Monrovia — On June 30 last year, Panther, a Liberian-registered container ship, docked at a port in Shanghai, China. Among its cargo was 21.37 cubic meters of timber from the Freeport of Monrovia. The ...

And malaria will now come roaring back, just as it had in the past when vigilance faded. In fact, internal USAID estimates cite that more than 160,000 people will die from malaria every year from the ...

Image by Edward Blamo for Mongabay. Liberia’s fisheries sector is heavily dependent on small-scale fishing. For many rural families, small-scale fisheries remain a backbone for food security and ...

That was all Ted Blanford had to say about his wife Laura, after a six-year-long process to get their children Cyrus and ...

A Liberian father residing in the United States is pleading with the Government of Liberia and international partners to take swift diplomatic action to rescue his son, who remains stranded and in ...

How many more families must suffer in silence before action is taken? At just 18, Mary's story already embodies the grim reality faced by too many young girls across Liberia. Her case--and the ...

Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world where only a small minority of families have clean water or sanitation. The country is in ruins after years of civil war. Child mortality is ...

Through the efforts of individuals like Pryde Bass and organizations like the East Ohio Conference of UMC, support has been provided to Harrisburg, Liberia, after devastating civil wars.

That city is the capital of the West African nation of Liberia, which has been left, after 10 years of brutal civil war, with a barely functioning government. Yet a third of the world's shipping ...