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Hundreds of Liberians flooded the streets of the capital on Thursday, chanting “enough is enough” and demanding accountability from President Joseph Boakai’s government. The demonstration, led by opposition figure Mulbah...

A devastating blaze raged through the halls of power in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, when the parliament building caught fire, destroying vital offices and archives.

The speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has denied being involved in a huge fire at the West African nation's legislature. Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa was among those questioned by the police after the Capito...

Emergency services in Liberia were tackling a fire in the parliament building on Wednesday which broke out as opposition protests spilled into a second day.

Forty-seven inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison in Liberia's Margibi County, a rural area east of the West African country's capital Monrovia, the justice ministry said on Monday.

Violent protests in Liberia over the presence of armed guards in mining areas in the country’s northwest killed one demonstrator and left several injured, a government official said.

At least 40 people were killed when a tanker truck exploded after crashing in central Liberia, the police said on Tuesday.

Bong County is still reeling from shock and grief following Tuesday's accident, where 15 people have now been confirmed killed and 36 others wounded after a fuel tanker exploded in Totota, lower Bong County.

President George Weah has admonished members of his cabinet to correct the wrongs and move on, having lost the November 14, 2023 presidential run-off election.

A car ploughed into a crowd of supporters of politician Joseph Boakai in Monrovia on Monday evening, killing at least two people and injuring many more, hospital, police and political sources said.

Liberians will vote on Tuesday in a runoff election between President George Weah and former vice president Joseph Boakai after a fiercely fought first round in which neither was able to score over 50% of the vote to sec...

Liberia's electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to se...

Liberia’s presidential election appears headed for a run-off, with the top candidates neck and neck and the votes nearly fully counted.

Liberia's presidential election looked likely to go into a run-off after nearly complete provisional results on Monday showed President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai were nearly tied in the race for the...

Liberians voted on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after six years marked by corruption allegations and abiding economic hardship. Around 2.4 million people are eligi...

Following the official start on August 5, 2023 of Liberia's 2023 elections, candidates are stepping up campaign activities across the country. A total of 15 registered political parties plus independent candidates are co...

Liberia is preparing to grant the exclusive rights of over 1 million hectares of forest, about 10% of the country's land area, to a private Emirati company that will be tasked with marketing the carbon credits obtained f...

For Mary Kolee, aged 18, President George Weah has failed the youth and thus does not deserve a second term. She claims that Weah has done poorly in the educational sector.

Liberian President and former international football star George Weah announced Monday (Jan. 31) that he would run for a second term in October, rejecting mounting criticism that he is out of touch with a population faci...