Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
The defense team in the ongoing trial of former National Security Agency (NSA) employee Peter Bon Jallah has asked Criminal Court “B” to acquit him, arguing tha…
MONROVIA – Former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo no longer has to post an additional US$1.34 million in security after Criminal Court ‘C’…
MONROVIA – The rape trial of former National Security Agency operative Peter Bon Jallah is on hold after his lawyers asked Criminal Court ‘E’ to acquit him, arg…
MONROVIA, September 28, 2026 — Liberia’s newly enacted Cybercrime Act is heading toward a potential constitutional test as debate intensifies over whether some…
MONROVIA, September 28, 2026 — The Law Reform Commission (LRC) is drafting legislation to establish a specialized court for land disputes in Liberia, as authori…
MONROVIA – 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…
MONROVIA — Veteran Liberian educator and former Deputy Education Minister for Administration, Amb. Latim Dathong is calling on the government to intensify publi…
MONROVIA — Veteran Liberian educator and former Deputy Education Minister for Administration Amb. Latim Dathong is challenging the government to explain how muc…
MONROVIA — Former Press Union of Liberia President Peter Quaqua is questioning whether Liberia’s Cybercrime Act of 2025 could give the State excessive power ove…
More than two decades after Liberian women helped played a decisive role in bringing the country’s civil wars to an end, they have been far less visible in the…
GOMPA, Nimba County — A bitter property dispute in Gompa City has widened into a direct clash between the judiciary and local politics, after the Gompa Magister…
Coming up in this episode.The European Union spent 16 million U.S. dollars to help rape survivors get justice. But a struggling justice system has convicted jus…
Monrovia, September 25, 2026: Assigned Circuit Judge of Criminal Court “C,” Judge Ousman F. Feika, has denied former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s motion…
MONROVIA – For three weeks, the most important document at Jewel Howard-Taylor’s home has been a visitors’ log.
Court says it will make an ‘informed decision’ if the IG and the arresting officer miss Friday’s hearing
GBARNGA, Bong County, September 25, 2026: Police in Gbarnga have charged and forwarded driver Cooper Dennis to court in connection with a July 4 road crash in S…
Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika has denied former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s motion seeking admission to bail in the ongoing US$317 million a…
Liberia has intensified its drive to attract private capital from the United States and other international markets, presenting a broad range of investment oppo…
MONROVIA — Criminal Court “C” has denied former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s motion to be admitted to bail, ruling that allegations of her continued inv…
Judge rejects ex-VP’s claim that 2023 drug law can’t apply to her; cites alleged August 2026 cartel payment
MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. mounts the General Assembly rostrum on Thursday, he will speak for two Liberias. One is the Liberia of the brochur…
MONROVIA — 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…
MONROVIA – Alexander B. Cummings has now stepped into the fight over Liberia’s new Cybercrime Act. The Alternative National Congress (ANC) Political Leader says…
MONROVIA – Gbarpolu County Senator Amara M. Konneh voted for Liberia’s Cybercrime Act. Now he is drawing a line around how it is used. The law now faces its fir…
