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By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The intensifying fight against drug trafficking has taken a contentious turn after activist Martin K. N. Kollie challenged a …

By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – Liberia’s escalating cocaine crisis is moving into a potentially decisive phase as law enforcement authorities expand investigations from massive narcotics …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Liberian political commentator and social justice advocate Grace R. Guar has pressed Foreign Affairs Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti for detailed answers over allegations surrounding diplomatic cargo and …

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has issued a stern warning to drug traffickers and individuals who believe wealth, political influence or public office can shield them from prosecution, declaring …

Liberia’s intensifying war against cocaine trafficking has reached a critical point where allegations involving the country’s own drug enforcement leadership can no longer be treated as ordinary political noise. A …

By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) has applauded the government’s seizure of large quantities of narcotics and …

By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA –The five-year prison sentence handed down to Madam Quati Dolo in Liberia’s Roberts International Airport (RIA) cocaine trafficking case represents another …

A CALL FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NDMA) ACT OF 2016 TO DECENTRALIZE POWERS AMONG THE THREE PRESIDENTIALLY-APPOINTED EXECUTIVES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER …

The Government of Liberia’s decision to make public education absolutely free from Kindergarten through Grade 6 beginning with the 2026/2027 academic year is a policy that deserves strong commendation. For …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The World Customs Organization (WCO) has commenced a week-long diagnostic mission to support the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) in implementing an internationally recognized Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) …

By Socrates Smythe Saywon MONROVIA – A controversy over the distribution of 150 motorbikes to chiefs and elders in Nimba County has taken a new turn after Mines and Energy …

By Our Reporter | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – The Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) has called on thousands of University of Liberia students to assemble at the Capitol Hill …

MONROVIA – The Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce (AREPT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, has mounted a fresh legal challenge to two Criminal Appearance Bonds recently filed …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The head of the Center for Transparency and Accountability, (CENTAL) has called on the Liberia Telecommunication Authority LTA to disclose the revenue collected since the suspension of …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has made a third attempt to secure her release from custody, filing an unprecedented US$8 million criminal appearance …

By J. Emmanuel Deshield Sr. WEE DISTRICT, GRAND BASSA COUNTY – More than 50 residents of Paygar’s Town in Wee District, Grand Bassa County, are calling for urgent intervention as …

By Contributing Writer MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Mounting concern surrounds the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) after its Chairman, Mr. Clarance Massaquoi, refused for nearly a year to disclose how much revenue …

MONROVIA – The Liberia Revenue Authority has introduced a standardized expenditure budget planning framework as it begins preparations for its Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, a move aimed at strengthening planning, …

MONROVIA – Executive Protection Service (EPS) Director Sam Gaye has hinted at an expanding investigation into individuals allegedly linked to drug trafficking organizations that operated in Liberia from 2021 onward, …

By Our Reporter | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – Anderson Miamen, Executive Director of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), has called for an investigation into the …

Our Reporter | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – Liberian writer and political commentator Abdoulaye Dukule has expressed strong support for Executive Protection Service (EPS) Director Sam Gaye following the security …

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Liberian political commentator and activist Grace R. Guar has commended President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for ordering the dismissal, suspension and investigation of several government and law enforcement …