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 […]
LIBERIA: AS HIGH SEAS THREATEN SLUM, RESIDENTS AWAIT PROMISED HOMES
SALLY HAYDEN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…