Agnes, who fled Liberia during the first Liberian Civil War, seeking refuge in Sierra Leone and Guinea, worked three jobs to support her son's dream. In return, Kwity, who just wrapped up his fourth ...

The West African nation of Liberia was settled 200 years ago by people of color from the United States. Brenda Brewer Moore can trace her family history back on both sides to former slaves who became ...

When Denver-based documentary director Daniel Junge and producer Henry Ansbacher first contacted newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (who, among other degrees, received a masters in ...

Representative James Kolleh has come out in strong opposition to President Joseph Boakai's proposed legislation to abolish female genital mutilation (FGM), accusing what he called "western influence" ...

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — When Harry Greaves walked into the state-owned Liberian Petroleum Refining Co. less than a year ago, the excess was almost comical: There were 165 security guards to protect two ...

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Every educated Liberian adult acknowledges that Liberia's constitutional democracy is not functioning as intended. The root of this dysfunction lies in what is referred to as the "Liberian attitude" ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Liberian pop star, cultural ambassador, and human rights activist Juli Endee visited Staten Island for six days this month, urging Staten Island’s estimated 8,000 Liberians to ...

ANSONIA -- Two natives of Liberia spoke about their homeland recently at John G. Prendergast School in a program to celebrate Black History Month. Resident Masnoh Wilson, dressed in traditional garb, ...

Liberian officials sanctioned last year by the United States government for their “involvement in public corruption” are running for legislative seats. Nathaniel McGill, the former minister of state ...

“Please, please! I have to go. This is the only way.” This was a 12-year-old Kwity Paye to his mother Agnes, pleading to attend Bishop Hendricken, a private high school in Warwick, Rhode Island, ...