Monrovia lies on Liberia's western Atlantic coast and is home to over 1.5 million people Monrovia's infrastructure can barely keep up with its expanding population Severe flooding in Liberia has led a ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: AP Chief of African News Michelle Faul covered both sides of Liberia's civil war and the war in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 1994, when she was West Africa correspondent. FREETOWN, Sierra ...

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Rebels lifted their siege of Liberia's capital Thursday and 200 American troops landed to support a West African peace force, breaking off a 10-week campaign that routed the ...

It was like an adult version of a touch-a-truck event. Erasmus T. Williams, a high-ranking official for the Republic of Liberia, climbed up into the driver’s seat of Markham fire truck No. 1533 ...

COTTON TREE, Liberia -- Thousands of panicked civilians toting hastily gathered possessions streamed toward Liberia's capital Saturday, fleeing artillery explosions that West African peacekeepers said ...

At 3 a.m. Richedna Kpanneh Tobii finally opened her books. The 21-year-old university student had learned that her densely populated neighborhood of Lakpazee, with more than 160,000 people, was only ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- With rebel forces bearing down on the Liberian capital, French helicopters swooped in Monday to rescue more than 500 Americans, Europeans and other foreigners. Explosions ...

Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and ...