Liberia’s “Iron Lady," Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who takes office this month as Africa’s first elected female president, says she will live up to her nickname if former warlords try to drag her country ...

2005-11-15 04:00:00 PDT Monrovia-- Out by Monrovia's crumbling international airport is a ramshackle settlement known to Liberians as Smell-No-Taste. Older people still remember when U.S. soldiers ...

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, one of the top candidates in Liberia's presidential election this month, was chatting recently with President John Kufuor of Ghana. "Do you have a problem ...

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Late last summer, the war-ravaged West African country of Liberia quietly achieved something the United States and many other Western countries have never managed to do: It got rid of its external ...

MONROVIA - Liberia's First Lady Kartumu Yarta Boakai has called on the international community to rally behind Liberia in addressing its severe health challenges, warning that the country's fragile ...

Congo Town — Liberia's First Lady, Kartumu Y. Boakai's recent birthday celebration stood a bold and transformative vision: the construction of the KYB Foundation Multipurpose Complex -- a project she ...

Merck Foundation together with the office of the First Lady of Liberia will work closely to introduce innovative ideas that will engage different sectors to create a culture shift with the aim to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama plans to promote her year-old global girls’ education initiative during a late June trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain. The White House says the three-country trip is ...

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