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Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice.

A girl takes down laundry hung on lines between homes partially washed away in August, in a densely populated beachfront community suffering from coastal erosion, in the Sinkor neighborhood, Monrovia, Liberia Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Liberia's electoral commission announced Friday that incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was ahead with 265,883 votes, or 45.5 percent of the ballots counted so far. But she had fallen short of the majority needed to win the election outright. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?

Liberia fire

President signs order promising establishment of a war crimes court in efforts to bring justice 21 years after conflict.

Liberian child soldier

After 20 years of inaction, the new president has a responsibility to take action – and fast.

Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Liberia's former vice president and presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), speaks during a campaign rally in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2017

Issues around the economy and the civil war could affect how Liberians vote in Tuesday’s election, analysts say.

President of Liberia George Weah addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, at UN headquarters

President George Weah, who is seeking a second six-year term, is up against 19 other candidates, on Tuesday.

Liberia's opposition leader Joseph Boakai of Unity Party waves to his supporters as holds his final campaign rally for the presidential elections in Monrovia, Liberia

Analysts warn of more protests ahead of the 2023 elections despite President Weah’s popularity in parts of Liberia.

Liberians in protest over the ongoing economic hardship and President George Weah's prolonged absence

Prosecutions in Europe are important, but they are not nearly enough.

Trial of men accused of war crimes in Finland

The law, which ends a 1973 ban on dual nationality, is partly due to extensive campaigning by Liberians in the diaspora.

George Weah

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