Human Trafficking
Liberia: State Closes Case After Subpoenaed Witnesses Say Company Linked to Accused Traffickers Is Not Tax Compliant; Final Arguments and Ruling Set for Monday
Summary:
Prosecutors rested after calling three subpoenaed government witnesses to challenge key claims made by the defense.
Witnesses testified that Infinity Millennium was registered with the...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Snowe, Konneh Warn Delay in US$19 Million Cocaine Probe Is Eroding Confidence As Senate Summons National Security Council
Monrovia – Senators Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. of Bomi County and Amara M. Konneh of Gbarpolu County have intensified pressure on Liberia's national security...
News
Liberia: Ex-President Sirleaf Backs Specialized Anti-Corruption Court, Urges Boakai to Address “the Several Scandals That Plague the Society”
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf endorsed the proposed Specialized National Anti-Corruption Court, urging President Joseph Boakai to address "the several scandals that plague the...
News
‘Shielding Fallah’: Deputy Speaker Spared Open Probe Over ‘Derogatory’ Comments Amid Mixed Reactions
Monrovia – Just a motion and subsequent concurrence from members of the House of Representatives, mainly from colleagues of the ‘Majority Block’ was enough to...
Gender Issues
Liberia: Outrage as WONGOSOL Condemns Alleged LDEA Abuse, Says ‘No Woman Should Be Stripped of Her Dignity in the Name of Law Enforcement’
Monrovia — The Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has strongly condemned what it describes as the degrading and inhumane treatment of a woman...
Politics
‘COALITION OF CONVICTION’: Rep. Bility Says Liberia Must Reject Politics of Convenience
Monrovia – Nimba County District #7 Representative and Political Leader of the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC), Musa Hassan Bility, has called on Liberia’s opposition...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: LDEA Under Fire for Home Raid, Filming Naked Female Occupant as Public Questions Silence Over US$19 Million Cocaine Case
Monrovia – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) is facing criticism following the circulation of a video showing officers allegedly breaking into a residence during...
Gender Issues
Liberia: Female Electric Kehkeh Drivers Are Breaking Barriers and Fighting Air Pollution
Summary
A group of Liberian women is breaking into the male-dominated transport sector by driving electric kekehs in Monrovia, earning incomes and challenging gender stereotypes.
The...