Two decades after Liberia’s civil wars ended, new laws are a chance to learn from past mistakes that impeded transitional ...

Human rights advocate and community leader Nixonnette Wright will arrive in Liberia on December 10, 2025, as part of the government's Annual Diaspora Return Initiative, a program designed to ...

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — When Harry Greaves walked into the state-owned Liberian Petroleum Refining Co. less than a year ago, the excess was almost comical: There were 165 security guards to protect two ...

The West African nation of Liberia was settled 200 years ago by people of color from the United States. Brenda Brewer Moore can trace her family history back on both sides to former slaves who became ...

Liberia's National Day at Expo 2025 Osaka became a dynamic platform for deepening international friendship, promoting cultural exchange, and advancing economic diplomacy. Foreign Minister Madam Sara ...

When Denver-based documentary director Daniel Junge and producer Henry Ansbacher first contacted newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (who, among other degrees, received a masters in ...

Liberia's Arts and Culture Ambassador, Amb. Kekura Kamara, says preparations are in high gear for the inaugural Dugbor Arts and Culture Peace Festival, a national cultural celebration expected to ...

Agnes, who fled Liberia during the first Liberian Civil War, seeking refuge in Sierra Leone and Guinea, worked three jobs to support her son's dream. In return, Kwity, who just wrapped up his fourth ...

A country devil from the Gio tribal group walks through a neighborhood in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, as part of the pre-independence day celebration. A Liberian culture group arrives at Zwedru City ...

A recent editorial boldly declared that "Liberia is too rich to be poor." The sentiment is true--but the conclusion is incomplete. Liberia's poverty is not a mystery, a coincidence, or a natural ...

MONROVIA, Liberia — It is hard enough to push away family and friends, shunning an embrace or even a handshake to protect yourself from Ebola. But imagine trying not to touch your 2-year-old daughter ...

“Please, please! I have to go. This is the only way.” This was a 12-year-old Kwity Paye to his mother Agnes, pleading to attend Bishop Hendricken, a private high school in Warwick, Rhode Island, ...