With more than enough horror stories coming out of Africa lately, you might have little appetite for revisiting a gruesome chapter of Liberian history from a quarter-century ago. But "Firestone and ...

_ 1847: Country gains independence; draws up U.S.-type constitution. backbone of the economy. _ 1943: William Tubman is elected president; promotes foreign investment and local participation in ...

A horrifying act of violence has inspired an outpouring of white supremacist fear-mongering in West Fargo, N.D. A deeply troubled 23-year-old Liberian man knifed to death a 14-year-old girl in what ...

The American Colonization Society still controlled Liberia when Edward Roye moved there in 1846. In 1847, however, Liberians declared their independence, so they could establish a sovereign state and ...

The Governance Commission (GC) has convened a one-day policy dialogue on the Revitalization and Rewriting of an Inclusive and Comprehensive History of Liberia under the theme "History of the ...

The government, under President George Weah, says the theme is meant to celebrate Liberia as a refuge for freed slaves and memorialise black freedom, nationhood as well as the role that Liberia has ...

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