Liberia: Ecobank-Liberia Loses Appeal in U.S.$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 of Finance and…