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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...

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Liberia: Bassa Students in Rwanda Honor Superintendent Karyou Johnson for Support, Receive US$1,200 Donation

Monrovia - The Bassa Students Association in Rwanda (BASIR) has honored Grand Bassa County Superintendent Karyou Johnson for what the students described as his outstanding support for their education...

British Embassy Celebrates 5 Liberian Scholars Selected for Chevening Awards in the United Kingdom

The British Embassy and the British community in Liberia are delighted to announce the 2026 cohort of Liberian Chevening Scholars as they prepare to begin their studies in the...

Sunu Assurances Liberia Opens New Office In Sinkor

MONROVIA – SUNU Assurances Liberia Limited has officially opened its new office at 13th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, marking another significant milestone in the company’s continued growth and commitment to delivering...

Liberian Statesman Intensifies Call for Police Inspector General to Recuse Himself From US$317M Cocaine...

Monrovia – United States-based Liberian statesman and Pleasantville City Council member, James D. Barclay, has intensified his call for Liberia’s Inspector General of Police, Colonel Gregory O. W. Coleman, to recuse...

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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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...

The Case Liberia Cannot Afford to Lose Twice

Part Two of FrontPageAfrica’s series raised two warnings in one breath: that justice is moving at different speeds for different Liberians, and that the...

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...

Liberia: Providence Island Redevelopment Raises Heritage, Bidding Questions, LNTA Says Process Complies with Procurement Law, Builds On Past Studies

Monrovia — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday broke ground for the redevelopment of Providence Island, launching one of his administration’s flagship tourism and heritage...

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Tappita Vocational Training Institute Opens Temporary Campus, Launches Academic Enrichment Program to Prepare Incoming Students for Full-Time Classes

TAPPITA— The Tappita Vocational Training Institute has opened a temporary campus in the Tappita Community, Lower Nimba County, and has launched an academic enrichment program to prepare incoming students for full-time...

Liberia: US$700,000 Bong University Opportunity Hangs in Balance

‎‎A major opportunity to expand higher education in Bong County could be slipping away as negotiations over a privately developed campus valued at between...

Historic Transition: CAN University Becomes LCU Annex I as CAN Leadership Academy–Lofa Retains Its Identity

FESSIBU TOWN, Zorzor District, Lofa County, Liberia — A new chapter has opened in rural higher education following the historic transfer of Change Agent...

When the Drug War Becomes a War of Narratives

Liberia’s escalating drug war feels like a badly scripted movie, with competing narratives fighting for public attention. But beneath the noise, arrests, seizures, accusations...

Good Governance: A National Resource More Powerful Than Natural Resources

Natural resources are often seen as the foundation of national wealth. Countries with gold, diamonds, iron ore, forests, fertile land and abundant water are...

Against the Odds: Liberia’s Senior Female Handball Team Heads to Burkina Faso Without Government Funding

MONROVIA – Liberia  Senior Female national   Handball Team has departed the country for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to compete in the inaugural Zone-3 Handball Tournament...

Beyond the Pitch: LIFE Camp Exposes Systems Failing Liberian Girls

Monrovia – For three days, young girls between the ages of 10 and 18 gathered at the Baptist Youth Camp along the Robertsfield Highway,...

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

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...

Liberia: 23 Years Into Peace, Victims Celebrate Progress but...

Summary: Liberia marks 23 years of peace with a week of remembrance and reflection, as survivors say justice, reconciliation and support for victims remain pressing concerns. Victims and advocates call for...

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Crime Watch

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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