Tag Archives: President of Liberia
Guinea’s army chief of staff and five other members of a military delegation have been killed in a plane crash in Liberia. Five crew members were also killed. The officers were on their way to attend Liberia’s Armed Forces Day … read more »
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Tagged Alpha Condé, Armed Forces Day, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Monday, Monrovia, President of Liberia
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Written by Bernard Gbayee Goah – President Operation We Care for Liberia USA An estimation of more than two hundred thousand innocent people were killed, hundreds of thousands uprooted from their homes, and hundreds of thousands more displaced in foreign … read more »
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Tagged First Liberian Civil War, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Liberian government, Politics of Liberia, President of Liberia, United Nations, United States, war crime
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Paris – Leymah Gbowee, the social worker who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Monday publicly disowned her co-laureate for failing to fight graft and nepotism in the war-scarred African nation. “People are … read more »
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 4, 2012– The Principal Defender has appointed Morris Anyah, an experienced international appeals lawyer, as Assigned Appeals Counsel to conduct the appeal of convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Mr. Anyah has served as co-counsel on … read more »
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While Liberia could afford an election in which the President Ellen Johnson ran unopposed the people of the country have neither electricity or running water. Long the golden girl of the western banktatorships Ellen Johnson spent the year before her … read more »
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Monrovia – Liberia has arrested some 70 people near its southeastern border with Ivory Coast for their alleged involvement in plans to destabilise the neighbouring country, an administrative official told AFP. “The Liberian government arrested more than 70 of these … read more »
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, Liberia, Monrovia, President of Liberia
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The need to retool Liberia’s relationship with US Robtel Neajai Pailey The shocking news that the former Liberian strongman was indeed a CIA informant in the early years of his rise to notoriety calls into question America’s complicity in Taylor’s … read more »
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Tagged Charles Taylor, CIA, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, President of Liberia, Samuel Doe, Taylor, United States
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Two very significant and interconnected events happened this week in Liberia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated for a second term with a subdued opposition attending the ceremonies, and former Liberian President Charles Taylor was implicated in a Boston … read more »
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Tagged Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, President of Liberia, Samuel Doe, Taylor, United States
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Liberia’s re-elected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf named the first ministers of her new cabinet on Thursday, shuffling the finance and foreign affairs posts but retaining her defence minister. Nobel laureate Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in for a second term in … read more »
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Tagged Brownie Samukai, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Foreign minister, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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Top U.S. diplomat Hillary Clinton began her African trip with inaugurations — one for the Liberian president and the other for a new U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. “This new compound is a testament to the work you do, and it … read more »
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Clinton, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Monrovia, President of Liberia, Togo
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January 16, 2012 by benim
Posted in Hottest News, Liberia, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa Magazine, Liberia, Monrovia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh says as many as 30 heads of government are expected to attend Monday’s inauguration. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically-elected woman president, will be inaugurated today to begin her second and final six-year-term. Secretary … read more »
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Tagged CDC, Congress for Democratic Change, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, President of Liberia, Unity Party, Victoria Nuland
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Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s $1.2m inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said on Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state … read more »
Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s $1.2-million inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said on Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state confirming … read more »
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Tagged Congress for Democratic Change, Democratic Change, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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November 15, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appointed a nun to head the probe into a deadly shooting at an opposition protest on the eve of a bitterly disputed election, the presidency said on Tuesday. Sister Mary Laurene Browne, … read more »
November 15, 2011 by benim
The woman selected by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to help bring about peace and reconciliation in Liberia says she’s prepared for the task. Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, says Liberia’s inability over the years to approach … read more »
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Tagged Desmond Tutu, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Gbowee, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Liberian, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia
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November 8, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Liberia’s Winston Tubman has accused President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s security forces of trying to assassinate him when they opened fire on an opposition rally on the eve of Tuesday’s run-off polls. “I was getting out of the car, … read more »
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Football legend George Weah vowed Wednesday to play a leading role in the campaign to oust Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in upcoming polls, despite the failure of his own electoral bid. “I will be in the vanguard of the … read more »
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MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia’s main opposition party says it has chosen a Harvard-trained lawyer to challenge the incumbent, a Harvard-trained economist and Africa’s only female head of state, in an October poll. Winston Tubman said Sunday the Congress for Democratic … read more »
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January 25, 2011 by benim
Africa’s first female President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, wins the 2011 African Gender Award (AGA) of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) – PanAfrican Center for Gender, Peace and Development. Announcing the winner yesterday evening (January 24, 2011) here in Addis … read more »
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January 25, 2011 by benim
Liberia will begin oil exploration from the fourth quarter of 2011, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said in an address to the nation on Monday. “In the energy sector, we anticipate oil exploration off our coast in the last quarter of … read more »
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