Liberia
This picture shows a view of the city centre of Monrovia the capital of Liberia 03 October 2005. The country has been crippled by 14 years of civil war, there is no running water or electricity and the unemployment rate is arround 97%. Elections scheduled for 11 October 2005 are to put an end to the political transition process led by President Charles Gyude Wade, who took office in October 2003, two months after the end of 14 years of civil war and the departure into exile of former President Charles Taylor.
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does not mean final withdrawal of United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in Sinoe County.
CAMTEFIL wants to assure the Liberian People that as a Civil Society Organization wholly dedicated to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in Liberia, it will religiously monitor the implementation of the law and advocate for the enforcement of the law on violators without fear or favor
Chevron values its relationship with Liberia. We do not comment on the commercial terms of our contracts as per our long-standing policyMore quotes »
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Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies
-- Officials say that Moses Blah, the man who served as Liberia 's president for two months after Charles Taylor stepped down, has died. He was in his mid-60s.The Information Ministry says Blah died of a medical condition early Monday at the country's largest Read more »
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Notorious Ivory Coast militia leader killed
-- A regional official says a notorious militia leader accused of enlisting child soldiers for cross-border raids from Liberia into western Ivory Coast was killed during fighting Saturday.Claude Koffi Yao Kan, sub-prefect for the western town of Blolequin, Read more »
Around the web
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Ghana FA rules out Uganda friendly before qualifiers
month. The Cranes say they are courting Ghana for an international friendly before their next 2014 World Cup qualifier against Liberia on June 8 in Kampala. This comes after Ghana withdrew from a friendly against Kenya scheduled for Nairobi on 1 June. This 3:33 PM from MTN Football Read more »
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Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
offshore deals with Chevron Petroleum and Exxon Mobil. Sirleaf's opponents allege corruption, nepotism and mismanagement in Liberia's resources sectors and the audit report put the government in the uncomfortable position of deciding how to fix the problems. 5/17/13 from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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Ex-warlord Johnson in Liberia quits his own party
torture of Liberia's ex-president, announced Friday he is quitting the political party he founded. For years since the end of Liberia's civil war, Johnson has tried to erase his violent past, first becoming an evangelical pastor, and later running for office. from Sify Read more »
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Ex-warlord Johnson in Liberia quits his own party
in a local radio interview that there were other financiers who were prepared to help the political body. Nimba County, in Liberia's northeast, borders Ivory Coast and Guinea. It's there that warlord Charles Taylor started Liberia's civil war on Christmas from KansasCity.com Read more »
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Tears of the innocent
while the young boy fled with his family to a refugee camp in neighbouring Sierra Leone. But Jawara was not safe there either. Liberian rebel soldiers, many of whom were children strung out on drugs, attacked the refugee camp, slaughtering and raping people, from Burnaby Now Read more »
