Analysis
Four Leadership Changes in Two Years: Can the LDEA Handle Liberia’s $19 Million Cocaine Case?
MONROVIA — When the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it had intercepted 237.6 kilograms of cocaine bound for Europe...
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What One Name Reveals About Liberia’s $19m Cocaine Case
Monrovia — The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency says it cannot name the people connected to the largest cocaine seizure of...
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NOCAL vs. LPRA: How a Legal Gray Zone Is Threatening Liberia’s Oil Governance
MONROVIA – Liberia's petroleum sector is headed for a Senate reckoning after two lawmakers alleged the National Oil Company of...
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How Two Former NOCAL Executives Won a $764,762 Payout after Driving the Oil Company to the Ground
MONROVIA – A Commercial Court ruling has awarded nearly $800,000 to two former executives of the National Oil Company of...
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Analysis: Sirleaf Called It Filthy. Boakai Called It Progress. The Trash Remains.
MONROVIA — When former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called Monrovia "filthy" on a popular radio program in late April, she was...
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Acquitted One Week, Summoned the Next: Tweah Faces New US$20.5M Probe
MONROVIA — The ink was barely dry on his acquittal when the government came for Samuel D. Tweah Jr. again. Less...
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Liberia’s War Crimes Court Nears Make-or-Break Moment as Funding Gaps and Political Divisions Persist
MONROVIA – Seventeen years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission demanded accountability for Liberia's two civil wars, President Joseph Nyuma...
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The AFL’s Weakness Is No Secret. So Why Are Senators Demanding an Investigation for Saying So?
MONROVIA — The numbers Sen. Amara Konneh cited on the Senate floor last Thursday are not hard to find. They...
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Analysis: Kolubah’s Fall Sealed by Allies Who Turned Away When It Mattered Most
MONROVIA — The Unity Party wanted Rep. Yekeh Y. Kolubah gone. The opposition gave them the votes to do it....
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Bea Mountain Produces $1.65 Billion in Gold a Year. Its Contract Gives Liberia 3%
GRAND CAPE MOUNT COUNTY — Vice President Jeremiah Koung traveled to the facilities of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation over the...
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