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Charismatic or not, his extensive resume alone qualifies him to speak at the University's annual "Week of Soul," the University Union's week-long series of Black History Month-themed events.

American surgeons are using their expertise to teach Liberian doctors surgery skills and to give free surgery to children in Liberia, correcting facial deformities such as cleft palate, to the delight of thankful parents.

Jackie Wolo seems shy sitting in the busy waiting room at a Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia clinic in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.

With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia.

But it's what his former business partners say he's doing with the cash that's causing the Republican some problems.

Liberia is a nation of contrasts. On one side are horrific atrocities -- cannibalism, torture and rape -- in a civil war that tore apart the country from 1990 to 2003.

The beat is infectious US-style hip hop but the rhymes come straight from the streets of Monrovia, a city which for years has had very little to sing about.

Last week, a team of American medical personnel, under the banner of Children's Surgery International, completed a week-long working visit to the Firestone Medical Center in Duside, where over 95 children afflicted with various facial deformities and other pediatric conditions received free surgical operations.

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.