As the Liberian president addresses postwar issues, regular women find strength to move on.
(The New York Times) — “The rebels came in one night at 2 a.m.; they started shooting and killing people,” said Michael Kallon, 55, a survivor of rebel raids in Liberia in 1986. “There were hordes of them, and I fled to Guinea.” After a stint working for the Pan-African Writers’ Association in Guinea in […]
(New York Times) — “Tell them to stop leaning on the fence!” Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and the first woman ever elected head of state on the continent of Africa, ordered the leader of her security team. We were driving along one of the scarce paved avenues in her nation’s capital, Monrovia. With her convoy […]
Apparently you shouldn't take gifts from warlords.
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but in Naomi's case, they're a potentially huge problem.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Delta Air Lines has received government approval for flights between Atlanta and Monrovia, Liberia, about a year and a half after first announcing its plans for the route. Delta plans to launch the service Sept. 4 as the only U.S. carrier to fly to Monrovia. The flight on 215-seat Boeing 767-300ER jets […]