by Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika amid ongoing...

Liberia: Kogar’s MDR Expulsion Puts Koung, Unity Party’s Nimba Base Under Scrutiny

MONROVIA — The expulsion last week of Senator Samuel Gongben Kogar from the Movement for Reconstruction and Democracy (MDR) may have been decided inside a party meeting room, but its political implications...

Liberia: CMC Rejects CDC Invite To Attend Roundtable For Opposition Leaders

Monrovia – The opposition Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) has rejected an invitation from the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) to attend...

Liberia: CDC Rebukes UP Secretary General, Demands Probe into 2023 Campaign Financing

Koijee challenges Amos Tweh to produce evidence of alleged CDC-cartel deal, raises questions over UAE travel and alleged campaign funding By Gerald C. Koinyeneh Monrovia —...

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Editorial: Justice, Not Vengeance

A NEW MINISTER of Justice and a new Solicitor General now sit atop an institution carrying some of the heaviest cases in Liberia's recent...

Follow The Law on The Books, Then Ask What the Tape Actually Proves

Liberia's Constitution and Penal Code already say what should happen to a secretly recorded conversation. A precedent set in one courtroom this year should...

Liberia: GAC Clears Liberia’s 2025 Accounts, Flags US$76.9M Year-End Cash Balance

Monrovia – Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson has released the General Auditing Commission’s (GAC) audit of the Government of Liberia’s Consolidated Fund Account for...

Liberia On Track to Collect US$ One Billion in Domestic Revenue as LRA Launches 5-Year Strategic Plan

Monrovia - The Liberia Revenue Authority  (LRA) is within weeks of collecting US$1 billion in domestic revenue for the first time in the country's...

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Liberia: UL Opens Global Learning Pathways As New Partnership Offers 97% Tuition Scholarships

Monrovia, Liberia — The University of Liberia (UL) is expanding access to international education and professional development through a landmark partnership expected to provide more than 200 students with heavily subsidized scholarships...

Liberia: AML High School Achieves Flawless 100% Pass Rate in 2026 WASSCE

Yekepa, Nimba County — ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) High School has recorded a flawless 100% pass rate in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate...

Liberia: From the Ashes of War to a PhD: Luther Tarpeh’s Journey of Pain, Faith and Triumph

Paynesville — The hall at the Best Brains University campus in Thinkers Village was alive with whispers, laughter, smiles and anticipation. By Patience M. Jones,[email protected] Families, friends, students,...

George Weah Returns: The Homecoming That Reopens Liberia’s Unfinished Political Question – A Commentary

By Julius T. Jaesen IIManaging Editor & PublisherDemocracy [email protected] George Weah has returned to Liberia, but his return is not merely a homecoming; it is...

The Dangers of Political Deceit in Liberia: Upholding Democracy through Truth and the Rule of Law

" The two faces of Tuzon," Hon. Tom Kamara. "Let's we forget." Hon. J. Emmanuel Z. Bowier. Unity Over Tribalism: “Liberians must never allow reckless politicians...

Borough FC Inks Two-Year Shirt Sponsorship Deal With Cabana Hotel

Liberia football Association First Division outfit Borough FC has secured a major financial and operational boost ahead of the new campaign, officially locking in...

Atty. Al Varney Rogers Calls for Sportsmanship Ahead of 2026 District League

GRAND CAPE MOUNT — Atty. Al Varney Rogers, one of the legal counsels who represented Grand Cape Mount County in its protest case against...

Foreign Relations

Analysis

SUMMARY: In his national address, President Boakai insisted his anti-narcotics campaign follows the law “without fear or favor” and targets conduct, not politics. But eight months into Liberia’s biggest drug scandal, the pattern on the ground...

Liberia: Writ In Six Days for Jewel Howard Taylor. Still Nothing for Others – The Speed of Justice Selectively Applied

Jewel Howard-Taylor's arrest reads like a spy thriller and moved like one too. Mark Egon Kuiah, Leroy Harris, Jonathan Momolu and others have been named in the same investigation for months — one cooperating, one merely...

Liberia: Justice Ministry Moves to Dismiss Vehicle Allegations Against AG Tweh

A social media advocate says the Justice Minister's official vehicle traces back to drug cartel money. The Ministry says it traces back to a formal request, a government fleet, and a supplier called Dutch Health BV...

Elections

Liberia: War Crimes Court Office Chief Urges Boakai to...

Summary War Crimes Court Cffice chief Jallah Barbu has urged President Joseph Boakai to recall lawmakers from their annual constituency break for a special session to act on legislation establishing the court. Barbu...

Gongloe Calls for National Relief Fund for Victims of...

Monrovia — Renowned human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has called for the establishment of a National War Victims Relief Fund to provide medical, economic and...

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Human Rights

Monrovia – Human rights defenders in Liberia are facing increasing threats ranging from intimidation, online harassment and gender-based violence to physical attacks, while a long-awaited national protection policy remains stalled, participants at the ENSURE Project Policy Dialogue...

Liberia: ‘Protect Those Who Defend Rights’: New Research Exposes Mounting Threats to Human Rights Defenders as Liberia Urged to Fast-Track Protection Policy

Monrovia – Human rights defenders in Liberia are facing increasing threats ranging from intimidation, online harassment and gender-based violence to physical attacks, while a long-awaited national protection policy remains stalled, participants at the ENSURE Project Policy Dialogue...

Liberia: The EU spent $16 million to help rape victims get justice, but paralyzed legal system convicts just 2 rapists in 6 years

Summary: A 57-year-old grandmother in Todee District says she was raped in January. Seven months later, her case has not been heard, no government official has visited her, and the family of the accused has approached her with money...

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