February 06, 2004
Liberia: Rebel Disarmament 'Irreverisble' Says Liberia Foreign Minister
Although the rebel movements Lurd and Model will "will remain in force" until the end of Liberia's transition period, disarmament is ending their role as a military force, said… Read more »
February 02, 2004
Liberia: Reporters Notebook - Avoiding a Repeat of the 1990s
On his 100th day in power, the chairman of Liberia's transitional government, Gyude C. Bryant, held a tête-à-tête with editors of Liberian newspapers on the… Read more »
February 01, 2004
Liberia: Forgive Debts to Boost Recovery, Brumskine Says to Donors
Charles Brumskine wants to be president of Liberia, but for the moment the country is governed by an interim authority that was constituted according to last year's peace accord,… Read more »
November 19, 2003
Africa: 'Front Load' Africa's Development, Say UN Humanitarian Aid Coordinators
Foreign assistance has helped Ethiopia get through the droughts and food emergencies that have regularly battered the east African nation over the last five years, says Samuel… Read more »
November 18, 2003
Nigeria: U.S.-Africa Ties, Boosted by Money for Liberia, Face New Complications Over Nigeria Sanctions
When Congress unexpectedly added $200 million in humanitarian assistance for Liberia to the Iraq bill adopted earlier this month, proponents hoped the action would signal a renewed… Read more »
November 12, 2003
Liberia: Sirleaf to Chair Commission on Good Governance: 'We Can't Slip Back'
As part of the Liberian peace process agreed to during negotiations earlier this year in Ghana, Gyude Bryant, who chairs Liberia's interim government, has asked Ellen Johnson… Read more »
Liberia: Help Us Rebuild Our Hospital, Liberian Bishop Asks
With peacekeepers deployed and an interim government in place in Liberia, how much is the humanitarian situation improving? United Methodist Bishop John Innis, who leads one of the… Read more »
October 22, 2003
Liberia: U.S. Funding for Liberia Awaits Resolution of House and Senate Differences
The U.S. Congress has approved emergency funding for Liberia as part of the $87 billion spending bills for Iraq and Afghanistan that passed both the Senate and the House of… Read more »
October 17, 2003
Liberia: Coalition Appeals to Americans to Pressure Congress for Liberia Peace Funds
A non-partisan coalition of U.S. groups and individuals is appealing to Americans across the country to contact Congress in support of a $200 million emergency aid package for… Read more »
October 15, 2003
Liberia: 'We Need to Understand Where We Went Wrong,' says Brumskine
Liberia's transitional government has been launched and Chairman Gyude Bryant has two years to set this battered country back on its feet. A compromise candidate selected as part… Read more »
October 09, 2003
Liberia: Lift Sanctions On Liberia, Says Interim Foreign Minister
Economic sanctions could undermine the peace effort Liberian foreign minister Lewis Brown has told United Nations Secretary general Kofi Annan. "They serve no useful purpose" now,… Read more »
October 02, 2003
Liberia: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Just Doesn't Care About Liberia, Charges Congressman Payne
In an angry outburst, startling because it came from mild-mannered Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), the New Jersey Democrat said that U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,… Read more »
September 29, 2003
Nigeria: Economic Reform is On Course, Says Obasanjo
Nigeria may be the giant of Africa and the world's sixth biggest exporter of crude oil but news on its economy is rarely reassuring. In recent years, daily reports have lamented… Read more »
September 25, 2003
West Africa: Nigeria Will Hand Over Charles Taylor, Predicts War Crimes Prosecutor
The ambitions of the now-exiled Liberian President Charles Taylor fueled Sierra Leone's long conflict, says David Crane, the chief prosecutor of the United Nations-created Special… Read more »
September 03, 2003
Liberia: Coalition Advocates U.S. Support for Liberian Peace and Reconstruction
The following letter, sent to President George W. Bush on August 14, has been released by Liberia Watch, a non-partisan, diverse coalition of civil society, including NGOs, private… Read more »
August 28, 2003
Liberia: Transitional Gov't Chairman Rules Out War Crimes Tribunal
The chairman of Liberia's new transitional government has warned that there is no provision under the recently signed peace agreement for a war crimes tribunal, despite… Read more »
August 21, 2003
Liberia: Gyude Bryant Named Transition Leader for Liberia
A Monrovia businessman, Gyude Bryant, has been selected to lead the transition government that will run Liberia for two years until democratic elections are held. Read more »
August 11, 2003
Liberia: Charles Ghankay Taylor, Defiant And Passionate To The End
Outgoing Liberian president, Charles Ghankay Taylor, left power and his capital Monrovia on Monday, after handing over power to his successor and vice president, Moses Blah. Read more »
West Africa: Defiant Taylor Bows Out in Liberia, Moses Blah Sworn In As Interim Successor
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian rebel leader and recently indicted war crimes suspect, stepped down as president of Liberia on Monday and handed power to his vice president,… Read more »
West Africa: Leaving Office 'To End Bloodshed' in Liberia, Taylor Accuses U.S. of Backing Rebels
In a solemn and at times passionate recorded farewell address to the Liberian people, broadcast by the international media on Sunday evening, Liberian President Charles Taylor… Read more »
August 02, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Confirms He Will Step Down In Liberia August 11
President Charles Taylor of Liberia confirmed Saturday that he would hand over power on August 11 and leave his embattled country. After almost weekly pledges dating back to June 4… Read more »
August 01, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Leaves Liberia's Capital as West African Envoys Arrive To Meet Him
West African special envoys flew into the Liberian capital of Monrovia on Friday for talks with President Charles Taylor, only to be told that he was out of town. The embattled… Read more »
July 31, 2003
West Africa: West African Troops Expected In Liberia Monday, Taylor Out By Thursday
West African leaders have announced that a first contingent of regional peacekeepers is expected in Liberia by Monday, opening the way for the departure of beleaguered President… Read more »
July 30, 2003
West Africa: Still No Sign of Peacekeepers for Liberia, Annan Presses Security Council to Act
As desperate Liberians renew their pleas for an international intervention force to step in to end the fighting that has cost hundreds of lives, haggling over the financing for… Read more »
Liberia: World Watches While We Die, Say Liberians
"All of the patients in JFK hospital in Monrovia will die this week - they have no food, no water and no medicine," says Wilson Tarpeh, a Liberian businessman and newspaper… Read more »