Monrovia police say a man who barricaded himself in a bank entrance and claimed to have a bomb has surrendered in the Los Angeles foothill suburb . City spokesman Dick Singer says the man walked out and gave himself up Wednesday afternoon. No bomb was found. Officials say hundreds of people were ...

Weeping as she speaks, the teenager said she was raped while selling peanuts to help pay for her school fees. The man who attacked her in the Liberian capital Monrovia lured her into a room by saying he had left his money there. "He grabbed my hands and forced me into the room," the 14-year-old said in tears. "I started ...

The soiled shoe of a notorious warlord takes centre stage at Liberia's national museum, near empty from looting during civil wars, in an eerie display that has replaced a once impressive collection. "This is Prince Johnson's shoe," said museum director Albert Mackeh, lifting up the leather and canvas item. "This is the shoe he used to wear to ...