Despite the controversies, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s re-election as President of Liberia is seen as a boon for women
MONROVIA (IPS) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s victory for a second term of office has been described as a boon for women despite the controversy surrounding an opposition boycott of the runoff. ”It is a big boost for us as women and it keeps us … on the world stage,” said Yvette Chesson-Wureh, establishment coordinator [...]
Liberians vote for a new president
MONROVIA (IPS) – Liberians cast their ballots Tuesday in an election that has so far been described as orderly and peaceful, though concerns persist that a disputed result could anger voters and fuel minor unrest. The election is Liberia’s second following the conclusion of a 14-year civil conflict that claimed more than 250,000 lives and destroyed [...]
Are Muslims in Liberia being disenfranchised as campaign for October elections gets underway?
BONG COUNTY, Liberia (IPS) – It seems all of Liberia is paying close attention to the campaign for the Oct. 11 presidential and legislative elections. But Sekou Camara is one exception. That is because when Camara, a member of Liberia’s Mandingo Muslim ethnic group, went to register to vote back in January, officials with the National [...]
Frank Timis makes an impact in Liberia as African Petroleum position itself as a viable investment entity
Business is definitely not as usual as African Petroleum makes inroads in redefining investment in Africa’s natural gas and petroleum resources. The brain behind the huge success of African petroleum is the Financial investment guru Frank Timis. This is a man whose business interests extend beyond the shores of his recent African initiatives right across [...]
Massive amount of arms of ammunition seized in Liberia near the border with Ivory Coast
A large amount of arms and ammunition has been seized in Liberia in the south of the country near the border with Ivory Coast, an official has said. ”The Bureau of Immigration with maximum support from the Ministry of Justice was successful in retrieving a cache of arms and ammunition through the cooperation of some ex-combatants,” [...]
Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Party has endorsed Liberia’s main opposition for the upcoming elections
Liberian ex-president and warlord Charles Taylor is currently on trial at the Hague for war crimes. But that has not prevented his political party endorsing the main opposition challenging President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the upcoming October polls. The National Patriotic Party (NPP) said in a press release that it had voted to support the [...]
Charles Taylor dismisses war crimes trial as political conspiracy
LEIDSCHENDAM, March 9, 2011 (AFP) – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor’s lawyer Wednesday dismissed his war crimes trial as a political conspiracy and said Libya’s Moamer Kadhafi should have been in the dock. Alleging “selective” prosecution, Courtenay Griffiths reminded the Special Court for Sierra Leone that its mandate was to try those with the greatest responsibility for [...]
Charles Taylor’s trial enters its final phase
EIDSCHENDAM, March 9, 2011 (AFP) – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor’s trial for arming Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for blood diamonds enters its final phase Wednesday with closing arguments by his lawyers. After more than three years of prosecution evidence and defence denials, the first-ever trial of an African head of state before an international tribunal [...]
Charles Taylor disrupts war crimes trial
LEIDSCHENDAM, February 9, 2011 (AFP) – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor has disrupted the scheduled closing of his war crimes trial, boycotting a crucial hearing Wednesday as he did the trial’s opening in 2007. Taylor and his lawyer, scheduled to present their closing arguments Wednesday, were defiantly absent after a trial of more than three years on [...]
31,000 Ivorians arrive in Liberia as refugees
GENEVA, January 28, 2011 (AFP) – The number of Ivory Coast refugees who have arrived in neighbouring Liberia has topped the 31,000 mark, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said Friday, adding that more aid will be flown in for them. ”According to our latest registration figures, there are now 31,339 Ivorian refugees in eastern Liberia who [...]
