May 30 Watch News Wrap: Former Liberian President Taylor Gets 50-Year Sentence In other news Wednesday, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced in an international war crimes court to 50 years in prison for fomenting civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. Also, Britain's highest court upheld an order to extradite WikiLeaks'… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Charles Taylor's Conviction 'Pushes International Law Further' for Related Cases Charles Taylor's Conviction 'Pushes International Law Further' for Related Cases… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Liberia's Taylor Found Guilty of Aiding, Abetting Sierra Leone War Crimes Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on the historic verdict. Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Why Clean, Safe Water Is Still Out of Reach for Liberia Since 1980, Liberia has tackled a cycle of civil war, claiming over 200,000 lives while developing an impossible water crisis. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, correspondent Steve Sapienza and two local journalists unearth why the government… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Film Tells Story of Warlord-Turned-Evangelist Known as General Butt Naked The film "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" follows a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch A Warlord's Quest for Forgiveness in 'The Redemption of General Butt Naked' For more on this story go to, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching
Nov 09 Liberian President Poised to Win Re-election in Tense Runoff By Larisa Epatko Many Liberians and their friends in the West had hoped the country, once plagued by civil war, was continuing its march to democracy. But the presidential run-off election Tuesday has dashed some of those hopes as violence erupted and the… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch For Liberia, Natural Resources Are Blessings, Curses on Road to Democracy Liberia's Oil, Diamond Resources Are Both Blessing and Curse… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 'Women, War & Peace' Highlights Changing Females' Roles in Global Conflicts For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Oct 11 International Monitor: Liberians Vote in 'Building Block' Election By Larisa Epatko Rainy weather didn't discourage Liberians from going to the polls Tuesday to vote for a president, vice president, and members of the House and Senate, though final results could take days. Continue reading