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Founded as a refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now

With its offer to take in a US deportee who does not want to go there, Monrovia betrays Liberia’s unique history.

FILE - Foreground from right, Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Garcia's wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Liberia has suffered 20 years of ‘negative peace’. It’s time for change

The root causes of Liberia’s wars have remained unaddressed; the first step to changing that is rebuilding trust.

Two white stars painted on a basketball court in the compound of St Peter's Church in Monrovia, Liberia indicate where victims of the first Liberian war have been buried [Courtesy of Robtel Pailey]

Liberia’s Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls

Liberia’s elections next week will be a referendum on the ruling party.

Liberian President George Weah came to power in January 2018 [File: Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon]

Africa does not need saving during this pandemic

In fact, Africa and the Global South can teach the rest some lessons.

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How to truly decolonise the study of Africa

‘Epistemic decolonisation’ cannot happen in a political vacuum, separated from the African streets.

Rhodes statue

The struggles for Liberian citizenship

Why has Liberia not enacted dual citizenship or repealed a constitutional ‘Negro clause’?

George Weah

When foreign ‘do-gooders’ do more harm than good in Liberia

Revelations about systematic rape of girls in an NGO-run school in Liberia reveal just how wrong charity work can go.

Katie Meyler

What Liberian President-elect George Weah must do

Liberia’s George Weah must commit to put people before profit.

George Weah

Liberia needs the rule of law, not political expediency

The US should not object to Liberia going through the democratic process of challenging a vote.

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Is Liberia’s Sirleaf really standing up for women?

President Sirleaf’s promise to campaign for women candidates in Liberia’s upcoming elections comes too little, too late.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf