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Liberia may have ‘parallel system’ for illegal log exports
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoThe lush West African rainforests of Liberia are being cut down and illegally exported with the...
Liberia passes a law setting up a long-awaited war crimes court
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPresident Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes...
Liberia counts votes as President Weah seeks second term
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoVote counting was underway in Liberia on Tuesday during an election in which President George Weah...
In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSlave-owning US presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, as well as leaders...
Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a...
Pentagon says Iranian drone 'attack' hit chemical tanker near India
Reuters via AOL· 5 months ago"The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical...
Senior Liberian officials hit with U.S. financial sanctions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. imposed sanctions Monday on three high-ranking Liberian government officials for engaging in alleged public corruption. President George Weah's chief of staff, the nation's chief prosecutor ...
Haiti’s Violent Crisis Continues
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom the The Morning Dispatch on The Dispatch A demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12, 2024, against CARICOM as representatives of the...
Free communities offered tenuous grip on safety in era of slavery
The Herald, Sharon, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 5—The law was passed in Washington D.C., but it set off tremors that shook the ground in Mercer County and destroyed a community. In Washington, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part ...
How This Popular Climate “Solution” Could Tank Our Progress
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhat could be worth giving up a tenth of your country? The Liberian government reportedly plans to...
