Liberia News

Liberian leader Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hopes President Barack Obama will underscore during his visit to Ghana this weekend that the United States cares about Africa and wants to be part of its development through increased trade and investment.

As an angry debate rages over the 200-plus people recommended for prosecution by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission , an independent body set up under the 2003 peace agreement, civil society groups warn its many other recommendations risk being overlooked.

If the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission were attempting to shock the world and put itself on the front pages for a few days, it mightily succeeded.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf should be barred from holding public office - Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation commission Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation commission has recommended that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf be barred from holding public office because of her alleged role in the country's civil war.

Long-standing land disputes have fuelled ethnic tension in northern Liberia, which some fear could flare into armed conflict and threaten the country's fragile peace following two civil wars.

After three years of extensive investigation, statement-taking from tens of thousands Liberians and the convening of a national conference, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia has released its final report which contains the following statement: "The full and timely implementation of these recommendations is critical to Liberia's ...

Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended Monday that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf be banned from holding public office for 30 years because of her alleged role in a civil war.

Those named include ex-president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive ], now on trial at The Hague, and Prince Y. Johnson [BBC profile], a senator elected in 2005.

After failing on two occasions to pass the much-talked about and somehow controversial Threshold Bill, the Liberian Senate yesterday concurred with the House of Representatives to pass the bill, but with modification and condition that no county get not less than two seats.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf listens to World Bank President Robert Zoellick during a news conference at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, April 16, 2009.

John Morlu came to the position of Auditor General of Liberia with clean records and credentials having won the admiration of the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with the backing from the international community.

In war-ravaged Liberia, the King of Pop wasn't just a musician with fierce dance moves and a howl to match.

Myaha Johnson sits with her family beneath a flimsy shelter of black plastic, looking with despair at the charred remains of what used to be their home.

The Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission will conclude its work Tuesday and release its final report.

The United Nations awarded medals to Filipino peacekeepers assigned in Liberia in a ceremony held last week in Monrovia, the foreign affairs department said.

The Ministry of Finance through the Department of the Budget yesterday, June 25, 2009, began a two-day workshop on budget execution for sector heads and budget analysts in Monrovia.

This event celebrates this generation's musical accomplishments through the launch of e'Dijene Records; The Savoy Group Intl' Inc.,presents the 1st Annual Liberia Music Festival, which will be taking place on the eighteenth of July in Monrovia, Liberia.

Nepali peacekeepers have been awarded medals for their contribution to peace and security in Liberia.

The transfer of responsibility of a police training facility to Liberian forces points to the full development of a democratic force, U.N. representatives said.

The handing over of new training facilities to the Liberian National Police signals a boost in efforts to achieve a fully-functional democratic security force in the West African nation, said the top United Nations envoy to Liberia.