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Liberia: Replanting Concerns Set Aside as Karluway Community, AIM Liberia Sign Logging Agreement

Liberia, May 27 -- After months of tension, debate, and uncertainty over the future of one of southeastern Liberia's vast community forests, residents of the Karluway District #1 Community Forest in M... Read More


Liberia: Criminal Court "A" Voids Defense Autopsy in Toni Jackson Death Case, Preserves Other Forensic Findings

Liberia, May 27 -- In a final ruling delivered Tuesday, May 26 during the May Term of Court, Roosevelt Z. Willie granted in part and denied in part a motion filed by the Republic of Liberia through th... Read More


Liberia: Civil Service Director General Joekai Under Fire for Attending Deputy Speaker Fallah's Political Rally Amid Growing Calls for His Dismissal

Liberia, May 27 -- The political gathering, held Sunday in Monrovia under the banner of the National Independent Movement for Boakai (NIMBO), drew a huge crowd and featured President Boakai alongside ... Read More


Liberia: Court Sentences Woman in River Gee to 5 Years for LD$1.1M Tramadol Trafficking

Liberia, May 26 -- The defendant, identified as God There Johnson of Bartiken, was convicted on multiple charges, including the unlicensed possession, sale, trading, and transportation of controlled d... Read More


Liberia: Violence Overshadows District 17 Annual Sitting as Lawmaker Benson Claims Political Maneuvering to Divert Attention

Liberia, May 26 -- A district sitting is a platform that provides an opportunity for direct interactions between a lawmaker and his constituents (citizens/residents) on developmental initiatives of th... Read More


Liberia: Former Montserrado Lawmaker Dusty Lawrence Wolokollie Dies

Monrovia, May 21 -- Dusty Lawrence Wolokollie, a veteran Liberian politician, former lawmaker, and longtime advocate for governance reform, has died. According to family sources, Wolokollie died Thur... Read More


Liberia: Samuel Tweah's Lawyers Seek Stay Order to Block Juror Tampering Probe; Legal Experts Decry

Monrovia, May 21 -- A new legal battle has erupted in the controversial US$6.2 million corruption case involving former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. and several former... Read More


Liberia: President Boakai Submits War Crimes, Anti-Corruption Courts Bills to Legislature, Campaigners Welcome Move

Monrovia, May 21 -- Joseph Nyuma Boakai has formally submitted two landmark legislative proposals to the National Legislature to strengthen accountability, advance justice, and reinforce the rule of l... Read More


LPRA Clarifies Petroleum Licensing Authority Amid Questions Over NOCAL Role

Monrovia, May 21 -- The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) has moved to clarify Liberia's petroleum licensing framework following growing questions from oil companies and stakeholders regar... Read More


Liberia: Justice Kaba Backs House Expulsion Decision as Former Lawmaker Rushes Appeal to Full Supreme Court Bench

Liberia, May 21 -- Monrovia-Supreme Court Justice in Chambers, Yussif D. Kaba, has ruled against Yekeh Kolubah, former Montserrado County District Number 10 Representative, following his latest legal ... Read More