February 27, 2002
West Africa: Morocco Brokers Talks Between Liberia, S.Leone and Guinea
Presidents Charles Taylor of Liberia, Lansana Conté of Guinea and Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone are holding talks in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to discuss the intertwined… Read more »
November 26, 2001
Liberia: Newspaper's Chairman Released, Paper Remains Shut
After being held in detention for five days by state security officers, the chairman of The NEWS newspaper, Wilson Tarpeh, was released over the weekend. The offices of the paper,… Read more »
November 22, 2001
Liberia: Govt Closes 'The NEWS', Holds Chairman for Questioning
The Liberian government has closed down 'The NEWS' newspaper in Monrovia, while the papers chairman is being investigated by officers at security headquarters, although they deny… Read more »
October 31, 2001
Liberia: Shipping Payments Used to Evade Sanctions, Buy Arms
United Nations experts have accused Liberia of using money earned from its shipping register to avoid UN sanctions and to purchase arms. Read more »
October 04, 2001
Liberia: 'Still Waiting' To See Taylor's Vision, Says Opposition Leader
In July, Liberian President Charles Taylor offered an amnesty to opposition leaders he had accused of treason. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, one of those opposition leaders, took him up… Read more »
July 27, 2001
Africa: Nigeria v.Ghana: All Eyes on the World Cup Prize
Soccer games between Ghana and Nigeria are traditionally intense and Sunday's World Cup qualifier in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is more intense than most. Read more »
March 19, 2001
West Africa: Ambassadors Expelled from Liberia, Gbagbo and Ouattara Meet
The ambassadors of Guinea and Sierra Leone have been ordered out of Liberia by Charles Taylor as border hostilities continue. Read more »
March 14, 2001
West Africa: 'Charles Taylor is a Regional Danger' Say Legislators
Testifying before a crowded Congressional hearing, Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI) placed the Liberian regime of Charles Taylor "at the heart" of a "deeply disturbing trend"… Read more »
January 24, 2001
Guinea: "We Want To Go Home" Refugees Beg UNHCR
"We wan go, we wan go" is the chorus of fear and desperation, in adult and children's voices, that rings around Nyaedou Refugee Camp in southwestern Guinea. The refugees want to… Read more »
Guinea: Border Security Worsens, Refugees Trapped In War Zone
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November 03, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian Leader Arrives To Support Gbagbo
President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire received his first official visit from a head of state Friday -- a week after he was sworn into office. The fleeting stopover was by… Read more »
September 29, 2000
Liberia: President Clinton Orders Expulsion Of Liberians Deferred
Thousands of Liberians threatened with being returned to Liberia after they fled civil conflict there during the 1990s have won a temporary respite. Read more »
September 28, 2000
Liberia: Liberians Fear Deportation From U.S.
Thousands of Liberians who fled civil conflict in their homeland during the 1990s waited anxiously all day Thursday for word that their expired official "temporary protected… Read more »