Swiss supreme court upholds Liberian ex-rebel commander’s 20-year sentence
Alieu Kosiah killed civilians and unarmed soldiers, and ordered lootings and other crimes against humanity.
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From palava huts to TikTok: How Liberians are preserving their past
From podcasts to TikTok, young Liberians are using digital platforms to keep history alive and challenge old narratives.
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They fled war as child refugees, now they’re playing at World Cup 2026
In a World Cup for everyone, as it has been dubbed by FIFA, players carry historic stories of war and displacement.
Fire at New Delhi hotel kills at least 21 people, including 18 foreigners
It took eight fire engines to extinguish the blaze, as more than 40 people were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals.
Libya approves first unified budget in more than a decade
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
Founded as a refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now
With its offer to take in a US deportee who does not want to go there, Monrovia betrays Liberia’s unique history.
Trump’s African summit was a masterclass in modern colonial theatre
To dodge Trump’s tariffs and wrath, five African presidents played colonial subject, and left their dignity behind.
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Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’?
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans in West Africa as slavery ended.
‘Such good English’: Liberians confused, angry at Trump comments to Boakai
US president appeared surprised by his counterpart’s ‘beautiful English’, despite it being Liberia’s national language.
Trump asks Liberian president where he learned English, his native tongue
US president meets leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal.
It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM
Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice.
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