Liberia: Boakai's Twin Test - Cocaine, a Contested Border, and a Presidency Under Pressure

MONROVIA, Aug. 11 -- Six weeks apart, two crises have converged on the desk of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, each testing a different pillar of his authority. One is a sprawling narcotics investigati... Read More

Liberia: At Sorlumba, a Fragile Peace Papers Over an Unresolved Border Crisis

Liberia, Aug. 11 -- Sorlumba may be quiet, but the dispute is far from over. Months after an armed confrontation displaced communities, wounded a Liberian and triggered a presidential summit, Guinean ... Read More

Liberia: Boakai Appoints Ziankahn to Lead LDEA, Suspends Biago Over Ethics Concerns

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has dismissed Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Officer-in-Charge Fitzgerald T. M. Biago over allegations he received a vehicle from an indi... Read More

Liberia: Inside the Deadline That Could Define President Boakai's War on Drugs

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- "A Detailed Report Within Forty-Eight Hours" The presidency did not wait for the controversy to cool on its own. The Minister of Justice has been instructed to submit a detailed r... Read More

After Three Weeks, Three Countries and One Broken Chain of Command, the IB Atlantic IV Is No Longer Liberia's Alone to Find

MONROVIA, Aug. 10 -- For the better part of three weeks, the IB Atlantic IV existed mostly as a rumor with coordinates attached. It was a ship the government said it was watching, a ship whose engine ... Read More

What Trump's New Order Means for Liberia - and Why Liberia's Own Law Looks Nothing Like America's

Liberia, Aug. 10 -- What Trump's New Order Means for Liberia - and Why Liberia's Own Law Looks Nothing Like America's Washington is fighting over whether being born on American soil should be enough ... Read More

Liberia: IB Atlantic IV Seized in Ivory Coast, Liberia Moves to Bring Vessel Home

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Ivorian authorities take control of the ship that eluded Liberian pursuit for weeks; Coast Guard seeks Sea Shepherd escort as questions over cargo remain unanswered By Rodney D. Si... Read More

Liberia: Suspended Monrovia Central Prison Deputy Superintendent Alleges Irregular Arrest, Names Officials in Public Statement Tied to Drug Casey

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Jackson K. Kolako, Deputy Superintendent for Operations at the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP), has gone public with a detailed account of his August 1 arrest, alleging he was detaine... Read More

Liberia: Suspended Monrovia Central Prison Deputy Superintendent Alleges Irregular Arrest, Names Officials in Public Statement Tied to Drug Case

Liberia, Aug. 9 -- Jackson K. Kolako says he was detained for six days after resisting an unlogged, after-hours visit to an inmate linked to Liberia's multi-million-dollar narcotics case By Rodney D.... Read More

How a Paynesville Nightspot Became Ground Zero in Liberia's Cocaine Case

Monrovia, Aug. 7 -- The operation that shut down Private Bar on Wednesday looked, from the outside, like a raid built to send a message. Heavily armed security officers blocked access to the premises ... Read More

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