When Rebecca "Mama" Barclay died in the summer of 2011, hundreds gathered for her funeral at a small Baptist church a few miles outside Liberia's capital, Monrovia. Men came in suits, women in black ...

The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks the end of a five-day state funeral - Copyright AFP Julie JAMMOT The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks ...

Hundreds of people gathered Friday in rural Liberia for the state funeral of authoritarian former president Samuel Doe 35 years after his assassination, part of the country's ongoing reconciliation ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Nine people have died and eight are sick in Liberia after attending the funeral of a religious leader, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. A WHO spokeswoman said ...

“This town needs to heal. She was my child, but the day she was attacked she became everyone’s child,” said Robert Paulsen, father of Daisy "Jupiter" Paulsen. Robert Paulsen, right, father of ...

Liberia's civil wars left 200,000 dead between 1989 and 2003 Government apology comes amid calls for local war crimes trials Boakai renewed order to establish war crimes court in April MONROVIA, July ...

To understand why Liberians have had a hard time changing their funeral practices in the age of Ebola, first you must understand their tender and... When Rebecca "Mama" Barclay died in the summer of ...

Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial. The ...