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Liberia’s ex-speaker charged with arson over parliament fire

Liberia’s former speaker of parliament has been charged with arson over a fire which destroyed the nation’s House of Representatives, local police have said.
The huge blaze broke out last December, a day after plans to remove Jonathan Fonati Koffa from his role as speaker sparked protests in the capital, Monrovia.
Koffa had been locked in a stand-off with his political opponents, with dozens of lawmakers voting for his impeachment in October over accusations of poor governance, corruption and conflicts of interest.
He has previously denied any connection to the fire breaking out.
Police said on Friday that there were “credible links” to suggest Koffa was “strategically involved” in the incident. Five other lawmakers have also been detained in connection with the case.
Police chief Gregory Colman said Koffa had been charged with a string of offences including arson, criminal mischief, endangering other people, and attempted murder.
Colman said Koffa had used his office and staff “to co-ordinate sabotage efforts from as early as November 2023”, according to news agency AFP.
Koffa and several other lawmakers were summoned to the Liberian National Police headquarters on Friday as “persons of interest” in the case, local media reports.
The former speaker and three sitting members of the House of Representatives were then remanded to Monrovia Central Prison on Saturday, newspaper FrontPage Africa reported.
The blaze on 18 December 2024 destroyed the entire joint chambers of the West African nation’s legislature. No one was inside the building at the time.
The day before had seen tense protests over the plans to remove Koffa, with demonstrators including an aide to former President George Weah arrested.
Several individuals, including Koffa and Representative Frank Saah Foko, were brought in for questioning by police.
Foko, a prominent figure in the House of Representatives, allegedly uploaded a video to Facebook in which he said: “If they want us to burn the chambers, we will burn it.”
A team of independent US investigators brought in to assist the investigation concluded that the fire was set deliberately.
Liberia’s House of Representatives has been beset by a long-running power struggle.
Although the bid to impeach Koffa fell short of the two-thirds majority required, the group of 47 lawmakers who had voted for the move unilaterally appointed their own speaker.
Last month, Koffa resigned as speaker after months of political deadlock.
International
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Former President Muhammadu Buhari Confirmed Dead

Information reaching us at AladdynKingMedia.com indicates that former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has died.
According to reports, he died on Sunday (13th July, 2025) afternoon in London at 4:30 pm following a prolonged illness.
His former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X.
He wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus. Amin.”
Africa
JUST IN: Balthazar Egonga Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Embezzling Over 1 Billion Francs

In a major development, Balthazar Egonga has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following his conviction for embezzling over 1 billion Francs in government funds. The sentencing took place earlier today, marking the conclusion of a case that has drawn significant public interest and concern.
Reports indicate that Egonga personally pocketed 910 million Francs out of the total amount embezzled. The stolen funds, which were meant for government use, were allegedly diverted for personal indulgence, with most of the money reportedly spent on women and lavish pleasures.
The case has cast a spotlight on the abuse of public office and the consequences of financial misconduct involving such a large sum. Egonga’s conviction and the severity of his sentence underline the seriousness of the offense and the impact of the loss on public resources.
This verdict serves as a dramatic fall from grace for Egonga, whose actions have now been formally condemned by the justice system.
International
VIDEO: India Rejects Pakistan Army Claim It Was Behind Deadly Attack

India has rejected allegations by Pakistan that militants backed by Delhi were behind a deadly car bomb attack that killed at least 13 soldiers on Saturday.
Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of Pakistan’s North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan.
Dismissing Pakistan’s accusation, spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, posted on X: “We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves”.
The attack has been claimed by a suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.
Pakistan’s army, however, said the attack was carried out by militants backed by India, without providing evidence.
“In this tragic and barbaric incident, three innocent civilians including two children and a woman also got severely injured,” the Pakistani army said in a statement.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “cowardly act”.
Relations between the two nations have long been strained, but tensions deepened in April after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir left 26 people dead.
India blamed Pakistan for sheltering members of a militant group it said were behind the attack, and the incident brought the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of another war.
In May, India launched a series of airstrikes, targeting sites it called “terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir”.
Pakistan denied the claim that these were terror camps and also responded by firing missiles and deploying drones into Indian territory.
The hostilities continued until 10 May when US President Donald Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire”.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist incidents following the collapse of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Pakistani Taliban in November 2022.
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