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- Liberia’s Historic Asset Recovery: Why and Why Now?
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Author: Lennart Dodoo
MONROVIA – Amid the fervor of the 2023 election campaign, Joseph Boakai’s decision to align with Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson stirred apprehension. Many feared that Sen. Johnson might wield excessive influence over the presidency, particularly with his ‘godson,’ Jeremiah Koung, selected as Boakai’s Vice Presidential candidate.
MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has obtained several leaked vouchers revealing huge sums of money disbursed by the National Port Authority (NPA) to the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) during the recently concluded election campaign.
MONROVIA – The Bea Mountain Mining Corporation has issued a staunch defense of its Country General Manager, Mr. Debar W. Allen, in response to calls for his removal by certain factions within the country. The Board of Directors and Senior Management of the corporation expressed their “utter dismay” at these statements, affirming their unwavering support for Allen.
MONROVIA – What former President George Weah said he left in the government’s consolidated account and what President Joseph Boakai says he met in the consolidated accounts continue to create confusion among Liberians, yet the special reconciliation audit conducted by the General Auditing Commission Report appears to have deepened the confusion.
MONROVIA – An audit conducted by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to reconcile the net account balances of the government’s consolidated accounts as of January 17 and 19, 2024, has revealed discrepancies in the figures claimed by former President George Weah. Despite his assertion that he left US$40,044,305.90, the audit found that he actually left US$3,378,848.89 and US$6,918,142.97 on January 17 and 19, 2024, respectively.
Monrovia – The Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, extends his commendation to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. for the recent issuance of the Executive Order 126 aimed at facilitating the recovery of misappropriated and ill-gotten assets. This decisive move marks a significant step towards combatting corruption, fostering accountability and putting an end to impunity within our nation.
The objective of this measure is to ease the economic burden on citizens, maintain stability, and ensure the marketability and accessibility of rice MONROVIA – President Joseph Boakai has issued Executive Order 125 suspending import tariffs on rice in a bid to alleviate economic burdens on Liberians.
This initiative, according to the President, comes in response to widespread concerns regarding the unlawful acquisition of wealth by some past government officials at the expense of the Liberian people. MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has issued Executive Order No. 126, establishing the Office of Assets Recovery. This initiative, according to the President, comes in response to widespread concerns regarding the unlawful acquisition of wealth by some past government officials at the expense of the Liberian people.
MONROVIA – The House of Representatives is poised to pass a resolution for the establishment of a war crimes court on Thursday, as gathered by FrontPageAfrica. This would be followed by a possible concurrence by the Liberian Senate, which, if granted, would then lead to the enactment of a statute bringing the Court into force.
MONROVIA – Establishing a war and economic crimes court for Liberia has always been a matter of political will from the Liberian government. The country’s biggest ally, the United States of America, has on many occasions pledged its commitment to providing the finance and technical support for the establishment of the tribunal in order to serve justice to victims of the 14-year civil war. In 2022, Beth Van Schaack, the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, echoed the United States government’s willingness to provide Liberia with all the needed support when she said, “The Liberian government has to be accountable…