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Liberia News
Cross border traders raise eyebrows over Liberia's rice ban
July 20, 2011Voinjama is the capital of Liberia’s Lofa County in the hilly far northwestern flank of the country near the Guinean border.
This small city, located some 163km from the Liberian capital Monrovia, serves as one of the key border posts with neigbouring Guinea, where trading between the two countries normally booms.
LFA shocked over Bicskei’s death, contemplate Landi
July 19, 2011The Liberia Football Association has described the death of national team coach, Bertalan Bicskei as "disturbing."
MRU leaders on Liberia, I. Coast border security threat
July 18, 2011With Liberia’s elections just three months away, Mano River Union heads of state say the border threat between Liberia and Ivory Coast is a factor that could adversely affect the entire sub-region.
Ouattara, Conde, Koroma to join Sirleaf in Monrovia
July 16, 2011The Heads of State of member countries of the Mano River Union (MRU) are expected on Sunday in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, for a Union summit on border security and refugees conditions.
Liberia: George Weah returns with US degree to hero's welcome
July 16, 2011Liberia’s international football icon turned politician George Weah, who recently got a college degree from a US university, returned home Friday to a tumultuous welcome from thousands of his opposition party supporters in the capital, Monrovia.
Weah arrives two weeks after the National Elections Commission (NEC) declared campaigning for this year's presidential and general election officially opened.
$318m for MRU states electric power interconnection
July 15, 2011A meeting of energy experts, technical and financial stakeholders has ended in the Guinean capital Conakry.
The group met to talk about the electricity interconnection project of Mano River Union countries.Electoral constituencies demarcated in Liberia
July 13, 2011As campaigning continues in Liberia, voters and political players now know their various constituencies.
UNHCR relocates 2,000 Ivorian refugees to camps, as malnutrition hits
July 12, 2011The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has relocated 2,000 Ivorian refugees from transit center and border communities to camps it established in Liberia's northeastern and southeastern regions.
Malnutrition hits Ivorian refugee children in Liberia
July 12, 2011BY William Selmah, WADR's Correspondent
Reports from border towns in northeastern Liberia say many Ivorian refugee children are malnourished in several Liberian border towns and villages.
Liberia, Ivory Coast upbeat about sub-regional security
July 10, 2011Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has ended a weekend visit to Liberia, with both countries saying the talks between him and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf would promote security in the Mano River Union and strengthen relations between the two neighbours.
The MRU is a four-nation bloc grouping Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea.Latest News by Countries
