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Liberia: What a Secretly Recorded ‘Gift’ Call – and the Koffa Precedent – Mean for the Case against Jewel Howard Taylor

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Liberian law is openly hostile to secret recordings. A Monrovia courtroom let one in anyway earlier this year, in the Capitol arson case against former Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, and the...

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Liberia: UMC Bishop Declares Africa “New Epicenter Of Faith” At Thanksgiving Service In Monrovia

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Monrovia, August 30, 2026 – The preacher at the Thanksgiving Service in Monrovia ahead of 2026 Africa College of Bishops Meeting has called on the global church to "enlarge...
Health

Jackson F. Doe Hospital Expansion Signals Liberia’s Push to Decentralize Specialized Healthcare

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TAPPITA, Nimba County — The Government of Liberia is advancing plans to expand specialized healthcare services outside Monrovia with a major upgrade of the Jackson F. Doe Memorial Regional...
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Liberia: Cummings Demands Speedy, Fair Trial for Howard-Taylor, Accuses Government of ‘Selective Justice’

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Monrovia - Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress, Alexander Benedict Cummings, has called on the Government of Liberia to ensure a speedy and fair trial for former Vice...
County News

Liberia: Nimba Elders Back Boakai’s Drug Fight, Warn Illicit Drugs Threaten Liberia’s Future

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Monrovia — The Nimba Council of Elders has thrown its support behind the government’s ongoing crackdown on illicit drugs, commending President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his administration for what it...
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Liberia: What a Secretly Recorded ‘Gift’ Call – and the Koffa Precedent – Mean...

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African Civil Society Leaders Say the Global Aid System Is Broken; 200 Gather in...

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800,000 Liberians Likely Have Kidney Disease. Most Won’t Survive It

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Liberia: A Nation Finally Writes its Own Story

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Legal Issues

Liberia: Supreme Court Clears Way for Enforcement of Judgment in Urban Marketing–Tubman Estate Dispute...

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Liberia: AML Honors Four Rail Workers for Preventing Potential Safety Incident

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Corruption Watch

Liberia: LACC Marks 18th Anniversary, Pushes Prevention, Prosecution, and Recovery of Stolen Assets

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Liberia War Crimes

Liberia: 23 Years Into Peace, Victims Celebrate Progress but Say Justice Remains Unfinished

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Media Issues

Liberia: YMA Graduates 22 Young Journalists

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World Bank Hails Liberia’s Enhanced Collateral Registry as Game-Changer for Business Financing

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Liberia: Cummings Visits Jailed Jewel Howard Taylor, Demands Speedy and Non-Selective Justice

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Legal Issues

Supreme Court Denies Koffa, Co-Defendants’ Prohibition Petition, Clears Way for Capitol Arson Trial

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Politics
Politics

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

Obediah Johnson -
Monrovia – The opposition Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) has rejected an invitation from the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) to attend a roundtable for opposition political leaders on...
Politics

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

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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 —...
Politics

Liberia: CDC Blasts Boakai’s National Address, Demands Independent Probe Into Alleged Cartel Infiltration Of Liberia’s Security Institutions, Announces Weah’s Return

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Monrovia — The opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has sharply condemned President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s recent national address on the rule of law, accusing...

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Editorial
Editorial

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...
Editorial

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...
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Economy
Economy

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...
News

Liberia: Providence Island Redevelopment Raises Heritage, Bidding Questions, LNTA Says Process Complies with Procurement Law, Builds On Past Studies

Monrovia — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday broke ground for the redevelopment of Providence Island, launching one of his administration’s flagship tourism and heritage...

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Education

Historic Transition: CAN University Becomes LCU Annex I as CAN Leadership Academy–Lofa Retains Its Identity

FESSIBU TOWN, Zorzor District, Lofa County, Liberia — A new chapter has opened in rural higher education following the historic transfer of Change Agent Network University (CAN-U) to Lofa County University...
Education

Rep. Taa Wongbe Dedicates Public School In Nimba

VOLAY TOWN, Nimba County — Representative Taa Wongbe of Electoral District Number 9, Nimba county has officially dedicated the newly constructed Volay Public School...
Education

Liberia: New Dimension of Hope Academy Graduates 41 Students, Awards Top Achievers As Founder Norman Urges Graduates to Pursue Purpose and Service

MEMMEH TOWN, Montserrado County- New Dimension of Hope Academy celebrated the graduation of 41 students during a ceremony marked by messages of perseverance, discipline,...
Drugs and Crime
Commentary
Commentary

What Counts in Good Governance: The Communist Party of China’s Correct Understanding of Governance Performance

By Mr. Fan Erwei, Chargé d'affaires  of the Chinese Embassy in Liberia To understand China today, one must first understand the Communist Party of China...
Commentary

If Liberia Is Leaving No Stone Unturned, the President’s Foundation Should Lead by Example

The Drug Investigation Has Created a Powerful Case for Greater Financial Transparency By Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr. Liberia’s widening confrontation with transnational cocaine trafficking has...
Sports
Sports

CAF Invites Cllr. Kunkunyon Wleh Teh to Addis Ababa Governance Meeting

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MONROVIA — The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has formally invited Liberian legal practitioner Cllr. Kunkunyon Wleh Teh to participate in a high-level governance...
Sports

CAF Approves SKD Sports Complex as President Boakai Boosts Lone Star Player Allowance

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MONROVIA — The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Sports Complex in Paynesville to host Liberia’s home matches...

Foreign Relations

Analysis

Liberia: No Sacred Cows,” But Some Cows Are More Equal Than Others

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

Analysis
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

Analysis
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

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Liberia War Crimes

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...
Liberia War Crimes

Liberia: 23 Years Into Peace, Victims Celebrate Progress but...

Summary: Liberia marks 23 years of peace with a week of remembrance and reflection, as survivors say justice, reconciliation and support for victims remain pressing concerns. Victims and advocates call for...

Diaspora

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

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

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

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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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