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Candidate George Leah votes in Liberian Run Off Elections thegrio.com
January 22, 2018

Liberia: George Weah sworn in as new president

Former international football star George Weah beat outgoing vice president Joseph Boakai in a stunning election runoff to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first…
August 23, 2012

Black women featured on Forbes' 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' list (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - Eleven amazing African and black American women made the cut, including Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé...
May 31, 2012

Charles Taylor's 50 year sentence a reflection of Liberia's past and future

OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
December 9, 2011

Nobel Prize shows women are leaders, winners say

OSLO, Norway (AP) - The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the…
October 7, 2011

Liberian Nobel winners confronted thugs, killers

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee used different tactics to confront thugs and killers in war-ravaged…
May 16, 2011

Class acts: This year's black commencement speakers

SLIDESHOW - These black luminaries, taking the stage first, are leaders of stage and film, law professors, even our nation's…
September 7, 2010

Delta launches first US flights in decades to Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Before the outbreak of the conflict, major airlines like Pan American World Airways, Air France and…