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Educational System Still In Shock Of War

The Liberian educational system is said to be suffering from the shock of the decade-long civil war, an official of the Ministry of Education has said in Monrovia.

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Planned Demonstration In the Making for Sekou Demante Conneh?s Release

Massive preparations are being planned in Monrovia by certain elements within the Mandingo Community to stage a non-violent street demonstration in protest to the prolonged detention in Guinea of the former presidential candidate for the Progressive Democratic Party for Liberia (PROTEMP), Mr.Sekou Demante Conneh.

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Liberia commission recommends warlord prosecution

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia's truth and reconciliation commission recommended Thursday that ex-President Charles Taylor and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the West African country's civil war.

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Liberia: Planned Demonstration in the Making

Massive preparations are being planned in Monrovia by certain elements within the Mandingo Community to stage a non-violent street demonstration in protest to the prolonged detention in Guinea of the former presidential candidate for the Progressive Democratic Party for Liberia (PROTEMP), Mr. Sekou Demante Conneh.

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Liberia: Educational System Still in Shock of War

The Liberian educational system is said to be suffering from the shock of the decade-long civil war, an official of the Ministry of Education has said in Monrovia.

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Controversial Mayor is Talk of the Town

Myaha Johnson sits with her family beneath a flimsy shelter of black plastic, looking with despair at the charred remains of what used to be their home. Mary Broh, Monrovia's controversial mayor-designate, had just swept through the neighbourhood with her task force, vigorously tearing down residential structures along the back road, including their own.

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Liberians get by selling coconuts, saving dollar by dollar

Unemployment rates in the U.S. and Canada are approaching double digits, but these figures pale to Liberia's, where the official unemployment rate stands at 85 percent. A Worldfocus contributing blogger in Monrovia describes how most Liberians get by, even if they are not formally employed.

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Food Assistance in the Transition from Recovery to Sustainable Development in Liberia

Five years after a destructive 14-year war, formidable challenges still hinder Liberia’s drive to recovery. Poverty is pervasive while food insecurity and malnutrition are widespread. Maternal and child mortality rates are staggering and the gross enrolment ratio indicator, as per the 2008 Human Development Report, ranks Liberia 147th out of 157 countries. The very complex operational environment,...

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Unmil Trains Liberian Journalists As Trainers

The Public Information Section of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has awarded certificates to 11 Liberian journalists as 'trainers' following a weeklong intensive training program in Monrovia.

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MOF/DOB Hosts Workshop for Sector Heads/Budget Analysts

The Ministry of Finance through the Department of the Budget yesterday, June 25, 2009, began a two-day workshop on budget execution for sector heads and budget analysts in Monrovia.

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LNP Gets New Training Facilities - Donors Meet to Address Future Needs

UN Envoy, Ellen Margrethe Løj has said that the handing over of new training facilities is a sign that efforts are being redoubled to train the Liberian National Police and to achieve the goal of a well and fully-functional democratic force. She made these remarks during the handing over ceremony of a seven classroom-building at the National Police Training Academy in Paynesville, Monrovia on...

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Umpire or Inciter? TRC Under Spotlight

In the closing stage of the Liberian civil war, when Monrovia was under siege and the elected government of President Charles Taylor threw in the towel, Liberian peace stakeholders then meeting in Accra, Ghana, to rescue the nation resolved to stop fighting and seek reconciliation.

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Liberia: Police Gets New Training Facilities

UN Envoy, Ellen Margrethe Løj has said that the handing over of new training facilities is a sign that efforts are being redoubled to train the Liberian National Police and to achieve the goal of a well and fully-functional democratic force. She made these remarks during the handing over ceremony of a seven classroom-building at the National Police Training Academy in Paynesville, Monrovia on...

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Representative Warns Against Presecuting Former Warlords

In the closing stage of the Liberian civil war, when Monrovia was under siege and the elected government of President Charles Taylor threw in the towel, Liberian peace stakeholders then meeting in Accra, Ghana, to rescue the nation resolved to stop fighting and seek reconciliation. They chose the palava-hut style true telling, forgiveness seeking, forgiveness granting, and fence-mending process to...

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Liberia Receives US$3.5M For Coastal Defense

The Acting Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Jerome Nyenkan, has disclosed that the World Bank has given Liberia US$3.5M for its Costal Defense program which will target three cities including Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia, Buchanan, the Capital of Grand Bassa County and Robertsport, the Capital of Grand Cape Mount County.