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Youth Parliament hails mass dismissal, says Liberia “will no longer be a transit hub for cocaine”

By: Staff Writer Monrovia — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has ordered the mass dismissal and suspension of senior government and security officials implicated in major cocaine investigations, in what youth leaders are calling the toughest anti-narcotics action in a decade. The decision, announced this week, targets officials allegedly linked to drug trafficking networks operating inside […]

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“Who Brought Cocaine to Liberia First?” Koijee, Boakai Gov’t Clash Over Drug Blame Game”

By: Staff Writer MONROVIA — The fight against drugs in Liberia has turned into a political fight over who started it. CDC Secretary General Jefferson Koijee has rejected claims from the Boakai administration that cocaine importation increased during the Weah government. Instead, Koijee says the problem began 12 years ago under the Unity Party. Speaking […]

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CFAC Welcomes Boakai’s Anti-Drug Actions, Demands Greater Transparency

By: Contributing Writer Monrovia, Liberia – The Center for Advocacy and Civic Engagement, CFAC, has welcomed President Joseph Boakai’s recent decision to dismiss, suspend, and investigate government officials and law enforcement personnel allegedly linked to narcotics trafficking. In a press release issued Saturday, the civil society organization described the actions as “an important step toward […]

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Politics

Former Finance Minister says next election is about preventing Liberia’s return to “murderous autocracy”

By: Staff Writer Monrovia, Liberia — Former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has declared that Liberia’s 2029 general elections will not be a contest over development records, but a referendum on democracy itself, warning that the country risks sliding back into “the abyss of murderous AUTOCRACY” if current trends are not reversed. In a […]

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Governance

“Fire the Big Fish Too” — Amara Konneh Dares Boakai After $336M Drug Purge

By: Staff Writer Monrovia – President Joseph Boakai just fired a dozen top security and port officials over Liberia’s record $336 million cocaine busts. But Senator Amara Konneh says that’s not enough. Hours after the Executive Mansion announced the dismissals, Konneh welcomed the move but warned it only scratches the surface. “Removing low-and mid-level officers […]

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Governance

Boakai Fires Top Brass in $336M Narcotics Investigation

By Staff Writer ‎Monrovia, Liberia– President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has ordered a sweeping shakeup of Liberia’s security and government institutions, dismissing and suspending senior officials linked to the country’s two largest drug seizures this year valued at $336 million. ‎‎The announcement Thursday at the Executive Mansion followed President Boakai’s review of status reports on investigations into 198 […]

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Ganta History Teacher Found Dead in Stream, Community Mourns Decades of Service

By: Staff Writer Ganta City, Nimba County –The body of educator James K. Doe, 60, was found early Thursday morning in a stream within the Catholic Community of Ganta City, ending a teaching career that spanned more than three decades across Nimba County. Doe was widely known as a History teacher at Youth Academy, Ganta […]

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Governance

UN, Sweden Boost Liberia’s Legal Backbone Ahead of War Crimes and Anti-Corruption Courts

By: The People News Online Monrovia, Liberia –The United Nations has moved to equip Liberia’s justice sector for two of its most politically sensitive legal tests yet, donating office tools to the Law Reform Commission and announcing a full review of the country’s anti-corruption laws as the government prepares to operationalize both a War and […]

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Jabateh: “Even If You Walk Around Naked, Partisans Will Defend You” — Demands Kruah Apologize

By: Staff Writer Monrovia, Liberia – Former Assistant Minister Mark Jabateh has fired at Youth and Sports Minister Cornelia Kruah over her viral “hot pants dresscode” at the July 26 Independence celebration, saying “selective outrage is destroying our values” and that partisans will defend anything from stealing to walking around naked. He called on Kruah […]

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International News

U.S. State Department Revokes Visas Of Foreign Nationals Over DUI, Violent Offenses

By: Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of State has revoked the visas of multiple foreign nationals and barred them from future travel to the United States over arrests linked to impaired driving, violence, and other criminal offenses, the agency announced. In a statement, the State Department said the action is part of the […]

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