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UN mission in Liberia confirms mandate extension
Liberia  | 9/17/2009 7:38:28 AM The UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia has confirmed the extension of its mandate by one year after the world body unanimously adopted a resolution early in the week on the issue.

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ECOWAS to Send More Observers to Monitor Liberia Run-off
Liberia  | 10/17/2011 11:52:25 PM The president of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says his organization will send a larger delegation to monitor Liberia’s November 8 presidential run-off.
Liberia loses US$12 million annually to illegal fishing
Liberia  | 11/23/2010 10:55:15 PM Due to lack of a functioning coast guard to keep surveillance on Liberia’s territorial waters, the country is losing an estimated US$12 million in revenues per annum from illegal fishing activities, APA learns here Tuesday.
EU announces €12.5 million budgetary support to Liberia
Liberia  | 11/11/2010 7:47:26 AM The European Union has announced additional €12.5 million direct budgetary support to Liberia under its Budget Support for Macroeconomic Stabilization (BCMS) programme, APA learns here Thursday.
Liberia’s petroleum outfit signs $22mn contract to rehabilitate tank farm
Liberia  | 10/25/2010 1:05:31 PM The Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) has signed a US$22 million contract with the United Kingdom-based engineering contracting firm Motherwell Bridge for rehabilitation and expansion of the corporation’s tank farm
Liberian leader participates in ILO, IMF conference
Liberia  | 9/13/2010 8:30:46 AM Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Oslo, Norway to participate in a high-level conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) being held on Monday, said a press statement from the presidential mansion.

 
UN mission in Liberia confirms mandate extension
Liberia  | 9/17/2009 7:38:28 AM The UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia has confirmed the extension of its mandate by one year after the world body unanimously adopted a resolution early in the week on the issue.
 
Liberian Under-23 face Ivory Coast in Olympic qualifier
Liberia  | 4/20/2011 12:37:40 PM Liberia's Under- 23 football squad will face their opponents from Ivory Coast at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports complex in Monrovia on Wednesday.
Liberian U-23 soccer team to take on Sierra Leone Sunday
Liberia  | 12/17/2010 6:49:52 AM Sierra Leone’s U-23 soccer squad arrives in Liberia Thursday to take on Liberia’s U-23 team in an Olympic qualifying match on Sunday at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia, APA learns here.
Thousands of Liberians gather in Monrovia sports complex to watch UEFA final
Liberia  | 5/28/2009 12:15:57 PM Over 16, 000 Liberians on Wednesday converged at the refurbished Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in the northern Monrovia suburb of Paynesville to watch the grand final of the UEFA champions league between English club Manchester United and their Spanish rivals, Barcelona.
 
Liberian top officials escort bodies of Guinean military officers
Liberia  | 2/14/2013 10:31:24 PM Liberian Defense Minister Brownie J. Samukai Jr. at the head of a high-powered government delegation on Tuesday escorted the bodies of the 11 Guineans who died the previous day in a plane crash in Liberia.
Liberia declares national day of mourning for plane crash victims
Liberia  | 2/11/2013 9:19:12 PM The government of Liberia on Monday declared Tuesday a national day of mourning after an air crash claimed the lives of Guinean military chief General Kelefa Diallo and 10 others at Charlesville, 40 kilometers southeast of the country's capital Monrovia, according to Minister of Information Lewis Brown.
Former Special Court Investigator Prince Taylor Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years in Prison
Liberia  | 2/11/2013 9:15:30 PM Prince Taylor, a former Defence investigator at the Special Court, must serve a total of 2-1/2 years on his conviction of interfering with Prosecution witnesses, Justice Teresa Doherty ruled today.
Taylor Sentence Sparks Justice Debate in Liberia
Liberia  | 6/1/2012 12:41:16 AM DAKAR - The sentencing of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Wednesday was heralded as an historic moment for Sierra Leone. But in neighboring Liberia, many say the justice and reconciliation process is only just beginning. As Taylor was handed a 50-year jail term, Liberian rights groups and activists were debating whether Taylor's allies and rivals should also be subject to international justice.
Mixed reactions from Liberians at ex-president's verdict
Liberia  | 5/31/2012 12:25:52 AM Liberians are divided in opinion on the 50 years' jail sentence handed down Wednesday on Liberia's convicted former President Charles Taylor, age 64.
 
UN official lauds Chinese peacekeepers in Liberia
Liberia  | 10/14/2012 1:28:04 AM The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Coordinator of UN Operations in Liberia Karin Landgren has praised the Chinese Engineer Company of United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in Zwedru for helping with the development and maintenance of road infrastructure in southeastern Liberia.
President Sirleaf in Cotonou, poised for Niamey visit
Liberia  | 4/6/2011 12:49:38 PM Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Cotonou, Benin, to attend the inauguration, Wednesday, of the newly elected President, Dr. Boni Yayi.
Liberia recalls ambassador to U.S.
Liberia  | 8/4/2010 12:24:55 AM Liberia has announced the immediate recall of its ambassador to the United States.
Liberia says senior Indian official to pay first visit in 40 years
Liberia  | 9/15/2009 11:21:41 PM An senior Indian official will pay a visit this week to Liberia, the first of its kind in the past four decades, according to the Foreign Ministry of the West African country.
Liberians pin hopes on visit by U.S. secretary of state
Liberia  | 8/12/2009 12:34:46 PM Ahead of the visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday, Liberians from various spectrum of the country have called on the government led by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to use the chance to frankly tell the U.S. government that it is obliged to play its role as a traditional friend by increasing its investment in the western African country.
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