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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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