Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country's first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the end of two civil wars that killed 250,000 people.
Boakai said Liberia had "endured downpours of (...)
More than 40 people have died after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded in central Liberia, the country's chief medical officer Francis Kateh has said.
The tanker overturned along a road in Totota town, about 130km (80 miles) from the capital, (...)
Liberians are voting Tuesday in high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections – the first since the 2018 exit of a UN mission that kept the peace for more than a decade in a country scarred by two devastating civil wars.
As well as the (...)
A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary measures to ensure that the upcoming elections can take place in a fully inclusive manner.
"We are concerned by reported instances of (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) handed over on Friday a total of 29,412 rice bags, weighing 735,300 kilograms, to the Republic of Liberia as per efforts to enhance food security in the West African country.
The food (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has delivered 50 tons of dates as a gift from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Liberia.
The aid was handed over by Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia Abdullah bin Hamad (...)
Agnes-Josephine Kenderman, a Liberian teenage mother, is benefiting from a UN-backed initiative to empower young vulnerable girls, which includes training to help her make and sell pastries and other products.
"My name is Agnes Kenderman. I am 19 (...)
President George Weah of the Republic of Liberia received here today Advisor at the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Qattan and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, Advisor Qattan conveyed the greetings of (...)
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Liberia Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah has announced his country's support to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's bid to host World Expo 2030.
In a statement to the media, following a meeting between Advisor at the Royal (...)
As a new Ebola outbreak threatens Guinea, six neighboring countries are urgently scaling up preparation and response efforts to prevent the further spread of the deadly virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
So far, nine (...)
Saudi non-resident ambassador to Liberia Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Subaie, on Tuesday attended the session of the annual message presented by the Liberian President George Manneh Oppong Weah in the Liberian Parliament Building.
In his speech, the (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Subaie met here today with Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gbehzohngar Findley.
During the meeting, Ambassador Al-Subaie presented a copy of his credentials as a non-resident ambassador to (...)
A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed at least 27 children, police said on Wednesday.
"The kids were learning the holy Qur'an when the fire broke out," police spokesman Moses Carter said. He added the blaze was caused by an electrical (...)
Thousands of Liberians took to the streets of the capital, Monrovia, on Friday to protest against corruption and economic decline that many blame on their once hugely popular president, former football star George Weah.
In a stark contrast to the (...)
On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, attended here today the (...)
Prince Mansur bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers and Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques left the Liberian capital tonight, following representing the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King (...)
On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, arrived here to attend the (...)
Congratulations have been pouring in for
Liberia's president-elect - and former football star - George Weah.
The former footballer beat his challenger, Vice President Joseph Boakai, in a run-off election held Tuesday, having so far won 61.5 percent (...)
Eleven people have been killed by an unknown disease in the West African nation of Liberia, with at least 9 others infected, a health official said Friday.
According to dpa, those infected with the "strange" disease showed symptoms of severe stomach (...)
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the deadly virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, Reuters quoted health officials as saying on Friday.
"A young lady in (...)
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the deadly virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, Reuters quoted health officials as saying on Friday.
"A young lady in (...)
Police fired teargas and threw stones at a crowd which gathered near a courthouse in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Monday to demand the release of a political activist charged with sedition, a Reuters witness said.
Street violence is rare in a (...)
The cries of young children ring around the hospital as hundreds of patients, packed tightly together on wooden benches and surrounded by boxes of syringes piled high, wait to be seen.
Nurses shout to be heard as they rush through the dimly-lit (...)
Liberia expects to slash spending in the current 2015/16 budget by 11 percent due to a slowdown of its mining sector, resulting in a reduction in public sector investment, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Monday, according to Reuters.
The (...)
Liberia released its last two known Ebola cases from hospital on Thursday as it starts a new countdown to declaring itself free of the virus for a third time, health officials said, Reuters reported.
Liberia had been the only country in West Africa (...)
