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Liberia: Five LDEA Leadership Changes in Two Years-Senator Konneh Warns Liberia Cannot "Change the Figurehead" and Cure the Cancer

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- MONROVIA- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's decision to replace the leadership of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency marks the latest turn in a revolving door that has seen the agen... Read More


Liberia's Drug Crisis: Accountability Must Begin Within the Security Sector

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- Senator Amara Konneh's latest intervention raises an important question that Liberia can no longer afford to avoid: Can the government effectively fight transnational drug traffick... 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


Growth Without Development: Again, Liberia's Self-Inflicted Development Crisis

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- In the early 1960s, a Northwestern-led team of economists arrived to study what was then one of the fastest-growing economies on earth. Liberia was booming. Iron ore was moving thr... Read More


Liberia's Youth Are Working. So Why Are They Still Lagging Behind? An Op-Ed Commentary on Opportunities and the Future of Liberia's Young People

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- Liberia's youth crisis is often described with the wrong number. The youth unemployment rate is put at about 2.3 percent (World Bank/ILO). On paper, this looks like a triumph, but ... Read More


Liberia: 'An Unskilled Sycophant Riding on the Back of an Aging President' - Senator Konneh Takes Aim at Deputy Minister Sando

MONROVIA, Aug. 12 -- Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh has launched a sharp verbal counterattack against Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Daniel Sando, describing him as an "unskilled sycophant r... Read More


Liberia: Boakai Demands Accountability, Results as Government Reviews ARREST Agenda

Monrovia, Aug. 12 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called for greater accountability, transparency and efficiency in government, warning public officials that Liberians expect measurable results f... Read More


Ahead of 10th AGSM, LCPS Commends JFK Medical Center's Role in Building Liberia's Specialist Workforce

Monrovia, Aug. 12 -- As the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS) prepares to celebrate its 10th Annual General Scientific Meeting (AGSM) and Convocation on September 17-18, 2026, the Coll... Read More


Miss Rachelle Gayee is the Newly Crowned Miss Liberia USA 2026

Liberia, Aug. 12 -- Miss Rachelle Gayee was crowned Miss Liberia USA 2026 at Square Globe Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 26, 2026. She proudly represents the Liberian community with grace, purpo... Read More