Culture
PRI's 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.
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Liberia's forgotten prisoners
PRI's The World
February 24, 2011
Thousands of people sit in Liberian jails for years, awaiting trial. Now there's a program aimed at fast-tracking these cases and getting people out of pre-trial detention. Jess Engebreston sits in on one of the proceedings.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Trash collection in Liberia
PRI's The World
February 21, 2008
The World's Julia Kumari Drapkin reports on an effort to pick up the trash in Liberia: two Americans came up with the idea, after observing how uncollected garbage seemed to blight so much of the country's capital, Monrovia
Global Politics
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — 'Ma Ellen' — and her Liberian Presidential Re-election Bid
PRI's The World
September 30, 2011
Liberian incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is running for re-election. The women's vote helped put her in office last time. But many Liberian women are turning their back on the president
Global Politics
Reaction From Liberia on Nobel Prize
PRI's The World
October 07, 2011
Not everyone is happy in Liberia about Sirleaf winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Global Politics
Despite Nobel Prize, Sirleaf's Re-Election Not Guaranteed
PRI's The World
October 10, 2011
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was named a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, but it's no guarantee that she'll win re-election on Tuesday.
Global Politics
Monrovia Protest Turns Deadly Ahead of Liberia's Presidential Run-off
PRI's The World
November 07, 2011
At least one person has died after shots were reportedly fired during an opposition protest in Monrovia ahead of Liberia's presidential run-off.
Global Politics
Fiber Optic Cable Emerges from the Sea in Liberia
PRI's The World
November 10, 2011
Getting online is difficult in Liberia. Connections are slow, and internet access can be very expensive. But that may be starting to change. Last week, a fiber optic cable arrived in Liberia. Bonnie Allen reports from Monrovia.
Conflict & Justice
Fate of Deportees in Liberia
PRI's The World
May 16, 2011
Immigration will be a major point of discussion for the new Congress. Correspondent Deepa Fernandes looks at how the African nation of Liberia has been treating, and often imprisoning, some people deported from the US.
Conflict & Justice
US Policy Sparks Anti-Gay Attacks in Liberia
PRI's The World
February 28, 2012
In December, the Obama administration issued a policy aimed at promoting gay rights as human rights around the world. But in Liberia the policy may be having the opposing effect.
Conflict & Justice
Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in Liberia
PRI's The World
March 29, 2012
In Liberia, female traditional leaders who operate powerful secret societies have agreed to shut down "schools" where teenage girls undergo genital circumcision.