Liberia News

The fire that started in one of the rooms of the house also razed a car. But no one was reported hurt in the incident.

Liberia, once a byword for conflict and misery, has become an admired young democracy.

Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley is to be deported from the US over his role in the West African country's civil war in the 1990s.

Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today officially launched the Children's Law of Liberia to protect children and their right to participate meaningfully in their development.

The chaos of Liberia's civil war may not have been the ideal time to open a fast-food restaurant but this did not deter Liberian businessman Sam Mitchell.

While some may find it difficult to comprehend, others may just see some degree of validity in it.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply.

MONROVIA, Liberia, February 6, 2012/African Press Organization / - The United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Liberia, Mr.

Monrovia - Joint Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee on Monday launched a peace foundation in her country Liberia aimed at lifting young girls out of social squalor and giving them life skills.

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In this Guardian analysis , journalist and author Rose George describes a recent trip to Liberia with the organization WaterAid, during which she discussed sanitation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and visited two towns with the aim of learning more about their access to clean water and sanitation.

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has again assured all Liberians that the government will be inclusive, saying the government is not composed of only senior ministers.

Reports reaching this paper say Ivorian soldiers on Friday raided a Liberian village called Nicko, about 12 km west of Toe Town in Grand Gedeh, adopting one person and making away with several items, including gallons of gasoline.

The history of Liberia, West Africa, is a country whose very founding as a nation was inextricably linked to the United States.

Members of the House of Representatives Thursday summoned Acting Mayor Mary Broh of the Monrovia City Cooperation to appear next Tuesday to defend the exorbitant fees charged for parking vehicles in Monrovia without security assurances.

A week and a half ago, on Martin Luther King day here in the US, Liberia's 24th president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in for her second term in office .

Monrovia - Smartly seated behind his computer, crunching out numbers and making calls to colleagues, Anthony*, a 38-year-old father of three, is amongst those looking to check the spread of HIV in Liberia.

The Thief River Falls Evangelical Free Church is sponsoring a missions trip to Liberia from Feb.

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Thursday announced a new policy measure that would require all high-level political appointees, particularly cabinet ministers to sign a one-year performance contract by which they will be evaluated to stay on.

Cellcom GSM Company has promised to sponsor the communication aspect of this year's Miss Liberia Beauty Pageant expected to be hosted by CT.