Lost contact shortly after takeoff from Accra before crashing in the Adansi Akrofuom District, Ashanti Region

Drug abuse is now an unchecked epidemic

placing political interests above the rule of law

barrier has now been lifted

a move worth up to €18 million

a fundamental misreading of the Liberian law

burdens fall squarely on the shoulders of smallholders and informal traders

Breeding market failure and rent-seeking

The exact moment when competence is most urgently required

a display many critics deem tone-deaf given Liberia’s widespread hardship

Looming criminal prosecution under fraud and economic sabotage provisions

silencing dissent is the first step toward tyranny

Extreme scale of Wage Gap

deep national concerns over the concession’s implications

Stripped, hijab, beaten, and humiliated

a preference for platitudes over the painful honesty

or just patch over old problems with new money?

engaging in serious acts of intimidation, illegal land seizures, and extra-judicial evictions of villagers targeted for BMMC’s gold mining expansion

apparently structured to enrich a few corrupt individuals

Gallup Law and Order Index ranked Liberia as the least safe country in Africa for the second consecutive year