United Methodists: As a landmark gathering approaches, African churches weigh their future.
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on how African Methodists are responding to the UMC’s dispute over sexuality and theology…
Liberia’s civil war refugees left destitute after decades-old Ghana camp demolished
Buduburam, Ghana Reuters Sitting on a tattered mattress amongst the rubble of his former home, Wendell Elijah Mallobe is one of 15,000 Liberian refugees left destitute after authorities in Ghana demolished the camp where he has lived for more than 30 years. “I don’t know anybody in Liberia. Nobody. They burnt the village I was […]
Liberia President George Weah concedes election defeat to Joseph Boakai
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters Liberia President George Weah on Friday conceded election defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight race, ending a presidency marred by graft allegations but helping to ensure a smooth transition of power in the once volatile African nation. Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 […]
Liberia counts votes in presidential runoff as many hope for change
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters Ballot counting was underway in Liberia on Tuesday in a run-off election between President George Weah and former Vice President Joseph Boakai, in what is expected to be a closely fought vote. Former soccer star Weah, 57, who came to power in 2018 after beating Boakai, won just 7,000 more votes than career […]
Liberia presidential election heads for November run-off vote
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes. Weah holds a slim lead at 43.83 per cent of the vote, while Boakai has 43.44 per cent, according to […]
Liberia counts votes as President Weah seeks second term
Monrovia, Liberia Reuters Vote counting was underway in Liberia on Tuesday during an election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after six years marred by corruption allegations and abiding economic hardship in Africa’s oldest independent republic. Around 2.4 million people were eligible to vote in the West African nation still struggling […]
Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A Swiss court on Thursday upheld a guilty verdict for war crimes in the case of a former Liberian rebel commander and convicted him of crimes against humanity in a landmark case. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor’s army, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June, […]
“Our hands are tied”: Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters As the sun set over Liberia’s vast West Point slum, youth leader Archie Gbezay shook his head as children meandered around dense piles of trash, playing catch with jars of old hair product plucked from polluted puddles of water. Gbezay, 34, has seen his neighbours in corrugated iron shacks grapple with […]
Liberia kicks off bicentennial celebrating arrival of Black Americans
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters President George Weah on Monday called on Liberians to embrace unity and reconciliation as he launched year-long celebrations of the bicentennial of the arrival of the first free Black Americans in 1822. The former slaves arrived in Providence Island, now the capital Monrovia, in 1822, as part of a mission by the American […]
Stampede at Liberia church gathering kills 29
Monrovia, LiberiaAP At least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede of worshippers at a Christian event in a densely populated area of the capital, Monrovia, officials said Thursday. The stampede erupted when a gang of thugs armed with knives attacked some of the hundreds attending […]