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New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLiberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the...
Ex-Football Star Seeks Reelection as Liberia’s Woes Deepen
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 8 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Liberia’s incumbent president will seek reelection for another six-year term on...
Monday After: Stark man went from educator to Liberian war claims
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen George S. Boley lived and worked in Stark County almost a half century ago he wanted to become...
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...
Connecting Juneteenth, Monroe and Monrovia, Liberia
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, also known as Black Independence Day, celebrates the day on June 19, 1865, when all slaves were made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation,...
Finnish appeals court begins Liberia war crime hearing
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Finnish court of appeal began on Tuesday hearing an international war crime case in which a Sierra Leonean man is charged with murders, rapes and other atrocities during the Liberian civil ...
India’s opposition fumbles, Dutch coalition stumbles, Japan’s LDP tumbles
Semafor via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe News This year is being defined by elections. With so many votes around the world, it can be...
Liberians protest over economic hardship and president's absence
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than a thousand people joined a demonstration in a suburb of Liberia's capital on Saturday,...
Factbox-Military interventions by West African ECOWAS bloc
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months ago(Reuters) - West African defence chiefs on Friday agreed a plan for intervention in Niger if its...
Paris court sentences Liberian ex-rebel to life in prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Paris court on Wednesday found a former Liberian rebel guilty of torture, acts of barbarism and...