While the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of areas to truly consolidate the peace, the top United Nations envoy to the West African nation said today.

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Liberia: UN envoy says further progress needed to consolidate fragile peace UN News Centre 8 September 2010 – While the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of … and more »

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The prosecution witness and former member of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel group, Joseph Zig Zag Marzah, did not have physical proximity to the former Liberian president, a former radio operator attached to Mr. Taylor’s Special Security Service (SSS) unit told the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today.

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The one-day crack Executive Mansion reconciliation meeting President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hosted between the widows of the slain leaders of the ‘1980 Revolution’ ended with a sealed peace deal, leaving observers flummoxed. Observers, basing their cynicism on hindsight, had thought that the sealed deal might be anything but sincere for a number of reasons – past failed high-profile reconciliation attempts being one key reason. But Mrs. Tarloh Quiwonkpa, believed to be the most bitter of the two, says neither she, the President, nor Mrs. Samuel Doe have any reason to feign peace. She has been talking with The Analyst:The wife of former AFL Commanding General and PRC strongman Thomas G. Quiwonkpa, Mrs. Tarlor Quiwonkpa, said the outcome of last week’s Executive Mansion peace meeting was no drama but a sincere mutual decision for peaceful coexistence.

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New Liberian Military Puts Country First, Says Defense Minister Samukai The Liberian Journal From a brute tax collection and enforcement arm to coup makers to one of the principal actors in the savage civil war, the Liberian military leaves nothing …

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Returning to the stand after a brief illness, a former Sierra Leonean rebel leader said his group did not fight battles for former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, in neighboring Guinea and Liberia.

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Liberia: Issa Sesay Says the RUF Did Not Fight for Charles Taylor in Guinea … AllAfrica.com Returning to the stand after a brief illness, a former Sierra Leonean rebel leader said his group did not fight battles for former Liberian President, …

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As 2011 presidential election encroaches, Mr. George Weah has declared that he is knowledgeable enough, and that with a good team.

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Liberian government says budget for the University has increased markedly in 4 … Running Africa Government's budgetary support to the University of Liberia has increased markedly in the last four years, growing from US$1.1 million in 2006 when …

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