Vol 37 No 23 | LIBERIA Shooting in the mansion 15th November 1996 After fighting up country, the warlords bring their battles to the government offices The personal vendettas in Monrovia are only part of the real battle for control of Liberia that is being fought out in the hinterland. All the signs are that Charles Taylor is once...
Vol 37 No 11 | LIBERIA Asylum? No, thanks 24th May 1996 The Economic Community of West African States' Accra 'Summit' on 6-8 May has bitten the dust (AC Vol 37 No 10). If things are not settled, we hear the Ecowas Chairman, Ghana's Pres...
Vol 37 No 10 | LIBERIA Out of control 10th May 1996 After the latest shoot out in Monrovia, West Africans want their peacekeepers to get tough or get out Without a sustained commitment from Washington and the United Nations to help West African peacekeeping efforts and without an enforceable timetable for the disarmament of Liberia'...
Vol 37 No 7 | LIBERIA Monrovia muggings 29th March 1996 Tension is rising in Monrovia. National Patriotic Front of Liberia leader Charles Taylor and United Liberation Movement -Krahn (Ulimo-K) leader Alhaji G.V.Kromah have banded togeth...
Vol 37 No 4 | LIBERIA Keeping what peace? 16th February 1996 The warlords behind the six-year conflict want to take control of the peacekeeping operation from the ECOMOG troops Who rules Liberia? At present, nobody. Since 1990, the nearest thing to a national authority has been the peacekeeping force of the Economic Community of West African States. Forma...
