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 ...

Representative Musa Hassan Bility has declared war on Vice President Jeremiah Koung over the upcoming Nimba County senatorial by-election, vowing to fight any attempt by the VP to influence the race.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) has rejected the bill, mainly because it allows abortion and other ...

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 ...

Liberian government forces fighting against rebels from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) have committed war crimes and other serious human rights abuses, including ...

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 ...

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 ...

Liberia was founded with support from slaveholders and abolitionists for various reasons, marking a unique historical moment.

The war in Liberia began in December 1989 when the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor, entered Liberia from the Ivory Coast and launched a military offensive to ...

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 ...

Despite the fact that the past two post-war governments failed to establish a war and economic crimes court as key suspects pass away, Liberia’s newly elected government is determined to set up the ...