Last week Sudanese rebels and diplomats struggled to hammer out a peace agreement as midnight deadlines slipped by and journalists slept on marble floors outside. But even as the largest
Champagne and Molotov cocktails were both on the menu at United Nations bases in west Africa in January. In Liberia, world leaders toasted the inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa'
Four years ago, Aloysius Toe* buried his oldest son. Six-year-old Murphy died after drinking dirty water, a common cause of death in Liberia, which has had no piped water or
In his oversized red basketball shirt, Joseph Lincoln could be any teenager from any American city on his way to a game. But instead of hoping for a victory for
Every week the women in white can be found at Monrovias dilapidated old airfield, praying for the safety of the Liberian nation. They gather by the hundreds, braving torrential
Out by Monrovias crumbling airport is a ramshackle settlement known by the Liberian people as smell-no-taste. Older people still remember the time when American soldiers were stationed here during
