Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, Liberia, April 16, 1996, during the West African country's civil war. Jean-Marc Bouju/AP/File By Ayen ...

Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has revealed that Nigeria’s intervention in Liberia’s civil war was driven by the need to safeguard the economic and political stability of West ...

The Republic of Liberia was controversial when founded by free Black emigrants from America during the darkest days of slavery. Today, it stands as a symbol of a successful colonial experiment by ...

In December 1821, the U.S. Navy schooner Alligator, under the command of Lt. Robert F. Stockton, sailed down Africa’s Windward Coast to anchor off a rocky headland known as Cape Mesurado. The ...

STORY: A ceremony devoted to the memory of Liberian leaders and government officials murdered decades ago marked what President Joseph Boakai says is an unprecedented national reconciliation campaign.

In a renewed push for long-delayed justice, the human rights community, led by the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and supported by civil society organizations, transitional ...