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Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under ...
The opposition Liberty Party (LP) is expected to hold Monrovia and its environs at a stands till When it carry out a formal campaign rally today, November 6,2009 at the Antoinette Tubman stadium (ATS).
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on the invitation of the Government of China, is this weekend joining a select number of African Heads of State to participate in the opening session of the fourth Ministerial Conference of a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from November 8-9.
As the Montserrado County senatorial race enters its final days, more cabinet ministers have rolled their sleeves for the Unity Party's candidate, with Planning Minister and presidential confidante Amara Konneh warning George Weah to "go back to school", adding, "We are ready for you."
Unity Party Senatorial aspirant Clemenceau Blayon Urey, has begun undertaking a private initiative aimed at bringing relief to residence of Montserrado through a quick impact road rehabilitation project.
Professor Wilson Tarpeh, one of the 10 candidates in the race has been assured by the people of Todee of their support to his candidacy in the Montserrado County By-elections. He was in Todee on Wednesday as part of and in continuation of the ongoing campaign which comes to an end on November 8, 2009.
The governments of the Republic of Liberia and the State of Qatar formally established diplomatic relations at the Ambassadorial level.
The ruling Unity Party (UP) has retorted to inundating claims that it is involved in votes buying from voters and described same as ‘baseless and unfounded, famous words often used by politicians and ordinary people to denounce and deny allegations made against them or their institutions.
Liberia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Al-Hassan Conteh presented his Letter of Credence to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at an elaborate ceremony held on n Tuesday, November 3, at State House in the Nigerian Capital Abuja.
Charles Taylor did not order the execution of Sierra Leonean rebel commander Sam Bockarie, but rather sent his former vice president Moses Blah to arrest him on the Liberian border with Ivory Coast, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today.
Following is the text of a message issued by H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the occasion of Liberia's National Thanksgiving Day, November 5, 2009:
Which Is Hampering TRC Report?
In a surprising move, Charles Taylor today reinforced the truthfulness of his former vice president's testimony against him last year, but dismissed the evidence of a Liberian journalist as full of "lies" and "exaggeration."
The Bureau of Customs and Excise will on Monday launch ASYCUDA Liberia software pilot project initiated by the Department of Revenues at the Finance Ministry.
Residents of Thinker Village near the Samuel K. Doe complex where the body of the late Rivercess County citizen James Berry was found, have added theirs voices to the many Rivercess Citizens and some peace loving Liberians, to blame the Justice Ministry for what they called it delay to come out with the report of the investigation surrounding the mysterious demise of a businessman.
Post war Liberia is making frantic efforts to catch up with the rest of the world-of computer technology-after wasting 14 years to brutal civil war, destruction and decadence.
President Ellen Johnson has expressed deep "shocked and distressed" over the vicious murder of Keith K. Jubah, Chairman of the Public Procurement Concession Commission (PPCC) who was shot to death Sunday.
Liberia's Vice President, Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., says the Makona River Union-a sub-regional grouping which brings together members of the Kissi ethnic group of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone-has made positive progress and built a strong bond of unity among its members.
The University of Liberia Student Union (ULSU) has termed as "greatly frustrating" the trend the country is taking with many youth being prone to die at an early age due to acute poverty.
The Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Cllr. James Fromoyah has announced the arrival 500,000 ballot papers in the country from Accra, Ghana for the November 10 by-election.
The Liberia National Police has arrested and charged Morlia Sillah, Abu Sackor, John Torbor and Christopher Elliot with burglary.
The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has expressed disdain over recent media reports regarding the ongoing investigation in the scandal at the Ministry of Information.
The government of Liberia will on Monday, November 2, 2009 formally launch the New National Biometric Passports at the Ministry of foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill.
Thursday, 29 October 2009 marked the 71st birth anniversary President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who was in the South-eastern city of Greenville, with a renewed commitment to continue to pursue her reform agenda for the growth and development of Liberia.
The Minister of Labor, Cllr.Tiawan Gongloe says labor is a valuable commodity on the job market and as such, those who buy it must pay valuable price.
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