January 09, 2008
Liberia: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution's Second Witness
Expert legal monitors blogging for the website www.charlestaylortrial.org report on the second day of the war crimes trial. Read more »
January 08, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy
To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »
Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch
"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »
Liberia: Diamond Industry Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness
The following entry is reprinted from CharlesTaylorTrial.org, a site covering the war crimes trial of former president Charles Taylor. Read more »
January 07, 2008
Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Gets Under Way
The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally got under way at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. Read more »
Liberia: Citizens Lose Interest in Taylor Trial
The trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is set to resume on Monday. But Boakai Fofana of allAfrica's Monrovia… Read more »
December 05, 2007
Liberia: New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence
Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus… Read more »
November 30, 2007
Liberia: Free Speech Emerges Under New Rule
Launching a new AllAfrica feature, blogs written by members of AllAfrica's staff, Boakai Fofana - who works from our Monrovia office - reflects on the return of free speech to… Read more »
November 20, 2007
Liberia: Armed Robbery On the Rise
Liberia's fragile peace continues to come under attack from armed men who roam about the streets mainly at night, breaking into homes and businesses, and sometimes beating and… Read more »
November 18, 2007
Liberia: Govt Calls for Tough Action on Crime
The Liberian government called Sunday for the use of "maximum force" against armed crime after two separate incidents in which a Belgian employee of the Liberian… Read more »
November 16, 2007
Liberia: Major Road Building Begins in Capital
Construction and repair work on some of Monrovia's main thoroughfares officially began Friday, marking the launch of the first phase of an emergency road repair project… Read more »
November 13, 2007
Liberia: Big Steps Taken Toward Debt Relief
Liberia is on its way to clearing debts of U.S. $1.5 billion to international financial institutions under relief schemes designed for the world’s most heavily-indebted… Read more »
Liberia: IMF Announces Debt Relief Milestone
The International Monetary Fund has announced an important milestone in granting substantial debt relief to Liberia. Read more »
October 29, 2007
Liberia: Johnson Sirleaf Tapped for Top U.S. Civilian Award
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been selected by President George W. Bush as one of eight recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S.civilian honor. Read more »
October 27, 2007
West Africa: U.S. Group Honors Women Leaders
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Fifty Fifty Group, an organization supporting women's political participation in Sierra Leone, have received awards from the… Read more »
October 23, 2007
Liberia: An Entrepreneur Makes Rebuilding a Successful Business
Five years ago, Justin Zigbuo left a comfortable life in the United States to return to his native Liberia to start a business making building blocks out of pressed and cured earth… Read more »
October 20, 2007
Liberia: Major U.S. Charity Gives President Top Award
Africare awarded Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the 2007 Bishop John T. Walker Humanitarian Service Award this week. Read more »
October 19, 2007
Liberia: A 'Lost Generation' Ready to Make Its Mark
When AllAfrica opened its bureau in Liberia in September and launched its continent-wide HealthAfrica.org project, which will be headquartered in Monrovia, we needed someone… Read more »
October 18, 2007
Liberia: Africare's Julius Coles Pleased To Honor Old Friend
The largest Africa-related fundraiser in the United States each year is the dinner hosted in Washington, D.C. by Africare, the leading American aid and development organization… Read more »
Liberia: Profiles - Deputy Minister of Health Tornorlah Varpilah
Deputy Minister of Health for planning, research and development, Tornorlah Varpilah, stayed in Liberia through the decades of conflict, doing humanitarian work. He was often on… Read more »
Liberia: Despite Obstacles, All Ingredients Are in Place for Mittal to Succeed
A key part of the Liberian government's recovery drive focuses on well-managed exploitation of the country's vast natural resources. Iron ore production began in Liberia in… Read more »
Liberia: Profile - Willa Reaves
Willa Reaves fled Liberia as a child of eleven, with her family, after the coup of 1980 ushered in a worsening period of instability and conflict. Among the early groups to leave,… Read more »
Liberia: Profile - Patrick Duwha, a Bricklayer
The war years sent hundreds of thousands of Liberians fleeing back and forth across the country and in an out across several national borders. Sometimes refugees found work and… Read more »
Liberia: Chronology of Key Events
AllAfrica has compiled a timeline of key dates in Liberian history. Read more »
Liberia: The Children Are Smiling But There's So Much More to Do - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told AllAfrica in a 1986 interview, shortly after being arrested and fleeing the country, that her goal in life was to "bring good… Read more »