Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
The conviction of 63-year-old Peter Bon Jallah for statutory rape and kidnapping should serve as a sobering reminder that the protection of children must never…
Criminal Court E Acquits Him of Gang Rape; Orders Pre-Sentence Report Before Sentencing
Criminal Court “E” for Montserrado County has convicted 63-year-old Peter Bon Jallah of statutory rape and kidnapping involving a 16-year-old boy, while acquitt…
MONROVIA, Liberia — National Security Agency agent Peter Bon Jallah was convicted Friday of the statutory rape and kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy and ordered h…
— Acquits NSA Staff of Gang Rape; Defense Announces Supreme Court Appeal
MONROVIA — Liberia has begun assembling the team to develop its proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation compact, Finance and Development Planning Minister Aug…
MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in a case that could determine whether the country’s House of Representatives defied a…
MONROVIA — Liberian economist and political commentator Samuel Jackson has appealed to Criminal Court “A” Judge Onesimus Barwon for permission to travel abroad…
Hundreds of victims and survivors of Liberia’s civil wars, joined by justice advocates, protested Thursday outside the government office overseeing the establis…
Six months after the House of Representatives expelled Rep. Yekeh Kolubah while a Supreme Court stay order was pending, the full bench has heard his appeal and…
The Supreme Court of Liberia has reserved ruling in a high-stakes legal dispute involving expelled Montserrado County District #10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah…
Massaquoi Cites Civil Procedure Law in Challenging Service of Court Order
Monrovia – Liberian economist Samuel Jackson has appealed to Criminal Court “A” Judge, Onesimus Barwon, to grant him medical leave to travel abroad for speciali…
Monrovia – The full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia is scheduled to hear arguments today, Thursday, October 22, 2026, in former Montserrado County Distric…
Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon. Stephen Yekeson, has reaffirmed the Government of Liberia’s commitment to strengthening domestic manufacturing, p…
After earlier rulings affirmed the estate’s ownership, the Supreme Court is set to review a fresh appeal challenging lower court judgments over land in Paynesvi…
Liberia’s Chief Justice raises a valid concern about jury tampering, whether committed by a trial judge, government or defense counsel, the court, or a litigant…
MONROVIA, Liberia, October 22, 2026 – The Ministry of National Defense (MoD) and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) have administratively discharged two military…
Monrovia — Senate Revenue Committee Chairman Gbehnzohngar Findley has called on the government and telecommunications companies to explain rising mobile money t…
MONROVIA — Senator Amara Konneh has warned that Liberia’s porous borders, rising drug abuse and youth unemployment could expose the country to increased drug tr…
Alain Werner of Civitas Maxima in Switzerland, Hassan Bility of the Global Justice Research Project in Liberia, and the Center for Justice and Accountability in…
TORONTO — Liberia will seek Canadian partners and investment for its schools at an Oct. 28 roundtable in Toronto. Education Minister Jarso Maley Jallah will lea…
MONROVIA – The National Patriotic Party (NPP) may be heading into another leadership crisis. Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor is facing drug charges, a…
Two officials from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia visited the Global Justice and Research Project, Liberia’s leading war crimes investigation group, two weeks aft…
