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'Maliciously Manufactured Fraud' - Willis Knuckles Addresses
FrontPageAfrica
August 22, 2008 - FrontpageAfrica.com
he former Chief of Office Staff of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Mr.
Willis Knuckles has protested about unknown persons who had entered his
Yahoo mail account.
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FPA EX: Emails Tie Lib. Officials to LISCR Deal Bribery;
U.S. Help Sought in Probe
August 22, 2008 - FrontpageAfrica.com
A chain of emails obtained by FrontPageAfrica appears to suggest corruption
at the highest level of the Liberian government, a bridge of Liberia's Penal
Code and the United States anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA).
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Liberia: Western Cluster to Open Before 2009
August 19, 2008 - AllAfrica.com
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the mining concession areas in the
Western Cluster of the country would be opened before the end of this year
to boost employment in the country.
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Kenya: Struggling for peace
August 19, 2008 - BBC News - Africa
When Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki signed a peace deal on 27 February,
ending Kenya's post-election violence, people took to the streets to celebrate.
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Zambia's president dies in France
August 19, 2008 - BBC News - Africa
Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa has died in a Paris hospital after suffering
a stroke in June. He was 59.
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Thieves Hit Police Headquarter
August 14, 2008 - New Democrat
Police are investigating a midnight burglary of the offices of Police Inspector
Mona Sieh and Deputy Inspector of Police for Operations, Col. Gayflor Tarpeh.
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Nigeria cedes Bakassi to Cameroon
August 14, 2008 - BBC Africa News
Nigeria has handed over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon,
bringing an end to a long-standing dispute over the territory.
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Senate Uproar Intensifies
August 11, 2008 - New Democrat
The scramble for the Senate’s leadership has been taken to court,
with a vow Friday from (2)two political parties to stage a “massive
demonstration” if he is not re-instated
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Fresh start for Nigerian oil activists?
August 11, 2008 - BBC Africa News
Cherie Kanaan's family live only yards away from an oil well in Ogoniland
in the heart of Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta.
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‘Hand to Mouth’ in Liberia: New Price Regulations a Strain
for Rice Dealers
August 10, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
Prices of the three grades of rice sold on the Liberian market have been
increased through a recently-announced government price structure.
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Krahn Leaders Bribed ECOMOG
August 10, 2008 - New Democract
A former official of the defunct UNLIMO-K, Mr. Alieu “Jesus” Swaray Thursday
claimed that the West African Peacekeeping force, ECOMOG was paid by elite
ethnic Krahns to allow ex-AFL General Charles Julu take over the Executive
Mansion in August 1994.
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Senate Factionalized
August 10, 2008 - New Democract
The senate has been fractionalized with the exit of Isaac Nyenabo as some
senators boycotted session Thursday to discuss his replacement.
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Unicco President's Independence Day Message
July 26, 2008 - UNICCO Digest
UNICCO President's Independence Day Message
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Armed Robbery, High-jacking Now Capital Offense in Liberia,
Sirleaf Signs Bill
July 23, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday signed into law an act, making
armed robbery, terrorism and hijacking capital offenses.
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Sudan president defiant in Darfur
Posted July 23, 2008 - BBC Africa News
Sudan's president has said he is "not worried" by International
Criminal Court (ICC) accusations against him, during a rare visit to Darfur.
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Nigeria oil giant 'paid rebels'
Posted July 23, 2008 - BBC Africa News
The head of Nigeria's national oil company has said it paid millions of
dollars to militants to protect the country's oil infrastructure.
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Mandela celebrates 90th birthday
Posted July 18, 2008 - BBC Africa News
Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in South Africa,
has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the
poor.
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Liberia Population
Understated? - Nimba County Rejects Census Result
July 17, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
Nimba, the county with the second highest population according to LISGIS
has rejected the result of the census and termed it as one marred by flaws
and does not represent the total population of their county.
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Government trashes Critics claim, reconstruct Via Town bridge
soon'
Posted July 18, 2008 - LIMANY
Public Works Minister Lusinee Donzo says the reconstruction of the bride
depends on processes instituted by the World Bank and not the Liberian Government.
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Liberia Population Understated? - Nimba County Rejects Census
Result
July 17, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
Nimba, the county with the second highest population according to LISGIS
has rejected the result of the census and termed it as one marred by flaws
and does not represent the total population of their county.
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Thousands flee Nigerian militant
July 16, 2008 - BBC Africa
Thousands of Nigerians have fled the Niger Delta oil town of Bonny after
militants threatened to behead people who are not originally from the area.
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Arrested Development in Liberia's Armed Robber Saga: Five
Suspects in Custody
July 16, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
The suspected criminals were picked during police patrol. The former soldiers
reportedly used the keys to break into stores and homes at night
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Liberia: I will appear before the TRC come August 26, says
Nimba County Senator prince Johnson
July 16, 2008 - LIMANY
Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson has again reassured the Liberian public
over his desire to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Fear and Loathing in Liberia: Monrovia Now Criminal Den,
Residents Plea for Help
July 16, 2008 -FrontpageAfrica.com
Undoubtedly rated as the first top-notch investment conglomerate ever
captured by the new administration to boost its economic recovery
programme-
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Quiah Released from Detention Due to Insufficient Evidence,
but What's Next?
July 4, 2008 - FrontpageAfrica.com
Monrovia and environs continue to live in perpetual fear as terror rages
with criminals on the rampage, terrorizing nearly every community on a daily
basis.
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Senator Kaine a No Show as Timour Massacre Case Goes
to Court
July 4, 2008 - FrontpageAfrica.com
Scores of residents of Margibi County and others who went to witness
the preliminary hearings were disappointed this week when only two
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Tsvangirai rejects 'sham' ballot
June 27, 2008-BBC AFRICA
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has described the country's
election run-off as "an exercise in mass intimidation".
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Liberia: President Sirleaf Welcomes U.S. Peace Corps Return
June 27, 2008-AllAfrica.com
The chairman of the Kenya National Youth Alliance - the political wing of
the outlawed Mungiki sect - has been shot dead in his car.
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ADB, USAID To Aid Small Businesses
April 23, 2008- FrontpageAfrica.com
Monrovia - USAID and the African Development Bank Group
(AfDB) signed an agreement that will mobilize up to $125 million in private
financing for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
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Conflict of Interest or Business in Liberia? Govt on Board
Not Issue, Says NIC Boss
April 21, 2008- FrontpageAfrica.com
Monrovia - It was later discovered that the Government
of Liberia (GOL) is on the board and has a share of 26.4% in the only cement
manufacturing company in the country, CEMENCO.
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Yellow Fever Outbreak in Nimba Confirmed
April 21, 2008- The Inquirer - Monrovia
Monrovia - The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has
declared an outbreak of yellow fever after a case was confirmed from Nimba
County on March 28, 2008.
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Turbulent Era Ends for Conteh at University of Liberia; Who
Fills the Void?
April 15, 2008- FrontpageAfrica.com
Monrovia - An Executive Mansion release stated that Conteh
has been named Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, a position
usually meant to pave the way for an appointment as an Ambassadorship -in-waiting.
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Opposition
Liberia: The emerging repeat of the ugly past in the new
Army
Posted April 15, 2008 - LIMANY - (NEW YORK, USA)
The news of Soldiers expressing dissatisfaction over poor
housing facilities at the various Military Barracks around the country and
the delay by authorities of the Ministry of National Defense to adequately
meet up with their just allowances needs serious attention and consideration.
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ELLEN Outlines Measures To Address Problem
April 15, 2008 - The Analyst - (Monrovia)
Amid growing alarm over the cost of food throughout the world,
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says the solution to the alarming world
wide increase in the prices of basic commodities, especially rice, lie in
the ability of Liberians to return to the soil and grow more food.
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Liberia: Dr. Slawon Wants Universities Closed
March 16, 2008 - The NEWS - (Monrovia)
The Director General of the National Commission on Higher
Education at the Ministry of Education, Dr Michael P. Slawon said instead
of March 20, 2008 as previously proposed, universities should be closed.
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Cameroon head blames opposition
February 28, 2008 - BBC Africa
President Paul Biya has blamed the opposition for violence
which has left at least seven dead in Cameroon.
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