Breaking News
Liberia: Weah Declares Bid to Reclaim Presidency in 2029
Former Liberian President George Weah announced he will run again for the presidency in 2029, using a keynote speech at the Congress…
Rodney Sieh
Drug and Crime
How a Serbian Former Kickboxer Ended Up In Liberia’s US$318 Million Cocaine Bust
Monrovia — A few days after Liberia recorded its largest cocaine seizure in history, one of the prime suspects turned out to…
Drug and Crime
Liberia: What Jojo Boakai’s Statement Settles, and what it doesn’t
WHAT JOJO BOAKAI’S STATEMENT SETTLES, AND WHAT IT DOESN’T Joseph Boakai Jr. spent nearly twenty minutes Wednesday doing something he says he’s avoided…
Breaking News
Liberia: President Boakai’s Son, Jojo Breaks Silence on Drug Cartel Threats, Denies Any Role in Trafficking
In his first public remarks since a viral video threatened him over Liberia’s record cocaine bust, Joseph Boakai Jr. addressed the nation directly…
Drug and Crime
Liberia formally Indicts 12 in Record $317.68M Cocaine Case, Alleging a Smuggling Scheme that Reaches Back to 2024 but Big Names Noticeably Missing
Monrovia — Liberia’s record US$317.68 million cocaine case has moved from allegation to formal charge. A writ of arrest and police charge…
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Lawyer for Ex-NSA Deputy Rejects Attempts Linking Weah-Era into Ongoing Probe
MONROVIA — The lawyer for Gerald Smith, a former deputy at the National Security Agency, has come to the defense of his…
Drug and Crime
Liberia: A Viral Video, A President’s Son and a Promise to Burn US$318M Seized Cocaine
MONROVIA — A viral video has done what a month of drug busts couldn’t quite manage on its own: dragged the president’s…
News
Liberia: How a Police Intelligence Chief Almost Compromised Biggest Drug Case With US$10K Bribe
MONROVIA — This one hit close to home. Johnny Bolar Dean was in the circle of the Inspector General of Police, Gregory…
Legal Issues
Liberia: Feika’s Jury Tampering Ruling in Ex-Finance Minister’s Case Sets Up a Legal Collision Over Double Jeopardy
MONROVIA — The evidence behind the arrests is, by the standards of these things, unusually solid. This wasn’t a case of rumor…
Legal Issues
Liberia: Prosecutors Seek More Time In Samuel Jackson Case, Three Months After Charges Filed
Government prosecutors have asked Criminal Court “A” for another week to produce the autopsy and toxicology reports central to the manslaughter and…