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News Liberia » History: History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy

News channel or source: https://www.cfr.org/articles/history-casts-long-shadow-over-liberias-democracy

Published on: Sunday 12 November 2023

Liberians headed to the polls last month to vote in their country’s general elections, and they will be returning on November 14 to decide the presidential runoff. With about 5.2 million people, ...

News Liberia » History: Liberia bi-centennial celebration: why it needs to reconcile history and identity

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/183405/liberias-why-bi-centennial-celebration-isnt-enough-to-reconcile-history-and-identity/

Published on: Monday 14 March 2022

The government, under President George Weah, says the theme is meant to celebrate Liberia as a refuge for freed slaves and memorialise black freedom, nationhood as well as the role that Liberia has ...

News Liberia » History: Liberia: Liberia's History 101

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2008/10/08/liberia-liberias-history-101/

Published on: Tuesday 07 October 2008

David Sasaki is in Monrovia, Liberia to teach Liberians how to blog. He writes a short history of the country: “Liberia’s history – and specifically its relationship with the United States – is ...

News Liberia » History: The 2 Percent Rule and the Future of Democracy in Liberia

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/the-2-percent-rule-and-the-future-of-democracy-in-liberia/ar-AA24EC2j

Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026

I. IntroductionDemocracy is strongest when the people, and not the government, decide which political parties should survive and which should disappear. Any law that allows the government to eliminate ...

News Liberia » History: Living with the Past in Liberia

News channel or source: https://time.com/3785077/living-with-the-past-in-liberia/

Published on: Sunday 15 January 2012

Like much of West Africa, Liberia is a country of dark, heavy skies emerging from bloody civil war. But like everywhere else in West Africa, there’s also much more to the place — elements that make it ...

News Liberia » History: History repeats itself in Liberia

News channel or source: https://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0730/p09s02-coop.html

Published on: Wednesday 30 July 2003

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

News Liberia » History: The shared U.S.-Liberia history now shaping a North Dakota community

News channel or source: https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/the-shared-u-s--liberia-history-now-shaping-a-north-dakota-community/article_1e0fbff5-e6de-5e98-8394-c7c4b3e7ca03.html

Published on: Monday 26 December 2022

A horrifying act of violence has inspired an outpouring of white supremacist fear-mongering in West Fargo, N.D. A deeply troubled 23-year-old Liberian man knifed to death a 14-year-old girl in what ...

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