Liberia

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

As the world's top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this "brown gold". Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by…

2 days ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

WHO advises against making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, APC dissolves party organs across Nigeria and more

Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.⁣…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

UK military seizes ship in English Channel after ‘stowaway’ security alert

Britain's special forces have taken control of the Liberia-registered oil tanker after stowaways, discovered aboard, turned violent. Initial reports suggested the ship, which had traveled from Nigeria, had been hijacked.…

4 years ago

Africa·News

Nigeria becoming a failed, divided State – Obasanjo, Covid-19 deaths pass 916,000 and more

Here is why you should pick up a copy of The Guardian on Sunday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on the newsstands on…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

Four years after Ebola crisis, Liberia braces for coronavirus

Governments across Africa are scrambling to increase their capacity to deal with an expected surge in cases of COVID-19. Several countries are putting the focus on ramping up detection and prevention measures.…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Liberia’s George Weah: Too many broken promises?

Two years after Liberian President George Weah stormed to power on a promise to create jobs and battle corruption in a country where the majority of people live below the poverty line,…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Descendant of former slave recounts Liberia’s start

After years of tension between indigenous people and the African Americans that settled in Liberia, some are hopeful for the future of Africa's first independent colony.…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Once popular Weah battles mass protests in Liberia

Liberia's president, the former soccer player George Weah, is facing large-scale demonstrations against his government over corruption and economic woes.…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Liberia’s chimpanzee orphanage

In Liberia, chimpanzees have had to survive not just two civil wars and an Ebola epidemic, but also poaching and deforestation. Now a project is taking care of orphaned chimps in the…

6 years ago

Africa·News

DW exclusive interview: Liberian ex-president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Rwanda to receive the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. She spoke to DW in an exclusive interview about her record as leader…

6 years ago

Africa·Interview·News·Opinion

Liberians react to Sirleaf’s disappointment at Trump win

Liberians react to the frustration expressed by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf over Donald Trump's victory in the US elections.…

8 years ago

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Liberia

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

WHO advises against making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, APC dissolves party organs across Nigeria and more

UK military seizes ship in English Channel after ‘stowaway’ security alert

Nigeria becoming a failed, divided State – Obasanjo, Covid-19 deaths pass 916,000 and more

Four years after Ebola crisis, Liberia braces for coronavirus

Liberia’s George Weah: Too many broken promises?

Descendant of former slave recounts Liberia’s start

Once popular Weah battles mass protests in Liberia

Liberia’s chimpanzee orphanage

DW exclusive interview: Liberian ex-president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberians react to Sirleaf’s disappointment at Trump win

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