News: Liberia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Liberia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Liberia – overview

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• April 17th 2013 – June 19th 2012
• June 10th 2012 – April 6th 2012
• March 19th 2012 – November 4th 2011
• October 31st 2011 – March 28th 2011
• March 11th 2011 – November 3rd 2010
• September 27th 2010 – June 30th 2010
• June 2nd 2010 – August 5th 2009
• July 30th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• February 2nd 2009 – June 2nd 2008
• May 15th 2008 – January 9th 2008
• January 8th 2008 – July 19th 2007
• July 12th 2007 – February 1st 2007
• January 30th 2007 – September 7th 2006
• August 23rd 2006 – April 24th 2006
• April 24th 2006 – March 25th 2006
• March 17th 2006 – November 24th 2005
• November 23rd 2005 – November 11th 2005

Liberia: news

Ivory Coast seeks surveillance drones

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 12:44

Ivory Coast asks the UN for drones to monitor its border with Liberia, as the number of military personnel in the region are reduced.
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Plane crash kills Guinea army chief

Monday, February 11th 2013, 16:34
related countries: Guinea
related places: Monrovia

The head of Guinea's armed forces is killed in a plane crash in neighbouring Liberia, along with 10 other people, it is announced.
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Cameron chairing UN poverty meeting

Friday, February 1st 2013, 9:14

Prime Minister David Cameron is to co-chair a meeting of the UN's high level panel in Liberia later, where he is on the final leg of his Africa trip.
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Charles Taylor investigator tried

Friday, January 25th 2013, 19:05

A former defence investigator is found guilty of contempt for interfering with witnesses during the trial of Liberia's Charles Taylor.
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Charles Taylor verdict challenged

Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, 17:23

Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor lodges his appeal at a UN-backed court in The Hague against a 50-year war crimes sentence.
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Jailed Taylor 'demands pension'

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 19:10

A letter purporting to be from Liberia's ex-President and war criminal Charles Taylor is sent to MPs demanding he receive an annual state pension.
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Liberia's development frustrations

Saturday, December 15th 2012, 0:01

Evan Davis on Liberia's development frustrations
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Liberia laureate chides Sirleaf

Monday, October 8th 2012, 18:46

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has not done enough to tackle corruption, says her fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee.
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Liberia inmates in mass jailbreak

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 13:32
related places: Zwedru

A group of prisoners escape from a jail in Liberia's south-eastern city of Zwedru near the forested border with Ivory Coast.
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Liberia forests handed to loggers

Tuesday, September 4th 2012, 4:59

More than 60% of Liberia's rainforest has been granted to logging companies in recent years, a report says.
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Liberian president suspends son

Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 15:18

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf suspends one of her sons from the post of central bank deputy governor, her office says.
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Taylor allies’ sanctions lifted

Thursday, July 26th 2012, 9:13

The UN Security Council lifts sanctions against 17 Liberians linked to former Liberian president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.
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Drugs, arms 'fuel Africa unrest'

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 6:52

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf blames growing drug trafficking and unchecked arms trade for fuelling insurgencies across Africa.
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Ivorians extradited from Liberia

Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 15:34

The Liberian government extradites 41 Ivorians accused of trying to launch cross-border raids on Ivory Coast.
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AUDIO: A lesson on a Liberian road

Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 6:59
related countries: United Kingdom

You are ten times more likely to die in a traffic accident in Liberia than you are in the United Kingdom. The roads there are shocking and the health service was destroyed in the civil war.
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Liberia's Taylor plans an appeal

Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 12:15

Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor is to appeal against his conviction by a UN-backed war crimes court, his lawyers say.
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April 17th 2013 – June 19th 2012June 10th 2012 – April 6th 2012March 19th 2012 – November 4th 2011October 31st 2011 – March 28th 2011March 11th 2011 – November 3rd 2010September 27th 2010 – June 30th 2010June 2nd 2010 – August 5th 2009July 30th 2009 – February 3rd 2009February 2nd 2009 – June 2nd 2008May 15th 2008 – January 9th 2008January 8th 2008 – July 19th 2007July 12th 2007 – February 1st 2007January 30th 2007 – September 7th 2006August 23rd 2006 – April 24th 2006April 24th 2006 – March 25th 2006March 17th 2006 – November 24th 2005November 23rd 2005 – November 11th 2005