Tag: Monrovia
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🇸🇪 Sweden Closes Embassy in Liberia as Stockholm Signals New Focus on Trade and Business
MONROVIA, Liberia — Sweden has officially closed its embassy in Liberia, bringing an end to the country’s resident diplomatic mission in Monrovia while signaling that the relationship between the two countries is not coming to an end. The closure marks a significant transition in a relationship that has developed over decades through diplomacy, development cooperation,…
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🇱🇷 Deportees Sent to Liberia: A New Chapter in America’s Expanding Deportation Policy
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A group of people deported from the United States to Liberia has found itself thousands of miles from home, navigating an unfamiliar country and an uncertain future after being removed under the Trump administration’s expanding immigration enforcement policies. According to reporting by CBS News, the deportees include individuals from countries such as…
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🇱🇷 Strange Vessel Found Abandoned on Miami Beach in Monrovia Raises Questions
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A mysterious vessel that appeared unexpectedly along Miami Beach in Monrovia has sparked curiosity and concern among residents, reviving memories of other unidentified vessels that have washed up along Liberia’s coastline. The unusual discovery was reported in May 2019, when residents of the Miami Beach community near Mamba Point reportedly awoke to…
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🇱🇷 Jewel Howard-Taylor Released From Prison, Placed Under Strict Home Detention in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia — September 7, 2026 — Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been released from the Monrovia Central Prison on medical grounds, but the court’s decision does not amount to freedom from the criminal proceedings she is facing. Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika ordered Howard-Taylor transferred from prison to her residence…
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🇱🇷 George Weah Visits Jewel Howard-Taylor at South Beach Prison as Liberia’s Drug Case Draws Political Attention
MONROVIA, Liberia — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has visited former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor at South Beach Prison, bringing renewed political attention to the high-profile legal case surrounding the former vice president. Weah’s visit comes as Howard-Taylor remains in detention while facing allegations connected to Liberia’s ongoing drug-trafficking investigation. The former vice president…
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🇱🇷 Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Sent to Monrovia Central Prison as Court Denies Release Request
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 25, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been remanded to the Monrovia Central Prison after a Monrovia City Court denied a request by her lawyers for her release on humanitarian grounds, escalating a high-profile narcotics investigation that has shaken the country’s political establishment. Howard-Taylor, who served as Liberia’s…
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🇱🇷 Liberian Rapper Bucky Raw Reportedly Returns to Court in Ongoing Marijuana Case
Monrovia, Liberia — Liberian rapper Bucky Raw has reportedly returned to court in connection with the marijuana case that previously resulted in his arrest in December 2025. The development has renewed public attention around the ongoing legal proceedings involving one of Liberia’s prominent hip-hop artists. According to reports, Bucky Raw was recently arrested again and…
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🇱🇷 Liberia Receives First 20 Deportees as U.S. Begins Plan to Send Up to 1,200 Third-Country Migrants
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 21, 2026 — Liberia has received the first group of migrants deported from the United States under a controversial new third-country transfer arrangement that could bring as many as 1,200 people to Liberia over the next 12 months. The first batch of 20 deportees arrived at Roberts International Airport on Thursday,…
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Kush Crisis Crosses Borders: Liberia Grapples with the Spread of a Dangerous Synthetic Drug
Monrovia, Liberia – A growing public health crisis is unfolding in Liberia as kush, a cheap and highly addictive synthetic street drug that first gained notoriety in neighbouring Sierra Leone, continues to spread across the country. The drug’s rapid rise has alarmed families, health professionals, and law enforcement agencies, with many fearing it could become…
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Colombian and Spanish Nationals Arrested in Liberia as Authorities Expand Major Cocaine Investigation
Monrovia, Liberia — Liberian security authorities have arrested a Colombian national and a Spanish national in connection with one of the country’s largest ongoing cocaine trafficking investigations, marking a significant breakthrough in the fight against transnational organized crime. The arrests were carried out during a joint security operation in Duazon, near Monrovia, following weeks of…