Liberia

Traveling Through West Africa With President Clinton

Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton Foundation, Malaria, Clinton Foundation, West Africa, Liberia, Bill Clinton Africa, Politics News
Mark Leon Goldberg

At a public ceremony with President Clinton that included a number of Liberian politicians, the President announced a new Clinton Foundation sponsored anti-Malaria program for the country.

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Liberia's Peace Women: Tribeca 2008 Remembers What the World Overlooked in 2003

Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Civil War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Africa, Liberia, Tribeca Film Festival 2008, Harvard, Women Directors, Women in Africa, Politics News
Abigail E. Disney

How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?

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Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Tribeca Documentary by Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Liberia, Tribeca Film Festival 2008, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a powerful documentary about the courageous women of Liberia who stood up and said no more to war and through their sheer determination and grit were able to transform a country.

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Sex Strike for Peace?

Lisa Witter | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Women, Tribeca Film Festival, Liberia, Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Entertainment News
Lisa Witter

In the midst of daily bad news Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a call to non-violent action for all of us whether it be through voting, peace protests or sex strikes.

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A New Hope For Africa: Liberian Activist Kimmie Weeks

Gimundo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 02.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Kimmie Weeks, The Giving Life, Liberia, Living News

26-year-old Liberian activist Kimmie Weeks vowed to help his country at a very young age. When the First Liberian Civil War began in 1989, the countr...

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Bush Dances To Mark End Of Africa Trip While Ted Kennedy Sings For Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Dances Liberia, Bush Africa Tour, Bush Africa Trip, Liberia, George Bush, Bush Dancing Africa, Bush Liberia, Ted Kennedy Singing, Obama, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

President Bush wrapped up his tour of Africa with a final stop in Liberia, providing one the funniest moments of the day. The other great moment was T...

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Women Waging Peace

Aileen Adams | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President Bush Africa Trip, Liberia, Bush in Africa, Politics News
Aileen Adams

On the eve of President Bush's visit to Liberia and as U.S. election campaign rhetoric continues to focus on "change," Americans can learn a great deal from Liberian women.

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Can a Kenyan Peace Agreement Stem Rape?

Muadi Mukenge | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence, Violence in Kenya, Rape, Kenya, Africa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Kenya and Post-Election Violence, Women and War, Liberia, HIV/AIDS Africa, Women in Africa, Kenya and Violence, Africa Rape, Politics News
Muadi Mukenge

Kenya's post-electoral mayhem highlights a horrifying but less well-known aspect to this trend: an increase in sexual violence in the wake of flawed democratic processes that trigger uprisings.

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Liberia Ships First Diamonds Since Lifting Of U.N. Sanctions

AP | JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | Posted 09.10.2007 | Business

Read More: Blood Diamonds, Liberia, Charles Taylor, Business News

Liberia has shipped its first consignment of diamonds since the lifting of U.N. sanctions that blocked the export of so-called "blood diamonds" used t...

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