Liberia: Ecobank-Liberia loses appeal in US$700K libel case

Ecobank-Liberia Limited lost a petition before the Civil Law Court in Monrovia to include two state institutions in a US$700K libel case brought against as co-defendants. 

 By Lincoln G. Peters 

Monrovia, Liberia, January 10, 2025 – The ongoing US$700,000 libel case against Ecobank-Liberia Limited takes a dramatic twist here when the bank, as a co-defendant, asked the Civil Law Court to include the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and the Ministry…