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Authorities burn cocaine worth $336 million in country’s largest drug bust

The massive haul, Liberia's biggest drug bust in history, amounted to nearly 4 metric tons (8,818 pounds)

The Independent UK

Liberia seizes €277 million worth of cocaine linked to 'organised and well-funded' trafficking network

According to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, West Africa is a key transit hub for cocaine bound for Europe.

Euronews

Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust

Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubes

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Mo Touré’s parents on the struggles that paved way for a Socceroos career: ‘It was life or death’

Now that he’s older, the striker say he better understands what his family went through on their refugee journey from war-torn Liberia to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Mo Touré: Australia’s Ter-Mo-Nator who just wants to be seen as a ‘good person’

The rising Socceroos star isn’t interested in celebrity and heads into his first World Cup with a strong connection to his roots and feet firmly on the ground

The Guardian - AU

Markwayne Mullin blows up ICE’s plan to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

DHS secretary may have unwittingly derailed the Trump administration’s year-long attempt to re-deport the Maryland immigrant

The Independent UK

Cultural bias in west Africa’s school-leaver exam questions puts many students at a disadvantage

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a high-stakes test. For decades, it has served as the gateway to post-secondary education across five countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia. But is it fair?

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Liberian proverb of the day: 'Do not look where you feel. Look where you...' Life lessons on pain, failure and why taking corrective action is essential to become a better human being

Liberian proverb of the day teaches an important lesson about failure, mistakes and self-reflection. The proverb explains why people should focus on the cause of a problem instead of only thinking about pain or embarrassment. The saying comes from the Vai people of Liberia and continues to remain relevant in…

The Economic Times

Ebola survivors struggle to return to normal lives: what I found out in Sierra Leone and Liberia

During the Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2016, Musu, a resident of Monrovia, Liberia contracted the Ebola virus along with her husband, five sons and daughter.

The Conversation

Trump team won’t let Kilmar Abrego Garcia self deport. They hope to force him to an African nation he’s never visited

ICE is finalizing plans to send the Salvadoran immigrant at the center of the president’s mass deportation campaign to Liberia

The Independent UK

Greek and Liberian-flagged ships first to transit Hormuz since ceasefire

A Greek-owned bulk carrier and a Liberian-flagged vessel seem to be the first ships through the Hormuz Strait since Wednesday's ceasefire, part of a fragile two-week truce.

Euronews

US still wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica

The Department of Homeland Security intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries

The Independent UK

ICE Insists Liberia Is the Only Place It Can Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The administration insists it can only deport him to Africa. It's not clear why, other than to be vindictive.

Reason

Trump Admin Wants Judge To Lift Block On Deportation Of Kilmar Abrego Garcia so It Can Send Him To Africa

The Trump administration has requested a judge to lift a block on the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying it is ready to deport him to Liberia.

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‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money

The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward

The Independent UK

PHOTO ESSAY: Liberia's largest gold miner and community tensions

The announcement posted in the village has a cheerful tone: “BMMC is pleased to inform you that there will be a blast” at a mining pit nearby.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP report on toxic spills from gold mining in Liberia

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly leaked from a facility run by the largest gold miner in Liberia in recent years

The Independent UK

Liberia's largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records show

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‘Why was it me?’ Mon Rovîa on going from war-torn Liberia to US folk-pop stardom

Having just released his debut album, Bloodline, the singer discusses his fractured identity, survivor’s guilt and how he took solace in Mumford & Sons

The Independent UK

Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home

A man who fled civil war in Liberia as a child says he has been afraid to leave his Minneapolis home since being released from an immigration detention center following his arrest during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown

Latin Times

Federal Judge Slams Trump Admin Lawyer Over Plan To Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Africa: 'Extremely Troubling'

A federal judge slammed a DOJ lawyer over the justification given to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying his testimony was a "zero."

Latin Times

Trump Admin Taking Steps To Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Another African Country

An ICE official will testify about the steps the Trump administration has taken to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African country of Liberia as it continues its push to remove him from the country after being brought back from El Salvador

The Independent UK

Poorer nations call on rich countries to open their wallets at Cop30: ‘Clean up the mess you are making’

ON THE GROUND AT COP30: After a year of aid cuts from the US, UK and around Europe, Nick Ferris speaks to African nations about the help they desperately need to fight the climate crisis. But there are few signs that richer countries are willing to step up

The Independent UK

After mistaken deportation, US asks judge to let it send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

U.S. government attorneys say they have cleared all the hurdles needed to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

The Guardian - UK

A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action

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