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Liberia: In Major Shift, Coalition of Religious Leaders Urges Passage of Bill to Extend Abortion Access

Liberia, June 24 -- In a major boost to efforts to pass a health bill that would expand access to abortion in Liberia, the Inter-Religious Council, the umbrella body representing the country's major C... Read More


Liberia: Two Defendants Deny Charges as Second Witness Corroborates Security Visit, Claims Vice President's Guards Didn't "Bother Anybody" at Compound at Heart of Case

Liberia, June 24 -- Another defendant in the human trafficking trial involving 57 alleged victims testified Tuesday that four members of Vice President Jeremiah Koung's security detail visited the com... Read More


Liberia: Tweah Writes UN Chief, Vows to Resist 'Injustice', Warns of 'Political Witch-Hunt' and Rule of Law Erosion in Liberia

Liberia, June 24 -- Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has launched a blistering attack on the administration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, accusing the governmen... Read More


Liberia: Senate Orders Probe, Seeks Suspension of GLS Cargo Handling Over Alleged Link to US$19.2 Million Cocaine Case

Liberia, June 24 -- The Liberian Senate has ordered an investigation into the operations of GLS-Menzies and is considering recommending the suspension of the company's cargo-handling concession at Rob... Read More


Liberia: LAA places Seven Employees on Leave, One Suspended as Authorities Deepen Investigation

Liberia, June 24 -- The Liberia Airport Authority has placed seven employees on administrative leave and indefinitely suspended another staff member as investigations continue into the US$19 million d... Read More


102 Days in The Morgue: Economist Sam Jackson Demands Release of Late Wife Toni Khumalo's Autopsy Report

Liberia, June 23 -- More than three months after the death of South African national Toni Khumalo, her husband, Samuel P. Jackson, is demanding the immediate release of her autopsy and toxicology repo... Read More


Liberia: Allegations of Internal Tensions Surface at NEC Following Alleged Staff Demotions and Reassignments By New Chairman

Liberia, June 23 -- Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) is reportedly experiencing growing internal tensions following a series of staff reassignments and administrative changes undertaken u... Read More


Liberia: Defendant in Largest Human Trafficking Trial Denies Charges, Claims Vice President's Security Inspected Compound at Center of Case as Court Orders Site Visit

Liberia, June 23 -- A man accused of overseeing the beating, torture and other degrading treatment of 57 victims at a compound at the center of Liberia's largest human trafficking trial testified Mond... Read More


Liberia: Bishop Brown Warns Investigators on US$19.2million Cocaine Case; Calls For Transparent, Speedy Probe

Liberia, June 23 -- The former President of the Liberia Council of Churches, Bishop Kortu Brown, has called for a transparent, comprehensive, and speedy investigation into the recent US$19.2 million c... Read More


Liberia: Cargo handler Throws Bombshell in Drug Bust case

Liberia, June 23 -- Liberia's widening US$19 million cocaine investigation took another dramatic turn this week after a voluntary statement made by one of the government's designated persons of intere... Read More