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BREAKING:Tweh Out as Justice Minister Amid Drug Scandal Fallout, Reassigned to Undisclosed Government Post

Monrovia — September 2, 2026President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has removed Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, replacing him with Cllr. Betty M. Lamin-Blamo, according to...

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Liberia: Rep. Fahnbulleh Hails Pres. Boakai’s Support After Talks on Bong’s District Seven Development...

MONROVIA — Bong County District Seven Representative Foday Fahnbulleh has expressed excitement following a meeting Tuesday with President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the Executive Mansion. By Selma Lomax, [email protected] Rep. Fahnbulleh...

Liberia Wraps Up Rwanda Study Mission on Proposed Peace and Reconciliation Museum

KIGALI, RWANDA — Liberia has concluded the Rwanda phase of a high-level study mission designed to gather practical lessons for the establishment of the proposed Liberia Peace, Reconciliation and...

Liberia: Security Tightens at RIA as Weah Returns Today

Airport Restricts Access, Regulates Traffic as CDC Mobilizes Supporters for Former President Monrovia — Security has been heightened at Roberts International Airport (RIA) ahead of the arrival of former President...

One Woman, half a Billion Dollars: The Question Liberia’s Drug Investigation hasn’t Answered

As former President George Weah touches down in Monrovia, the two record-breaking drug busts that started this saga — nearly half a billion dollars combined — have quietly gone...

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: 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, church members, political supporters and government officials...

Tappita Vocational Training Institute Opens Temporary Campus, Launches Academic Enrichment Program to Prepare Incoming Students for Full-Time Classes

TAPPITA— The Tappita Vocational Training Institute has opened a temporary campus in the Tappita Community, Lower Nimba County, and has launched an academic enrichment...

Liberia: US$700,000 Bong University Opportunity Hangs in Balance

‎‎A major opportunity to expand higher education in Bong County could be slipping away as negotiations over a privately developed campus valued at between...

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...

When the Drug War Becomes a War of Narratives

Liberia’s escalating drug war feels like a badly scripted movie, with competing narratives fighting for public attention. But beneath the noise, arrests, seizures, accusations...

Liberia: Family Legacy Comes Full Circle as Borough FC Sign Midfielder Eric Hney on Loan

MONROVIA — Borough Football Club has bolstered its midfield options ahead of the 2026/27 Liberia Football Association (LFA) First Division season with the acquisition...

2026 COUNTY SPORTS MEET: Grand Kru Reappoints Emmanuel Kehkeh Following Full Exoneration by LFA

MONROVIA — The Grand Kru Sports Steering Committee has reappointed experienced football tactician Emmanuel "Emo" Kehkeh as head coach of the county’s men’s football...

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

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: 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...

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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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