Liberia's former speaker of parliament, Jonathan Fonati Koffa, has been charged with arson and several other crimes after a fire destroyed the House of Representatives in December.
Police say Koffa was "strategically involved" in the blaze, which broke out just one day after protests erupted over efforts to remove him from office. Five other lawmakers have also been detained.
Koffa, who had faced impeachment over allegations of corruption and abuse of power, has denied any connection to the fire. But investigators say he used his position to coordinate sabotage as early as November 2023.
He and three other lawmakers were taken into custody and sent to Monrovia Central Prison on Saturday.
No one was inside the Capitol building when it burned on December 18, but the fire destroyed the joint legislative chambers. U.S. investigators later confirmed it had been deliberately set.
The case comes after months of political gridlock and infighting in Liberia’s legislature. Koffa resigned as speaker last month after surviving impeachment but losing support among lawmakers.
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Over 1 million Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan since January, amid calls from the interim government to help rebuild the country.
Uzbekistan’s gold exports rose by 54.8 percent in the first five months of 2025, reaching 6.49 billion U.S. dollars, official data shows.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will hold talks with Lotus after the carmaker moved to ease concerns over the future of its UK factory.
A notorious hacking group known as “Scattered Spider” has breached the networks of several airlines in the US and Canada this month, according to the FBI and cybersecurity experts.
Severe storms overnight triggered mass flight cancellations and delays at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, just as the busy 4th of July travel period begins.
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