| Taylor Never Gave His Rebels Orders to Kill, Said Witness |
| A witness defending Charles Taylor today said he never heard of the former Liberian president giving orders to his own rebel forces to kill, rape, loot or burn people's houses, as alleged by prosecutors. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:36 GMT) |
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| Taking Government to the People - an Eyewitness Account of State's South Eastern Experience |
| President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, along with members of her Cabinet, set out on Saturday, February 27, 2010, for a week-long visit to southeastern Liberia, an area which, like most parts of the country, is slowly recovering from its share of the 14-year civil conflict. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:48:43 GMT) |
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| President Sirleaf Ends South Eastern Tour |
| President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf returned to the Liberian capital, Monrovia, on Saturday, March 6, following a weeklong visit to the southeastern counties of Maryland, River Gee and Grand Gedeh. The President also made stops in Nimba and Bong Counties. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:52 GMT) |
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| Koina Salone Ex-Refugees' Houses Looted in Monrovia |
| Efforts by the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the UNHCR and LRRRC towards the integration of former Sierra Leonean refugees who opted for a second home in Liberia have been dealt a serious blow by enemies of development. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:42:36 GMT) |
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| Witness Says, Taylor Wanted Power To Empower Citizens |
| Charles Taylor wanted power to empower the Liberian people to develop their country, a defense witness told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:20:37 GMT) |
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| Sirleaf Second Terms Gets Backing in Southeast |
| Tens of thousands of citizens in the southeastern counties of Maryland, River Gee and Grand Gedeh have pledged overwhelming support for the second term bid of incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, describing her as "the only messiah" to lead Liberia for now. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:20 GMT) |
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| Calm Returns to Violence-Torn County |
| Latest report reaching the Informer Newspaper indicates that calm has returned to Lofa County following violence clashes last Friday which according to information resulted in the killing of five persons. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:17 GMT) |
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| Peace Keepers are Not Bias, Says Mission Boss |
| The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General Madame Magrethe Ellen Loj has denied claims that Bangladeshi Contingent assigned in Lofa County were impartial during the riot that killed four persons leaving several wounded. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:12 GMT) |
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| Witness Says Taylor Did Not Join 1999 Rebel Attack on Freetown |
| Neither Charles Taylor nor his security forces supported or participated in the Sierra Leonean rebel attack on the country's capital Freetown in 1999, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard today as Mr. Taylor's first defense witness ended his testimony. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:50:17 GMT) |
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| Police Officer Indicted for Stealing |
| Dennis W. Keleko, an officer of the Liberia National Police has been indicted for stealing a mini purse containing many valuables. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:22 GMT) |
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| "Pres. Sirleaf Did Not Order Euro- ICC Contracts Aborted" |
| A clarification has been made on a Front Page Story published on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Vol. 1 No. 15 of the New Dawn Newspaper, captioned; "Ellen Orders Euro Logging, ICC Contract aborted". Browsing through the story one would understand that the letter which the publisher refers to has been misinterpreted. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:18 GMT) |
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| River Gee Gets First Immigration Office As Ellen Breaks Ground for Sports Complex |
| For the first time in its history, Liberia's newest, county, River Gee, now has a new immigration office. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:16 GMT) |
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| Man 25 Indicted for Raping Seven Years Girl |
| A 25 year-old Timothy Sumo has been indicted for allegedly raping a 7-year old girl in the Peace Island Community in Congo Town. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:14 GMT) |
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| Citizens Undergo Peace Building Training |
| The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in collaboration with the Liberia Peace Building Office has launched a major peace building training workshop in Monrovia. The intensive training program which was launched Monday at the Cape Hotel in Mamba Point is expected to last up to Friday, March 5, 2010. The training is sponsored by ACCORD. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:11 GMT) |
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| Firestone Launches Radio Station 89.5 FM |
| The Management of Firestone Liberia has officially opened its Radio station "Voice of Firestone Liberia." The official ceremony took place on Friday, February 26, 2010, on the compound of the Administration Building in Harbel, Margibi County. The new radio station was launched in a bid to disseminate unfolding events and developments within the concession area of the company and its surrounding communities. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:09 GMT) |
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| Witness Claims Prosecutors Misrepresented His Statement |
| Charles Taylor's defense witness, Mr. Yanks Smythe has said that certain aspects of his written statement were misrepresented as prosecutors today pointed out inconsistencies in his written statement to defense lawyers and his oral testimony in court. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:27:13 GMT) |
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| President Sirleaf Meets Market Women and Other Groups |
| In continuation of a southeastern marathon, President Ellen Johnson has been holding side consultations with the leadership of various social, ethnic, religious as well as professional associations everywhere she goes. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:49:49 GMT) |
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| Witness says, "Nobody Is Lying" |
| A defense witness for Charles Taylor has dismissed prosecution assertions that his testimony is contradicting that of the former Liberian president, telling the court that neither him, nor Mr. Taylor, is lying to the judges. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:58:01 GMT) |
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| President Sirleaf's South-Eastern Tour Kicks-Off |
| The President of the newly established William V. S. Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County, Dr. Elizabeth Davis-Russell, was on Saturday, February 27, inducted into office at a well-attended convocation ceremony attended by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other senior Government officials. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:11:18 GMT) |
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| Bar's Law and Order Conference Ends in Lawlessness |
| Several lawyers and judges who left Monrovia last weekend to attend their annual conference in Voinjama, Lofa County, under the theme: "law and order', found themselves caught in lawlessness with the conference cancelled. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:11 GMT) |
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| Lofa Explodes - Religious and Tribal Tensions Burst in Flames and Death |
| Mobs of rival ethnic and religious gangs last week roamed the streets of Voinjama, Lofa County, killing, burning and looting as hundreds fled in scenes reminiscent of the war. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:10 GMT) |
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| UNMIL's 'Bias' - Lofa Citizens Want Replacement |
| Lofa County political and social leaders have accused the Muslim Bangladeshi, Jordanian and Pakistani contingents of UNMIL stationed in Voinjama of backing Muslim gangs by protecting Islamic symbols while churches and other Christian symbols were destroyed. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:09 GMT) |
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| Insults Result to One Burnt Alive, One Shot in the Head |
| An angry mob Saturday burnt to death a uniformed police officer believed to be a member of the Police Support Unit (PSU), after the officer shot one Preston Davis dead on the Capitol Bye-Pass. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:08 GMT) |
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| Voinjama Exodus - Many Cross into Guinea Again |
| Hundreds of residents of this hilly town, Voinjama, with their earthly belongings on their heads in scenes reminiscent of the war, streamed out as uncontrolled gangs reined havoc into surrounding villages. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:07 GMT) |
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| President Sirleaf Expresses Grave Concern Over Situation in Lofa-Calls On Citizens to Remain Calm |
| President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf notes with grave concern and regret the development in Kornia and Voinjama of Lofa County that led to the few deaths and the destruction of religious edifices and private property. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:37:32 GMT) |
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| Defense Witness Says Taylor Never Used Child Soldiers |
| Charles Taylor's first defense witness said that prosecution witnesses lied when they testified that the former Liberian president recruited and used children for combat purposes in Liberia. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:12:34 GMT) |
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| UN Blue Helmets Sent to Scene of Violence in North-West Region |
| The United Nations Mission in Liberia has sent police and troops to help national authorities investigate an outbreak of violence in the country's north-west, where several people have reportedly been wounded in inter-communal clashes. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:12:04 GMT) |
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| Witness Says Taylor Did Not Receive Diamonds From Rebels |
| Former Liberian president Charles Taylor did not form or contribute to any plan to commit crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone, nor did he receive any diamonds from Sierra Leonean rebel forces as alleged by prosecutors, according to Mr. Taylor's first witness. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:34:56 GMT) |
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| Witness Denies Taylor Planned to Destabilize Region |
| Charles Taylor did not formulate a plan to destabilize West Africa, according to the former Liberian president's first witness who said he trained with Mr. Taylor's rebels in Libya in the 1980s. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:05:30 GMT) |
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| President Sirleaf Dedicates Mango Town Market, Improving Working Conditions for Women in Area |
| Speaking at the program, the Liberian leader described the construction of the market as the fulfillment of a promise to provide better working conditions for women of the area. The President explained that the market was constructed with funds raised through voluntary contributions from friends and other well-wishers who want to identify with programs being supported by the Liberian leader. |
| Read More...(Source: AllAfrica News: Liberia - Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:12:38 GMT) |
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