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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Sharia Court Bans Satirical Play

Early in October, Shehu Sani started preparations for the opening of his third play, The Phantom Crescent. He wanted to perform it outside, in a park in Kaduna, where people could… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Women Aim for the Presidency by 2012

Representatives of the Fifty Fifty Group, a women's activism organization in Sierra Leone, have been visiting Washington, DC, to receive an award for their work to increase… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Draw for African Cup of Nations Sparks Soccer Fever

The Confederation of African Football has announced in Accra the draw for the 2008 African Cup of Nations. Read more »

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 »

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 »

Liberia: Significant New Investment Deals Signal Economic Turnaround

When Richard Tolbert was tapped by then President-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to head Liberia's National Investment Commission in late 2005, many friends questioned why he… Read more »

Eritrea: Country Ranks Last in Press Freedom Index

Eritrea has been ranked last in an annual index measuring press freedom around the world. The index was released Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, an organization that defends… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Opens News Center and Health Office in Monrovia

AllAfrica Global Media today opened an online international news processing center in the capital of Liberia that will also serve as the hub for HealthAfrica. Read more »

Nigeria: Mixed Reactions After 47 Years of Independence

"Take a flag," Rosemary Obelu asks of each person entering Eagle Square, the Abuja site of presidential inaugurations and special events in Nigeria. Her fingers are… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Senegal's President Plans Visit

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has announced plans to visit Zimbabwe this month to suggest an African Union-led mediation process to President Robert Mugabe. Wade told a… Read more »