By Fidel Amakye Owusu As Liberia once again finds itself in the global spotlight following President Joseph Boakai’s recent visit to the White House, it’s worth...
AFP | Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai will cut his salary by 40 percent, a move he says is aimed at “setting a precedent for responsible governance”...
AP | Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 is...
AFP | Liberia’s outgoing president George Weah has said he has no plans to run for the top job again after his defeat in recent elections,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Last year – 2023 – was a busy one for Africa as far as elections were concerned. Multiple states in different geopolitical...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the 1950s, 60s and 70s, when many countries in West Africa faced political instability and concomitant economic decay, Liberia was one...
AP | Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week’s runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just...
AP | Liberian President George Weah faced a tight runoff election Tuesday as he seeks to defeat a repeat challenger and win a second term in...
AP | Liberia’s presidential election Wednesday appeared headed for a run-off, with the top candidates neck and neck and the votes nearly fully counted. President George...
Reuters | Liberia’s President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai are nearly tied in the race for the presidency following a October 10 election, provisional...
AP | Liberian President George Weah is seeking a second term in office Tuesday, hoping that his efforts to pave roads, build hospitals and bring electricity...
AFP | Liberia’s President George Weah officially launched his campaign for a second term on Thursday, in front of thousands of supporters in the capital Monrovia...
Bloomberg | Liberian President George Weah will face over a dozen opponents when the country votes in a October 10 general election amid mounting anger over...
AFP | Liberia has allowed dual citizenship, reversing a longtime ban viewed by some as hypocritical as many elites secretly held US citizenship. The bill, signed...
Liberia’s main opposition party says it will take part in next week’s presidential runoff vote after threatening a boycott. The party, whose ticket includes soccer star...
Seydou Doumbia (pictured), has emerged as the top goal-scorer at the halfway stage of the group phase of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) championships....
Liberian voters camped out overnight and then braved rains Tuesday in the capital to vote in the West African nation’s presidential election, expected to serve as...
She may have won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but even that may not be enough to persuade voters in this nation with 80 percent unemployment...
The Press Union of Liberia on Wednesday condemned the sacking of state radio chief Ambroise Nmah, accusing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (pictured), of replacing him with...
MONROVIA, Liberia — Football star George Weah returned to Liberia to a hero’s welcome after receiving a degree in business administration from DeVry University in Miami....
