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The public-service billboards along Liberia's roadways only begin to hint at the magnitude of challenges facing a nation trying to right itself after 14 years of civil war that ended in 2003.
Ron Kirkwood was recently named the recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable for his book, “Tell Mother Not to Worry: Soldier Stories from Gettysburg ...
By the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861, he was one of the largest coffee farmers in Liberia—and he hoped ... enjoyed a similarly energizing effect. Kaldi shared his zippy discovery ...
Norsida Man from UPM says the threat of higher tariffs by US president Donald Trump, and its impact on other countries, could reduce global agricultural ... of a trade war on national food ...
Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...
It also served as a headquarters for Union soldiers during the Civil War and became a field hospital. Lee and Brittani Lusk bought the house for $1. But there was a twist: the new owner would have ...
At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...
Last year, Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 50 years in prison. Ten years after the end of the civil war, Liberia’s current government ...
For more than a decade, Liberia was the theatre of one of the deadliest wars in Africa. Launched from the neighboring Cote d’Ivoire by a small group of dissidents, trained and armed by Libya with the ...