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Liberia: President Boakai Signs Port Decentralization Bill in Middle of Biggest Drug Crisis

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- A year ago, the Liberian president said breaking up Liberia's ports would risk the country's maritime security. This week, with a mystery vessel case still unresolved and a cocaine... Read More


How a Liberia "Cartel" Took a 71-Year-old Canadian $100k

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- A Canadian retiree's search for African gold turned into a months-long con involving fake shipping companies, a phony "minister," strongbox theater, and a scheme so elaborate he co... Read More


U.S. Signal to Liberia's Drug War Carries Extra Weight After Record Busts - and a Cloud Over Its Chief Enforcers

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Embassy meeting between Charge d'Affaires Joe Zadrozny and Liberia's top police officials - Inspector General Gregory Coleman and EPS Director Sam Gaye - comes at a fraugh... Read More


Liberians Trapped in Cambodian Detention Plead for a Way Home

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- A group of Liberian nationals, writing through spokesperson Emmanuel Johnson, say they've been held at a Cambodian immigration detention center in Phnom Penh since May 25, 2026 - n... Read More


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