Anthony Stephens

Liberia: After Delays and Bribery Allegations, Liberia’s Largest Human Trafficking Case Goes to Trial

Liberia: 11 Indicted in Country’s Biggest Trafficking Ring After FrontPage Africa Investigation Exposed Allegations Bribes Were About to Derail the Case

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent and New Narratives editors Summary: A grand jury in Monrovia has indicted 11 people accused of…

Liberia’s War Crimes Push Revives as Boakai Receives Draft Laws After Period of Doubt

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Liberia: Peace Prize in Hand, Boakai Gives Legislature 90 Days to Make War Crimes Court Law

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Liberia: Dispute Between War Crimes Court Office and Justice Minister Spills Into Public View Casting Cloud Over Court

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Liberian Rights Chief Faults Country on Corruption as U.N. Justice Training Gets Underway

Summary: The United Nations  began training Liberian prosecutors, investigators and civil society actors to tackle corruption through a human rights lens this…

Gambia Begins Paying Reparations to Victims of Jammeh-Era Crimes

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Liberia: Victims and Advocates Angry As Government Stays Silent Over Bribery Allegations in Country’s Biggest Human Trafficking Case as Suspects’ Release Date Nears

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Liberians who fled civil war and built lives in America now face removal to a country many barely remember — as the Trump administration eyes Liberia for deportees with no connection to it at

It was Kayla’s birthday. She was putting her baby son into his car seat, her daughter climbing into the back, her fiancé…

The Corruption That Allows Liberia’s Human Traffickers to Stay Free to Exploit the Poorest Citizens

A mass escape from a trafficking ring handed prosecutors everything they needed for Liberia’s biggest trafficking conviction. 51 victims say a bribe…