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Liberia's George Weah under pressure over handling of corruption allegations made by US

Liberian President George Weah is facing a backlash over how he has handled corruption accusations made by the United States against three top officials.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 30, 2022

Liberia suspends senior officials accused of corruption by US

At least three high-ranking Liberian officials have been suspended from office after being sanctioned for "acts of corruption" by the United States government.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 16, 2022

Liberia suspends three officials accused by U.S. of corruption

Liberia President George Weah on Tuesday suspended three government officials who were sanctioned by the United States for what it said was their ongoing involvement in public corruption.

Reuters · Aug 16, 2022

Liberia lines up a swell surf scene

The top ten most neglected displacement crises in the world are all in Africa. It's a worrying first for the annual report of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Also, "Supreme Remains" is a haunting play that has premiered at the Dakar Biennale, inviting audiences to step back through time as an…

France 24 · Jun 23, 2022

Ivorians who fled to Liberia return 'home', no longer considered refugees by UN

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has announced the end of the refugee status given to Ivorians who fled political crises in their country to reside in neighboring Liberia. To mark the occasion, the human rights organisation's Chief Filippo Grandi was in the northeastern town of Buuto on World Refugee…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 20, 2022

COP15 conference on desertification fails to agree on binding protocol

After 10 days of discussions about how to tackle worsening desertification around the globe, countries fail to agree on a binding protocol to restore degraded soil. Also, we speak to the founder of charity Care4Calais Clare Moseley about the UK government's plan to deport asylum seekers and undocumented migrants to…

France 24 · May 20, 2022

Couple raise funds for neonatal unit they set up in Liberia after son born early

Mikey Bryant had to race home from Africa after wife Bethany gave birth to Finley 11 weeks premature.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Liberian accused of leading rebel army charged with U.S. immigration fraud

A Liberian man who U.S. authorities say served as general in a rebel group that sought to overthrow the West African nation's president two decades ago was arrested and charged with immigration fraud, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 5, 2022

Russian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia

A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner swap said on Thursday he had been tortured in custody in Liberia before his extradition to America.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

'Our hands are tied': Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste

As the sun set over Liberia's vast West Point slum, youth leader Archie Gbezay shook his head as children meandered around dense piles of trash, playing catch with jars of old hair product plucked from polluted puddles of water.     Gbezay, 34, has seen his neighbours in corrugated iron…

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022