MONROVIA – For months, Mark Egon Kuiah’s name has hovered over Liberia’s cocaine scandal without ever quite landing.
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Liberian Envoy Invited to Opening of Barbados Slavery Memorial
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA — Liberia’s special envoy for cultural and heritage diplomacy has been invited to the opening of a national memorial in Barbados honoring 570 enslaved…
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Liberia: LSEZA Joins Africa’s Economic Zones Network, Eyes Investment, Jobs and Exports
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA — For decades, Liberia’s economy has leaned on the same narrow pillars: iron ore, rubber, timber and, more recently, gold. Raw materials leave the coun…
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Liberia: No Indictment After 47 Days as Justice Minister Denies Offering US$500K to Star Witness in Former Vice President Case
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – When the Government of Liberia charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in August, officials spoke with confidence. The state said it had th…
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Liberia: NOCAL, Nigeria’s LADOL Sign Deal to Build Oil Shorebase in Buchanan
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – The last time a major oil company drilled off Liberia’s coast, much of the money never touched Liberian soil.
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Three Liberians Face U.S. Prison, Deportation Over Votes
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehThree Liberians living in Minnesota are among ten immigrants indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury for allegedly voting or registering to vote while not citizen…
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SN Brussels Travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone Face Tougher Scrutiny as Europe Hunts ‘Bolle Jos’
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA – For many Liberian and Sierra Leonean families, the SN Brussels flight is more than a ticket. Brussels Airlines, still called “SN” by most travelers h…
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Coming Home to Heal: Liberian American Surgeon Bringing Global Team to Treat Patients and Train Health Workers
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – Dr. Carolyn Baindu Moore built her career in the United States as a robotic thoracic surgeon, operating on the chest with some of medicine’s most adv…
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Liberia: With Boakai’s Name now in the Record, Mary Broh Hands Rice Defendants a Story, But Not the Numbers
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – Mary T. Broh walked into Criminal Court “C” on Tuesday and gave the defense something it had been missing in the Saudi rice trial: a story jurors can…
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Liberia’s ‘Falling’ Inflation Hides Rising Prices, Economist Argues
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehNew paper says converting dollar prices at a stronger Liberian dollar rate makes inflation look lower than it is; suggests true rate could be above 9 percent
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Liberia: Succession Shockwaves Offer Challenge to Potential Presidential Hopefuls
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – It was the kind of moment politicians plan for and pretend they didn’t.
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Liberia: Lawyers for the former Vice President Say Arrest, Detention, Prison and Search Breached Constitution as Bail Fight Heads to Appeal
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA – When the Monrovia City Court issued a writ on August 25, 2026, commanding police to “arrest the living bodies” of Jewel Howard-Taylor, it set in moti…
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Why Liberia’s New Maritime Pact With India Matters Far Beyond the Water
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehNew York – Somewhere tonight, on a tanker crossing the Red Sea or a bulk carrier waiting off a Gulf port, there is a sailor who has not seen his …
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Liberia: Five Opposition Parties Go on Record Against Boakai Gov’t, Form Joint Technical Committee Ahead of 2029
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehThe parties accuse the Boakai-Koung government of losing territory in Foya to Guinea, running selective anti-corruption and anti-drug campaigns, defying the Sup…
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Liberian Leader Demands Two Permanent African Seats On Security Council, Fairer Global Finance System
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehUNITED NATIONS, New York – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Thursday night told world leaders that trust in the United Nations has been broken by the uneven app…
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Liberia: Kwarbo vs. Coleman: The Drug Van Order that Nobody Owns
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehA statement attributed to detained former Highway Patrol Chief Wadell Kwarbo says IG Gregory Coleman ordered him to escort the drug van. His family denies he ma…
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Liberia: Judge Gives Police ‘Last Opportunity’ in Cybercrime Suspect’s Detention Case
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehCourt says it will make an ‘informed decision’ if the IG and the arresting officer miss Friday’s hearing
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Liberia: Kwarbo Family Rejects Statement Linking IG Coleman to US$317 Million Drug Case; “I will not be intimidated”, IG Says
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA – The family of detained former Highway Patrol Chief Wadell Kwarbo has rejected claims that he told a source he escorted a van linked to a US$317 milli…
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Liberia: COURT DENIES Bail Request to former Vice President JEWEL Howard Taylor
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehJudge rejects ex-VP’s claim that 2023 drug law can’t apply to her; cites alleged August 2026 cartel payment
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Liberia Beats Back Solway Claim to Nimba Licence, Mittal’s Hold Secured
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA – The Government of Liberia has defeated the heart of Solway Mining’s claim over the disputed Blei and Detton iron ore area in Nimba County. An interna…
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Liberia: Gov’t Says Ex-VP Howard-Taylor Broke House Arrest; Another Official Calls The Raid Routine; Her Lawyer Calls It Humiliation
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA — The sheriff’s deputies came on Tuesday evening. By the time they left the former Vice President’s residence, the house had gone quiet in a new way. T…
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Liberia: Agriculture Ministry Disputes Its Budget Line as Cattle Deaths Mount
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMonrovia – Grand Kru County has not had a working cattle herd in a generation. Its old county ranch is mostly memory now — cleared pasture reclaiming itself, pe…
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Liberia: How a Dutch Fugitive Found His Way Through West Africa’s Porous Ports, Borders, Stashing Drugs
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehGhana and Liberia sit on the same stretch of West African coast, share the same colonial-era port infrastructure, and now, investigators say, share the same wea…
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Liberia: Police Reject VP’s Plea, Charges Wrato on Four Cybercrime Counts
by Rodney Siehby Rodney SiehMONROVIA – The Liberia National Police (LNP) has concluded its investigation into Jerry Nyantee Wrato and will forward him to court on four cybercrime charges,…