Liberia's new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office on Monday following his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, 79, is the country's oldest sitting head of state and has pledged to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump asked the President of Liberia, where English is the official language, where he learned to speak it “so ...

The long-simmering land crisis in Liberia has returned to the national spotlight, with the Senate summoning key government institutions amid mounting tensions over double land sales, disputed deeds, ...

After coming to power in January, President Joseph Boakai provided his short-term directions for the country, crafted into a 100-day action plan, with top concerns accelerating the fight against ...

The African nation of Liberia is celebrating the anniversaries of its founding 200 years ago and its declared independence from the United States 25 years later as much of the population continues to ...

MONROVIA, LiberiaMONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 has become the country’s ...

Liberia's fight against corruption has never been merely a legal battle. It is a test of institutional design, political will and constitutional discipline. The current debate surrounding proposed ...

A local group with the goal of constructing a public library near Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, got one step closer with a recent visit to the future building site ...

The Government of the Republic of Liberia on Saturday convened a High-Level Consultation on the future of the United Nations and the election of the next Secretary-General, on the margins of the 39th ...

Images of war-torn Liberia have tugged at the national conscience. Even 500 American troops, supporters argue, will help end the 14-year-old civil war and will start Liberia on the road to peace and ...

The Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans. But in the 1990s and early 2000s, he supplied weapons to myriad African conflicts. By Ruth Maclean ...