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Since 1980, civil ... War II. After the war, Liberia’s rubber industry boomed, thanks in part to new agreements with Firestone and investment by the United States, which gave millions to ...
The initiative reflects a growing focus on integrating agriculture with education as a means to build sustainable, community-driven development in Liberia. It not only addresses food insecurity ...
and strengthen Liberia's agricultural sector. To achieve this, stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector actors, and civil society organizations, must work together to ...
Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state.
Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines.
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...
Mohammed Othman, a Palestinian survivor of the April 13, 1975 attack on a bus carrying Palestinians that sparked Lebanon's civil war, prays over the graves of those killed that day, at the ...
In December 2011, Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in helping to end the devastating civil war in Liberia. She had mobilised thousands of women to take part in daily ...
Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as peace talks stall and violence escalates. Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as ...
Beirut (AFP) – Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict ...
Former foes Nassim Assad and Georges Mazraani revisit Beirut's Ain al-Remmaneh district — Anwar AMRO Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now ...
What happened next on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon, plunging it into 15 years of civil war. It would kill about 150,000 people, leave 17,000 missing and lead to foreign ...