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The Latest Breaking News from Liberia

Trump commends Liberian president’s English during lunch with African leaders

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The Independent UK

Trump asks the President of Liberia, where English is the official language, where he learned to speak it ‘so beautifully’

President Joseph Boakai responded to Trump’s question with a polite chuckle

The Independent UK

Trump Commends Liberian President for Speaking 'Such Good English.' It's Their Official Language

Trump complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai on his English during a White House summit, seemingly unaware that English is Liberia's official language.

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Trump Hosts African Leaders In Landmark Trade-focused Summit

US President Donald Trump will host five leaders from West Africa Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing regional influence of Russia and China.

International Business Times

The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings from experts that vital government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs

The Independent UK

Photos show Liberia’s health clinics shuttered after US aid cuts

As cuts to U.S. aid take hold, medical services in Liberia are feeling the pinch.

The Independent UK

As US abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies

Roseline Phay is a farmer in the West African nation of Liberia

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Thousands Attend Funeral Of Liberian Ex-warlord Prince Johnson

Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial.

International Business Times

Funeral of former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson reopens wounds of civil war

Thousands of people gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson – a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars, and who died without facing trial. A Liberian rights activist tells RFI it was "painful" to see Johnson commemorated as a hero.

Radio France Internationale

The largely unsung role of US former president Carter in southern Africa

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday aged 100, was well known for his diplomatic skills and commitment to respecting human rights – much less so for his African legacy. And yet he was the first US president to visit sub-Saharan Africa and during his short term in…

Radio France Internationale

Parliament blaze and a deadlock: Why is Liberia in a political crisis?

Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?

Al Jazeera

Ebola: how a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

The Conversation

Liberia’s education system faces persistent challenges despite high hopes

When former president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Harvard University-trained leader, ascended to power in Liberia in 2005, her compatriots celebrated her intention to consign the country’s poor educational standards to history.

Radio France Internationale

Liberian Ex-warlord Prince Johnson Dies Aged 72

Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the country's back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, died Thursday aged 72, officials from his party and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe…

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The Independent UK

Move over, Moo Deng: Meet Haggis Edinburgh Zoo’s new pygmy hippo

Pygmy hippos are native to the forests and swamps of Liberia

The Conversation

Food scarcity in Liberia: how women who run households cope

Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals.…

France 24

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox

In tonight's edition, Rwanda starts its vaccination campaign against Mpox with doses given by Nigeria. Also, Guinea's most wanted fugitive has been extradited from neighboring Liberia, along with his son. And Nigeria is hoping to ban plastic water sachets, one of the largest sources of single-use plastic waste in the…

France 24

The cocoa connection: How 'brown gold' is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

As the world's top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this "brown gold". Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by the state for their beans far too low. They prefer to sell the fruit of their harvest to…

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The Conversation

African countries are adopting two houses of parliament to boost democracy – but that’s not always what happens

At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers – a lower and upper chamber – in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as inefficient, so most states removed the upper chambers. Before 1990, only two states kept these bicameral parliaments: Liberia and Nigeria.

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Dozens Escape Maximum Security Prison In Liberia

Inmates escape Liberian prison due to security breach. Authorities working to recapture them amidst ongoing prison system issues.

Radio France Internationale

Liberia contemplates moving capital after disastrous flooding

Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.

The Guardian - UK

Big brains and glittering careers: five fresh Labour MPs to watch

Labour’s new brood includes an economist whose family fled from Liberia, Westminster insiders and a former soldier

Al Jazeera

‘Bring hard justice’: Liberia civil war survivors welcome war crimes court

President signs order promising establishment of a war crimes court in efforts to bring justice 21 years after conflict.

The Conversation

Africa’s freeports should boost trade and foreign exchange earnings – but evidence is thin

The concept of a freeport – an area where normal tax and customs rules don’t apply – has existed for centuries. Over time, different terms have emerged. They include export processing zones, free trade zones, special economic zones and industrial free zones. West Africa has 29 free zones, spanning 11…

The Guardian - UK

‘Labour will surpass your expectations’: the leftwing thinktank boss standing on Starmer’s agenda

Miatta Fahnbulleh is running for parliament – and, as a black female economist, hopes to broaden parliament’s outlook on ‘the rules of the game’

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