Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf may be headed for a runoff election, early results released Thursday by the National Elections Commission indicate.
Thousands of young men shouting, driving in pick-up trucks and taking control of the streets of Monrovia was, only a few years ago, a reason to flee.
The West African nation tests democracy in its second post-war election. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.
In 2009, Motherboard traveled to Liberia. While we were in Monrovia, we met Alfred Sirleaf, an advocate for freedom of information who runs the city's analog blog.
Alfred Sirleaf uses a chalkboard to bring news to Liberian citizens who otherwise don't have access to it.
Seven men, including two Americans, have been charged for allegedly conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles and cocaine to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement released Monday.
In a country known for suffering not surfing, CNN's Christian Purefoy found one of the sport's newest hotspots.
It turns out that one of the most successful grocers around by some measures isn't really in it for the money.
Apple's retail stores aren't the only place where lines form these days. It's 7:30 on a July morning, and already a crowd has gathered for the opening of Trader Joe's newest outpost, in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The waiting shoppers chat about their favorite Trader Joe's foods, and a woman in line launches into a monologue comparing the retailer's West Coast and East Coast locations. Another customer suggests that the chain will be good for Chelsea, even though the area is already brimming with places to buy groceries, including Whole Foods and several upscale food boutiques.
Chid Liberty's family business high-rise was corrupted into a site of conflict, mass graves and executions during Liberia's fourteen-year civil war.
Liberia suffers from an 80% jobless rate. CNN?s Christian Purefoy reports on how women use other skills for employment.
Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson has chosen Liberia for his latest venture, the country's first top class hotel.
Businessman Bob Johnson is extending his empire onto the African continent with a gleaming new "first" class hotel in Liberia.
Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson has chosen Liberia for his latest venture, the country's first top class hotel.
Remember that line from Office Space? "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?"
I doubt Oliver Wendell Holmes was a soccer fan, but in thinking about this week's column, I recalled a great quote of his: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
In previous episodes of The Vice Guide to Travel, we road-tripped through North Korea, shopped for dirty bombs in Bulgaria, and hunted mutant wild boars in Chernobyl. Little did we know that all of our harrowing journeys would leave us only semi-prepared for a recent trip to war-ravaged, godforsaken Liberia.
Ben & Jerry's Bagels? Sonic Steakhouse? Be glad that some of our favorite quick-service places evolved into what they are today.
The 39-year-old Liberian artist was exiled during the country's civil war, but returned to the capital Monrovia after the conflict to open its first gallery. From his paintings to his cartoons in Monrovia's Daily Observer, Lumeh remains a prolific artist.
Leslie Lumeh talks to CNN about his love for art.
Delta Air Lines has been denied permission to fly directly to Nairobi, Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia, until security standards there are met or until assessments change, the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday.
On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it.
Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infested the country.
Liberia banned all food exports Monday, saying profiteers have been
taking advantage of its cheap rice prices to truck the grain -- already
in short supply in Liberia -- to neighboring countries to sell at
higher prices
One of Liberia's most notorious rebels, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing the nation
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Rising gas prices and booming sales of the Toyota Prius mean a big opportunity for Pete Nortman. A year and a half ago, the Monrovia, Calif., engineer hacked his Prius by replacing the battery with...
Just imagine for a moment that everything you own -- from your hard-earned money to your home to your car to little mementos like pictures on the wall -- has just been taken from you by a group of people who don't like the way you look or the shade of your skin or the shape of your nose. Everything gone except, perhaps, the clothes on your back.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia's new president, becoming Africa's first elected female head of state and vowing to lead the country away from its turbulent past.
SEEN THROUGH THE EYE OF a tiny videocamera aboard Alan Cocconi's remarkable unmanned airplane, parallel rows of runway lights become discernible as the craft turns into its final approach for a nig...
Monrovia, Calif. Founded 1971
All across America, thousands of flying machines are emerging from backroom workshops--the same nesting grounds where the Wright brothers once shaped their dreams with sailcloth and spruce. These e...
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