Today marks the 10th anniversary of near-simultaneous bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The attacks killed more than 200 people. Watch VOA news video footage of the memorial.

Additional coverage available here, with video footages.

Africa researcher Emira Woods of Washington’s Institute for Policy Studies has been following the Liberian leader’s efforts to raise conditions for African rulers to achieve power and govern their people through democratic means. She points out that Mrs. Sirleaf is one of a growing number of African voices to speak out for the people of [...]

Text of the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture Presented by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
Our revered President Mandela, our sister Graça Machel, distinguished ladies and gentlemen:
What an honor it is to be standing before His Excellency, Nelson Mandela, to deliver the 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture here at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto. [...]

Imagine working with one of the several NGOs in Africa.
If what you see is an existence devoid of the little goodies of life, but full of anguish, dangerous encounters with wild animals and bandits, and popping dozens of preventive pills weekly.
Then you are way off mark! Expats can afford to eat sushis cooked [...]

During Liberia’s civil war, the national army and rebel factions were guilty of gross human-rights abuses. Civilians were killed, villages looted and torched. Many civilians said they had nowhere to turn for safety. Now, those helping to restore security in Liberia and rebuild its armed forces say they are building an army [...]

A second Indian all-female contingent has been deployed in Liberia for a few months now, showing that women can become the norm for peacekeeping operations. They are also inspiring Liberian women to become part of the country’s security reconstruction.
“First of all, when we landed here, the first assignment we got was security of the [...]

Nothings is more uplifting reading about Liberia’s progress after some two decades of war and strife. The country is learning to pull itself up by the boot strings - and it’s doing a great job at it!
After 15 dark years, electricity is back in downtown Monrovia - Washington Post captures the feelings from the [...]