Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough
Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.
Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.
Ellen Kanner | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
Today, World Pasta Day, we celebrate spaghetti. And spaetzle. And lapsha. And lo mein. Composed of flour, water and pressure via hand or machine, p...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact
I experienced one of the most incredible moments in the OR: the cold grey bowel that I had held in my hands slowly bloomed pink with the newly flowing blood. The iciness warmed, the organ was alive.
Brian Palmer | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.
AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home
PHOENIX (AP)-- A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely...
Johann Hari | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.
Trish Kinney | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
Because the topic of child sexual abuse and violence is so shrouded in secrecy and psychological control, it remains a quiet killer of the souls and spirits of our children.
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.13.2009 | World
MONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered strong support Thursday for embattled Liberian President Ellen Johnso...
Todd Moss | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
Clinton, in choosing the largest economies and the continent's most influential capitals, is likely to highlight more traditional US economic and security interests than Obama did on his Ghana trip.
Robert Blair | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
While we in the international peanut gallery gape at the spectacle of the Charles Taylor trial -- a murderer defending indefensible acts -- many Liberians continue to endorse Taylor and his charismatic brutality.
Essence | Essence | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home
On Thursday, July 16 an eight-year old Liberian girl was allegedly raped by four young boys, ages 9 to 14 in Phoenix, Arizona, according CNN.com. The...
Essence | Essence | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home
On Thursday, July 16 an eight-year old Liberian girl was allegedly raped by four young boys, ages 9 to 14 in Phoenix, Arizona, according CNN.com. The...
AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 08.20.2009 | Home
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor issued a challenge at his war crimes trial Monday to find any bank account owned by him holding illicit funds or "blood diamonds" from the civil war in Sierra Leone.
In his second week of testimony in his defense, Taylor denied any role in forming the guerrilla force that invaded Sierra Leone in 1991, that he helped plan the rebel incursion, that he trained the rebel forces or that he commanded their operations.
"I was never involved. It's a lie," he told the U.N-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague.
Taylor is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture and recruiting child soldiers for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war, whose signature crime was to amputate civilians' limbs, ears and noses to intimidate the population into submission.
He is the first African head of state to be brought before an international court for war crimes.
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In an unusual defense against war crimes charges, former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges Thursday that he...
AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — His combat fatigues were replaced by a dark suit and tie, and the tinted aviator glasses gave the former Liberian leade...
The Independent | Independent | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home
Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes, took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday, argui...
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.13.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand to assert that he was trying to bring peace to Sierra Leon...
Robert Blair | Posted 08.12.2009 | World
Nicholas Kristof asked, "What on earth is happening in Liberia?" I ask Liberians what they think.
BBC | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
Liberia's truth commission has called for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to be barred from office - a decision her spokesman says is "surprising". T...
Robert Blair | Posted 08.12.2009 | World
Yet as prospectors have exhausted the diamond mines in neighboring Sierra Leone, Weasua, Liberia has become a hub for miners throughout the region.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media
The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.
Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
A troubling paradox reported out of Africa presents a new "silent killer" to join the ranks of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, malaria, and river blindness: o...
Greg Barrow | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
We could use it right now to feed 8.6 million hungry mouths in Ethiopia through to the end of the year. We really need it right now in Pakistan where it would cover a gaping hole in our budget and give us the cash we need to feed more. It can also buy you arguably the best soccer player in the world.
Perry Garfinkel | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green
Look, it's nearly impossible for a 114-room upscale hotel nestled into 750 acres of rainforest not to leave some footprint. But, under Wagner's guidance since 2006, not only has the hotel raised its luxury bar and won a handful of awards and stars but it also has tightened up on its various eco-programs.
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.26.2009 | Home
Watch the show from Tuesday, May 27: North Korea keeps up the pressure, former child soldiers in Liberia, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee and anc...
Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World