The journey back to normal life was never going to be an easy one for the ex-combatants of Liberia’s civil war. But, it could be argued that women fighters face a particularly…

Armed militias continue to violate human rights and international humanitarian law, despite the progress being made to end Liberia’s 14-year conflict, a human rights lawyer says.…

For many people, photographs of crazed child soldiers operating under the influence of drugs were amongst the defining images of Liberia’s civil war. These pictures no longer…

Public confidence in Liberia’s banks appears to be at a new low, with many people now opting to keep their money elsewhere -– some in foreign accounts. The latest blow to the…

Liberia has developed a programme to disarm some 40 000 combatants whose future seems uncertain after 14 years of a brutal war. Analysts say the move seeks to help Liberia to put…