ARTICLES RELATING TO LIBERIA

Building collapses on Liberia looters

2013-04-25 15:21

At least 40 people, including two fire fighters, are feared dead after a residential building caught fire and collapsed in the Liberian capital, officials say.

I Coast wants UN drone border surveillance

2013-04-17 10:06

Ivory Coast has asked the UN to monitor its border with Liberia with drones to make up for the expected decline in the global body’s presence in that country.

UN halts Ivorian refugee returns

2013-03-28 19:33

The United Nations refugee agency in Liberia has halted its voluntary repatriation programme for displaced Ivorians because of growing violence at the countries' volatile border.

Sierra Leone rebels depended on Taylor

2013-01-23 16:31

Sierra Leone's rebels depended on logistics provided by Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor to kill, rape and mutilate thousands during the west African nation's savage civil war.

War crimes court hears Taylor appeal

2013-01-22 10:54

Prosecutors and lawyers defending former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor are set to begin their appeals at Sierra Leone's UN-backed special court against his 50-year prison sentence.

Taylor should be a free man – judge

2012-11-26 07:53

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor should have walked free and not been jailed for war crimes because there was not enough evidence to prove he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt, a judge says.

Liberia opposition vows to hold rally

2012-11-06 17:37

Liberia's main opposition party has vowed to hold a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of a deadly police shooting of their members, despite government banning the gathering.

Ivory Coast, Liberia plan joint forces

2012-10-19 13:10

West African neighbours Ivory Coast and Liberia are set to launch a joint Military operation by the end of the year along their volatile and porous border, the two nations' presidents have announced.

Not all Charles Taylor money traced

2012-10-10 18:57

A money shortage is impeding the investigation into former Liberian president Charles Taylor's funds.

60+ inmates escape from Liberian jail

2012-10-04 13:17

More than 60 inmates have broken out of prison in Liberia, a report says, adding that authorities are combing nearby forests in an effort to re-arrest the escapees.

UN force in Liberia to be cut

2012-09-18 10:43

The UN Security Council has backed a cut of more than 50% in the size of the UN peacekeeping force in Liberia as it presses the government to take greater control of security.

Liberia 'willing' to fight blood diamonds

2012-09-14 18:01

Liberia has challenged a UN report that questioned its commitment to stamp out the trade in blood diamonds, saying it lacked the means not the will to clean up its role in the industry.

6 more held over Ivory Cost attacks

2012-08-15 15:19

Liberia has arrested six more suspects in connection with an attack in Ivory Coast, according to Defence Minister Brownie Samukai.

Ivory Coast post attacked from Liberia

2012-08-13 19:10

A border post at Ivory Coast's restive western frontier with Liberia has been attacked by gunmen, an Ivorian military source says.

UN lifts travel bans on 17 Liberians

2012-07-26 11:47

The UN Security Council has lifted travel bans and assets freezes on 17 Liberians, including at least two ex-wives of Liberia’s former president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.

Sirleaf moves to boost press freedom

2012-07-23 19:42

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed a pledge drawn up by global media rights bodies to boost press freedom and stop the criminal prosecution of journalists.

Sirleaf: Agree on tough arms deal

2012-07-13 09:39

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Africa will face more conflict unless arms trade treaty negotiators produce a tough accord.

Heavy escort for extradition

2012-06-24 11:00

Liberia has extradited 41 Ivory Coast nationals for their role in last year's bloody post-electoral violence in the neighbouring West African nation.

Charles Taylor to appeal sentence

2012-06-19 12:57

Lawyers for Liberia's former president Charles Taylor plan to appeal a 50-year prison sentence handed down to him by a special UN-backed court last month, a document before the court says.

Border attacks: Sirleaf working with Ouattara

2012-06-14 15:52

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she is working with Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara to deal with deadly border attacks in his country.

Watchdog to broaden 'blood diamond' ban

2012-06-08 13:02

Blood diamonds were once the scourge of African nations used to fund years of brutal civil wars. Now, a UN-mandated watchdog aims to stop gem greed from fuelling more violence.

Militias recruiting children in Liberia

2012-06-06 22:25

Militias are recruiting children in far eastern Liberia, close to the border with Ivory Coast, advocacy group Human Rights Watch says, accusing the Liberian government of doing nothing to stop them.

S Leone victims hail Taylor jail sentence

2012-05-30 13:42

Victims of Sierra Leone's civil war have welcomed a 50-year prison sentence term for Liberia’s former leader Charles Taylor for backing the rebels who wrought terror in their country.

Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years

2012-05-30 11:51

A UN-backed war crimes court has sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds".

Guilty Charles Taylor faces sentencing

2012-05-28 07:58

Liberian warlord Charles Taylor is set to be sentenced for war crimes by a special UN court after being found guilty of arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds".

 

UN lists misconduct by peacekeepers

2013-04-19 09:13

The chief procurement officer in the UN peace-building mission in Sierra Leone has signed three contracts worth more than $2.7m in total, way in excess of his $50 000 per contract limit.

Liberia appoints new chief justice

2013-04-16 14:19

Liberian President Ellen Jonson Sirleaf has appointed a new head of the west African nation’s judiciary, her office says.

Plane crash kills Guinea army chief

2013-02-11 18:51

A plane carrying a military delegation from Guinea has crashed in the Liberian town of Charlesville, killing the army chief of staff and 10 other people.

Liberia's Taylor begins appeal

2013-01-22 18:26

Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has began his appeal against a 50-year prison sentence handed down by Sierra Leone's UN-backed special court.

War criminal Taylor demands his pension

2013-01-19 21:01

Ex-President Taylor, appealing 50-year sentence for war crimes, seeks pension from Liberia

Moisture issues hampering ArcelorMittal

2012-11-07 15:08

Heavy rains and high moisture are hampering ArcelorMittal’s efforts to ship iron ore out of Liberia, says a company official.

Power project: Liberia hopes to light up

2012-10-26 13:46

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed a treaty which will connect her electricity-deprived nation to a planned regional power grid by 2016, her office says.

Liberian held over I Coast border attack

2012-10-18 16:32

A Liberian accused of organising a deadly attack on UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast has been arrested in northern Liberia, officials say.

Nobel laureate Gbowee slams Sirleaf

2012-10-08 17:39

Leymah Gbowee, the social worker who won last year's Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has publicly disowned her co-laureate for failing to fight graft and nepotism.

Joyce Banda confirms 30% pay cut

2012-10-03 14:02

Malawi President Joyce Banda has announced that she will take a 30% pay cut to show that she will sacrifice personally as part of her government’s austerity measures.

Liberia reopens border with Ivory Coast

2012-09-14 20:58

The Liberian government has reopened part of its border with Ivory Coast, which was closed in June after Ivorian clashes that killed 18 people, including seven Nigerian UN peacekeepers.

Sirleaf suspends son in graft inquiry

2012-08-21 16:09

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has suspended her son and 45 other government officials for failing to declare their assets to anti-corruption authorities.

Liberia arrests 6 for Ivorian attack

2012-08-14 21:45

Liberia has arrested 6 following an attack in the Ivory Coast but deny that fighters came from Liberia.

Liberia arrests 4 over I Coast attacks

2012-07-30 14:31

Liberia has arrested four more suspects in connection with an attack on the Ivory Coast border last month in which seven UN peacekeepers were killed, a statement says.

SA helps Liberia with elections

2012-07-23 21:16

South Africa is helping Liberia with its elections, the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) says.

Taylor appeals war crimes conviction

2012-07-20 07:40

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed his conviction for war crimes in Sierra Leone and a 50-year jail sentence imposed, the international court handling the case says.

Sirleaf rejects nepotism charges

2012-07-12 10:41

Liberia's president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has denied accusations by some members of her ruling party that she placed 17 close relatives in senor government positions, saying only her three sons work in government.

Liberia extradites 41 Ivorians

2012-06-22 22:04

A court in Liberia has ruled that 41 Ivorians should be extradited to Abidjan for their alleged role in the 2010 to 2011 conflict in the Ivory Coast, a local report says.

UN, Ivory Coast honours slain UN troops

2012-06-14 21:29

The United Nations and Ivory Coast have jointly paid tribute to seven UN soldiers from Niger who were killed last week during an attack in the southwest, close to the border with Liberia.

UN attack - Liberia seals I Coast border

2012-06-10 19:15

Liberia has sealed its border with Ivory Coast after an unprecedented attack killed 7 UN peacekeepers.

Liberia shocked by HRW report

2012-06-07 14:45

Liberia's government says it is shocked by a report from Human Rights Watch that accused it of ignoring cross-border attacks against neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Charles Taylor was once a feared warlord

2012-05-30 15:28

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, the first former head of state to be sentenced in a war crimes trial by a global court since 1946, was once one of Africa's most feared warlords.

Taylor committed 'heinous, brutal crimes'

2012-05-30 12:31

Judges at an international war crimes court that sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison said Taylor was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history".

Charles Taylor to be sentenced

2012-05-30 10:56

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is set to be sentenced for war crimes by a UN court after being convicted for arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds".

UN delegation in S Leone for talks

2012-05-24 07:56

A 15-member UN Security Council delegation has paid a visit to Sierra Leone for talks with government on progress since the end of one of Africa’s bloodiest conflict a decade ago.

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