The 1986 Constitution was adopted on 6 January 1986, replacing the 1847 Constitution that had been suspended in 1980. The 1986 Constitution guarantees the rights of all Liberians, regardless of their ...

The West African State of Liberia is one of 27 countries in the world that has legislation denying women the right to pass on their nationality to their children in the same way as men. This means ...

Jimmy Carter served as the 39th president of the United States of America from 1977-1981. Liberia: America's Stepchild filmmaker Nancee Oku Bright interviewed President Carter in 1997, shortly ...

On August 2, 1997, Charles Taylor was sworn into office, heralding a new era of peace for Liberia. 2 President Doe came to power in 1980 in a bloody military coup led by the AFL. The coup ended ...

Some — but not all — national pollsters concluded after the 1980 election that millions of voters had made up their minds to support Regan in the campaign’s closing days and hours ...

Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world where only a small minority of families have clean water or sanitation. The country is in ruins after years of civil war. Child mortality is ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The United Methodist Church in Liberia has been roiled in recent days over its position on marriage for same-sex couples after the global denomination, based in the United ...

I last met her for an exclusive interview for the News Magazine eight years ago in July 2016. Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, ...

He joined the Senior Foreign Service in 1980. He was serving as a diplomat ... File photo of United States Ambassador Bismarck Myrick with some Liberian children at his Monrovia residence.

Bolt, Jutta and van Zanden, Jan Luiten 2024. Maddison‐style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update. Journal of Economic Surveys, ...

He joined the Senior Foreign Service in 1980. He was serving as a diplomat ... He hosted similar celebrations during his time in South Africa and Liberia. In South Africa, the event sought to ...