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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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02.01.18 - 16:31
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Liberia:Orange Announces Big Plans for 2018 (AllAfrica)
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[Observer] The Chief Executive Officer of Orange Liberia, Mr. Mamadou Coulibaly, has issued a special statement commending the government and people of Liberia for making Orange's entry into the Liberian telecommunications market in 2017 a resoundin...
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30.12.17 - 22:13
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Liberia′s Ellen Sirleaf: women′s icon with nerves of steel (AFP)
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women's rights, made history in 2005 when she became Africa's first elected female president in Liberia.On January 22, she will also preside over the West African country...
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30.12.17 - 01:39
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UN chief congratulates Liberia′s next president (AFP)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday congratulated George Weah on his victory in Liberia's presidential election and praised the peaceful conduct of the vote.Guterres "applauds all Liberians for the successful completion of the elections ...
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26.12.17 - 11:31
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Liberia, scarred by war and Ebola (AFP)
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Liberia, which elects a new president in a run-off on Tuesday, is an English-speaking nation in West Africa that still bears the scars of a gruesome civil war and a devastating Ebola outbreak.Here is a snapshot of the country:- Oldest republic in Afr...
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26.12.17 - 11:09
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Liberia′s Howard-Taylor: the Jewel in George Weah′s crown (AFP)
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Liberian presidential candidate George Weah's running mate Jewel Howard-Taylor began life in politics as first lady to former warlord leader Charles Taylor, but has since established a formidable political reputation in her own right.Howard-Taylor w...
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