The Miracles and Riches of God: Autobiography of John Nimley Wulu, Sr. of Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa (Founder and Builder of Schools)
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thousands of Liberians living in Montserrado county, the seat of the country's capital Monrovia, headed for the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a senatorial by-election to replace Senator Hannah Brent, who died in August.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Ellen Johnson has urged Liberians to utilize vacant land in their surroundings to plant rice, fruits, vegetables and other crops for food self-sufficiency. "Everyone should use spare land to plant something," the President declared Tuesday as she walked from her Residence to cut the first panicles of rice that had been growing in a plot adjoining her residence in Sinkor, on the...
MSNBC.com: Newsweek World News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia in 2005, she inherited a country that had been wrecked by civil war, and she proceeded to transform it. Today school enrollment is up 40 percent, Monrovia has power and running water, and trade in diamonds and timber is opening up again. NEWSWEEK's Jina Moore recently met with the former World Bank economist to talk about terrorism, the resource...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The opposition Liberty Party (LP) is expected to hold Monrovia and its environs at a stands till When it carry out a formal campaign rally today, November 6,2009 at the Antoinette Tubman stadium (ATS).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Partisans of two outstanding political parties in Liberia, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and the ruling Unity Party (UP) in a bid to undo each other at the pending November 10 polls were embroiled in a clash at the vicinity of the Free Port of Monrovia on the Bushrod Island.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Professor Alhajji G. V. Kromah, an Independent candidate in the November 10, 2009 senatorial race has taken his campaign to the suburb of Clara Town, a strong electoral bastion in Monrovia and had the opportunity of addressing dozens of youths, most of whom voters and shared his plans with them.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Police officers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Liberia have helped foil an attempted mass jail break this weekend from a prison in the West African nation's capital, Monrovia.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Several prisoners at the Monrovia Central Prison, the nation's largest, who attempted another jailbreak Sunday, found themselves at bay when UNMIL soldiers opened heavy volleys of fire to end their dream.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Hundreds of unruly youths have been storming the city's narrow and already congested streets in recent days as campaigners for various candidates in the Montserrado County senatorial race. On Saturday night, hundreds of supporters of the football star George Weah's Congress for Democratic Change brought traffic downtown Monrovia to a halt, with some banging on passing cars and shouting.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Organizers and sponsors of a debate for candidates contesting the Montserrado County senate race found themselves helpless against an unruly and angry mob, forcing them to abruptly end the event at the Monrovia City Hall Saturday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Annual Partnership Meeting of the Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) opens in Monrovia Monday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberian media are reporting that a government official has been shot and killed by a gang of men outside the African country's capital.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
MONROVIA, Liberia, 30 October 2009 – "The last time I got malaria, I had to leave school because I couldn't walk properly. I couldn't eat," says Veldis Malkor, age 13. "I missed school for about a week."
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
As part of Civil Military Coordination Programme of Nigerian Signal Unit, UNMIL, (NISIG 10), The Commanding Officer, Lt Col GS Abdullahi recently led a team of instructors in computer appreciation to Amadiyyah Elementary and Junior High School in Monrovia to impact computer knowledge to the students.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
MONROVIA, Liberia, -- Liberia's government says waste products from the American-owned Firestone Rubber Plantation Company are polluting nearby creeks.
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