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Liberia: Charles Taylor’s financial assets to be frozen
The UN Security Council has stressed the need to freeze the financial assets of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, his family and associates. Taylor...
Sierra Leoneans flocking into Liberia raise xenophobia concerns
Reports emanating from Gendema village in Liberia claim that a throng of youths on daily basis are flocking into Liberia from Sierra Leone.
It is...
USA to Invest millions in Liberia
In a bid to promote investment in Liberia, create jobs and provide affordable housing, the Robert Johnson Group of Companies and the Overseas Private...
Hope for starving Liberian pupils
The rising price of food has left many children in Liberia starving as their parents battle to secure a livelihood. But it has been...
West African Monetary Zone gets a heavy lift from ADF
The African Development Bank Group is to support the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) payment system development project with a grant of US$23 million...
Liberia scores encouraging marks in ‘Doing Business’ report
According to the latest World Bank report on 'Doing Business', Liberia's Net income has been described as modest but encouraging.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf welcomed...
Football : Gambian Scorpions beat Liberia’s Lone Star in CAN/WC qualifiers
The Gambia national team, the Scorpions, on Saturday thrashed Liberia's Lone Star 3-0 and bundled them out of the 2010 CAN/World Cup qualifiers. The...
Football : Lone Star denied use of national stadium facilities in the Gambia ahead of WC qualifiers
The Liberia national team, the Lone Star, arrived in Banjul on Thursday for its penultimate round African Cup of Nations/ World Cup qualifying match...
Nine burnt to death as crowd cheers on
In an unprecedented reaction to the rising crime wave in Liberia, nine suspected criminals linked with armed robberies in Monrovia's commercial suburban district of...
Liberia under water
Intense and heavy rainfall in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods on record in Monrovia and forced nearly 1,000...
Football : Liberia and Senegal draw in joint 2010 World Cup/CAN qualifier
The Lone Stars of Liberia made a significant comeback Sunday to hold the Teranga Lions of Senegal 2-2 in their joint 2010 World Cup/CAN...
“Liberian economy and security still fragile” officials warn
Despite positive developments in the recovery process from war, the economic and security situations in Liberia remain "fragile", United Nations Heads of Peace Missions...
Liberia charges Gyude Bryant and two others with economic crimes
The Liberian government has indicted former head of s tate, Gyude Bryant, along with two legislators and two former officials of the Liberia Petroleum...
Liberian court rules on treason cases
Liberia's Criminal court in Monrovia on Friday acquitted two senior soldiers of the defunct Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) after being found not guilty...
Charles Taylor’s billions traced in US banks
Charles Taylor, the former head of state of Liberia, who is currently being tried in the Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
Liberian immigration authorities change policy for foreign residents
Aliens residing in Liberia are now to register annually with the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalisation, instead of the three- or five-yearly registration required...
Liberia to make armed robbery, rape, terrorism… capital offenses
In a move to check violent crimes in the country, the Liberian legislature on Wednesday began debating a draft bill aimed at making armed...
Ghana court decides Liberian refugees should go back home
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday dealt a blow to the hopes of 23 Liberian refugees in Ghana when it ordered their...
Heavy debt relief for Liberia from the US and Paris club
The United States and other Paris Club official creditors have reached an accord with the Government of Liberia to forgive approximately US$ 254 million...
Ban Ki-Moon assesses the recovery of Liberia
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, Tuesday addressed the joint session of the Liberian Legislature, saying that he was in the country to assess the achievements...
Liberian arrested in Morocco with 1.5 kg of cocaine
A Liberian national has been arrested in the Moroccan city of Casablanca with 1.5 kg of cocaine, police sources said in Rabat on Friday....
Nigeria reconsiders position on refugees
Nigeria's Federal Executive Council has approved a ''cessation clause'' in respect of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone who have been staying in Nigeria...
Ghana relentless over refugee issue
Ghana on Tuesday maintained its hard line in the standoff with Liberian refugees which culminated in the deportation of 16 of them and removal...
Liberian President to visit Cote d’Ivoire
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is expected Tuesday in Abidjan for a two-day official visit to Cote d'Ivoire, an official source said. The Liberian...
Agreement reached by gov’ts of Ghana and Liberia
Ghana has softened its position on the issue of the repatriation of Liberian refugees and announced that it has reached an agreement with Liberia...
Refugees to go home in June
Ghana and Liberia have reached an agreement under which the repatriation of Liberian refugees in Ghana would begin in June.
The agreement was reached at...
President explains action against refugees
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday defended his government's handling of a standoff with Liberian refugees who have flouted Ghana's laws and affirmed the...
Ghana : President to meet refugees as one sues
A Liberian government delegation is scheduled to meet President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday for talks on the standoff between the government and Liberian...
UNHCR says forced repatriations not fair
The standoff between the Ghanaian authorities and Liberian refugees has taken a new turn as the UN Refugee Agency has urged the Ghana Government...
More refugees to be repatriated
Ghana on Saturday repatriated 16 Liberian refugees who it described as ringleaders in a standoff with government at a refugee camp just west of...