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Liberia
Population: 4.3 mn.
GDP: 1.0 bn.
Debt: 2.0 bn.
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After fractious elections in November President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf risks alienating her Union Party loyalists by giving jobs to opposition politicians, especially the CDC's Winston Tubman, in an attempt at reconciliation. 

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  • Vol 44 No 13
  •  27th June 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
  •  13th June 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
  •  16th May 2003

Horse-trading, arms-trading

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

  • Vol 44 No 10
  •  16th May 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
  •  2nd May 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
  •  25th October 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
  •  13th September 2002

Paranoid or what?

International pressure upsets President Taylor but brings peace no nearer

  • Vol 43 No 9
  •  3rd May 2002

Rebels without a plan

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

  • Vol 43 No 9
  •  3rd May 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 ...

  • Vol 42 No 22
  •  9th November 2001

Old habits die hard

A damning new UN report accuses Charles Taylor's regime of keeping ties with the RUF and busting sanctions

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