Politics

Resolution raises questions about deportees, detention conditions, possible abuses and financial arrangements between Washington and Monrovia

BREWERVILLE, MONTSERRADO COUNTY – As political discussions surrounding Liberia’s 2029 presidential and general elections continue to gain momentum, calls are em…

At least 47 members of Liberia’s 55th Legislature have reportedly signed a resolution seeking the removal of House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon and Deputy Speaker…

MONROVIA – The State’s case against former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor is now being argued in public before it is tried in court. Pundits, analyst John H…

MONROVIA – Nimba County lawmaker Musa Hassan Bility has turned his column into a reckoning with Liberian partisanship. He says critics are cheered when they wou…

The rebellion within the Speaker’s own ranks exposes growing discontent over lawmakers’ benefits and legislative support, reviving memories of the bitter Koffa-…

CAPITOL HILL, MONROVIA, October 12, 2026 — The 55th National Legislature has resumed its third and final quarter amid renewed tensions in the House of Represent…

CAPITOL HILL, MONROVIA, October 12, 2026 — More than 40 members of the House of Representatives reportedly boycotted the Legislature’s reopening session on Frid…

MONROVIA, October 12, 2026 — The Executive Director of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), Anderson D. Miamen, says Liberia’s pe…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Senator Cllr. Augustine S. Chea has challenged the legal authority of the Ministry of Local Government to downgrade or dissolve cities estab…

The Feminist Coalition (FCP), with medica Liberia (mL) serving as the lead representative, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of N…

Monrovia – The Feminist Coalition (FCP), with medica Liberia (mL) serving as the lead representative, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mi…

MONROVIA — Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor allegedly maintained financial contacts with individuals prosecutors identify as members of an internationa…

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

Head of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) Secretariat, Jeffrey Yates, has secured a seat on the International Board of the Extra…

MONROVIA – Musa Hassan Bility is betting that Liberians are tired of choosing between two old giants. The Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) leader has pulled b…

MONROVIA, Liberia, October 7, 2026 — Dozens of residents of Montserrado County District #10 are calling for a by-election to fill the district’s legislative sea…

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….

Some concerned residents of District #10, Montserrado County have expressed frustration over the continuous delays of a by-election in the district following th…

Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, October 6, 2026 — With Liberia’s next General Elections three years away, the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC-Liberi…

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

Deputy Information Minister Daniel Sando has strongly criticized Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) Political Leader Simeon Freeman, accusing the opposition…

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

MONROVIA – Buchanan’s Liberty Party gathering placed organizational rebuilding beside the politics of the governing alliance. Supporters celebrated reconciliati…