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Liberia: The Jury Debate — “A Corrupt Jury Is Worse Than No Jury.” But What About a Judge Who Has Already Spoken?
MONROVIA — When Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay Sr. rose to open the Supreme Court’s October Term on Monday, he did not…
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Liberia: Investigators Find No Link Between Liberia’s US$19M and US$317M Cocaine Busts
MONROVIA – For four months, Liberians have treated this year’s two great cocaine seizures as one story. The airport bust came first, the…
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Liberia: What Judge Ousman Feika’s Ruling Against Attorney Gbawou Kowou Does, and What It Leaves Unanswered
MONROVIA – Judge Ousman F. Feika of Criminal Court “C” did not suspend Atty. Gbawou Kowou’s law license. That distinction matters.
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Liberia: Former Vice President Howard-Taylor among 19 indicted, six Defendants currently held at Monrovia Central Prison
MONROVIA – Liberia’s most prominent drug trafficking and money laundering prosecution entered a new phase this week as several defendants, including a…
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Liberia: Errors, Contradictions Cloud Drug Case Against Ex-VP Taylor as she and several others Named in indictment
MONROVIA – When officers raided a compound on Cement Road in the VOA Community on July 21, they found 3,971 “plates” of…
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Liberia: No Indictment After 47 Days as Justice Minister Denies Offering US$500K to Star Witness in Former Vice President Case
Monrovia – When the Government of Liberia charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in August, officials spoke with confidence. The state said…
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Liberia: Succession Shockwaves Offer Challenge to Potential Presidential Hopefuls
Monrovia – It was the kind of moment politicians plan for and pretend they didn’t.
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Liberia: Opposition Puts Issues First in Bid to Break Its Losing Habit; Can Five Parties Do What the CPP Couldn’t?
MONROVIA – For most of the last two decades, Liberia’s opposition has had a habit of losing to itself. Parties meet, pledge…
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Liberia: Why Hills’ Return Could Split Wolota and Complicate William Kotee’s Potential 2029 Representative Ambitions
WOLOTA CLAN — Every political dynasty has its sin — its original sin. In Bong County’s Electoral District One, that sin was committed in 2023,…
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Liberia: Lawyers for the former Vice President Say Arrest, Detention, Prison and Search Breached Constitution as Bail Fight Heads to Appeal
MONROVIA – When the Monrovia City Court issued a writ on August 25, 2026, commanding police to “arrest the living bodies” of…