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Trump Promises West African Leaders A Pivot To Trade As Region Reels From Sweeping Aid Cuts

Global UpfrontJul 10, 2025July 10, 20250

President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the

Nigeria’s Tinubu Missing As Trump Hosts 5 African Leaders Next Week On ‘Commercial Opportunities’

Global UpfrontJul 3, 2025July 3, 20250

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be missing as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts leaders from five African nations in Washington next week to discuss

35 Years After, Liberia Holds State Funeral For Assassinated Ex-leader Samuel Doe

Global UpfrontJun 27, 2025June 27, 20250

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

Death Of The Liberian Warlord General Prince Yomi Johnson

Global UpfrontDec 4, 2024December 4, 20240

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The news of the death of the controversial Liberian warlord General Prince Yomi Johnson has just reached me. The man became

Former Liberia Warlord Prince Johnson Dies At 72

Global UpfrontNov 29, 2024November 29, 20240

Liberian former warlord Prince Johnson, a leading figure in the country’s brutal civil wars who was accused of carrying out massacres, torture and rapes, died

Liberian Warlord-Turned Senator Prince Yommie Johnson Slips In His Bathroom, Dies At 72

Global UpfrontNov 28, 2024November 28, 20240

Senator Prince Yommie Johnson, the leader of the erstwhile Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), is dead. Family sources confirmed that Senator Johnson collapsed

Liberia’s War Crime Tribunal Fails Before it Begins

Global UpfrontSep 23, 2024September 23, 20240

By Michael Rubin, National Security Journal, September 23, 2024 Against the backdrop of African conflict, Liberia’s two turn-of-the-century wars were fierce, replete with forced impressment of

Liberia Defence Minister Resigns Amid Protests In Barracks

Global UpfrontFeb 13, 2024February 13, 20240

Liberia’s Defence Minister Prince Charles Johnson III has resigned following protests by wives of the country’s soldiers, who blame him for low wages and poor

Behind Blinken’s Visit To Nigeria, America’s Co-parent Of Liberia, Is Really The Niger Debacle

Global UpfrontJan 26, 2024January 26, 20240

By Emmanuel Ogebe American UN Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield was amongst the international VIPs at Liberia’s Presidential inauguration on Monday. The government check for the

Liberia Transferred Power Peacefully Again: 3 Reasons The Calm Is Holding, And One Red Flag

Global UpfrontJan 24, 2024January 24, 20240

By Charles Wratto Joseph Boakai was sworn in as Liberia’s 26th president on 22 January 2024. Boakai secured a six year term of office after