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Then-opposition candidate now Liberian President-elect Joseph Boakai arrives to vote in the second round of presidential elections in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Liberian President George Weah, was unseated by Boakai, a repeat challenger, in the tight runoff election affected by Liberia's ailing economy. Photo credit: Rami Malek, The Associated Press

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Opposition challenger unseats Liberian president in runoff election affected by ailing economy

November 30, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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The statehouse in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

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Despite outcry, Liberia extradites former Sierra Leone official for alleged coup attempt

September 5, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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In this photo taken Sunday Sept. 28, 2014, Promise, 16, Emmanuel Junior, 11, and Benson, 15, Cooper sit at their St. Paul Bridge home in Monrovia, Liberia. The Cooper children are now orphans, having lost their mother, Princess, in July, and their father Emmanuel in August to Ebola. Their 5-month-old baby brother, Success, also succumbed to the virus in August. Ruth, their 13-year-old sister is being hospitalized with Ebola. Liberia's current crisis involving street children is partly due to the ravaging effects that Ebola had on the country nearly a decade ago. Photo credit: Jerome Delay, the Associated Press.

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Liberia goes to war against tragedy of more than 350,000 street children

August 2, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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Skyline in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Photo credit: blk24ga

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United States sanctions three Liberian officials for corruption

August 22, 2022
By Trokon Wrepue
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Enyobeni Tavern, East London, South Africa. Photo credit: Facebook

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South African officials: Methanol may have killed 22 young people found dead in tavern

June 26, 2022
By Trokon S. Wrepue
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