With its offer to take in a US deportee who does not want to go there, Monrovia betrays Liberia’s unique history.

President Boakai’s declaration comes at a time when Liberia, like many nations, faces social, economic, and environmental ...

The government, under President George Weah, says the theme is meant to celebrate Liberia as a refuge for freed slaves and memorialise black freedom, nationhood as well as the role that Liberia has ...

Portuguese explorers established contacts with Liberia as early as 1461 and named the area Grain Coast because of the abundance of "grains of paradise" (Malegueta pepper seeds). In 1663 the British ...

David Sasaki is in Monrovia, Liberia to teach Liberians how to blog. He writes a short history of the country: “Liberia’s history – and specifically its relationship with the United States – is ...

The Governance Commission (GC) has convened a one-day policy dialogue on the Revitalization and Rewriting of an Inclusive and Comprehensive History of Liberia under the theme "History of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In Madame President (Simon & Schuster, 336 pp., ***½ out of four stars), the journey of Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf unspools like a novel, fitting for a life that is nothing short of mythic.