Miatta is a former child soldier in Liberia and says she was forced to fight when she was 14. She can't remember how many people she's killed and says she just wants to get her [...]
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) protects approximately 4,000 Liberians residing in the United States from deportation. Liberian diasporans with DED status lost their suit in the District Court of Massachusetts against Trump for ordering their status [...]
The Liberian national government has not given forest communities their 30 percent share of land rental fees paid by logging companies since the 2016/2017 fiscal year, according to the manager of the E.U.’s Non-State Actor [...]
Shangyou Wood Industrial Development Company’s rubberwood mill faces a challenge reaching full production capacity because enough skilled manpower can't be found to run the equipment. The company employs almost 300 Liberians, including 69 women, mostly [...]
The Timbo River Bridge between River Cess and Grand Bassa is complete, but the road to it can't handle the rain.
Rural health facilities outside urban electric power grids lack the resources to operate electricity generators to power lights and equipment. To mitigate this problem, the Liberia National Red Cross Society has installed solar panel arrays [...]
I want to extend our thanks and appreciation to you all at Friends Of Liberia for funding our livelihood empowerment project for Ebola affected women through Soap Making. The women graduated today and were [...]
The Liberian Studies Association (LSA) welcomes proposals for papers, panels and/or roundtables from various disciplinary and research traditions focusing on questions and topics related to Liberia’s strive to construct a functional state for its 52nd annual [...]
The Liberian Studies Association is offering six travel stipend awards of $400 each to its conference at Cornell in April, 2020. Applicants must be pursuing or must have recently completed graduate studies.