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How a Liberia "Cartel" Took a 71-Year-old Canadian $100k

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- A Canadian retiree's search for African gold turned into a months-long con involving fake shipping companies, a phony "minister," strongbox theater, and a scheme so elaborate he co... Read More


After 35 Years, Liberia Reopens Embassy in India

NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 14 -- Liberia has officially reopened its Embassy in New Delhi after more than 35 years without a resident diplomatic mission in India, marking a major step in efforts to streng... Read More


Liberia: Gongloe Demands Independent Probe Into Cocaine Crisis

Monrovia, Aug. 14 -- As Liberia grapples with the fallout from its largest-ever cocaine seizures, renowned Liberian lawyer and politician Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has issued one of his strongest warn... Read More


Liberia: Why Prophetkey's Six-Month Sentence Has Not Yet Guaranteed His Freedom

MONROVIA, Aug. 14 -- For months, the date August 13 had been viewed by supporters of Justin Oldpa Yeazehn, widely known as "Prophet Key," as the day the controversial social media commentator would fi... Read More


Liberia Must Not Become The Next Haiti - The Cocaine Crisis Is A National Security Emergency

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- My fellow Liberians, Today, I speak to you not merely as a lawyer. I speak as a Liberian citizen, as an educator, as a parent, and as a political leader who believes deeply that t... Read More


Liberia: President Boakai Charges Security Forces to Intensify Fight Against Drugs

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- Monrovia- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has directed officials of Liberia's national security apparatus to remain focused and resolute in the fight against illicit drugs, urg... Read More


ECOWAS Aid Brings Relief to Flooded Communities, Delivers Cash and Clean Water as Liberians Praise Intervention

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- Cape Mount & Bong Counties- Liberia's flood-stricken towns: the devastation is visible in collapsed homes, broken walls, and families forced to sleep in rising waters. By Jaheim T... Read More


Armed Forces of Liberia Courts Women Recruits in Grand Gedeh

Liberia, Aug. 14 -- ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County - Women fill fewer than one in 13 uniforms in the Armed Forces of Liberia. The AFL went to Grand Gedeh County this week to ask young women to change that... Read More


Liberia: Prophet Key Walks Free, Says Prison Experience Rehabilitated Him After Six-Month Contempt Sentence

MONROVIA, Aug. 14 -- Justin Oldpa Yeazehn, popularly known as "Prophet Key," has regained his freedom after spending six months at the Monrovia Central Prison following a contempt conviction by the Su... Read More


Liberia: Two Months Into the Biggest Cocaine Cases, Questions of Accountability Mount

Monrovia, Aug. 13 -- Two months into Liberia's biggest-ever drug cases, a troubling question remains unanswered: who is actually being held accountable? By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@front... Read More