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MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s decision on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, to remove Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitzgerald T. M. Biago as Director Gene…

CONAKRY, GUINEA – The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) has called for stronger regional cooperation, greater harmonisation of excise duty policies…

MONROVIA – As Liberia confronts a growing cocaine crisis and mounting questions about the networks behind two major drug seizures, Sinoe County Senator Cllr. Au…

MONROVIA – President Joseph N. Boakai is expected to convene a high level Joint Security Meeting Monday, August 10, as Liberia intensifies investigations into t…

MONROVIA – The World Customs Organization (WCO) has successfully concluded a week-long diagnostic mission in Liberia to support the Liberia Revenue Authority’s…

MONROVIA – Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) commander Moses Jallah has reportedly been rearrested after allegedly attempting to leave Liberia through Robe…

MONROVIA – The mystery surrounding the ownership of a grey Nissan NV350 reportedly used to transport part of the nearly four-tonne cocaine shipment seized in Li…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The University of Liberia Faculty and Staff Association (ULFASA) has reaffirmed its ongoing work boycott, directing faculty and staff to dis…

LOFA COUNTY – Tensions are reportedly resurfacing along Liberia’s northern border with Guinea, with Radio Wologizi FM reporting that Guinean military officers h…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The globally acclaimed African biomedical scientist, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, has advised Liberians to avoid consuming the widely discussed h…

MONROVIA – The Director of Liberia’s Witness Protection Agency, Cllr. Teklo Maxwell Grigsby II, has warned that fear, intimidation and retaliation against witne…

ABUJA, NIGERIA – The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) brought together nearly 400 participants from 16 countries on Thursday, 6 August, for a high-…

MONROVIA – From the highest office in Liberia to a prison cell in the United Kingdom, former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor has offered a brief but s…

MONROVIA – Senator Amara Konneh has mounted fresh pressure on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to take decisive action against alleged corruption within Liberia’s…

MONROVIA – The elusive Comoros-flagged cargo vessel IB Atlantic IV, which became the focus of a Liberian maritime pursuit amid the country’s widening drug-traff…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s escalating drug-trafficking controversy has deepened, with Sinoe County Senator Cllr. Augustine Chea calling on potentially conflicted secu…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has ordered the Ministry of Justice to conduct an immediate and comprehensive investigation into allegations s…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Officer-in-Charge of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), DCP Fitzgerald T. M. Biago, has requested temporary recusal from his of…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The intensifying fight against drug trafficking has taken a contentious turn after activist Martin K. N. Kollie challenged a denial by the L…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s escalating cocaine crisis is moving into a potentially decisive phase as law enforcement authorities expand investigations from massive nar…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Liberian political commentator and social justice advocate Grace R. Guar has pressed Foreign Affairs Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti for detai…

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

Liberia’s intensifying war against cocaine trafficking has reached a critical point where allegations involving the country’s own drug enforcement leadership ca…