Monrovia – Over the past few days, FrontPage Africa reporters have traveled across Liberia — from the market corridors of Monrovia and Paynesville to the tradin…
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Liberia: Senator Snowe Convenes NPP Leaders, Suspended Partisans in Unity Talks
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – A private residence in the ELWA community in Paynesville became the setting for a pivotal internal conversation within the National Patriotic Party (…
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Liberia: Bong County Attorney Jonathan Flomo Renews Push for Homicide Charges in Fatal Road Accident Cases
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA – Bong County Attorney Jonathan Flomo has reignited a long-standing debate over how Liberia’s justice system handles road fatalities, calling on the Lib…
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Liberia: When Silence Meets a Shutdown: The New Totota School Crisis No One Acted On Until It Went Viral
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – According to an unconfirmed report reaching FrontPage Africa, the Ministry of Education has ordered a suspension of academic activities at New Totota…
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Liberia: Whispers of a Handshake: Inside the Rumor Mill Surrounding Kolubah and Pres. Boakai
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Rumors move fast in Liberian politics, but few in recent memory have traveled as quickly, or generated as much chatter, as the reports now circulatin…
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Liberia: One Life Liberia, Urey-Yarkpawolo Foundation Launch L$2M Scholarship Fund for 500 Zota Students
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxZOTA DISTRICT, BONG COUNTY — In the town of Shankpallai, where Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo grew up and eventually left to build a career in environmental ad…
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Liberia: Saclepea Mayor Under Fire After Admitting GOL Awarded MDR Contract in Nimba, Then Backtracks
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxSACLEPEA, Nimba County — In Saclepea, Nimba County, the promise of newly paved streets should ordinarily be a welcome development. Instead, a government road pr…
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Liberia: How Sen. Moye Helped Steer Unity Party Lofa County Through Years of Division and a High-Stakes Leadership Contest
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxVOINJAMA, Lofa County — Long before the first ballot was cast last week, the Unity Party’s county convention in Lofa had already become a political test. The qu…
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Liberia: NPA Security Director Charles Roberts Under Fire for Calling MDR Lawmaker ‘Monkey’
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Charles Roberts, Security Director at the National Port Authority and a vocal supporter of the ruling Unity Party, Wednesday described Nimba County l…
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Liberia: Prince Johnson’s Shadow: Kogar’s War On Boakai, Koung Exposes Nimba’s Deepening Political Fault Line
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMonrovia — Senator Samuel Kogar’s latest attack on President Joseph Boakai and Vice President Jeremiah Koung is bigger than a quarrel over Liberia’s proposed Wa…
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Liberia: Ex-Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor to Receive Medical Care at Residence Under Restrictions as Drug Case Continues
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor is set to receive medical attention outside detention under strict conditions imposed by Criminal Court “C”…
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Liberia: LIS Officer Thomas Kesselly Reportedly Shot in Foya
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Thomas Kesselly, a member of the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), was reportedly shot on Thursday, September 3, 2026, with conflicting accounts eme…
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LDEA Officers’ Trial Heads to Jury as Lawyers Prepare Closing Arguments
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxKAKATA, Margibi County — September 4, 2026: The criminal trial involving several officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency is approaching its decisive pha…
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Liberia: Ex-President Weah Declares Democracy Under Threat, Defends Jewel Howard Taylor, Vows to Rally Opposition Unity
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — George Manneh Weah’s return to Liberia was always likely to carry political significance. But his first major intervention after months abroad has re…
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Liberia: Rep. Fahnbulleh Hails Pres. Boakai’s Support After Talks on Bong’s District Seven Development Priorities
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Bong County District Seven Representative Foday Fahnbulleh has expressed excitement following a meeting Tuesday with President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at…
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Liberia: Kogar’s MDR Expulsion Puts Koung, Unity Party’s Nimba Base Under Scrutiny
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — The expulsion last week of Senator Samuel Gongben Kogar from the Movement for Reconstruction and Democracy (MDR) may have been decided inside a party…
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Liberia: Bong Native Flomo Calls on Justice Ministry to Release Jewel Howard-Taylor to Her Lawyers
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Bong County native residing in the United States, David Flomo, has called on the Ministry of Justice to release former Vice President Jewel Howard-Ta…
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Liberia: Golden Touch Pushes Back Against MPR/APM Investigation, Says Dukuly’s Role Was Lawful
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Golden Touch Health Care LLC has mounted a strong defense of its operations and the involvement of Sekou Dukuly, rejecting what it describes as inacc…
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Liberia: Ex-VP Howard Taylor Remains Hospitalized in Police Custody as Bong Residents Rally Behind Her
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA, Bong County — In the streets, communities and political circles of Bong County, the detention Wednesday of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor ha…
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Liberia: CDC Condemns Charges Against Former VP Jewel Howard-Taylor, Warns of Political Persecution
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — The opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has condemned what it describes as the “harassment, intimidation, detention and apparent fabrica…