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MONROVIA — The long-running trial involving the alleged misappropriation of Saudi-donated rice has entered its final stage, with the prosecution and defense sch…

GTMS Liberia Inc. has disowned Presley S. Tenwah and Elvis D. Johnson, who it says have been posing as its General Manager and Public Relations Executive. The c…

MONROVIA — A major transformation is brewing for television screens across Liberia, and the continent’s biggest entertainment player is dropping its biggest hin…

A Liberian court has ordered the arrest of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, ex-wife of convicted warlord and former President Charles Taylor, along wi…

Judiciary sources expect a grand jury to indict the former vice president, but her defense says it has received no official word

Spoon Network’s executive alleges that government insiders sought the former commerce minister’s removal, reopening questions about the controversy that precede…

Grand Cape Mount County — The Liberia National Police has intercepted US$400,000 in cash during a routine security operation at the Tienii Checkpoint in Grand C…

MONROVIA — 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…

ABUJA, Nigeria — Liberian lawyer, law professor and former vice-presidential candidate, Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine, has been sworn in as a judge of the Communi…

MONROVIA — In Liberian public life, a man’s word is currency, and a man’s oath is something close to a mortgage on his name. Yekeh Kolubah took out a heavy one….

SANNIQUELLIE, Nimba County—They are the second biggest voting bloc in the country. They’re also the former constituents of long-time senator, Prince Johnson who…

Monrovia – A troubling confrontation outside the courtroom has opened a new front in the criminal trial, with defense lawyer Gbawou Kowou accusing the Asset Rec…

MONROVIA – Liberian politics has no shortage of dramatic turnarounds, but few would have raised eyebrows like this one. Yekeh Kolubah, the outspoken former Mont…

• A nationwide Ebola preparedness assessment found Liberia 69 percent ready overall, while logistics scored only 47 percent, leaving major gaps in equipment, su…

MONROVIA — The European Federation of Liberian Associations (EFLA) has accused the Boakai-Koung administration of systematically sidelining Liberians living in…

MONROVIA – Liberian entrepreneur and media personality LeAnn Knowlden has earned recognition in three African countries this year, adding continental attention…

MONROVIA — Reality TV fans across Liberia joined the rest of the continent over the weekend to celebrate as Temi Nkem officially emerged as the winner of Big Br…

MONROVIA — The Embassy of India in Liberia has marked the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with a call for peace, nonviolence, dialogue and compassion,…

Paynesville – Social media went wild early Monday morning in the commercial hub of Red Light in Paynesville, outside Monrovia, over reports that a local cook sh…

MONROVIA -The Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Richard Ngafuan has cautioned against the inadequate…

MONROVIA — Naymote Partners for Democratic Development is calling for an independent investigation into the selection of Lofa County’s representative for an Afr…

Monrovia – When the Government of Liberia charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in August, officials spoke with confidence. The state said it had th…

Monrovia – The last time a major oil company drilled off Liberia’s coast, much of the money never touched Liberian soil.

PELELEI, Zota District, Bong County – The women came first, and they came together. Members of the Bong County Women Organization filed into the funeral grounds…