A Liberian immigrant who spent years living ... ranking rebel general known as “Dragon Master” during a Liberian civil war. Prosecutors had been preparing to take Laye Sekou Camara to trial ...

The United States wants the Economic Community of West African States to take the lead in any mission to end 14 years of almost non-stop war in Liberia. Washington has said it might send a small ...

Haunted by the scars of Liberia's brutal civil war, 100 women from Nimba County have broken their silence, demanding justice for the atrocities they endured. With a unified voice, they are calling on ...

Ghana, the second leading Cocoa producer in the world, is ready to share her experience and expertise in the production of the cash crop with her West African neighbour, Liberia.President John Dramani ...

A main road through downtown Monrovia, Liberia is pictured, Oct. 04, 2023. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Before the American Civil War, many formerly enslaved people and their descendants ...

Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has revealed that Nigeria’s intervention in Liberia’s civil war was driven by the need to safeguard the economic and political stability of ...

Help us further the reach of innovative ideas. Donate today. Read more stories by Clair MacDougall. Clair MacDougall is a writer who has lived and reported on Liberia, its history, and the legacy of ...

That city is the capital of the West African nation of Liberia, which has been left, after 10 years of brutal civil war, with a barely functioning government. Yet a third of the world's shipping ...

Could the USA have prevented Liberia's disintegration into civil war? America's strategic interests in Liberia Liberia's prospects for the future Were the 1997 Liberian elections fair? Public ...

agreed to the establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia. Another group of Liberians (61%) agreed to forget about the crimes committed during the civil war and move on.

Given the background of a brutal seven-year civil war, Liberia's transition process was slow and shaky. Three years after a U.N.-supervised election brought former faction leader Charles Taylor to ...

Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world where only a small minority of families have clean water or sanitation. The country is in ruins after years of civil war. Child mortality is ...