Liberia News News Liberia » Security: Government Denies Receiving Confidential Reports Warning of Narco-State Threat, Smuggling Risks At Ria
The Liberian government has pushed back against a report published alleging that confidential intelligence documents warned top officials months before the country's largest cocaine seizure that ...
News Liberia » Security: Liberia: Security Veteran Warns of Extremist Spillover
A veteran Liberian security sector analyst is warning that the country may be underestimating emerging threats linked to regional extremism, migration pressures, and rising communal tensions, as ...
News Liberia » Security: Analysis - Liberia's US$19 million cocaine case becomes a test of Boakai's legacy
A cocaine seizure worth more than US$19 million has become a referendum on the credibility of Liberia's government -- and a mirror of the case that helped end the last one. Nearly six weeks on, ...
News Liberia » Security: Experts - New EU anti-drug policy could put Liberia under increased scrutiny as Dutch push for Sierra Leone aid cut over fugitive trafficker
In the wake of the fallout from the US$19 million cocaine seizure at Roberts International Airport (RIA), the new European Union anti-narcotics strategy is raising fresh questions about whether ...
News Liberia » Security: Former Liberian security forces commander deported from US
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of imprisoned former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s security forces has been deported from the United States back to the West African country, immigration enforcement ...
News Liberia » Security: Did the Mirai Botnet Really Take Liberia Offline?
KrebsOnSecurity received many a missive over the past 24 hours from readers who wanted to know why I’d not written about widespread media reports that Mirai — a malware strain made from hacked ...
News Liberia » Security: Türkiye's Erdogan, Liberia's Boakai discuss ties, regional issues
The two leaders discuss bilateral ties, regional issues and ways to expand cooperation, while Turkish President Erdogan congratulates Liberia on its election to the UN Security Council.
News Liberia » Security: Urgent need for water, security in Liberian-Ivorian border area
SACLEPEA, Liberia, Nov 19 (UNHCR) - Thousands of people along the Liberian-Ivorian border are in dire need of security, food, water and medicine, said the UN refugee agency on Friday, warning that aid ...
News Liberia » Security: DDoS attack from Mirai malware ‘killing business’ in Liberia
The malware behind last month’s massive internet disruption in the U.S. is targeting Liberia with financially devastating results. This week, a botnet powered by the Mirai malware has been launching ...