MONROVIA, Liberia, November 23, (UNHCR) - Elizabeth Weah, now 20 years old, was orphaned two years ago in Voinjama, Lofa County by mortar shells that killed her parents, destroyed her home, and left ...

MONROVIA, April 20 (UNHCR) - Liberian refugees will now have more time - and information - to vote with their feet, thanks to a UNHCR-negotiated extension of the registration deadline for the October ...

The Liberian President said in a radio broadcast that he had called his opponent Boakai to congratulate him on his election victory. Though counting was still ongoing in the runoff election, Boakai, a ...

Sworn in on 22 January in Monrovia, the new Liberian president said his administration has initiated road projects totalling 783.5km, provided medicine to primary health facilities and restored piped ...

The two civil wars in Liberia (1989 – 1996; 1999 – 2003) left both physical and psychological scars which are still visible on the people till today. Even though Liberia’s Second Civil War officially ...

NPR is reporting that incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Unity Party is leading in Liberia’s presidential election. Voting officials counted ballots Wednesday in Liberia’s second postwar ...

Liberia held its general elections in 2023. The young democracy of the West African country withstood the challenge of former president George Weah’s populism. Weah had sought a second term, but ...

Liberia will hold delayed senatorial elections on Dec. 20, the National Election Commission said on Sunday, a day after the Supreme Court ruled the vote should go ahead despite the Ebola outbreak in ...

Turnout for Liberian parliamentary elections on Saturday appeared to be low as concerns about Ebola kept many voters at home. Polling stations were largely empty after voting began at 8 a.m. (0800 GMT ...