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Liberia: Taxi Allegedly Used in RIA Cocaine Shipments Seized as Investigation Deepens

Nigeria, June 20 -- The investigation into the 333-kilogram cocaine scandal linked to Roberts International Airport (RIA) took another significant turn Saturday following the reported seizure of a tax... Read More


Liberia: Two Key Persons Of Interest In US$19Million Drug Bust Are Suddenly Nowhere To Be Found; Raising Concerns Amid Skepticisms Over Government's Response

Liberia, June 19 -- Oscar Brown and Paul King may be the ties that bind ongoing investigation into the US$19 million drug bust at the Roberts International Airport last week. When the pair failed to a... Read More


Liberia: New Video Allegations Intensify Scrutiny of Security Procedures at RIA

Liberia, June 19 -- Fresh allegations contained in a video released Friday have placed Roberts International Airport (RIA) under increased public scrutiny, with growing questions emerging about the ef... Read More


Drug Bust Net Widens: Justice Ministry Names 10 Persons of Interest in US$19M Cocaine Investigation

Liberia, June 19 -- The Government of Liberia has disclosed that investigators have uncovered what appears to be a sophisticated network of individuals connected to the movement, handling, screening, ... Read More


Liberia: LDEA Denounces 'Fake Resignation Letter,' Says Biago Remains Committed Amid Drug Bust Probe

Liberia, June 19 -- The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has strongly rejected reports circulating on social media claiming that its Officer-in-Charge, DCP Fitzgerald T. M. Biago, has resigned o... Read More


Liberia: STAND Rejects Justice Ministry's Cocaine Probe Briefing, Adds 'End Drug Trafficking' to July 17 Protest Agenda

Liberia, June 19 -- The STAND-led Liberia Protest Coalition has criticized the Ministry of Justice's Friday press conference on the investigation into the seizure of approximately US$19 million worth ... Read More


ActionAid International Secretary General Strengthens Partnerships with UN Agencies and INGOs During Liberia Visit

Liberia, June 18 -- As part of his official visit to Liberia, ActionAid International Secretary General, Arthur Larok, on Wednesday convened a high-level dialogue with United Nations agencies and lead... Read More


Liberia: Mystery Deepens Over Suspect Linked to US$19.2 Million Drug Bust as Justice Minister Says He Doesn't Know if He Exists

Liberia, June 18 -- Recent assertions by Liberia's Minister of Justice, Cllr. Oswald Tweh, regarding the whereabouts of the prime suspect in the US$19.2 million drug seizure, have raised more question... Read More


Taxed Into Shame: Ghana Gives Free Pads, Liberian Girls Cut Up Diapers

Liberia, June 18 -- A pack of four costs L$100, about 50 U.S. cents. She cuts each diaper in two and uses the halves as sanitary pads. If she does not have money for that, she uses clothes. "The diap... Read More


Liberia: Airport Worker Who Rejected US$20K Bribe Key to Showing Hidden Hands Behind Us$19M Drug Bust

Liberia, June 18 -- In January 2009, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf honored a hero. A year prior, in 2008, Richard Karyea, a customs officer for the Liberia Revenue Authority assigned at the R... Read More