MONROVIA, Liberia — I grew up in the Gibraltar area of Clara Town, a slum in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. Sport was my passport out of poverty. A combination of luck and hard work enabled me to make my improbable journey from the dusty football fields of Clara Town to glamorous stadiums in Europe.

Monrovia, LIBERIA – A French Government assessment team says it is impressed with great development potential in Liberia for intervention at the end of a first-hand information gathering visit with the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE).

USA-A Liberian warlord known as "Jungle Jabbah" has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for lying about his role in his country's civil war.

Zimbabwe-Zimbabwe's parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft.