August 06, 2008
Mauritania: President Deposed By Military Officials
Mauritantia's President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi was deposed early Wednesday in what appears to be a bloodless military coup, local sources said. Read more »
August 05, 2008
Liberia: Cross- and Re-Examination of Witness Jabati Jaward
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July 31, 2008
Liberia: U.S. Representative Calls for $225 Million in Funding
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (Democrat - Illinois) has proposed legislation in the United States Congress which would authorize U.S. $225 million in assistance to Liberia over the… Read more »
July 30, 2008
Liberia: American Investors Plan Luxury Resort
Liberia, just years removed from civil war, may not seem like an ideal place to open an all-inclusive luxury resort. But one group of American entrepreneurs want to change that… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. to Debate New 'Seeds' for Development
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., an Illinois Democrat who is a member of the United States House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »
July 16, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Witness Jabati Jaward Still Continues
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July 15, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Witness Jabati Jaward Continues
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July 14, 2008
Liberia: Examination in Chief of Witness TF1-388 Jabati Jaward Concludes
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July 10, 2008
Liberia: Examination of Witness Jabati Jaward Continues
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July 09, 2008
Liberia: Examination of Witness TF1-388, Jabati Jaward
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July 08, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Witness TF1-567 Continues
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July 07, 2008
Liberia: Cross Examination of TF1-567
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Liberia: Cross Examination of TF1-567 Continues in Open Session
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July 04, 2008
Liberia: Court Resumes at 4 July 2008
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Liberia: Continuing Examination of Witness TFI-567
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July 02, 2008
Liberia: Prosecution Leads RUF Insider Witness TF1-567
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June 26, 2008
Senegal: Festival Celebrates Global Hip Hop
The organizers of Festa 2H, a Senegalese hip hop festival running in Dakar this week, want to make the West African capital city the capital of the hip hop empire. Read more »
June 13, 2008
Africa: No Room For Error in Soccer Qualifiers
Many of the continent’s national soccer teams have no room for error as they enter this weekend’s round of combined qualifiers for the 2010 Cup of Nations and World Cup… Read more »
Liberia: Police Question Two Men Over Farm Clash
Senator Roland Kahn and Charles Bennie, a former rebel official, both allegedly linked to the deaths of 13 persons in a farm clash southeast of Monrovia, turned themselves in to… Read more »
June 12, 2008
Liberia: Farm Workers Killed in Clash
At least 13 farm workers are dead after a violent clash over a plot of farmland 55 kilometers south-east of the capital, Monrovia. Read more »
June 05, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Raise Funds in New York
A group of newly-painted red and yellow buildings lines United Nations Drive in Monrovia, Liberia's capital city. The buildings provide shelter for dozens of market women who spend… Read more »
June 02, 2008
Liberia: Defense Attempts to Undermine Samuel Kargbo's Testimony
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June 03, 2008
Africa: Yar'Adua Explains Stand on Africom
President Umaru Yar'Adua reiterated in South Africa Tuesday that he had asked the United States to give military assistance to groupings of African nations, but that he had… Read more »
South Africa: Leaders Deal With Bars to Nigerian Business
Obstacles to Nigerians doing business in South Africa appear to have received as much attention in talks during President Umaru Yar'Adua's state visit to South Africa as recent… Read more »
June 02, 2008
Liberia: Soccer Fans Die at World Cup Match
At least eight people died of suffocation caused by overcrowding at the stadium where Liberia faced the Gambia in a soccer match Sunday, according to published news reports in… Read more »