The Latest Breaking News from Liberia

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

A Swiss court on Thursday upheld a guilty verdict for war crimes in the case of a former Liberian rebel commander and convicted him of crimes against humanity in a landmark case.

Over the past 75 years, the United Nations has sent more than 2 million peacekeepers to help countries move away from conflict, with successes from Liberia to Cambodia and major failures in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

A foreign sales agent allegedly involved is also in hot water over Liberian forestry interests.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Like Ralph Yarl’s parents, Patience Gaye moved to the United States from Liberia to escape violence before starting a family.

Democracy indices compiled by respected organisations have suggested that around the world, there’s an increase in authoritarianism or democratic backsliding.

A cargo vessel ran aground in the Suez Canal on Sunday, but traffic through the global waterway was not impacted, Egyptian authorities said. The Liberia-flagged MSC Istanbul, heading to Portugal from Malaysia, got stuck in a two-lane part of the Suez Canal, said Adm. Ossama Rabei, head of the Suez…

As Nigeria deals with economic woes and worsening insecurity, Fraser Jackson speaks to a representative of the main opposition, the People's Democratic Party, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections. Also in this edition: Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Madagascar, and an unusual school bus in Liberia teaches schoolchildren IT skills.

A government document obtained by The Associated Press outlines more than three dozen cases in Liberia where it appears logs were illegally cut or moved out of the country using unofficial channels

The appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded on Friday in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland.

Liberia's President George Weah on Monday told parliament he would run for reelection this year after a first term marred with graft allegations and economic downturn.