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Liberia: Jewel Howard-Taylor Indictment Uncertain as Lawyer Awaits Confirmation

Liberia, Oct. 7 -- Judiciary sources expect a grand jury to indict the former vice president, but her defense says it has received no official word By Willie N. Tokpah MONROVIA - Uncertainty surroun... Read More


Liberia: He Pressed for Modad's Exit. Now Witherspoon Says His Campaign Relied on False Information

Liberia, Oct. 7 -- Spoon Network's executive alleges that government insiders sought the former commerce minister's removal, reopening questions about the controversy that preceded his resignation. B... Read More


Liberia: LNP Seizes US$400,000 in Undeclared Cash at Cape Mount Checkpoint

Liberia, Oct. 7 -- Grand Cape Mount County - The Liberia National Police has intercepted US$400,000 in cash during a routine security operation at the Tienii Checkpoint in Grand Cape Mount County, wit... Read More


Liberia: Partners Unite to Strengthen Accountability Under EU Funded Spotlight 2.0

Monrovia, Oct. 7 -- Partners implementing the EU-funded Liberia Spotlight Initiative 2.0 have taken a significant step toward strengthening accountability, learning, and evidence-based decision-making... Read More


Liberia: Ex-President Sirleaf Admits Her Government Failed to Defeat Corruption, Says Menace Persists

MONROVIA, Oct. 7 -- Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has made a candid admission that her administration failed to defeat corruption in Liberia, acknowledging that despite extensive institutiona... Read More


Liberia: LSEZA Joins Africa's Economic Zones Network, Eyes Investment, Jobs and Exports

MONROVIA, Oct. 7 -- For decades, Liberia's economy has leaned on the same narrow pillars: iron ore, rubber, timber and, more recently, gold. Raw materials leave the country, and finished goods come ba... Read More


Cllr. Charlyne Brumskine Among Five Judges Sworn in at ECOWAS Court As Regional Bloc Chief Demands Impartial Justice

ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Liberian lawyer, law professor and former vice-presidential candidate, Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine, has been sworn in as a judge of the Community Court of Justice of the Econ... Read More


Liberia: Expelled Montserrado District 10 Lawmaker Who Vowed Never to Beg Pres. Boakai Now Calls for Reconciliation

MONROVIA, Oct. 7 -- In Liberian public life, a man's word is currency, and a man's oath is something close to a mortgage on his name. Yekeh Kolubah took out a heavy one. Now, with a press conference s... Read More


Liberian Court Orders Arrest of Former Vice President in Transnational Drug Case

Liberia, Oct. 7 -- A Liberian court has ordered the arrest of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, ex-wife of convicted warlord and former President Charles Taylor, along with former security of... Read More


Liberia: Nimbaians Overwhelmingly Back War and Economic Crimes Court in a New Survey

Liberia, Oct. 7 -- Summary: By Jerome Saye with New Narratives SANNIQUELLIE, Nimba County-They are the second biggest voting bloc in the country. They're also the former constituents of long-time se... Read More