Federal jurors convicted the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor Sr. of torture and conspiracy charges Thursday, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in the southern district ...

Prospective jurors gasped last week at the gruesome details of torture described in a courtroom as attorneys navigated the jury selection process in Charles Taylor Jr.'s trial, which begins Monday.

A telltale West African accent peppers Adenah Bayoh’s speech and she freely quotes Maya Angelou and her mentor (in her head) Oprah, when talking about how she’s become perhaps the most successful ...

Liberia's supreme court has cancelled a national referendum scheduled for next month on constitutional changes that would reduce the length of the president's term and allow for dual citizenship, ...

The World Bank urges the Liberian government and stakeholders to focus on policy coherence, inter-agency coordination, and ...

In West Africa, one of the simplest ways to slow the Ebola outbreak is to educate people about how to keep from getting infected with the virus. Now, there are some signs that Ebola awareness is ...

Liberian President George Weah has been hailed for his sportsmanship for conceding to his rival in the presidential race - from across the political divide and the region. "This is a time for ...

When President Donald Trump met with African leaders at the White House on July 9, the Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke in English, the official language in his country. Trump was apparently ...

More than a dozen Ebola patients are still unaccounted for after a violent attack on a Liberian Ebola treatment center Saturday, authorities say, raising fears that the virus will find a new ...

Project Owner/s Kon Kweni is 85%-owned by Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc, 10% by ...

Kate Peabody lost her husband and son within eight years. But she's inspired by kindness to give back to Pensacola community.

A Liberian immigrant who spent years living in the Philadelphia region was sentenced Thursday to just under five years in prison after a federal judge ruled that he had lied on immigration documents ...