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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 44 No 13
  • 27/06/2003

Weird scenes inside the gold-mine

Taylor has nowhere to run but the West hasn't got a plan yet

  • Vol 44 No 13
  • 27/06/2003

How the Ghana talks stalled

General Abdulsalami Abubakar appeared to have won the trust of all sides at the peace talks in Ghana. The Nigerian former ruler was on the verge of getting an agreement on a comprehensive peace framework and had set an end-June deadline for proposals for ...

  • Vol 44 No 12
  • 13/06/2003

Where next?

The Sierra Leone Special Court's indictment of President Charles Taylor leaves him little option but to fight to the death, potentially taking the thousands of Liberians who have crammed into Monrovia with him. The timing of the 4 June announcement was un...

  • Vol 44 No 10
  • 16/05/2003

Horse-trading, arms-trading

The new UN resolution misses an opportunity to tackle the regional conflict from all sides

  • Vol 44 No 10
  • 16/05/2003

More guns, please

President Charles Taylor in March 2003 told the press that Liberia had 'ordered arms'. Defence Minister Daniel Chea subsequently provided a 'comprehensive listing of military hardware and materials that were imported for self-defence purposes'. These weap...

  • Vol 44 No 9
  • 02/05/2003

Tackling Taylor

A battle is going on behind the scenes at the United Nations Security Council over whether to give sanctions on Liberia a wider regional focus. Key issues are whether Guinea should be pursued for supporting the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation an...

  • Vol 43 No 21
  • 25/10/2002

Augean audit

Plans to audit the shipping registry and timber industry are looking as murky as the subjects themselves. Global Witness has approached the auditors' London office asking to see the terms of reference.

  • Vol 43 No 18
  • 13/09/2002

Paranoid or what?

International pressure upsets President Taylor but brings peace no nearer

  • Vol 43 No 9
  • 03/05/2002

Rebels without a plan

Guinean-backed rebels threaten Taylor and the UN is set to renew sanctions against him

  • Vol 43 No 9
  • 03/05/2002

UN gumshoes in Taylorland

President Charles Taylor, expecting United Nations sanctions against Liberia to be extended, despatched his skillful Foreign Minister, Monie Captan, to New York in late April to lobby the Security Council. A draft resolution prepared for the UNSC debate ...

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