Liberia News

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf listens to World Bank President Robert Zoellick during a news conference at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, April 16, 2009.

John Morlu came to the position of Auditor General of Liberia with clean records and credentials having won the admiration of the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with the backing from the international community.

In war-ravaged Liberia, the King of Pop wasn't just a musician with fierce dance moves and a howl to match.

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.

The Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission will conclude its work Tuesday and release its final report.

The United Nations awarded medals to Filipino peacekeepers assigned in Liberia in a ceremony held last week in Monrovia, the foreign affairs department said.

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.

This event celebrates this generation's musical accomplishments through the launch of e'Dijene Records; The Savoy Group Intl' Inc.,presents the 1st Annual Liberia Music Festival, which will be taking place on the eighteenth of July in Monrovia, Liberia.

Nepali peacekeepers have been awarded medals for their contribution to peace and security in Liberia.

The transfer of responsibility of a police training facility to Liberian forces points to the full development of a democratic force, U.N. representatives said.

The handing over of new training facilities to the Liberian National Police signals a boost in efforts to achieve a fully-functional democratic security force in the West African nation, said the top United Nations envoy to Liberia.

A group of experts monitoring United Nations sanctions on Liberia has called for the extension of the world body's peacekeeping mission in the West African country to assist the Government in regaining control of its natural resources.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia has released its final report on the civil conflict in Liberia that ended in 2003.

Monrovia - The chairman of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Monday called on his countrymen to strive for unity to overcome the scars left by years of civil war.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has made additional appointments in Government. Dr. Momo Rogers, has been named Director of the Cabinet at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs; while Mr.

The culture of corruption and impunity in Liberia is unarguably entrenched and commonplace.

The Senior Senator of Bomi County, Hon. Lahai G. Lansanah is to shortly appear before a Police Panel of investigators to comment on his alleged roll in the fatal shoot-out at the Guthrie Rubber Plantation in Bomi and Cape Mount Counties early this year.

LoneStar Cell Communication in collaboration with the United Nations Missions in Liberia, joined other African Countries yesterday to celebrate the Day of the African Child .

There is no doubt in the minds of most Liberians that peace and reconciliation will continue to be illusive national desires unless stakeholders identified the grey areas in Liberia's social order and destroy them through consensus-seeking dialogue.

As the Russian national sat on the "Prisoners' Bench" at the Monrovia Magisterial Court Tuesday, charged with stealing of US$150,000 worth of diamonds and wondering whether he would be sent to the prison, two lawyers hotly contested to come to his defense.