A man who was born into slavery in Lexington went on to become the president of Liberia. Alfred Russell was born to Amelie ...

A US company backed by billionaire Robert Friedland took a key step toward building an iron ore mine in Guinea after ...

Before the city of Hollywood was founded in 1925, there was an enclave of Black residents that had a safe haven to call their ...

The inception of serious literary writing in Liberia can be traced back to Edward Wilmot Blyden's seminal work, Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race, published in 1887. Before the 1950s, the most ...

Liberia's civil war forced thousands of people to flee Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country's first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the ...

To help readers better understand the nuances of foreign policy, CFR staff writers and Consulting Editor Bernard Gwertzman conduct in-depth interviews with a wide range of international experts, as ...

Merck Foundation ( the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, recently conducted the 12th Edition of their annual ...

Liberia secures Global Environment Facility (GEF) approval for landmark mercury-reduction project in the gold mining sector, backed by the African Development Bank Group ...

In Liberia, a country where small-scale fishers number in the tens of thousands, fishers go missing at sea every year. Some, ...

India], December 26: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, recently conducted the 12th Edition of their annual conference, "Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary", in ...

This publication is now archived. What can be done to help child soldiers? Most experts agree that without focused intervention aimed at reintegrating them into society, child soldiers--who have ...

Tony Hage has lived in Liberia for more than 50 years. It is where he went to university. Where he met his wife. Where he set up his successful business. He has stayed when so many others have fled ...