Media | Politics
Liberia President named "friend of the media"
afrol News, 11 October - After Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf last week signed off the wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act, African editors have decided to award her with a "friend of the media" title.
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Society | Human rights
Naomi Campbell must testify in Taylor case
afrol News, 2 July - The war crimes court in Sierra Leone has ordered the high-profile British model Naomi Campbell to give evidence about a blood diamond given to her by the Liberia's notorious ex-President Charles Taylor.
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Society | Labour
Trafficked Bangladeshis return home from Liberia
afrol News, 4 June - From South Asia's poorhouse Bangladesh, 39 workers in November were tricked to pay large sums to travel to West African poorhouse Liberia, where they were promised well paid jobs. Finally, they are home in Dhaka.
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Politics | Society
President Ellen in Liberia poll headache
afrol News, 22 April - Liberia's popular President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who in January announced she would go for a second term, is set to meet strong challengers in the 2011 polls. But the main challenge will be voter registration.
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Economy - Development
New British law could save Liberia's debt legal saga
afrol News, 20 April - A UN human rights expert on foreign debt today welcomed a landmark debt relief law in the UK which limits the ability of so-called "vulture funds" to sue the world's poorest countries in British courts for repayment of debts, saying they could have ramifications for a recent court verdict involving Liberia.
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Politics | Economy - Development
IMF commissions a mission to Liberia
afrol News, 15 February - The International Monetary Fund has commissioned a high powered team to Liberia to hold discussions on the country’s progress under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.
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Politics | Society
Sirleaf seeks second term in office
afrol News, 26 January - Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced plans to seek a second term in the west African state polls scheduled for 2011, defying her promise of only holding the presidency for one term.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Culture - Arts | Society
First female wins Liberia's youth leadership award
afrol News, 22 December - A 19-year-old Vivian Akoto of Liberia has become the first female to win A Star is Born, a youth competition which since 2006 has used music as an instrument for social change, national unity, and an agent to promote peace and development in the West African country.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Liberia exempted from arms embargo
afrol News, 18 December - The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to exempt Liberia from an arms embargo imposed on the West African state in 2003.
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Politics | Human rights | Society | Media
Media rights group condemns arrest of media players
afrol News, 17 December - The media rights organisation, Media Foundation for West Africa, has condemned the detention of a publisher and a printer following a newspaper report alleging that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's government supplied arms to dissident forces in neighbouring Guinea.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Liberia pledges support to small farmers
afrol News, 1 December - The Liberian authorities have expressed unwavering support to small farmers saying they are critical in poverty alleviation through agriculture-led strategies.
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Society | Human rights
Sierra Leone judge takes over Taylor case
afrol News, 2 November - Jon Kamanda, a Sierra Leonean judge, has taken over as the new President of the UN-backed war crimes court that also presides over the case against Liberian ex-Dictator Charles Taylor. Mr Kamenda is the first local to lead the special court.
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Politics | Society | Human rights | Culture - Arts
Young Liberians to audition for top music award
afrol News, 7 October - Young people across Liberia will get their shot at fame as national auditions get under way for a televised music contest in the West African country, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced today as it helped launched the event.
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Politics | Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
West African biodiversity corridor high on Abidjan meeting
afrol News, 2 October - A plan to develop a biodiversity corridor across the border between Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia will be the focus of discussions to be held in Abidjan next week in cooperation the United Nations and other organisations.
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» 07.07.2009 - Liberian president angered by TRC report
» 26.06.2009 - WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia
» 04.06.2009 - US govt blocks new flights to Kenya, Liberia
» 22.05.2009 - Liberia gets direct air link to US
» 04.05.2009 - Taylor's acquittal plea thrown out
» 16.04.2009 - Liberia successfully completes old debt buy back deal
» 06.04.2009 - Lawyers seek Taylor’s acquittal
» 17.03.2009 - Liberia Senate chief resigns
» 26.01.2009 - Thousands could face hunger in Liberia
» 21.01.2009 - Caterpillars invade Liberia's villages
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