Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Seven new US-Africa flight routes planned
afrol News, 12 November - The Atlanta-based US airliner Delta Air Lines today announced it is planning to launch seven new flights connecting North America and Africa. New connections from Atlanta will go to South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verde. New York is to be connected with South Africa and Nigeria.
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Politics | Society
Jordan adds more support to UN police in Liberia
afrol News, 10 November - Jordan has become the first country to pledge an additional unit to UN police in Liberia, answering Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for extra forces to support west African state as it continues its recovery from a decade-long civil war. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Society
Major boost for Liberia palm oil farmers
afrol News, 29 August - Liberian palm oil farmers will receive a major boost to their production following signing of a grant aimed at poor communities by United States African Development Foundation yesterday. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Liberia begins anti-graft war
afrol News, 26 August - The signing of a law creating the establishment of an anti-corruption commission by president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf clearly indicates Liberia's readiness to begin war on graft. Read more
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Politics | Society | Environment - Nature
Worst floods hit Liberia
afrol News, 22 July - Residents in Liberia's capital Monrovia had been hit by what has been the country's worst flood in history which was precipitated by intense and heavy rains, forcing more than a thousand people to flee their homes. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
UN extends Liberia embargo
afrol News, 20 June - The United Nations Security Council has unanimously extended Liberia's arms embargo mandate until 20 December, complaining that the West African country's situation continues to threaten international security..
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Society | Agriculture - Nutrition | Politics
Land dispute kills 13 in Liberia
afrol News, 12 June - At least 13 people are dead with more than 20 missing after a land conflict in a remote southern part of Liberia. The clashes follow conflict lines from the ended civil war.
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Society | Environment - Nature
Coastal erosion displacing Liberians
afrol News / IRIN, 29 May - Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan, the second largest city in Liberia, and government officials say the whole city of 200,000 people is threatened. Uncontrolled mining is said to be the main cause for erosion.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Taylor's RUF link exposed
afrol News, 15 May - Moses Blah, the former Liberian President, has become the most high-profile figure to testify in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial in The Hague. Mr Blah has confirmed that Mr Taylor, a former warlord-turned-President, had links with Sierra Leone's rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF).
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» 18.03.2008 - NGO denies "nude" protest
» 03.03.2008 - Cellcom enjoys major investment
» 01.02.2008 - Liberian warlord snubs TRC
» 01.02.2008 - Publisher escapes death trap
» 16.01.2008 - Windfall for Liberian business
» 04.01.2008 - UNMIL sex abuse declines
» 19.12.2007 - Liberia urged to guard peace
» 27.11.2007 - UN hands over Liberia courts
» 20.11.2007 - Liberia, Israel firm sign deal
» 13.11.2007 - Liberia's debt cancellation approved
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