Liberia: Border Tensions Expose Struggles of Underpaid LIS Officers

Dozens of Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) officers have voiced serious concerns about inadequate salaries and poor welfare conditions, describing their earnings as insufficient despite the heightened risks of securing Liberia’s borders.

These grievances emerge as tensions rise along the Liberia-Guinea border in Sorlorma, Foya District, Lofa County. Reports indicate that Guinean soldiers recently crossed into Liberian territory, fired gunshots, and injured a civilian, Edward Lebbie.

Speaking in…