Trump lauded Liberia's visiting President Joseph Boakai for having "such good English," apparently not realizing that it is both Boakai and his nation's primary language.

President Joseph Boakai was absent from the retirement ceremony of outgoing Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, who stepped ...

Liberia's transport crisis exploded into a full-blown political showdown on Monday, August 18,2025 as commercial drivers across Monrovia launched a nationwide strike that paralyzed movement in the ...

President Donald Trump was visibly impressed by how well Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke English, the official language of the West African country, while visiting the White House on July 9 to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has held one-on-one talks with African leaders attending the Tokyo International ...

President Joseph Boakai laughed at the question but didn’t say that English is the official language of his country, which was founded by formerly enslaved and freeborn African Americans.

Abuja Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has hailed outgoing African Development Bank (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for his transformative leadership across the continent, as Liberia ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) criticized President Trump for being "racist and wrong" after he complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai on his English skills, despite English being the ...

Joseph Boakai, then Vice-President of Liberia, addresses the 64th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.

Liberia’s new leader Joseph Boakai pledged to revive the country’s economy and reduce hardships in his inauguration speech that was cut short because of extreme heat. The swearing-in ceremony ...

Boakai won 50.64% of the votes in the 14 November presidential run-off, beating outgoing president George Weah who garnered 49.36% of the ballot. While much of the immediate post-war period laid the ...