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10.06.18 - 07:09
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Liberia′s leader looks abroad for help tackling poverty (AFP)
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After stoking expectations among Liberia's voters for rolling back poverty, President George Weah is facing the twin pressures of time and money to carry out his promises.On January 22, Weah became president of the one of the world's poorest countr...
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20.04.18 - 01:45
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Liberia ex-warlord ′Jungle Jabbah′ jailed for 30 years in US (AFP)
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A Liberian former warlord whose forces committed atrocities including murders and cannibalism during the country's civil war was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in US prison -- for immigration-related fraud and perjury.Nicknamed "Jungle Jabbah," 51-y...
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29.03.18 - 06:49
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Liberia struggles with past as UN peacekeepers exit (AFP)
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As UN peacekeepers leave Liberia after 14 years, headway in reforming the security forces is being undermined by lack of progress in tackling the country's traumatic legacy of war crimes, officials say.
Liberia's 1989-2003 conflict killed around a ...
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24.01.18 - 05:01
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Liberia′s youth betting on Weah economic miracle (AFP)
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New President George Weah is nothing less than revered among Liberia's youth, who view his rise from the slums to stellar success in European football as proof he can also turn around their fragile economy.In his inaugural address on Monday, Weah th...
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23.01.18 - 14:45
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Liberia′s Weah makes first cabinet appointments (AFP)
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New Liberian President George Weah has appointed the first members of his cabinet, all of them men, largely naming party allies but picking a foreign minister close to former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.Ex-international footballer Weah was sworn ...
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21.01.18 - 07:13
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Liberia′s Sirleaf: Africa′s first elected female leader (AFP)
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women's rights, is stepping down after making history as Africa's first elected female president in Liberia.Taking the reins of a nation that had just emerged from a civi...
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20.01.18 - 13:30
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Liberia:31 LRA Retirees Protest for Benefits (AllAfrica)
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[Observer] At least 31 retirees of the Liberia Revenue Authority yesterday staged a protest in demand of their retirement benefits at the headquarters of the LRA. The demonstration was sparked by what the group termed as management's refusal to pay ...
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15.01.18 - 00:31
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Liberia party drops Sirleaf after Weah poll win (AFP)
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Liberia's ruling party said Sunday it had expelled outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for not backing her vice-president, Joseph Boakai, in a presidential election run-off lost to former footballer George Weah.Sirleaf, 79, will formally hand o...
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