{"id":25399,"date":"2026-08-13T12:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25399"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:53:01","slug":"liberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/liberia\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Liberia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Women and Child Development Minister met a parliamentary delegation from Liberia and discussed India\u2019s initiatives on women-led development, political representation and gender-responsive governance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Liberia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located along the <\/span><b>coast of western Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only state in Africa which was never subjected to colonial rule and is Africa\u2019s oldest republic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bounded by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-sierra-leone\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Sierra Leone<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the northwest, <\/span><b>Guinea <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the north, <\/span><b>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water Bodies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Atlantic Ocean borders Liberia to the <\/span><b>south-southwest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monrovia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Liberia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a tropical hot-humid climate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Mountain Peaks: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>Cape Mount<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (about 1,000 feet in elevation) in the northwest, <\/span><b>Cape Mesurado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Monrovia, and <\/span><b>Cape Palmas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Wuteve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Mano and Morro Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northwest and the <\/span><b>Cavalla<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east and southeast are major rivers and form sections of Liberia\u2019s boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is richly endowed with mineral resources such as <\/span><b>diamond, iron ore, and gold, manganese, graphite, cyanite.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddindia.co.in\/2026\/08\/india-liberia-discuss-women-led-development-and-gender-responsive-governance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia is located along the coast of western Africa. 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