July 22

• Liberia: They Killed UN Soldiers Frontline Commander Testifies

  A former militia commander, converted into a state witness against 19 others implicated in the 2011 cross border raids in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire, has told the court of the... Read more »

July 17

• Liberia: We Were Mercenaries - Inside Witness Claims

  The trial of 19 Liberians indicted to face multiple charges of cross-border attack into Cote d'Ivoire Monday took a dramatic turn when indicted Prince Barclay said he and others... Read more »

June 27

• Liberia: 60,000 Ivoirian Refugees Settle in Liberia

  Though Côte d'Ivoire has officially been at peace for over two years, many of the nearly 60,000 refugees who remain in Liberia are settling in for the long haul, citing... Read more »

July 03

• Liberia: Japan Assists Ivorian Refugees

  Japan, through the UN's children emergency fund, UNICEF, has donated eight AG YAMAHA motorbikes to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for use by social workers in Ivorian... Read more »

May 08

• Liberia: Extradition Trial for Ivorians Resumes

  After failing in several legal proceedings to extradict eight Ivorians charged with multiple crimes in their homeland, state prosecutors yesterday finally succeeded in setting the... Read more »

April 30

• Liberia: Ex-Rebels Control Cote d'Ivoire

  United Nations experts monitoring sanctions on Ivory Coast say rebels who helped bring President Alassane Ouattara to power are not only commanding the nation's armed forces but... Read more »

April 29

• Liberia: Border Explosive

  Military experts say Ivorian soldiers manning the Liberian border with Côte d'Ivoire's are ill-equipped and do not have even radio to combat insurgents, something they say... Read more »

April 18

• Liberia: Cote d'Ivoire Wants Drones at Liberian Border

  Ivory Coast has asked the United Nations to buzz up border patrol with Liberia to make up for the expected decline in the global body's presence in that country. Read more »

April 08

• Liberia: Border Under Surveillance

  Two United Nations peacekeeping missions and the Governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia Friday agreed to mutually reinforce security along the border in light of recent... Read more »

April 05

• Liberia: Vigilance Ordered At Border

  Following reports of heavy fighting along the Ivorian border with Liberia causing civilians to evacuate due to the heavy sound of gunfire, the Ministry of National Defense has... Read more »

March 29

• Liberia: Fear Grips Grand Gedeh

  Heavy shooting and artillery bombardment at the Ivorian side of the border with Liberia has instilled fears in war-wearied residents of Grand Gedeh County who have taken to their... Read more »

March 28

• Liberia: Border Crisis Halts Refugees' Return

  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over recent security incidents in Côte d'Ivoire that have marred the voluntary repatriation of... Read more »

March 07

• West Africa: Ouattara Retains ECOWAS Chair

  The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have renewed the mandate of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara as Chairman of ECOWAS... Read more »

February 26

• Liberia: Extradition Denied for Eight Ivorians

  The Monrovia City Court under the gavel of presiding Judge Nelson Chineh Monday rejected a petition by the Liberian government to extradite eight Ivorians for trial involving... Read more »

January 28

• Liberia: Two Fear Death - If Extradited to Ivory Coast

  Two of eight persons slated for extradition to face mercenary charges in Cote d'Ivoire have expressed fears that they would be executed if they were sent back to their homeland. Read more »

January 14

• Liberia: Ministers Differ

  Two government ministers have given contradictory accounts on the withdrawal of army officers last year deployed at the Liberian borders with Cote d'Ivoires to prevent the... Read more »

January 11

• Liberia: Liberia to Benefit Chinese $500 Million Power Deal With Cote d'Ivoire

  Liberia is among West African countries expected to benefit from the U$500 million low-interest loan from China's Export-Import Bank to finance the construction of a 275-megawatt... Read more »

December 19, 2012

• West Africa: ECOWAS Monitors Borders

  In the wake of cross border attacks at the Liberian borders with the Ivory Coast, the West African regional body, ECOWAS says its attention has been drawn to the situation and is... Read more »

• West Africa: ECOWAS Assists Ivorian Refugees

  The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has donated 300,000 metric tons of rice to Ivorian Refugees residing in Liberia as a way of identifying with their growing humanitarian needs. Read more »

December 10, 2012

• Liberia: Border Raids Threaten Liberia

  Cross-border raids into western Ivory Coast have become more violent and better organized, and could have profound effects on security in the region near Liberia if they continue,... Read more »

December 06, 2012

• Liberia: Border Insecurity Worries UN

  The Security Council has expressed serious concerns about insecurity at the border between Liberia and Ivory Coast and the Council is contemplating on maintaining the arms embargo... Read more »

December 04, 2012

• Liberia: Ivorian Refugee Dies in Liberia After Sex

  There was an emotional scene at the Ivorian refugee camp in the Liberian town of Gbahn, Nimba County, recently when one of the refugees was found dead after having sexual... Read more »

September 17, 2012

• Liberia: Border Security

  The security situation along Liberia's troubled borders with Cote d'Ivoire remains a major preoccupation for the government, Liberia's topmost envoy at the UN has informed the... Read more »

September 12, 2012

• Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian President Alerts Ecowas Over 'Grave' Security Situation

  President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia has warned that the unstable security situation along the country's border with neighboring Cote d'Ivoire was "grave" and could threaten... Read more »

September 11, 2012

• Liberia: Dissidents Charged

  Six persons recently arrested for actions linked to dissident activities in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire have been slapped with multiple charges ranging from murder, mercenaries, rape... Read more »