November 29

• Sierra Leone: S/Leone Elections - Ballot Stuffing Claims Persist

  Sierra Leone's presidential and general elections, conducted on November 17, 2012, appear to have generated much anger and general discontent among the electorate who said the... Read more »

November 26

• Liberia: Charles Taylor's Fatal Sierra Leone Dance [column]

  Despite all the wrangling and denials, Liberia's role in Sierra Leone horrors is being established. And gradually, world political actors troubled by Sierra Leone's unending terror... Read more »

November 12

• Liberia: Taylor Fit for Trial

  Lawyers representing the legal interests of ex-President Charles Taylor have disputed rumors that their client was being ill-treated at The Hague, but claimed they have identified... Read more »

October 30

• Liberia: Regional Security Confab in Lofa Today

  A routine border security meeting involving Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone is expected today in Quardu-Gboni District of Lofa County for information sharing on overall security... Read more »

September 14

• Liberia: Blood Diamond Fight Rages

  In apparent response to threats by the United States to stop funding the Kimberly process as it accused the government of lack of commitment to the process, Liberia Thursday... Read more »

July 23

• Liberia: Taylor Appeals

  Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed against his conviction and 50-year jail sentence, intended to be served in a British jail, after he was convicted of war crimes... Read more »

May 15

• Liberia: A Covenant Against Illicit Diamond, Drugs Trafficking Reached

  Liberia and Sierra Leone have agreed to curb illicit mining activities, trafficking of illicit drugs and other forms of negative activities that have polarized the two Mano River... Read more »

April 27

• Sierra Leone: UN Welcomes Guilty Verdict On Taylor

  The United Nations human rights chief yesterday welcomed the guilty verdict handed down against former Liberian President Charles Taylor as a "major milestone in" the development... Read more »

April 12

• Liberia: Taylor Faces Judgment Day

  It may have seemed endless, but the hour of justice is now barely 2 weeks away. Read more »

March 6

• Liberia: Citizens Warned Off Sierra Leone Elections

  As presidential and parliamentary elections in neighboring Sierra Leone draw nearer, the main opposition Sierra People's Party is reiterating warnings against the "ferrying" of... Read more »

February 17

• Liberia: 60 000 to Lose Refugee Status

  More than 60,000 Liberian refugees spread in countries of the West African sub region will no longer be accepted under such status beginning July 1 this year, the UN refugee... Read more »