Born to provide refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now ⊖⊖
With its offer to take in a US deportee who does not want to go there, Monrovia betrays Liberia’s unique history.
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Born to provide refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now ⊖
By offering to host a US deportee against his wishes, Liberia betrays the very principles on which it was founded.
36 days ago
A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action
Hundreds of patients and …
4 months ago
Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’?
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans in West Africa as slavery ended.
‘Such good English’: Liberians confused, angry at Trump comments to Boakai
US president appeared surprised by his counterpart's 'beautiful English', despite it being Liberia's national language.
Five things Trump should know about Liberia and why they speak 'good English'
Liberia was founded by freed slaves and the country has long-standing historical ties with the US.
Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling – US politics live
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
US district judge to grant class action status to a lawsuit seeking to represent any babies whose citizenship status would be threatened
Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambros…
Trump praises English of the leader of Liberia – where English is the official language
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Trump inquired where Liberian president Joseph Boakai got his language skills during meeting with African leaders
Donald Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, whe…
6 months ago
If illegal logging starts again, Liberia could lose more than its beloved pygmy hippos | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
About 270,000 people died in Liberia’s timber trade-fuelled civil war. I helped to rebuild and protect its forests. Now Europe is threatening to undermine all our hard work
It is sad when a ruthless m…
7 months ago
Disabled people detained by Ice sound alarm over overcrowded jails
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Rodney Taylor, whose legs were amputated as a toddler, just one of many people with disabilities at risk from detention
In his three months locked up at Stewart detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia, R…