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Vol 63 No 17

Published 25th August 2022


Liberia

Washington weighs in on Weah

The latest US sanctions against Liberian officials target the President's closest allies after ever louder complaints of grand corruption since he came to power in 2018

The spotlight on corruption at the highest levels of government in Monrovia suddenly shone brightly on 15 August when the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed sanctions on three of the most influential members of President George Weah's government accusing them of corrupt schemes to siphon off state revenues.

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