Event Brief
Boakai dismisses senior security officials after cocaine seizures
Filed: Jul 31, 2026 at 7:06 AM ET
Summary: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai dismissed or suspended senior officials across multiple agencies and ordered prosecution over two record cocaine seizures.
WHO: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai
WHAT: Dismissed or suspended senior officials at Roberts International Airport, the Liberia National Police, the National Security Agency, the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection; ordered implicated officials turned over for prosecution.
WHEN: Jul 31, 2026 at 6:05 AM ET
WHERE: Liberia
WHY: Over the country's two record cocaine seizures.
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