Liberia: Sorlumba Border Secured After Standoff As Liberian Police Restore Calm, Urge Residents to Stand Down

FOYA — Security forces of the Liberian National Police say they have secured the Sorlumba border area in Foya District following a tense standoff Wednesday that raised fears of a potential confrontation along the Liberia-Guinea boundary.

Authorities say calm has since been restored after Deputy Police Director Col. J. Nelson Freeman of Police Unit 102 and local leaders intervened, engaging community youths who had mobilized earlier in defense of Liberia’s territorial integrity amid reports of…