June 11

• Liberia: UNHCR Embarks Birth Registration of Ivorian Refugees

  The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR has announced a mass birth registration targeting all Ivorian refugee children born in Liberia from 0 - 2.5 years in refugee camps in the... Read more »

May 28

• Liberia: 'Mercenaries' Lost Third Appeal

  Eight Ivorian nationals on trial for multiple war crimes have lost their third appeal filed before the Criminal Court "B". Read more »

May 17

• Liberia: Court Halts Extradition Proceedings

  The Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has halted the extradition proceedings of eight Ivoirians and summoned City Court Magistrate Nelson B. Chinneh to show... Read more »

May 15

• Liberia: Five Ivoirians Arrested

  The Ministry of Agriculture is reported to have arrested five Ivoirian crewmen, impounding their fishing canoes after they violated Liberia's fishery laws in its territorial... Read more »

May 08

• Liberia: Mercenaries Face Extradition Hearing

  The Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has granted the Liberian Government's motion to hear an extradition proceeding of eight Ivorian nationals accused of... Read more »

April 30

• Liberia: MRU Countries Want Roads Connectivity

  Sierra Leonean Minister of State, Finance and Economic Development, Alhaji Foday Mansaray, has called for road network among the four Mano River Union (MRU) countries, Guinea,... Read more »

March 29

• Cote d'Ivoire: Several Liberian Mercenaries Arrested in Ivory Coast

  Several Liberian mercenaries and Ivoirian dissidents are reported to have been captured by Ivoirian authorities as part of operations to crack down the ongoing rebellion against... Read more »

March 19

• Liberia: 5,200 Ivorian Refugees Return Home

  More than 5, 200 Ivorian Refugees have been repatriated to the Ivory Coast from the Dougee Refugees Camp in Grand Gedeh County. The exercise was carried out jointly by the Liberia... Read more »

February 26

• Liberia: Mercenaries Extradition Denied

  The Magisterial City Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has denied the Liberian Government's petition to extradite eight Ivorian Mercenaries on the request of the Republic... Read more »

February 21

• Liberia: Ivorian Mercenaries Case Resumes

  Eight Ivorian mercenaries detained at the Monrovia Central Prison or South Beach are expected to appear before the Monrovia City Magisterial Court today, Thursday, for a... Read more »

January 31

• Liberia: Ivorian Mercenaries Run to High Court

  Eight Ivorian mercenaries here, refusing extradition to Cote d'Ivoire for prosecution on multiple charges over alleged cross border rebel activities in their home country are now... Read more »

January 25

• Liberia: Ivorian Mercenaries Resist Extradition

  Eight Ivoirians and several suspected mercenaries jailed in Monrovia for allegedly engaging in cross border rebel activities into Ivory Coast are resisting petition by the... Read more »

January 11

• Liberia: Govt Refutes Troops Withdrawal

  The Liberian government has refuted a report about troops withdrawal from the Southeastern border with Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »

December 19, 2012

• West Africa: Security Liberia - Ivory Coast Border Highlighted

  The newly elected President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has highlighted the need for peace and security to be maintained at the Liberian-Ivorian... Read more »

October 30, 2012

• Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo's Mercenaries Jailed in Liberia

  Contrary to the Liberian Government's denials of media speculations, linking some Liberians to the Cote d'Voire crisis, at least two Liberians have been jailed at the Monrovia... Read more »

October 22, 2012

• Liberia: Border Security Beefed Up

  Security has been beefed up, with continuous surveillance along the Liberia-Cote d'Ivoire border to ensure stability in the region, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf told her Ivorian... Read more »

September 14, 2012

• Liberia: Border Partially Reopened

  The Government of Liberia has announced that its border with neighboring La Cote D'Ivoire has been partially reopened. Read more »

September 13, 2012

• Liberia: Grant Rejects Refugees Relocation

  Grand Gedeh County's District #3 Representative Alex Grant has rejected recent call by Superintendent Peter Solo for Ivoirian refugees in the county to be relocated to another... Read more »

August 28, 2012

• Liberia: Ivorian Dissidents Face Probe

  Seven Ivorian mercenaries arrested on July 14 and August 1, 2012 respectively in Grand Gedeh County have been charged with multiple crimes, including mercenarism, rape, theft of... Read more »

August 21, 2012

• Liberia: Insecurity Fear Hits Nimba County

  Residents of Kparblee Town, Tappita District in Nimba County have alarmed over insecurity in their area in the wake of reported attacks by Ivorian dissidents at the... Read more »

August 20, 2012

• Cote d'Ivoire: Dissidents Strike Again

  Dissident Ivorian forces are reported to have attacked the town of Douplay, 15 kilometers west of Abidjan. Intelligence sources informed the New Dawn-Liberia that during the attack... Read more »

August 17, 2012

• Liberia: Hats-Off to Our Border Troops [editorial]

  Relative peace in Western Cote d'Ivoire seemed to have once again been interrupted when gun battle resumed between the Ivorian military and dissident forces. News of such... Read more »

August 15, 2012

• Liberia: Govt Arrests Six Ivorian Rebels

  The Liberian Government announced Tuesday that it has arrested six of the gunmen who attacked the western frontier of Touloupleu inside La Cote d'voire leaving several persons dead... Read more »

August 14, 2012

• Liberia: Heavy Fighting Near Liberian Border

  Heavy Gun battle has erupted between Ivorian government forces and the country's rebels near the border with Liberia in Grand Gedeh County. Read more »

August 09, 2012

• Liberia: Liberia Returns Impounded Vehicles to Cote d'Voire

  Liberian Government joint security apparatus and local authorities in Maryland County have turned over six vehicles that were confiscated from Ivorian rebels during the 2010 post-... Read more »