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- 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
- Vol 46 No 9
- 29/04/2005
Warlord on the loose
Charles Taylor, Liberia's exiled warlord, stands accused of crimes across the region. A 30-page confidential report to the internationally financed Special Court in Sierra Leone alleges that he masterminded an assassination attempt against Guinea's Pr...
- Vol 45 No 21
- 22/10/2004
New model army
Africa Confidential has learned that California-based private military contractor DynCorp is about to be awarded a contract to restructure the Liberian national army. Industry sources say the company is still awaiting its funding.
- Vol 45 No 14
- 09/07/2004
No peace without justice
Freetown's war crimes court slowly establishes a precedent
- Vol 45 No 3
- 04/02/2004
Silencing the guns
After the fund-raising conference in New York, the focus shifts to disarmament and political reconciliation
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