Liberia News Archives

“So I'm one of those African leaders who say to our other leaders and our colleagues, it's time to do something about Zimbabwe”

Zimbabwe's opposition rejected a presidential runoff election despite a media report Wednesday saying the long-delayed official tally delivered them a victory short of an outright win. via Ann Arbor News

“If you open up a can of worms, it's going to start all over again.”

The Rev. Claudius Cooper, above, of Providence has testified for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission about atrocities during the civil war in Liberia. via Providence Journal

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says any decision on whether to lift the travel restriction on some officials of former Liberian President Charles Taylor would be made by the U.N. Security Council ... via Voice of America

“If prices continue to rise we have to be able to take care of the most vulnerable. International food aid cannot be written off”

A surge in rice prices in 1979 contributed to Liberia's descent into chaos, sparking riots and a political crisis that led to the coup that brought Samuel Doe to power. via AlertNet

“Johnson-Sirleaf, known as Africa's "Iron Lady”

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first elected female president of Africa, will be speaking to the graduating class of 2008 on June 8, 2008. via Dartlog

Updated at: 0400 PST, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 MONROVIA: United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon began a visit to Liberia Monday as the UN's peacekeeping mission moves ahead with a pullout from the west African state ... via The News

“The secretary general appeals for the release of electoral results as soon as possible”

New York, April 22 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Monday with Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the impasse in Zimbabwe's March 29 presidential elections, a ... via Newkerala.com

“This is a worrisome situation, as it poses a threat to the stability of many developing countries”

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Ghanaian capital Accra Saturday night to begin a four-nation West African tour, which will also take him Liberia, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire. On Sunday, Ban ... via People's Daily Online

“We cannot control the increase on the world market price but we can do some things on the domestic side to bring relief to the population”

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her government intends to increase the salaries of civil servants in what she called, "a small way" in the next fiscal budget. via AllAfrica.com

“Liberia has been free of conflict for the past four years and there is good news coming out of the country”

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 - The United Nations, which is battling a rash of political and logistical problems in its troubled peace missions in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia and ... via Inter Press Service

“Passing the rape law was a very progressive move by the Liberian Government, but passing the law does not stop a crime if the law is not enforced”

A United Nations-backed campaign to stamp out rape in Liberia, the highest reported crime in the West African country as it recovers from a devastating civil war, has been extended to the north with a senior UN ... via United Nations

“This is clear evidence that peace has not taken firm roots and it is not yet time to declare victory and leave the country”

Challenges related to security, rule of law and economic development must be addressed if Liberia is to solidify the progress made so far and the United Nations is to successfully draw down its presence there, ... via AllAfrica.com

I will be traveling to Liberia with the Executive Director of Hope International to help establish an International adoption program and provide humanitarian aid to this war torn region. via TravelPod.com Recent Updates

“This represents new money for programmes and cumulatively we are estimating that this will affect over a billion women and girls worldwide”

POWERED alliance of women from government, faith-based organisations, advocacy groups and Hollywood will launch a major drive on Sunday to help impoverished women and girls around the world. via The Straits Times

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark later this month on a four-nation tour of West Africa that will take him to Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Cte d'Ivoire, a spokesperson for the United Nations ... via AllAfrica.com