The country's constitution and flag-which look similar to the Red, White, and Blue but with only one star-were heavily ...

Founded in the 19th century by freed American slaves as a haven of liberty, Liberia has more recently gained a more grisly reputation for unending conflict. Taylor said in a radio address on ...

At the beginning of the 19th century very few people in Africa were ... expenses of setting up a mission. Sierra Leone and Liberia, both colonies set up by freed slaves, became important centres ...