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Liberia: No Ruling as Jewel Howard Taylor’s Lawyers Wait for Judge

Monrovia — There was still no ruling Thursday on a motion for compassionate leave filed on behalf of former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, as the presiding judge of Criminal Court...

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Liberia: Weah Visits Jailed Former VP Taylor Amid Drug Trafficking Charges

Monrovia — Former President George Manneh Weah has arrived at the Monrovia Central Prison to visit former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, who is being held on pretrial detention...

Liberia: Ex-President Weah Declares Democracy Under Threat, Defends Jewel Howard Taylor, Vows to Rally...

MONROVIA — George Manneh Weah’s return to Liberia was always likely to carry political significance. But his first major intervention after months abroad has revealed something more consequential than...

Liberia: Senator Snowe, Mercy Ahun, and Roy Onyango Chosen to Provide Strategic Leadership for...

MONROVIA — Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has been appointed First Vice Chair of the Continental Immunization Advisory Council (CIAC), placing the Liberian lawmaker in a key...

Liberia: Cassell Raises Alarm Over Gbarnga Zoning Exercise, Calls for Executive Intervention

GBARNGA, Bong County — Bong County Land Administrator Amelia Cassell has called for intervention by the Executive Branch of Government over an ongoing zoning exercise in Gbarnga City, warning...

Liberia: Kogar’s MDR Expulsion Puts Koung, Unity Party’s Nimba Base Under Scrutiny

MONROVIA — The expulsion last week of Senator Samuel Gongben Kogar from the Movement for Reconstruction and Democracy (MDR) may have been decided inside a party meeting room, but its political implications...

Liberia: CMC Rejects CDC Invite To Attend Roundtable For Opposition Leaders

Monrovia – The opposition Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) has rejected an invitation from the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) to attend...

Liberia: CDC Rebukes UP Secretary General, Demands Probe into 2023 Campaign Financing

Koijee challenges Amos Tweh to produce evidence of alleged CDC-cartel deal, raises questions over UAE travel and alleged campaign funding By Gerald C. Koinyeneh Monrovia —...

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Follow The Law on The Books, Then Ask What the Tape Actually Proves

Liberia's Constitution and Penal Code already say what should happen to a secretly recorded conversation. A precedent set in one courtroom this year should...

The Case Liberia Cannot Afford to Lose Twice

Part Two of FrontPageAfrica’s series raised two warnings in one breath: that justice is moving at different speeds for different Liberians, and that the...

Liberia: GAC Clears Liberia’s 2025 Accounts, Flags US$76.9M Year-End Cash Balance

Monrovia – Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson has released the General Auditing Commission’s (GAC) audit of the Government of Liberia’s Consolidated Fund Account for...

Liberia On Track to Collect US$ One Billion in Domestic Revenue as LRA Launches 5-Year Strategic Plan

Monrovia - The Liberia Revenue Authority  (LRA) is within weeks of collecting US$1 billion in domestic revenue for the first time in the country's...

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Liberia: UL Opens Global Learning Pathways As New Partnership Offers 97% Tuition Scholarships

Monrovia, Liberia — The University of Liberia (UL) is expanding access to international education and professional development through a landmark partnership expected to provide more than 200 students with heavily subsidized scholarships...

Liberia: AML High School Achieves Flawless 100% Pass Rate in 2026 WASSCE

Yekepa, Nimba County — ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) High School has recorded a flawless 100% pass rate in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate...

Liberia: From the Ashes of War to a PhD: Luther Tarpeh’s Journey of Pain, Faith and Triumph

Paynesville — The hall at the Best Brains University campus in Thinkers Village was alive with whispers, laughter, smiles and anticipation. By Patience M. Jones,[email protected] Families, friends, students,...

George Weah Returns: The Homecoming That Reopens Liberia’s Unfinished Political Question – A Commentary

By Julius T. Jaesen IIManaging Editor & PublisherDemocracy [email protected] George Weah has returned to Liberia, but his return is not merely a homecoming; it is...

The Dangers of Political Deceit in Liberia: Upholding Democracy through Truth and the Rule of Law

" The two faces of Tuzon," Hon. Tom Kamara. "Let's we forget." Hon. J. Emmanuel Z. Bowier. Unity Over Tribalism: “Liberians must never allow reckless politicians...

Lofa County Unveils Technical Staff, Targets Clean Sweep at 2026 National County Sports Meet  

MONROVIA – Lofa County has unveiled its new technical staff for football and kickball ahead of the upcoming National County Sports Meet. By Christopher C....

Determine Girls FC Face Accommodation Crisis in Gambia

MONROVIA – Liberian women's champions Determine Girls Football Club are facing an accommodation crisis in The Gambia following their elimination from the ongoing WAFU...

Foreign Relations

Analysis

SUMMARY: In his national address, President Boakai insisted his anti-narcotics campaign follows the law “without fear or favor” and targets conduct, not politics. But eight months into Liberia’s biggest drug scandal, the pattern on the ground...

Liberia: Writ In Six Days for Jewel Howard Taylor. Still Nothing for Others – The Speed of Justice Selectively Applied

Jewel Howard-Taylor's arrest reads like a spy thriller and moved like one too. Mark Egon Kuiah, Leroy Harris, Jonathan Momolu and others have been named in the same investigation for months — one cooperating, one merely...

Liberia: Justice Ministry Moves to Dismiss Vehicle Allegations Against AG Tweh

A social media advocate says the Justice Minister's official vehicle traces back to drug cartel money. The Ministry says it traces back to a formal request, a government fleet, and a supplier called Dutch Health BV...

Elections

Liberia: War Crimes Court Office Chief Urges Boakai to...

Summary War Crimes Court Cffice chief Jallah Barbu has urged President Joseph Boakai to recall lawmakers from their annual constituency break for a special session to act on legislation establishing the court. Barbu...

Gongloe Calls for National Relief Fund for Victims of...

Monrovia — Renowned human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has called for the establishment of a National War Victims Relief Fund to provide medical, economic and...

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Human Rights

Monrovia – Human rights defenders in Liberia are facing increasing threats ranging from intimidation, online harassment and gender-based violence to physical attacks, while a long-awaited national protection policy remains stalled, participants at the ENSURE Project Policy Dialogue...

Liberia: ‘Protect Those Who Defend Rights’: New Research Exposes Mounting Threats to Human Rights Defenders as Liberia Urged to Fast-Track Protection Policy

Monrovia – Human rights defenders in Liberia are facing increasing threats ranging from intimidation, online harassment and gender-based violence to physical attacks, while a long-awaited national protection policy remains stalled, participants at the ENSURE Project Policy Dialogue...

Liberia: The EU spent $16 million to help rape victims get justice, but paralyzed legal system convicts just 2 rapists in 6 years

Summary: A 57-year-old grandmother in Todee District says she was raped in January. Seven months later, her case has not been heard, no government official has visited her, and the family of the accused has approached her with money...

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