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Joseph Boakai, presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), in Monrovia, Liberia, 2017. (Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon)

alive & kicking

Premium badgeLiberia’s Unity Party claims presidential candidate was illegally tracked

It is less than a month before the Liberian elections, and one opposition party says the ruling party has tried to besmirch their presidential candida...

© Liberia 2023 presidential candidate Sara Beysolow Nyanti. (Facebook)

women power

Premium badgeLiberia: Former UN envoy steps up to unseat President Weah in elections Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the female presidential candidate on the ticket of the African Liberation League, is optimistic of blocking Weah’s second term. ...
A border crossing between Liberia and Sierra Leone. (Reuters/James Giahyue)

wrong move?

Premium badgeLiberia extradites Sierra Leone’s purported coup leader, as presidential candidate cries foul Critics accuse the George Weah government of violating international conventions by responding to Freetown’s extradition request for ex-police chief M...
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

Talking tough

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah speaks on Niger coup Abdel-Fatau Musah, the ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs, speaks in part 1 of an exclusive interview about how the regional body plays a multi...

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Joseph Boakai, presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), in Monrovia, Liberia, 2017. (Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon)

alive & kicking

Premium badgeLiberia’s Unity Party claims presidential candidate was illegally tracked It is less than a month before the Liberian elections, and one opposition party says the ruling party has tried to besmirch their presidential candida...
© Liberia 2023 presidential candidate Sara Beysolow Nyanti. (Facebook)

women power

Premium badgeLiberia: Former UN envoy steps up to unseat President Weah in elections Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the female presidential candidate on the ticket of the African Liberation League, is optimistic of blocking Weah’s second term. ...
A border crossing between Liberia and Sierra Leone. (Reuters/James Giahyue)

wrong move?

Premium badgeLiberia extradites Sierra Leone’s purported coup leader, as presidential candidate cries foul Critics accuse the George Weah government of violating international conventions by responding to Freetown’s extradition request for ex-police chief M...

Liberia top stories

Joseph Boakai, presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), in Monrovia, Liberia, 2017. (Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon)

alive & kicking

Premium badgeLiberia’s Unity Party claims presidential candidate was illegally tracked It is less than a month before the Liberian elections, and one opposition party says the ruling party has tried to besmirch their presidential candida...
© Liberia 2023 presidential candidate Sara Beysolow Nyanti. (Facebook)

women power

Premium badgeLiberia: Former UN envoy steps up to unseat President Weah in elections Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the female presidential candidate on the ticket of the African Liberation League, is optimistic of blocking Weah’s second term. ...
A border crossing between Liberia and Sierra Leone. (Reuters/James Giahyue)

wrong move?

Premium badgeLiberia extradites Sierra Leone’s purported coup leader, as presidential candidate cries foul Critics accuse the George Weah government of violating international conventions by responding to Freetown’s extradition request for ex-police chief M...

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A Liberian voter casts her vote in the 2017 elections; will corruption allegations deter voters this time? (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

corruption cabal

Premium badgeIn Liberia, corruption sanctions are not a deterrent for candidates Two top Liberian officials sanctioned by the US for corruption are running for office in the 10 October elections.
© Liberia’s President George Weah attends a plenary session at the start of the Paris Peace Forum, in Paris, France, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

hoping to win

Premium badgeLiberia: Who’s who in the presidential election On 10 October, Liberians will head to the polls to vote for their next president, the fourth election since the end of its civil war in 2003. Among th...
© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

Coffee With

Premium badgeLiberia: Presidential hopeful Alexander Cummings says politics is ‘surest way’ to help all Liberians With decades of experience in international business, former Coca-Cola Africa head Alexander Cummings is no stranger to boardrooms.
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One Rulebook

Premium badgeAfrica needs scaled-up suppliers, regulatory overhaul for food security: Danone’s Fan Milk African policymakers need to facilitate the growth of scaled-up suppliers if the continent is to achieve food security, says Yeo Ziobeieton, CEO of Da...
© Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland in Bellinzona. (Photo: NAC/Wikimedia Commons)

Guilty, again

Swiss court upholds ex-Liberian warlord’s 20-year-sentence A Swiss appeals court on Thursday upheld a 20-year sentence for a former Liberian warlord, confirming his war crimes conviction and, for the first tim...
© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

shifting alliances

Premium badgeLiberia’s opposition enters into alliances ahead of elections Liberia’s opposition has currently turned to cementing coalitions and alliances in a bid to win in the upcoming October 2023 elections. This push for ...