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Here is a collection of all the Digest
articles from Jan - September 2004.
The Death of Yormie, Vaye: Accused Threatens to Sue FORUM Editor
September 28, 2004 - The Perspective
Gone are the painful and dreadful moments when two prominent sons
of Nimba County and former Deputy Ministers in the Charles Taylor
regime, Isaac Vaye and John Yormie met their brutal end, but at
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US Investments Bedrock for US-Liberia tie
September 28, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
A top US official has stressed the need for Liberians to learn
to make money legally in the private sector by harnessing its enormous
investment potential.
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Story
Broken alliances
September 28, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
From the word, ‘go,’ the transitional government headed
by Charles Gyude Bryant has been in trouble with warring faction
leaders. At first some thought the government may phase out before
reaching its first birthday.
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Story
UNICCO CONDEMNS ALLEGED RECRUITING IN NIMBA COUNTY- press
release
September 26, 2004 -UNICCO Digest
The United Nimba Citizens' Council, UNICCO,
based in the United States of America has learned with grave concern
rumors about recruitment of individuals to engage in insurrection
against the government of the Republic of Guinea.
Full Story
Following Appeal By Acting Chairman Johnson Dock Workers
Hold Back Strike Action
September 24, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The circumstances that led to the collapse of normal operations
at the Freeport of Monrovia on Monday may not be repeated at least
for now.
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Tackle Corruption At Zero Tolerance
September 24, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
Concerns are mounting about the lack of transparency and accountability
on the part of the all-inclusive Transitional Government of Liberia,
especially in the management of public funds.
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Story
Catholic Church Abhors Economic Injustices Under Transitional
Government
September 24, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia has expressed abhorrence
over the unprecedented wave of social and economic injustices being
perpetrated against the Liberian people under the National Transitional
Government of Liberia.
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Story
Presidential Candidates Not To Spend More Than US$2M For Campaign
September 24, 2004 -Allafrica.com
The National Election Commission(NEC), has disclosed that presidential
candidates for the presidency in the 2005 General and Presidential
should not expend more than US$2million during the campaign season.
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Story
Actg NTGL Chairman Authorizes Disbursement of Funds for Reconditioning
of damaged roads, drainage
September 24, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Acting Chairman Wesley Momo Johnson has expressed serious concerns
over the decline in revenue generation in the country.
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Story
Catholic Church Abhors Economic Injustices Under Transitional
Government
September 24, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia has expressed abhorrence
over the unprecedented wave of social and economic injustices being
perpetrated against the Liberian people under the National Transitional
Government of Liberia.
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Story
Catholic Church Takes Issue With NTGL
September 24, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia says it is deeply concerned
about the unprecedented wave of social and economic injustices being
perpetrated against the Liberian people under the Charles Gyude
Bryant-led National Transitional Government of Liberia.
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Story
Bryant Defends NTGL
September 24, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Chairman of NTGL, Charles Gyude Bryant, has vindicated his
government on a number of issues for which he has been blamed in
the past, comfortably finding scapegoat in the media and individuals
who he said espouse the Pull Him Down mode of politics.
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Story
NPP Fights Against Disintegration
September 23, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The mass resignation of leading members of the former ruling National
Patriotic Party (NPP) has now claimed the attention of the rank
and file of the party membership with the members striving not to
allow its disintegration.
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Story
City Hall Workers On Go-Slow - Demand 3 Months Salary Arrears
September 23, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Workers of the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) have commenced
a go-slow action in demand of three months salary arrears.
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Story
LIBERIA: Taylor loyalist recruits Liberians to fight in Guinea
- ex-combatants
September 22, 2004 - IRIN
GANTA, 22 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Tragen Wantee, a
comrade-in-arms of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, has
been recruiting former members of Taylor's armed forces for the
past two months in order to launch an insurrection in neighbouring
Guinea, former combatants in the Liberian frontier town of Ganta
said.
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Story
Afro-Americans To Gain Automatic Liberian Citizenship?
September 21, 2004 - The INQUIRER (Monrovia)
A group under the banner, "Concerned Afro-Americans for Liberia",
wants the reinstatement of Article IX of Liberia's first constitution,
dated January 5, 1839.
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Corruption Alive in Liberia, Says Amb. Jacques Klein
September 21, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General
in Liberia, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein says corruption appears
to be very much alive within the National Transitional Government
of Liberia(NTGL).
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Story
Corruption Alive in Liberia, Says Amb. Jacques Klein
September 21, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General
in Liberia, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein says corruption appears
to be very much alive within the National Transitional Government
of Liberia(NTGL).
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Story
Liberia On IMO's Black List for Not Applying Strategic Security
Code
September 21, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
There are reports that Liberia is among 16 countries that have
been 'black listed' by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
for failing to implement the International Ship and Port Facility
Security (ISPS) Code.
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Story
Weah to Run for Presidency
September 21, 2004 - Vanguard (Lagos)
Former African and World Footballer of the Year George Weah is
considering a bid for the presidency of Liberia
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" I Take Responsibility "
Prince Johnson Says of Doe’s Death
-Sets Pace for True Confession and Apology
-Urges Carter Camp, Lutheran Church, Death-Squads Leaders Forward
September 21, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
When Liberians met in Accra to chart the destiny of this country
following more than a decade of warfare that is pitched on bad governance,
hatred and prejudice, they realized that peace and reconciliation
would not be achieved unless they followed true confession, acceptance
of responsibility, and apology.
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Story
Government Lacks Transparency Says Jacques Klein
September 20, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of
the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Ambassador Jacques
Klein, says the Transitional Government of Liberia lacks transparency
in the management of public funds.
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Story
Nimba Citizens End Reconciliation Tour Highlight Forgiveness
September 20, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
A group of Nimba County citizens under the banner of the Nimba
County Reconciliation and Reunion Campaign (NCRRC), over the weekend
ended a series of reconciliation meetings among citizens of the
county.
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Story
Scramble for Jobs Affects Govt.'s Operations - UNMIL
September 20, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) says that the ongoing
scrambling over lucrative in the government and in government agencies
is also impeding the effective functioning of the Liberia National
Transitional Government (LNTG).
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Story
GHANA: Kufuor faces old opponent in his bid for a second
term
September 15, 2004 - IRIN
ACCRA, 15 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - President John Kufuor
of Ghana faces presidential and parliamentary elections in December
with two distinct advantages under his belt: four years of solid
economic achievement and the fact that he beat his main rival, opposition
leader John Atta Mills, at the previous poll in 2000.
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SENEGAL: Locusts eat houses as well as crops and pasture
September 15, 2004 - IRIN
TENEYE, 15 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - In the far north
of Senegal, swarms of voracious locust larvae are not just devouring
crops and pasture. They are also munching their way through the
straw huts of local farmers.
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Story
Liberia: Bryant Appeals for $44m to Complete DDR And Send IDPs
Home
September 15, 2004 - IRIN
Liberia appealed to donors on Tuesday to urgently provide US$44
million of promised aid to complete the disarming of former combatants
and start moving people displaced by civil war back to their villages.
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Story
Helplessness Or Confidence Crisis - The Case of Lawlessness and
Police's Lukewarm Response, Bryant Passes The Buck
September 15, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
NTGL Chairman, Gyude Bryant, has conceded his administration's
inability to adequately respond to the spate of violence that has
been rocking the foundation of the Monrovia neighbors and has passed
the buck to the peacekeepers.
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Story
Row Over DDRR Implementation
September 15, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
According to Dr. Jarbo, the NCDDRR is finding it almost possible
to convince the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) that Liberians
are capable of managing the DDRR Program
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Story
Are We Crucifying The Law For Expediency
September 14, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Your Excellency: Twice in less than a month, the Supreme Court
of Liberia served a Writ of Prohibition both on your government
and the authority of the Chinese company, Qingdao Trading Group
Corporation, to halt all activities related to the loading and shipping
of iron ore from the Port of Buchanan until issues raised by a petitioners'
petition were addressed.
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Story
Thugs, Riotous Vandals - Two Dead, Property Damage In Monrovia
Violence
September 14, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Yesterday's riot was apparently provoked by an incident at the
Waterside area where a Fulani businessman was reportedly attacked
by armed robbers.
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Story
Supreme Court Order Violated Again? - Chinese Ship To Depart With
More Iron Ore
September 14, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Another Chinese ship, DUBAI Faith, which docked at the Port of
Buchanan last Thursday and completed loading tons of iron ore over
the weekend, is poised to depart Liberia shortly, reports said here
yesterday.
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Calm Returns to UL Campus
September 13, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The University of Liberia (UL) has been in a state of uneasy calm
since the unceremonious departure of Ben Roberts who was accused
of mishandling the affairs of the institution.
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Highlights of UNICCO National Assembly Meeting in Chicago

Miamen Wopea, UNICCO National Chairman
By Yini Guva A. Sahn
September 12, 2004 - UNICCO Digest
Nimba citizens converged on the Windy City, Chicago, on September
3, 2004 for what has become a tradition for UNICCO, one of Africa’s
Grand Old Associations in Diaspora, it’s National Assembly
Meeting.
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Liberians Must Grow Food, Not Receive Food, WFP Rep. Urges
September 9, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Country Representative of the United Nations World Food Program
(WFP), Joshau Bagirisha says he wants for every Liberian to grow
food and not to be at the receiving end.
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Elections Or Reforms - Which One First?
September 9, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The transitional political process put together by various stakeholders
in the Ghanaian capital calls for a national transitional government
that will exercise civil authority and oversee disarmament with
support of UNMIL, institute relevant governance and electoral reforms,
and conduct general and presidential elections by October 2005.
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Over 100 Schools Destroyed in Nimba - Students' Education in Limbo
September 9, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
Thousands of children of school-going age in the northern County
of Nimba are being denied opportunity to pursue education due to
the massive destruction of public and private schools there.
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As Bryant Visits Gbarnga, Gompa Cities: Ex-Combatants Raise
Issue About DDRR
September 8, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
A group of former combatants of the former GOL, yesterday staged
a peaceful demonstration in Ganta, Nimba County during the visit
of NTGL Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant.
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What is in the Iron Ore Agreement?
September 8, 2004 - IRIN
The National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) in recent
time, has come under criticism from the public including the media,
over the agreement authorizing a Chinese firm to buy a stockpile
of iron ore from the port of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.
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Liberia: Disarmament Finally Begins in Lofa County
September 8, 2004 - IRIN
The United Nations opened a new disarmament centre for former
fighters of the LURD rebel group at Voinjama in the remote northwest
of Liberia on Wednesday, but reiterated that it would wind up its
nationwide disarmament programme by the end of October.
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Deputy Minister Doubts 2005 Elections
September 7, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
A Deputy Minister in the all-inclusive Transitional Government
of Liberia has viewed with pessimism the holding of next year's
general and presidential elections amidst assurances by international
stakeholders that the process is irreversible.
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Ex-Govt Generals Under 'Attack' As Unmil Rejects Unarmed 'Combatants'
September 8, 2004 - The NEWS( Monrovia)
As the DDRR process continues in Nimba County, militia Generals
of the defunct Government of exiled former President Charles Taylor
have alleged that they have come under attacks by their former fighters.
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Story
Policeman Brutalizes ANALYST Reporter
September 7, 2004 - The Analyst
A reporter of The Analyst, J. Nathaniel Daygbor, Jr. was last
Tuesday a victim of police brutality when a police officer assigned
to the Finance Minister Lusine Kamara attacked and brutalized him.
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NTLA supports restraints on expenditure
September 7, 2004 - The Analyst
Since its inauguration on August 14 last year, one problem that
has been haunting the transitional government is poor fiscal management.
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Liberia: DDR Commission Rejects October Deadline for Completing
Disarmament
September 7, 2004 - UN Integrated Regional Information
Networks
A government commission overseeing the disarmament of former combatants
in Liberia has rejected a UN statement that the process must end
in October. It said on Monday that the campaign must go on for longer
in order to mop up all the weapons still held by the warring factions
in remote areas of the country.
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Halliburton Says Officials Spoke of Nigeria Bribes
September 2, 2004 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halliburton Co., once run
by Vice President Dick Cheney, said an internal probe found information
suggesting that members of a consortium it helps lead considered
bribing Nigerian officials to win business.
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Bishop Francis Attends Mass In Wheel Chair
September 2, 2004 - The Analyst
The vocal prelate of the Catholic Church of Liberia, Archbishop
Michael Francis, quietly slipped out of public life early this year
after he reportedly suffered from stroke
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Story
29-Man Lone Star Delegation Off To Zambia
September 2, 2004 - The Analyst
A 29-Man Lone Star delegation has left Monrovia for Lusaka, Zambia
to honor its international pairing against the Mighty Chipolopolo,
the national team of Zambia in the2006 African-World Cups qualifiers
this weekend.
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Story
Militia On Extortion Spree - Nimba Marketers Accused GOL Fighters
September 2, 2004 - The Analyst
With disarmament yet to take firm roots in rural Liberia, reports
of harassment of civilians by former militia fighters who are awaiting
disarmament continue unabated
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Story
U.S. freezes assets of 28 Liberians, others
-Fawas, Yeaten, Kaddieyatu, Jewel Included
-Allen, Others Face Double Jeopardy
September 1, 2004 - The Analyst
In December 2003 and March 2004, the United Nations Security Council
issued two resolutions decreeing the freezing of assets of former
president Charles Taylor, members of his immediate family, and his
associates.
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Story
China Commits 20Million Yen
- To Rehabilitate Foreign Affairs, SKD & Health Ministry
September 1, 2004 - The Analyst
The government of the People’s Republic of China is to provide
20Million Chinese Yen for the rehabilitation of three key institutions,
the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health and the Samuel Kanyon
Doe Sports Complex. Ellis Togba reports
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Iron Ore Deal Was Legal
September 1, 2004 - The Analyst
The ongoing confusion over whether a Chinese vessel legally took
off with a 14-year old stockpile of iron ore on Saturday caught
the attention of authorities at both the National Port Authority
and the Ministry of Justice.
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Story
TQ Harris’s Strategic Food Reserve for Liberia –
My concern
By MacArthur Paye-Bayee
August 31, 2004 - UNICCO Digest
The last time I addressed an issue on this website; some feeble-minded
apologist personalized the discussion and hurled insults at me,
calling me names, including bigot and all that. However, if we are
to maintain sanity in discussing issues that affect all of us Nimbaians,
yea Liberians, there has to be a line of demarcation between issues
and personality.
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NTGL, UNMIL's Inaction Troubles Green Advocates - Calls For Mass
Citizen's Action
August 31, 2004 - The Analyst
The Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (Green Advocates)
has described as "unacceptable" what it called inaction
on the part of NTGL Chairman Gyude Bryant and the Special Representative
of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Military Mission
to Liberia, Jacques Klein.
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Story
Governance Reform Commssion Ready for Business - Mass Participation
Envisaged
August 31, 2004 - The Analyst
Liberian stakeholders who converged in Accra to chart a political
course to normalcy and democracy were unanimous on one thing: there
can be no normalcy in Liberia unless governance is reformed fundamentally.
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NEC Wants 10-Year Residency Clause Suspended
August 31, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The National Elections Commission of Liberia(NEC), has recommended
to the National Transitional Legislative Assembly, the suspension
of the controversial Article 52 of the Liberian constitution which
bans presidential aspirants who have not resided in the country
ten years prior to the holding of an elections from contesting.
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Confidence Crises Delay Donor Pledges - Says INHRC Chairman Brown
August 31, 2004 - The Analyst
The Chairman of the Independent National Human Rights Commission,
Atty. Dempster Brown, has disclosed that donors are dragging their
heels in remitting pledges to Liberia because of confidence crisis.
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Story
Poor Africa’s Foreign Coup Paymasters
August 31, 2004 - New Democrat
The arrest of Mark Thatcher, son of ex-British Conservative Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher, on allegations he financed mercenaries
bound for Equatorial Guinea but nabbed in Zimbabwe, may have gone
unnoticed in many quarters. At first, the impression was that the
“evil” Robert Mugabe was at it again, arresting innocent
men.
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Charles Taylor and Guinea’s Gathering Storm of War
August 31, 2004 - New Democrat
UN reports of secret recruitment of child soldiers to fight in
Guinea, and the linking of the gathering war storm to exiled and
indicted war criminal Charles Taylor, should be of no surprise.
Taylor blames Guinea’s illing ruler Lansana Conte for his
woes and inevitable fall.
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Supreme Court Halts Iron Ore Shipment, 'Illegality' Suspected,
Govt, Concerned Parties Cited
August 30, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Supreme Court of Liberia has issued a Prohibition, ordering
that no consignment of Iron Ore or any ship/vessel containing ore
be permitted to leave the port of Buchanan, in Grand Bassa County
pending a conference between conflicting parties.
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Story
E.U. Representative Frowns On NTGL's 'Lavish Spending'
August 30, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The representative of the European Union has warned Liberia's
power-sharing government of consequences if it does not "manage
the country's economy wisely", reports said Thursday.
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Government Denies US$10m Chopping - How Genuine Is The Denial
August 30, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Whether the Liberian government officials have placed millions
of dollars in escrow account from the sale of iron ore to a Chinese
firm or converted same into private accounts is the debatable issues
at stake.
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Story
Chinese Ship Escapes With Iron Ore
August 30, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Nine out of very ten Liberians will agree that the bottom-line
of the nation's woes is the lack of rule of law, transparency, and
impunity - the lack of good governance, in international diplomatic
parlance.
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An Argument For No Postponement Of Liberian 2005 Elections
By Rev. Dr. Napoleon L. Divine
August 28, 2004 - The Perspective
have not often written on this medium but have of late felt impelled
to do so, in the interest of suggesting an alternative viewpoint
to a notion that is growing in popularity, for the postponement
of the 2005 Liberian national elections. I ask for your kind attention
to some arguments why I believe that this notion may not be prudent
and might not serve our nation’s best interest.
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Story
Ezekiel Pajibo Speaks on Disarmament, Sanctions and the Peace
Process
(Interview)
August 27, 2004 - The Perspective
As a student leader in the 1980s, he ran into problems many a
times with the military government of Samuel Doe who went as far
as jailing and sentencing him and a few other students to death
by firing squad. He spent eighteen years in exile and returned last
year to live in Liberia.
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Presidential Aspirant Flouts UN Protocol?
August 27, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Cllr. Winston Tubman, a Liberian diplomat, who represents the
United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan in Somalia as Special
Representative, has been accused of flouting the protocol of the
United Nations.
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NCDDRR Warns Ex-Combatants, Threatens To Arrest, Prosecute Violators
August 27, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The recent violent protest carried on by ex-fighters of the three
warring factions has claimed the attention of the group in charge
of the disarmament exercise.
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DOUBTS OF TAYLOYR’S AL-QAEDA LINKS
August 27, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Exiled former president Charles MacArthur Ghankay Taylor is wanted
to face trial in neighboring Sierra Leone on a 17-count indictment
for his alleged role in the decade-long civil conflict that left
most of that country devastated.
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Dr. Amos Sawyer calls for the Postponement of the 2005 National
Elections in Liberia
By Winsley S. Nanka
August 26, 2004 - The Perspective
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Dr. Amos C. Sawyer,
former interim president of the Republic of Liberia has suggested
that Liberians extend the term of the Gyude Bryant interim government
to allow for putting into place the constitutional changes necessary
to make good governance sustainable in Liberia.
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Reform Lease Policy
Editorial
August 26, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
A LOCAL DAILY reported yesterday that the Ministry of Education
is to shortly relocate to an abandoned building once used as medical
facility by the Government of Liberia more than two decades ago.
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Malu Faults Taylor's Asylum At NBA Summit
August 26, 2004 - The Vanguard (Lagos)
FORMER Chief of Army Staff and ex-ECOMOG commander, General Victor
Malu, yesterday faulted asylum the Federal Government gave to former
Liberian Leader, Mr Charles Taylor, saying there was no justification
for it given the number of Nigerians Taylor ordered killed, both
as a rebel leader and president of Liberia.
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UNMIL Pats Supreme Court On The Back But Sees Problems In Court
System
August 26, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The United Nations Missions in Liberia (UNMIL) has expressed satisfaction
over the functioning of the Supreme Court of Liberia. The Head of
the UNMIL Legal and Judicial Support Division, Alfred Fofie said
the UNMIL is convinced that the Supreme Court of Liberia can deal
with a full case load with sound judgments in each of the cases
per term.
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Gov't Issues Ultimatum To Illegal Miners
August 26, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Sapo National Park in Sinoe, South-eastern Liberia is said
to be on the verge of “none-existence.” There are reports
that residents of the county are occupying the national shrine and
destroying its assets.
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SOLDIERS THREATEN STREET VIOLENCE AGAIN
August 26, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Accra Peace Agreement (CPA) called for cease fire, disarmament,
demobilization, and rehabilitation of ex-fighters, restructuring
of the security forces that include the police and military, and
then elections.
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In ULAA election, Arthur Watson won the votes, Morris Koffa
got the honor
By AB DOLLEY
August 25, 2004 -LIMANY
The candidacy of Arthur Watson and Georges Wuo was on Sunday,
August 22, declared winner of the highly contested presidential
and vice presidential elections of the Union of Liberia Association
in America, ULAA, in NJ, bringing an end to the long leadership
crisis that has plagued that organization for the past two years.
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CSM-L Debunks Draft Budget
August 25, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The National Budget covering the period August 2004 to July 2005
is presently before the National Transitional Legislative Assembly
(NTLA) for thorough perusal, approbation and subsequent passage
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Ghanaian Security Besieges Budumburam Camp
August 25, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Budumburam refugee camp in Gomoa, Central Accra, Ghana, has
been home to thousands of Liberians who had escaped insecurity due
to 14 years of warfare in Liberia. Notwithstanding the refugee status
of the residents, the camp has been the subject of intermittent
security suspicion and searches that turned out 100 per cent of
the time to be futile.
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Conteh Calls for Unity -In UL Prexy Crisis
August 23, 2004 -The Analyst (Monrovia)
The newly appointed University of Liberia President, Dr. Al-Hassan
Conteh, has called on the University faculty and students to put
aside their differences and join forces to move the University forward
to higher heights.
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Al-Qaeda, Charles Taylor Partners in Blood Diamonds
August 23, 2004 - New Era (Windhoek)
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor sold conflict diamonds
to known al-Qaeda operatives that may have been used to finance
the September 11 attacks on the United States, according to a confidential
report from the UN-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone.
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Nimba Youths Lash At Superintendent
Accuse Him Of Anti-Peace Propaganda
By Mensiegar Karnga, Jr.
August 19, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Concerted efforts by well-meaning sons and daughters like Cllr.
Cooper W. Krauh, Sheik Kafumba Konneh and others to preach the gospel
of reconciliation and genuine forgiveness among Nimbaians to bridge
the gap of mistrust and antagonism necessitated by years of brutal
civil conflict appears far-fetched.
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Discontentment On UL Campus - Faculty Boycott Classes
August 19, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
Discontentment has brewed at the University of Liberia (UL) over
the appointment of Dr. Alhasan Conteh as the new president of the
nation's highest learning institution.
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65,000 Fighters Disarmed, 20,000 Weapons, 5 Million Ammunition
Collected
August 19, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) retired
American Airforce General, Jacques Klein has given an 'impressive'
report about the disarmament of more than 65, 000 former fighters.
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No Confrontation With Assembly's Speaker, Bryant Says, Flies to
Sierra Leone
August 19, 2004 - The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Chairman of the Transitional Government, Gyude Bryant says
there's no confrontation between him and the Speaker of the Transitional
Legislative Assembly (NTLA), George Dweh.
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British Group Proposes Emergency Power Supply
August 18, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
A group, known as British Engineering Services (BES) has proposed
to provide between five and seven mega watts of electric power to
the greater Monrovia area at no charge to Government to meet the
urgent power need of residents, businesses.
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Truth Commission Wants Cases Heard From 1979, Presents Draft Act
to Govt
August 18, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Perpetrators of massacres, sexual offences, murder, economic crimes,
extra-judicial killings, and all incidents of gross human rights
abuses and violations, whether isolated or part of a systematic
pattern from January 1979 up to the establishment of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC), should face investigation, the
TRC draft act says.
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Liberia: UN Extends Disarmament to Birthplace of Country's Long
Civil War
August 18, 2004 - UN News Service (New York)
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has brought its
efforts to restore peace to the very region where the prolonged
civil war first began 15 years ago, launching its latest disarmament
and demobilization program in the strife-torn West African country's
remote Nimba county.
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Liberia is 'Sick' And Needs Healing, Methodist Pastor Tells
Students
August 17, 2004 -The NEWS (Monrovia)
The Director at the Department of Evangelism of the Liberia Annual
Conference/United Methodist Church Rev. Jerry Kulah has told a student
congregation that the nation is sick and needs healing. The Director
at the Department of Evangelism of the Liberia Annual Conference/United
Methodist Church Rev.
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LIBERIA: A shattered nation on a long road to recovery
August 17, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 17 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Liberians, impatient for better
times ahead, have begun the slow process of rebuilding their country,
shattered by 14 years of intermittent civil war that ended one year
ago.
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DDRR Punctures Again
August 17, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The United Military Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced late
last month that it was shutting down disarmament sites in the Montserrado,
Bomi, Margibi, Grand Bassa and parts of Bong County.
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Ex-Combatants Stage Protest in Commercial District of Vai Town
August 17, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Normal traffic and business activities in the commercial district
of Vai Town yesterday came to a temporary standstill as disgruntled
ex-combatants staged a protest action in the area.
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8 Persons Eyeing Nimba County Superintendentship
August 17, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
With the apparent delay in the appointment of a superintendent
for their county, reports say eight eminent Nimbaians have expressed
their desire to become the Superintendent of Nimba County during
this transitional period
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Cape Mountinians Lash At Caucus Commend Bryant
August 17, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Citizens of Grand Cape Mount County say their attentions has been
drawn to what they called "demonic plans" by individuals
claiming to be "Cape Mount Legislative Caucus."
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Magistrate Fayiah Violated My Immunity
August 17, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Representative of Montserrado County, Julius Parker says Monrovia
City Court Judge Joseph Fayiah has violate his Legislative immunity
when he went to his gas station to insult him and his workers.
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Story
Attention for Africa Not Easy In an Election Year - Donald Payne
(Interview)
August 16, 2004 - Allafrica.com
The following exchange with Rep. Donald M. Payne (Democrat - New
Jersey) is one of an ongoing series of conversations about Africa
policy in the next U.S. presidential administration that AllAfrica
is publishing during the current American election campaign.
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Amnesty Urges Nigeria to Surrender Taylor
August 16, 2004 - Concord Times (Freetown)
Amnesty International has called on African Union (AU) member
states to urge Nigeria surrender Charles Taylor to the UN backed
Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Bryant Makes US$100,000.00 Pledge Raises Hopes At Cuttington College
August 16, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia, Gyude
Bryant, has pledged US$ 100,000.00 to assist in returning the Cuttington
University College (CUC) to its main campus in Saukoko, Bong County.
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Finance Takes Over Balance of Trade Calculation
August 16, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The Transitional Government has accepted an advice from experts
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the determination
of the Country's volume of trade
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Rwandan soldiers arrive in Sudan
August 15, 2004 - BBC
Rwandan troops have arrived in Sudan to help protect African Union
(AU) ceasefire monitors in the war-ravaged western region of Darfur.
Full
Story
Germany admits Namibia genocide
August 14, 2004 - BBC
Germany has offered its first formal apology for the colonial-era
massacre of some 65,000 members of the Herero tribe by German troops
in Namibia.
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Donor Shortfalls Threaten Emergency Food Pipeline for Liberia,
UN Warns
August 13, 2004 - UN News Service (New York)
Faced with the danger of a break down in its food pipeline in
Liberia, the United Nations emergency feeding agency says it needs
additional confirmed contributions through the end of the year and
is considering regional purchases to avert a shortfall next month.
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Between Taylor And the United States(Opinion)
August 13, 2004 - Concord Times (Freetown)
Since the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone unsealed an
indictment against former Liberian President Charles Taylor a year
ago, much noise has been made requesting the extradition, to Sierra
Leone, of the former Liberian warlord to answer charges regarding
his involvement in one of Africa's most dangerous civil conflicts.
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"Once a Liberian, Always a Liberian"? Fact Versus Fiction
By Theodore T. Hodge
August 13, 2004 - The Perspective
In a recent piece posted by one Charles Alake Williams, the theme
was the birthrights of Liberians. The question posed was, "Why
are Liberians being forced to give up their birthrights when they
become citizens of another country?"
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Court Rules in LUP Case
August 13, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Few days after a newspaper carried a story in which it was stated
that "Brumskine may quit LUP", a more dramatic event has
followed.
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Former RIA Boss Disassociates From NPP Celebration
August 12, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
A stalwart of the former ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP)
and Managing Director of the Roberts International Airport (RIA),
Mr. Randolph Cooper says he had nothing to do with festive celebrations
of the departure of the exiled President, Charles Ghankay Taylor.
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Liberia's Olympic Team Off to Athens As Gov't Gives US$16,000
August 12, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The country's team to this year's Olympic games which is scheduled
to officially kick-off tomorrow in Athens, Greece left the country
yesterday.
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More Revelation On Al Qaeda-Liberia Links
August 12, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
Until recently, Charles Taylor's direct links with the notorious
al-Qaeda terrorist movement was considered part of international
conspiracy to discredit and topple his government. Taylor himself
alluded to such scheme and did not only call for proof from his
accusers but also proffered to help the Bush administration bring
al-Qaeda suspects to justice.
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"Withdraw Cllr. Cherue’s Appointment"
...Civil Society Organizations Urge Bryant
August 12, 2004 - The Perspective
The Civil Society Organizations of Liberia (CSOs) has called on
Chairman Gyude Bryant to swiftly withdraw the appointment of Cllr.
Frederick Cherue as Board Chairman of the Liberia Petroleum Refinery
Corporation and "desist from consistently undermining the spirit
and intent of the Accra Agreement."
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Liberian Women Raise Crucial Issues With Bryant
...Say Culture of Impunity Continuing=
August 12, 2004 - The Perspective
A cross-section of Liberian women under the banners of "Women
of Liberia Mass Action for Peace" and "Women in Peace
Building Network(WIPNET)", have recommended five crucial issues
with NTGL Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant to facilitate the smooth
implementation of the Liberian peace process; as Patrick K. Wrokpoh
reports.
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Opposition Builds Against Taylor's Asylum in Nigeria
August 11, 2004 - The Vanguard (Lagos)
ONE year after he fled Liberia to take up political asylum in
Nigeria, former warlord and war crimes suspect, Mr. Charles Taylor
is an increasingly isolated and hated figure in his adoptive home.
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Executive Mansion Reacts, Says Missing Arms Allegation False
August 11, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Executive Mansion has sharply reacted to reports that there
has been disappearance of a "sizable amount" of arms from
the Executive Mansion, as alleged by NTLA Speaker, George Dweh
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Sudan faces new atrocity charges
August 11, 2004 - BBC
Pro-government militias in Sudan are still attacking civilians
despite pledges by Khartoum to end the violence, a human rights
group says.
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LIBERIA: Rebels dig in at rubber plantation
August 10, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 10 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - More than 1,000
former fighters of the LURD rebel movement are holed up in Liberia's
second largest rubber plantation and are refusing to turn in their
guns to UN peacekeepers, a member of Liberia's transitional parliament
said on Tuesday.
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Usaid-Funded Radio Program Advances in Southeastern Communities
August 10, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Mercy Corps community radio team arrived in Maryland last week
on a month-long deployment to set up two radio community stations
in the Harper and Pleebo cities.
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Media Women Frown On 'Food for Sex'
August 10, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The Liberian Women Media Action Committee (LIWOMAC) has frowned
on reports that young girls and teenagers have been targeted at
displaced camps by aid workers for "food for sex".
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Goodridge to Contest Presidency?
August 10, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
According to credible sources, many of these citizens said they
feel that the former information minister can be a good candidate
and is one who is determined to move the country from its present
backward state.
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Where Are the Jobs?
August 10, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
A prominent Liberian, Mr. Edward T. Slangar has reacted sharply
to recent claim by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative
to Liberia, Amb.Jacques Paul Klein, that UNMIL has 300 jobs for
grabs but was yet to receive applicants for the vacancies.
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Easing the Economic Problems(Opinion)
By William A. Brown, Jr.
August 10, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
There are enormous economic hardships in Liberia. Some of the
major root causes, including high prices of commodities on the Liberian
market, are the new tariff laws on customs duties and charges, bureaucratic
rules, and the indiscipline attitudes displayed by managers in Government
ministries and agencies.
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Elections Commission Begins Inspection of Political Parties
August 9, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The National Elections Commission (NEC) Monday commenced the inspection
of headquarters of all registered political parties in the country.
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Story
Bin Deploys At 2 Strategic Points
August 9, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization has finally deployed
at two strategic entry points in its strife to take full control
of country's borders.
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Taylor Wanted for Terrorism
August 9, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
I recent legal wrangling in which the government of Nigeria again
strongly opposed the extradition of former Liberian president, Charles
G. Taylor, to Sierra Leone to face charges for atrocities allegedly
committed against the people of that country may have led many to
the conclusion that the issue had hit dead end.
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Ivorian rebels rejoin government
August 9, 2004 - BBC
Ivorian opposition ministers and rebels have attended their first
cabinet meeting after a four-month boycott
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Forrmer Liberian leader allegedly aided Al Qaeda
August 5, 2004 - Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON: The senior Al Qaeda operative captured
in Pakistan last week met Charles Taylor, who was president of Liberia
at the time, in the years before and after Sept. 11, 2001, and received
refuge from the former U.S. ally while planning further terrorist
operations, according to U.S. intelligence officials and United
Nations investigators.
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Liberia: Government Seeks Foreign Investment to Revive Mains
Electricity
August 6, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 6 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - The government
of Liberia is seeking a private overseas investor to help restore
mains electricity to the capital Monrovia at an estimated cost of
US$14 million, Joseph Maya, the managing director of the state-run
Liberia Electricity Corporation said.
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Dweh Threatens War, If - Gen. Opande Wheeled Sekou Away - Duala
Residents Run Helter-Skelter -What Is Afoot
August 5, 2004 - The Inquirer(Monrovia)
The chairmanship of the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation
and Democracy (LURD) has been the most hotly contested seat in contemporary
Liberian maverick politics since Aicha Keita Conneh conspired against
her husband (Sekou Damate Conneh) to divest him of it early this
year.
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Debate Over al Qaeda's Connection to West Africa's Diamond Trade
Takes New Turns
August 5, 2004 - Allafrica.com
The arrest of a Tanzanian fugitive in Pakistan last week, release
of the 9-11 Commission report in Washington and a forthcoming finding
by a war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone have rekindled the debate
over what role, if any, west African diamonds played in financing
the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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LIBERIA: Security fears and poor infrastructure will limit
repatriation of refugees
August 4, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 4 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Concerns over security
in some parts of rural Liberia and the battered state of the country's
infrastructure will limit the number of refugees able to return
home from neighbouring West African countries later this year, the
UN refugee agency UNHCR has warned
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Liberia: Leadership Battle in Lurd Leads to Fighting On Streets
of Monrovia
August 4, 2004 - IRIN
A long-running power struggle for the leadership of the Liberians
United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel movement has
spilled over into violence on the streets of the capital Monrovia,
forcing UN peacekeeping forces to send in tanks and step up street
patrols.
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Bryant Agrees to Consult Former Factions'; Rep. Plans Regular
Cabinet Meetings
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The Chairman of the Transitional Government, Gyude Bryant, has
consented that he would hold transparent consultations and dialogue
with the various former warring factions serving in the power-sharing
government, Information Minister Dr. C. William Allen has disclosed.
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Don't Use Nimba As Breeding Ground for Insurrection, Citizens
Urged
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Nimba County citizens through out the country have been cautioned
to ensure that their county is not manipulated any more and used
as a 'breeding ground' for insurrection by selfish individuals.
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UNMIL Has 300 Jobs, But No Applicants, Jacques Klein
August 3, 2004 - The Inquirer(Monrovia)
The United Nations Secretary General's special representative
to Liberia, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein has disclosed that UNMIL
has 300 jobs for grabs but was yet to receive applicants for the
vacancies.
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As Audit in Public Sector Progresses: Govt Places Ban On Proxies
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Individuals serving as proxies have been banned from collecting
checks written on Government's accounts belonging to their relatives
and friends as well as the dead among others.
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As Ex-Gol Generals Collect Thousands of Dollars: Immigration Boss
Set Precondition ---Wants Militias Removed for Deployment
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Former GOL Generals in Nimba County are paying themselves L$25,000.00
monthly from customs fees at the Ganta Custom Post bordering Guinea.
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Former American Peace Corp Volunteers Expected
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
A six-man delegation of former American Peace Corp Volunteers
is expected here Wednesday to undertake several productive ventures
including helping to train teachers.
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Penalize Detractors of Peace Lurd Executive Urges Unmil
August 3, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
An Executive of the former warring faction Liberians United for
Reconciliation and Democracy Mr. Zoe Pennue has called on the United
Nations Mission in Liberia to deal with anyone who presses to undermine
the peace process.
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Former GOL Speaks Out
August 3, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Officials of the former Government of Liberia (GOL) serving in
the National Transitional Government of Liberia yesterday called
a news conference to speak out on issues of national concern; as
Throble K. Suah reports.
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Dutch Businessman Proposes Port Reconstruction
August 3, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Mr. Noppen who is Chairman of PIMEX, the Nile Dutch Shipping (NDS)
agency in Liberia, said the proposed reconstruction program would
make the port of Monrovia par excellence to other
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UNHCR Holds Regional Meeting In Monrovia
August 3, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR), yesterday
opened its regional repatriation meeting in Monrovia.
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Need to Down-size Civil Service Stressed
August 3, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The need to down-size the country's Civil Service has been stressed
recently at a workshop under the aegis of the Civil Service Agency(CSA).
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UN Official Hails Work of Chinese Peacekeepers in Liberia
August 2, 2004 -UN News Service (New York)
As part of celebrations marking Chinese Army Day, a senior United
Nations official in Liberia has paid tribute to the "commitment
and dedication" of Chinese peacekeepers working in the war-ravaged
West African country.
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Sudan army's anger over UN 'war'
August 2, 2004 - BBC
Sudan's army says the UN resolution on the conflict in Darfur
is "a declaration of war" and threatens to fight any foreign
intervention. .
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Mass graves found in Ivory Coast
August 2, 2004 - BBC
The UN's Ivory Coast mission says three mass graves containing
at least 99 bodies have been found near the northern rebel-held
town of Korhogo.
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Taylor's pet lioness rescued
July 30, 2004 - BBC
Ma Juah, former Liberian President Charles Taylor's abandoned
pet lioness, is flying to a new home in a South African lion sanctuary.
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ICGL, ECOWAS: Budge Not, Lest We Perish
July 30, 2004 -The Analyst (Monrovia) (OPINION)
IN OUR JULY 29 banner story, we quoted several Liberians as describing
the ongoing ECOWAS-sponsored meeting on Liberia as "a gathering
storm" that is likely to impact negatively on the gains made
thus far in the Liberian peace process.
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On Mission To Clean-up -Dr. Korto Diagnoses Liberia's Problems;
Says There Are Too Many Wrongdoings, Societal Ills
July 30, 2004 -The Analyst (Monrovia)
A Presidential aspirant and staunch member of the Liberia Action
Party (LAP) now seeking the party's candidature, Dr. Joseph Korto,
says he is in for the presidency of Liberia to clean-up.
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Barclay Joins Rescue Mission
July 30, 2004 -The Analyst (Monrovia)
For Liberian Presidency "I feel like you feel." These
were words of Dr. James Kollie Barclay when he declared his intention
to contest Liberian presidency. Like his other ambitious compatriots,
Dr. Barclay said he has come to rescue Liberia and Liberians from
poverty, illiteracy and abuses amongst others.
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Gbarnga, Voinjama Under Threat
July 30, 2004 -The Analyst (Monrovia)
LURD's Splinter Groups Threaten Shootout, If the mediators in
the Liberian peace process - ECOWAS and ICGL - gave in to factional
demands early this week for a meeting to review the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA).
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No breakthrough on Ivory Coast
July 30, 2004 - BBC
Thirteen African presidents have ended a meeting in Ghana with
a promise to continue talks on Friday on the deadlocked Ivory Coast
peace process.
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'Please, Forgive Us' Ex-Combatants Plead
July 30, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
To demonstrate their sincerity about taking up arms no more, thousands
of ex-combatants under the banner of Liberian Ex-combatants Anxious
for Development (LEAD) paraded through the streets of Monrovia
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US cuts 'sanctions' in Sudan text
July 30, 2004 - BBC
The US has reworded a draft UN resolution on war-ravaged Darfur
to rally support for pressure on Sudan, accused of backing Arab
militias there.
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Engage the Chinese Offer
July 29, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
A significant news item missed the headlines last week, apparently
because many reporters were overwhelmed by the US$1.2 million gesture
to the Liberian Government.
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Story
Inquirer Suspends Activities of Lurd Leadership
July 29, 2004 - Inquirer (Monrovia)
According to paper's Editorial Department, its decision to suspend
the publication of LURD's activities is due to the glaring feud
within the group's executives and leadership.
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US bans Ghanaian state airline
July 28, 2004 - IRIN
Ghana Airways has been banned from flying to the United States
with immediate effect.
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LIBERIA: West African leaders to review peace process in Accra
July 28, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 28 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - West African leaders
will review Liberia's year-old peace deal at a summit in Accra on
Thursday, after a series of wrangles between the country's former
warring factions and Gyude Bryant, the civilian head of the transitional
government, diplomats said.
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LIBERIA: Where are the weapons? Is disarmament really working?
July 28, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 28 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - The United Nations
has poured 15,000 peacekeepers into Liberia and more than 54,000
former combatants have been disarmed, but UN officials admit that
not everyone is handing in a weapon and vast tracts of the West
African country remain inaccessible to UN patrols.
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"There Are Plans To Kill Me" ...Says Presidential Aspirant
July 28, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
One of the more than 30 presidential aspirants for the 2005 general
and presidential elections, Mr. Cornelius Hunter, has disclosed
that there have been several attempts on his life by people he believes
to be his political opponents.
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T. Q. Harris Pays Tribute to Pres. Bush, Others
July 28, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
PA Liberian presidential aspirant in next year's poll has paid
tribute to United States' President George Walter Bush, Jr. as a
true friend of Liberia, "whose definite action is bringing
the 14-year chapter of violence to a close"; reports Throble
K. Suah
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Sierra Leonean President Apologizes to Liberians
July 27, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
President Kabbah said while it is true that the Chairman of the
transitional government in Sierra Leone Charles Gyude Bryant made
an open apology to Sierra Leoneans when he visited that country
earlier this year for the participation of Liberians in the 10 years
civil war in that country,
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Taylor: Court Summons Refugee Commission's Boss
July 27, 2004 - This Day (Lagos)
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday ordered the Federal Commissioner,
National Refugee's Commission and two other agencies that may have
been involved in the process leading to the granting of political
asylum to former Liberian President, Mr. Charles Taylor to appear
before it.
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"They Are All Rogues"
July 27, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The pastor of the First Baptist Church in Oldest Congo Town, Rev.
Joseph G. Johnson says Liberian men, especially officials of government,
who are living above their monthly incomes are noting but "bunch
of rogues".
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Re-echoing Orator's Call
July 27, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
In view of the prevailing improved security situation in the city,
the official program for this 157th Independence Day 's celebration
ended yesterday with the appropriate activities which were climaxed
with the national oration delivered by seasoned educator and administrator
Sister Lauren Browne at the Barclay Training Center in Monrovia.
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On Anniversary of Liberia's Independence, UN Envoy Sees New
Chapter Ahead
July 26, 2004 -UN News Service (New York)
As Liberia marked the 157th anniversary today of its independence,
the top United Nations envoy for the West African nation congratulated
it on the progress made since the end of a bloody decade-long civil
war last year.
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Europe threatens Sudan sanctions
July 26, 2004 - BBC
The European Union has urged the United Nations to threaten Sudan
with sanctions over the violence in Darfur.
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White House Announces Freeze on Assets of Charles Taylor
and Aides
July 24, 2004 - The White House (Washington, DC)
President George W. Bush froze the assets of former Liberian President
Charles Taylor, his family and top aides effective July 23, 2004.
The text below is the Executive Order Blocking Property of Certain
Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods From Liberia.
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GUINEA-LIBERIA: Refugees criss-cross a fluid and volatile
border
July 22,2004 - IRIN
NZEREKORE, 22 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands
of Liberians who have registered as refugees in neighbouring Guinea
are abusing their status by crossing the border to trade their food
rations and prepare their eventual return before returning to their
camps for the next handout, aid workers said.
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LIBERIA: UN probes cross-border arms smuggling
July 21, 2004 - IRIN
MONROVIA, 21 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - UN peacekeepers
are investigating reports of smuggling arms and the movement of
combatants across Liberia’s international borders, General
Joseph Owonibi, the deputy force commander of the UN Mission in
Liberia (UNMIL) disclosed on Wednesday.
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Sub-Saharan Africa poverty grows
July 20, 2004 - BBC
Nigeria's biggest fraud case has been dismissed after the judge
said he had no jurisdiction to hear it.
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Sub-Saharan Africa poverty grows
July 20, 2004 - BBC
Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region where the number of people
living in abject poverty has grown over the past 20 years, says
a United Nations report
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Sudan plans Darfur refugee return
July 20, 2004 - BBC
Sudan's authorities are planning to move Darfur's displaced civilians
from the camps where they have sought refuge back to their villages.
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Five U.S. Professors for UL, Presidential Aspirant Discloses
July 20, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Mr. Hunter in an interview with The INQUIRER recently, said the
five professors are willing to render their services to the University
of Liberia free of charge.
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Intellectuals Stick to Issues and They Know the Value of
Human Dignity!
By J. Marsilius Flumo
July 19, 2004 - UNICCO Digest
The purpose of this piece is to express my chagrin at Mr. James
Kollie’s response to Mr. Bai Gbala’s article (Decentralization
Of Political & Administrative Power In Liberia).
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Towards National Unity, the Liberian Press as the “instrument
of hate”
By Etags R. Reeves
July 19, 2004 - UNICCO Digest
As a frequent visitor to the New Democrat and other Liberian websites,
I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Kamara of the New Democrat and
some Liberian intelligentsia are telling the Liberian story from
a single pair of eyes.
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Lone Star Under-17 Off To Gambia
July 19, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
According to the Chief Scribe of the Liberia Football Association(LFA),
Mr. Yanqueh S. Borsay, the tournament is in commemoration of the
10th celebration of the military coup staged by the incumbent Gambian
Leader, Yaya Jammeh against the constitutional government of Sir
Jawara.
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Story
Political Parties Get IRI's Support, Sign Capacity-Building Agreement
for Elections
July 19, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Registered political parties are due to be assisted by the United
States-based International Republican Institute (IRI).
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U.S. Ambassador Urges Political Parties
July 19, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, John William Blaney III has admonished
the 18 registered political parties in the country to work hard
and make the nation's interest foremost; as Charles Crawford reports.
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Story
Price of Rice Increased
July 19, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Addressing a news conference recently, Commerce and Industry Minister
Samuel Wlue said, the government was constrained to increase the
price of rice by US$1.50.
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Peace Will Remain Elusive If...
July 19, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
Episcopal Bishop Edward W. Neufville says as long as sin continues
to be committed by mankind in Liberia, peace would continue to remain
elusive.
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Security Council Supports Ecowas' Moves To Prevent Coup d' Etat
July 19, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The United Nations Security Council Mission that visited the West
Africa sub-region recently, says it welcomes the initiative of ECOWAS
and the UN office for West Africa to identify ways of preventing
coup d' etat and other unconstitutional means of seizing or holding
state power.
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Surveyors Warned Against Unscrupulous Activities
July 16, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The Chairman of the Surveyors' Licensing and Registration Board
of the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy has warned surveyors
against unscrupulous activities regarding land surveying. In his
induction speech on Wednesday, the Board's Chairman, Julu M. Johnson,
Sr., said all land
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Chayee's Body Flown to Grand Gedeh: the Final Journey of a 'Strategist'
July 16, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The remains of the former Managing Director of the National Port
of Authority (NPA), Chayee Doe has been flown to his home town of
Tuzon, Grand Gedeh County, in southeastern Liberia.
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LIBERIA: Elections Commission needs US$ 12 million for 2005 poll
July 16, 2004 - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
MONROVIA, 16 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - Liberia needs
donors to help it find more than US$12 million so it can conduct
elections in October 2005 and return to democracy after a long and
bitter civil war, the head of the National Elections Commission
said on Friday.
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BBC reporters freed in Cameroon
July 16, 2004 - BBC
Cameroonian authorities have released two BBC journalists arrested
in the disputed region of Bakassi
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA: US Senate probe reveals massive theft of oil
revenue
July 16, 2004 - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
DAKAR, 16 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - A US Senate investigation
into lax controls on money laundering at a Washington bank has revealed
the misappropriation of at least US$35 million of oil revenues
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COTE D IVOIRE: UN human rights team lands as political stalemate
continues
July 16, 2004 - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
ABIDJAN, 16 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - A United Nations
commission has landed in Cote d'Ivoire to investigate human rights
abuses during the fistfour months of civil war that followed a September
2002 rebellion in the world's top cocoa producer, a UN official
said on Friday.
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SUDAN: African Union mediating talks on Darfur
July 16, 2004 - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
NAIROBI, 16 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - The Sudanese government
was holding closed-door talks on Friday in the Ethiopian capital,
Addis Ababa, with mediators from the African Union (AU), according
to Hamid Algabid, t
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Special Court Rules Out Charles Taylor's Arrest
July 16, 2004 - Concord Times (Freetown)
Special Court Registrar, Robin Vincent has said that though a
prepared cell awaits the arrival of former Liberian President, Charles
Taylor to Freetown, the Court will not allow Taylor into its detention
facility until it is proven that he was not brought in through illegitimate
means.
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Joy at Somali hospital reopening
July 16, 2004 - BBC
The Somali capital's biggest hospital has reopened after 14 years.
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Africa seeks Darfur breakthrough
July 16, 2004 - BBC
African mediators are trying to break the deadlock between the
Sudan government and two rebels groups and end the conflict in the
Darfur region.
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UN probes abuses in Ivory Coast
July 16, 2004 - BBC
A United Nations commission has arrived in Ivory Coast to investigate
human rights abuses.
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SUP Calls for Audit Findings
July 15, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The Student Unification Party (SUP) of the University of Liberia
has expressed concern about delay in making known the findings of
the Auditing Committee set up by Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant.
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Special Court Has No Jurisdiction Over Liberia'
July 15, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Mr. Robin Vincent at the end of a two-day visit to Liberia, told
local and international journalists yesterday that the special court
was established to try those who committed alleged atrocities in
Sierra Leone and to also demonstrate the rule of law.
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The Causes of Liberia's Under-Development
July 15, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Conflict in itself is not peculiar to any nation-state, rather
universal. The major issue is not getting into conflict(s), but
the ability to manage such conflict and not repeating said event.
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Bennie, NTGL Deadlock On Accusations
July 15, 2004 - The News(Monrovia)
The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Charles Bennie, alleged
during a "reunion of all progressives" program held at
the Monrovia City Hall on June 21, 2004,
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Soldier Found Dead in Monrovia
July 15, 2004 - The News(Monrovia)
Residents of Gblowein Community in Logan Town woke up to a terrifying
scene Wednesday Morning when a personnel of the Armed Forces of
Liberia (AFL) was found dead.
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Freeport Acquires US$375,000 Toplift From WFP
July 15, 2004 - The News(Monrovia)
The Management of the National Port Authority (NPA) has acquired
a US$375,421.00 Toplift along with spare parts from the World Food
Program (WFP) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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Nigerians challenge Taylor asylum
July 14, 2004 - BBC
A Nigerian court has allowed two men to challenge the granting
of asylum to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.
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Nigerians challenge Taylor asylum
July 14, 2004 - BBC
A Nigerian court has allowed two men to challenge the granting
of asylum to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.
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Ex-Niger premier denies Iraq link
July 14, 2004 - BBC
Niger's former prime minister has said that Iraq did not try to
buy uranium, contradicting claims made in the build-up to the invasion
of Iraq.
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UK slams Kenya's 'new corruption'
July 14, 2004 - BBC
The UK high commissioner to Kenya has launched a scathing attack
on President Mwai Kibaki's government's record on tackling corruption.
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Darfur security 'deteriorating'
July 14, 2004 - BBC
The United Nations' top emergency relief official has warned that
the security situation in Sudan's Darfur region is becoming more
difficult.
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Zimbabwe 'returning to stone age'
July 13, 2004 - BBC
The introduction of ox-drawn ambulances is a sign that President
Robert Mugabe is taking Zimbabwe back to the stone ages, the opposition
says.
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Fears for Sudan Islamist's health
July 13, 2004 - BBC
The wife of Sudan's opposition Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi
says she is worried about his health after almost two weeks on hunger
strike.
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Zimbabwe 'returning to stone age'
July 13, 2004 - BBC
The introduction of ox-drawn ambulances is a sign that President
Robert Mugabe is taking Zimbabwe back to the stone ages, the opposition
says.
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Abuse of Resources Fueled Civil War Says Klein, Assures Liberians
of an Eye On Govt
July 13, 2004 - The News (Monrovia)
The head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Ambassador
Jacques Klein says the abuse of natural resources distribution and
management helped to fuelled a devastating civil war for 15 years
in Liberia.
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US Gov't Provides Assistance to UL
July 13, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), has provided 3 grants to re-open the University
of Liberia Monrovia campus.
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FORHD Predicts Electoral Upheavals
July 13, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
There is general agreement amongst Liberians and friends of Liberia
that the Liberian decade-long civil upheaval is the direct result
of misrule propped up by blatant disregard for human rights and
economic mismanagement.
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Liberian Police Training Begins, More Ex-Combatants Disarm, UN
Says
July 13, 2004 - UN News Service (New York)
The head of the United Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the chairman
of the West African country's transitional government have launched
a training programme for new police and a repair project at the
university's law school, the mission said today.
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Overprotecting the Former Enemy
By James Seitua
July 10, 2004 - The Perspective
Nigerian army general Victor Malu consistently grilled the Liberian |