Search
  1. Home
  2. West Africa
  3. Liberia
  • News

Parliament to probe diamond, gunrunning charges

    NAIROBI

    The lower house of Liberia’s parliament has set up a 13-member committee to investigate allegations of the country’s involvement in diamond smuggling and gunrunning with rebels in Sierra Leone, news organisations reported on Friday.

    ‘The Inquirer’, a Monrovia daily, quoted house speaker Nyunduel Monkonmana as saying in a press statement that the committee would conduct public hearings and cite individuals and groups to provide it with information.

    The committee, he added, would also contact the parliaments of Britain and Sierra Leone as well as the United States Congress to gather information on the alleged deeds.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join