Liberian President Joseph Boakai has launched what his office describes as an unprecedented reconciliation campaign, overseeing memorial services for two assassinated presidents and issuing the government's first apology to war victims.

Mark Toner, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, retires early citing "a personal choice" Toner also denies U.S. news media that the reason for President Trump's meeting with President Boakai and four African leaders was to pressure them to take third country nationals,

Access to the rail line will provide the company with the shortest export route from its Kon Kweni project in Guinea.