Tag Archives: Samuel Doe
by Alem Mamo and Lemlem Tesfa The man who started his political career in the mountains of Tigary as one of the leaders of a very narrow and destructive ethno-cartel group has died. He came to power through a military … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Samuel Doe, United States
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In a modern court building, more than 3,000 miles from the tropical West African country of Sierra Leone, three judges have for more than 12 months been painstakingly weighing up five years of court proceedings, 50,000 pages of transcripts, and … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Charles Taylor, Freetown, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Samuel Doe, Sierra Leone, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Taylor, United States
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Clearly, in times of chaos and anarchy, the vulnerable and powerless are always attacked. It’s a short step from there during a fragile peace to judgments like: “Who is causing the decay in society? Who is upsetting the social order?” … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LGBT, Liberia, Samuel Doe, Taylor, United Nations Human Rights Council
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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 »
Posted in Article, Liberia, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Liberia, West Africa
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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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November 7, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Liberia’s main opposition has called for a mass protest Monday, on the eve of a run-off election which candidate Winston Tubman is boycotting over fears the process will be flawed. Tubman, who set the country on edge with … read more »
Posted in Election, Liberia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Congress for Democratic Change, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nobel Peace Prize, North Africa, Pan African News, Prince Johnson, Samuel Doe, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa, Winston Tubman
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October 19, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Ex-warlord Prince Johnson, who came third in Liberia’s presidential polls, on Tuesday announced he would back Nobel peace laureate and incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off election. The former rebel leader said he feared being prosecuted … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Johnson, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nobel Peace Prize, North Africa, Pan African News, Prince Johnson, Samuel Doe, Southern Africa, Unity, West Africa, Winston Tubman
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October 14, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – A rebel leader who videotaped himself drinking Budweiser as his men cut off the ears of the nation’s former president has finished third in this week’s presidential election, according to partial results issued on Thursday, thrusting the notorious … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, George Weah, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Johnson, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nobel Peace Prize, North Africa, Pan African News, Prince Johnson, Samuel Doe, Southern Africa, West Africa, Winston Tubman
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September 2, 2011 by benim
Either in Libya, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt or Tunisia, the African nation-state, from its birth, has been in some sort of undeviating inanimate democratic revolution. The reason is that the African state, as a political entity, is yet to have everlasting … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Indepth Africa Magazine
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, Ghana, History, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jerry Rawlings, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Samuel Doe, Southern Africa, West Africa
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One of the candidates in Liberia’s upcoming October presidential election says, if elected, he would institute a new economic policy that would empower Liberians to have a say in the management of their natural resources. Dew Tuan-Wleh Mason, Liberia’s former … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, James Fromayan, Liberia, National Democratic Coalition, North Africa, Pan African News, Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Samuel Doe, Southern Africa, West Africa
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February 8, 2011 by benim
The defence lawyer for former Liberian President Charles Taylor walked out of the Sierra Leone war crimes court on Tuesday in protest about fair trial rights, throwing proceedings into disarray. Taylor is the first African ex-ruler to stand trial for … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, AIDS/HIV, America, Global Issues, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Charles Taylor, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Liberia, Naomi Campbell, Nelson Mandela, Samuel Doe, Sierra Leone, United States, Wikileaks
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November 8, 2010 by benim
“The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of IndepthAfrica.com.” To also have your views publish, please submit them to info@indepthafrica.com. read more »
Posted in Analysis, Liberia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Atlantic Ocean, Economic Community of West African States, Ellen, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Free Democratic Party, geography, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia, Liberian, Monrovia, political-news, Samuel Doe, Thomas Quiwonkpa, United Nations, Vice President of the United States, Year of birth missing
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October 26, 2010 by benim
Date of birth: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendents of original colonists of Liberia (ex-African slaves from America, who promptly on arrival set about enslaving the indigenous people … read more »
October 15, 2010 by benim
Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Although founded by freed American and Caribbean slaves, Liberia is mostly … read more »
Posted in Facts about Africa, Liberia
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Tagged Africa news, Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Facts about Liberia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Liberia, Liberia country profile, Liberia Timeline, National Patriotic Front of Liberia, Samuel Doe, Sierra Leone
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