Liberians were forgiving of the war’s atrocities but some are still apprehensive
Hard on the heels of of the Panama leaks, an investigation has turned a spotlight on a tax haven in the heart of Africa.
A $65-million contract was awarded to US-based Bridge International Academies – but the move has drawn international and local criticism.
A woman who died of Ebola in Liberia is thought to have contracted the disease in Guinea.
The declaration by authorities was met with mixed emotions, the memory of the virus that has left more than 2 500 people dead still too fresh.
Oxfam has called for a multimillion-dollar plan to rebuild the economies of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, ahead of a recovery summit in Brussels.
How many lives must be lost to Ebola before the AU cuts through the bureaucratic red tape that is strangling the life out of our people, asks the AHF.
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There is little reason to worry even if a fellow passenger has contracted the disease.
Even though aid is coming in slower than hoped, Liberia’s leader says she sees a decline in the crisis that has claimed 3 900 in West Africa.
While Nigeria’s president has declared his country Ebola-free, 1.2-million people have been affected by a quarantine in Sierra Leone.
Liberia suspects numerous infections and five deaths are from the Ebola virus spreading from neighbouring Guinea, with one suspected case in Canada.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s 50-year prison sentence has been upheld, making it likely that he’ll spend the rest of his life in jail.
What happened to all the girls who fought in Liberia’s brutal civil war and are now grown-ups? How do they get on with their lives?
China has committed $75-billion to aid and development projects in Africa over the past decade, research shows.
Liberia and the UN have inaugurated the first justice and security hub, enhancing efforts to extend these services to neglected areas of the country.
Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has begun his appeal against a 50-year prison sentence handed down by Sierra Leone’s UN-backed special court.
Charles Taylor’s defence has filed 42 grounds of appeal, calling the trial chamber’s decision a "miscarriage of justice".
Logging firms are skirting the rules and have used a loophole in Liberian law, granting them access to as much as a quarter of the country’s landmass.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has suspended her son and 45 government officials for not declaring their assets to anti-graft authorities.
Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of terrorism, murder and rape committed by rebels during Liberia’s 11-year civil war.
It has ended its war and had two elections, but for Liberia to select a winner of its national beauty contest has proved one challenge too far.
Disgraced former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is due to hear his fate as a four-year war crimes trial at The Hague draws to a close.
Liberian former leader Charles Taylor awaits a verdict on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for "blood diamonds" in the 1990s.
Former Liberian first lady Jewel Taylor has introduced a Bill for homosexuality to be made a first degree felony, amid raging debate over gay rights.
Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a UN-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defence case.
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in during a lavish ceremony and called for reconciliation after her re-election in disputed polls.
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Despite boasting Africa’s first female president and a Nobel prize for women’s rights, Liberia’s women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has appointed a nun to probe a pre-poll shooting incident as results are set to confirm her divisive re-election.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will seek to reunite the country by forming a government that includes her rivals, if she wins the polls.
Polling opened in Liberia’s disputed presidential runoff on Tuesday, one day after several opposition supporters were killed amid a boycott protest.
Liberia’s main opposition leader has called for a boycott of Tuesday’s presidential runoff in a move that threatens to rob the election of legitimacy.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on voters to ignore a poll boycott ordered by her rival, saying the move is illegal.