By Kari Barber Dakar 15 December 2006 In Liberia, many are welcoming the recent U.S. indictment of Charles Taylor Jr., son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, on counts of torture. This is the first time the U.S. government has used its ant...
By Franz Wild Monrovia 05 May 2006 Rose Ville, a supporter of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from the Unity Party, listens to election results on the radio Earlier this week Liberia was sited as an example of...
By Franz Wild Monrovia 19 April 2006 Monrovia's port became a symbol of corruption and disorder during Liberia's 14 years of civil war. Goods were regularly stolen and huge amounts of revenue were los...
By Paula Wolfson White House 21 March 2006 President Bush, right, meets with Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in Washington Pres...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during speech to joint meeting of US Congress, March 15, 2006 In an address to the U.S. Congress, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirl...
By James Butty Washington 15 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has arrived in Washington Tuesday for her first official visit to the United States since being i...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 March 2006 Wednesday the Liberian president will address what is called a joint meeting of Congress, an honor given to foreign leaders, the most recent being Italy's pr...
By Nico Colombant Buduburam Refugee Camp, Accra, Ghana 13 March 2006 In West Africa, even though peace and democracy have returned to war-torn Liberia, tens of thousands of Liberian refugees remain in...
By Scott Stearns White House 04 January 2006 U.S. First Lady Laura Bush will attend the inauguration of Liberian president-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf later this month. She will be joined by Secretary...
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 04 January 2006 Later this month, Liberia will inaugurate Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Her task will be to help rebuild her war-shattered...