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Liberia

Population: 3.4 million
GNI: $470 million
Debt: $1100 million
Overview: Political logjams have slowed post-conflict reconstruction, signalling the end of a honeymoon as government finances struggle while waiting for debt relief.

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  • Vol 47 No 8
  • 14/04/2006

Taylor's trajectories

The coming trial will set a world precedent and embarrass politicians in Africa and the West

  • Vol 47 No 2
  • 20/01/2006

Hope at last

The new government blends technocrats, dodgy names and good intentions

  • Vol 47 No 2
  • 20/01/2006

In cabinet

Antoinette Sayeh, Minister of Finance: economist, ran World Bank programme in Benin, securing debt relief under Heavily Indebted Poor Countries scheme. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hopes to do the same for Liberia, with external debt at US$3.5 billion. Western...

  • Vol 46 No 23
  • 18/11/2005

Madam President

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has the political support and economic experience to succeed

  • Vol 46 No 23
  • 18/11/2005

Off-road rage

Members of parliament are angry because the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, Gyude Bryant, has refused to sign a bill allowing them to keep their government cars. One of the first acts of the all-party government formed und...

  • Vol 46 No 21
  • 21/10/2005

Penalty shoot out

Soccer star George Weah kept his election lead and the dealmakers are hard at work

  • Vol 46 No 19
  • 23/09/2005

The soccer vote

After 14 years of war, Liberians mistake a footballer for a politician

  • Vol 46 No 19
  • 23/09/2005

Welcome to the world

Liberia re-entered the international system on 16 September after two decades of lawlessness. At a grand signing ceremony in the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, Charles Gyude Br...

  • Vol 46 No 17
  • 26/08/2005

Stuck in the Mittal

A race between two brothers for a mammoth ore contract stirs political interest

  • Vol 46 No 9
  • 29/04/2005

Double Wamco

Six months before elections, ministers have signed a deal on a trade in banned diamonds

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