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Liberia: Resigned Defense Minister's Briefing Notes to Pres. Boakai Suggest Most AFL Soldier Wives' Issues Beyond His Control

MONROVIA, Feb. 15 -- Over the weekend, Maj. Gen. Prince C. Johnson, III, (Rtd.) who had been confirmed as Minister of Defense was forced to resign just three days after his confirmation. His resignati... Read More


Liberia: 'J. Nelson Freeman Did Not Open Fire on CDCians' - Nov. 7 Investigative Report Shows

MONROVIA, Feb. 15 -- FrontPageAfrica has obtained a copy of the investigative report of the November 7, 2011 shooting at the headquarters of the Congress for Democratic Change. The report clears the r... Read More


Liberia: NOCAL Officer-in-Charge Highlights Prospects of Liberia's Hydrocarbon Sector to Investors at SAIPEC Conference in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The Officer-In-Charge of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), Mr. Jacob Kabakole, has told oil and gas experts attending the Sub Saharan Africa International Petrole... Read More


Liberia: What Boakai Promised the AFL Personnel Wives That Brought the Protest to A Halt

MONROVIA, Feb. 14 -- In response to the mounting tensions spurred by protests from the Military Wives Association of the Armed Forces of Liberia, President Joseph Nyumah Boakai took decisive action, c... Read More


Liberia: Opposition CDC Laments New Police 102 Nomination, Says He's Responsible for Nov. 7 Killing of Partisans

MONROVIA, Feb. 14 -- November 7, 2011 is one of the few dates that would remain engraved in the history of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC). The date marks the killing and wounding of several ... Read More


Liberia: Pres. Boakai Withdraws Justice Minister Nominee, Appoints Him to Labor

MONROVIA, Feb. 13 -- President Joseph Boakai has withdrawn the nomination of Cllr. Cooper Kruah as Justice Minister but quietly nominated him as Minister of Labor through a communication sent to the L... Read More


Liberia: Speaker Koffa Initiates Steps for Historic Post-War Audit of House of Representatives

Monrovia, Feb. 9 -- In his quest to promote accountability at the House of Representatives, Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has invited the Auditor General to make a presentation on the importance of transpar... Read More


Liberia Loses Revenue as Illegal Goods Entry Thrives: Rampant Under-declaration and Tax Evasion Plague Border Trade

MONROVIA, Feb. 8 -- Liberia is hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of United States dollars in revenue due to rampant illegal entry of goods and commodities, alongside deliberate under-declaration and ... Read More


Liberia: 'I have No Bodyguard, SEGAL Provides Security at My Home' - Pepci Yeke Denies Reported Shooting at His Home

MONROVIA, Feb. 6 -- Mr. Pepci Yeke, the former Director for the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) has debunked reports of shooting at his residence. Yeke who has been out of the country... Read More


Liberia: Minister of Public Works-Designate Not an Engineer Despite Executive Law Requiring an Engineer for the Post

MONROVIA, Feb. 1 -- President Joseph N. Boakai's pick for Minister of Public Works, Mr. Roland Giddings, appears to be a violation of the New Executive Law which clearly spells out the roles of govern... Read More