Monrovia

April 19, 2021

Mayor Mike Elliott talks to Marco Werman about how his childhood in Liberia prepared him for this leadership moment — as his city grapples with the killing of Daunte Wright, and braces for the verdict in the case of George Floyd's death.

Global Politics

Former warlords are among the Liberians vying to be the next head of state

The World

October 10, 2017

Voters went to the polls in Liberia Tuesday to replace Africa's first female head of state. And gender politics are playing a big role.

Books

How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.

The World

March 07, 2017

Liberian women united behind the candidacy of a 60-something grandmother to lead their war-ravaged nation.

Culture

A young Liberian refugee, educated in America, chooses to move back 'home'

The World

July 12, 2016

Mercy Krua is a Liberian refugee who lives in Boston. Her son, Jefferson Krua, was also a Liberian refugee. But he decided to move back to Liberia and make his life there. In part, he says, because no matter how much money he could make in the US, he would always be a black man in America.

Books

This children's book is starting a national conversation about corruption in Liberia

The World

February 10, 2016

Liberian academic and author Robtel Neajai Pailey says children, with their curiosity and strong sense of right and wrong, are the natural audience for a book about corruption. So she wrote one.

Books

Once a refugee, she's opened one of Liberia's few bookstores, where children can read about themselves

The World

January 30, 2016

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02/01/2016 - 10:15am

It's hard to learn to read when your country has been torn apart by war and disease. It's even harder when children's books come from far away. But Wayétu Moore, whose family fled Liberia's civil war when she was five, is setting out to change the odds for kids in Liberia and other countries with low literacy.

Medicine

West Africa is Ebola-free. Or is it?

The World

January 14, 2016

Liberia is Ebola-free, says the World Health Organization. But experts say that the problem of Ebola is far from over.

Health

Now that Ebola is subsiding, the question is what to do with contaminated sewage

The World

March 04, 2015

Disposing of millions of tons of potentially Ebola infected human sewage is no easy task. But Liberia has is attempting its own solution.

Health

As Ebola loosens grip, Liberia's schools begin re-opening

The World

February 16, 2015

In Liberia, the first thing pupils do is have their temperatures taken. Schools had been shut for seven months after the Ebola outbreak.

Health

Despite international aid, some Ebola workers are still 'on the frontlines with no ammunition'

The World

December 16, 2014

There are plenty of kinds of workers mobilizing to fight Ebola in West Africa, not just doctors and nurses. They include "contact tracers," who monitor people and try to get them to respect quarantines. They say they're still doing a vital job without the tools they need.

Monrovia

Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’

Former warlords are among the Liberians vying to be the next head of state

How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.

A young Liberian refugee, educated in America, chooses to move back 'home'

This children's book is starting a national conversation about corruption in Liberia

Once a refugee, she's opened one of Liberia's few bookstores, where children can read about themselves

Updated

West Africa is Ebola-free. Or is it?

Now that Ebola is subsiding, the question is what to do with contaminated sewage

As Ebola loosens grip, Liberia's schools begin re-opening

Despite international aid, some Ebola workers are still 'on the frontlines with no ammunition'

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