By Marissa Melton Washington 13 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is canceling the multimillion-dollar debt owed to it by Liberia. Speaking at a Liberia donors conference in Washington Tuesday, she said she...
By Marissa Melton Washington 12 February 2007 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in the United States this week to lobby for international aid for her country for the coming year. Liberia is struggling to recover from 14 years of civil stri...
By Kari Barber Dakar 19 December 2006 Liberia is preparing to allow logging, following a three-year, U.N.-sanctioned export ban. The post-war government has passed new logging legislation intended to prevent corruption and mismanagement, but some co...
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 November 2006 Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is denying reports that the commission has ceased work because of a lack of funding. A commission spokeswoman told VOA Thursday that a recent halt in field research...
By Joe Bavier Freetown 03 April 2006 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has made his first appearance before Sierra Leone's special war crimes court. Joe Bavier was at the U.N.-backed court in F...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 March 2006 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking African leaders to decide whether to bring former President Charles Taylor to trial on war crimes cha...
By Dan Robinson Washington 17 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf U.S. lawmakers say visiting Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has told them her government has formally asked Nigeria to turn over...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 16 January 2006 watch Inauguration report Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President-ele...
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 17 January 2006 Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Mon...
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 2, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In the News. West African countries say they will send 1)peacekeeping troops to 2)Liberia on Monday t...