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Sirleaf: Liberia Will not Destabilize its Neighbors Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she will never allow her country to be used to destabilize neighboring countries. Speaking Wednesday at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in N
US-based Liberians Kick off Independence Anniversary Celebrations Friday (July 26) marks Liberias 166th independence anniversary. For Liberians in the United States, the celebration began Saturday with festivities on the grounds of the Liberian Embas
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal 29 August 2007 More than a 250,000 residents of Liberia's capital, Monrovia, have been overwhelmed by water from torrential rains and flooding from the nearby St. Paul River. The rains have left them without safe drink
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 02 May 2007 Liberia has announced it will again export diamonds, using the profits to finance reconstruction, instead of conflict, as was the case in the past. But experts caution that transparency is still crucially important,
By Kari Barber Dakar 20 October 2007 Residents in the region along the Sierra Leone-Liberian border say the re-opening of a bridge connecting the two countries has brought increased trade as people cross to buy and sell goods. During recent civil war
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 26 February 2008 More and more disabled people in the war-scarred Liberian capital Monrovia are gathering in downtown areas begging for money, saying they are struggling to survive. The country's health minister says many p
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 21 February 2008 Singing, sweeping, security and shouting marked President Bush's brief visit to Liberia Thursday. The West African country, carved out for freed American slaves, is still struggling to recover from a drawn-
By Nico Colombant Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana 27 March 2006 watch Refugee report Three years after peace was restored in the West African nation of Liberia, tens of thousands of refugees remain in c
Around the world, fans of pop star Michael Jackson are mourning his unexpected death on Thursday. It is a shocking day for everyone in Liberia where Jackson's music and style were much loved. U.S. rock star Michael Jackson opens the South African le
Liberia Prepares for Voting Amid Security Concerns, Refugee Crisis Liberia's electoral commission is working to safeguard voting along the border with Ivory Coast, where hundreds of mercenaries from the recent Ivorian political crisis are under arres
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's government is making significant progress in the fight against corruption. Secretary Clinton addressed Liberia's national assembly in Monrovia. U.S. Secretary of
Liberians Living in US Struggle From Afar as Ebola Ravages Homeland The more than 8,000 Liberians in New York City the largest concentration outside Liberia itself struggle from afar as the Ebola virus ravages their homeland. Most Liberian immigrants
By Marissa Melton Washington 12 February 2007 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in the United States this week to lobby for international aid for her country for the coming year. Liberia is struggling to recover from 14 years of civil stri
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 17 January 2006 Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Mon
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 October 2007 Health workers in Liberia say it has been difficult to battle leprosy in the country and treat those who have it, because of the stigma associated with the disease. It has long been a local belief that the illnes
By Naomi Schwarz/Prince Collins Dakar 10 September 2007 Liberian soldier celebrates with family at the graduation ceremony In Liberia, fanfare has marked the graduation of the latest batch of newly trained army soldiers. The training, which is partly
By Nico Colombant Dakar 09 May 2007 Victims of tuberculosis in Liberia, as well as their doctors, are crying out for more help from their government and the international community. Funds Liberia was receiving from the Geneva-based Global Fund to fig
By Deborah Block Minneapolis, Minnesota 20 March 2007 watch Liberian Reconciliation report In the West African country of Liberia, thousands of people are telling their stories about human rights abuses that took place in the country, especially dur
Work begins this month on a new, environmentally-friendly power plant in Liberia that will use old rubber trees to generate electricity. It is part of a plan to make Liberia the world's first sustainable biomass-driven economy. Natural rubber has an
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 02 April 2008 A second Indian all-female contingent has been deployed in Liberia for a few months now, showing that women can become the norm for peacekeeping operations. They are also inspiring Liberian women to become par