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Although the Charles Taylor verdict is drawing attention to Liberia once again, it is also a reminder of how far Liberia has come since that dark era.

Ahead of their visit to Côte d’Ivoire, the members of the Security Council commended Liberia for its progress since the end of its civil war in 2003, and reiterated their support for efforts on reconciliation and inclusive dialogue in the West African country.

Whenever mothers allow themselves to be touched by the plight of other mothers' children, their perspective expands. From Liberia to Ireland to the Middle East, mothers have come together to bridge the chasm of differences.

Les députés libériens se sont prononcés mercredi pour la renégociation des contrats de partage de la production conclus entre le gouvernement et les compagnies pétrolières, notamment Chevron, a-t-on appris mercredi de source parlementaire. "Tous les contrats pour le partage de la production...

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said late Monday the west African nation will get high-speed internet from October, as it connects to a fibre optic cable running along the west African coast.

Without U.S. citizenship and uncommitted to Liberia, the 21 year-old will focus on turning the Timbers' season around after a rough start.

George Mitchell tells peace conference in Dublin that brutal crackdown on Syrian opposition may warrant Assad's indictmentThe former US Middle East peace envoy, George Mitchell, has said that the Syrian president, Bashir al-Assad, could be tried as an alleged war criminal over the brutal crackdown on opponents of his rule.Mitchell, who was the US special envoy for Middle East peace until last M...

El Tribunal Especial de la ONU para Sierra Leona dictamina sobre los crímenes cometidos en el país africano

Reporter Helene Cooper recounts the way Charles Taylor’s soldiers ripped apart the lives of her family members in Liberia in the 1990s.

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International criminal court finds former Liberian president guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone, but decision ignores victims inside Liberia itself

Charles Taylor, the deposed president of Liberia, rose to his feet in an international court yesterday and heard a judge pronounce him guilty of 11 counts of war crimes, including "acts of terrorism" and "sexual slavery".

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Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea, la ONU y organizaciones internacionales calificaron el veredicto contra Taylor como un paso histórico y una señal para otros líderes que cometen crímenes de lesa humanidad

THE HAGUE — Charles Taylor, the U.S.-educated guerrilla leader who fought his way to the presidency of Liberia, was convicted Thursday of crimes against humanity — including murder, rape and slavery — for his role in assisting a bloody rebel movement in neighboring Sierra Leone. Read full article >>

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Vor Gericht stand Liberias früherer Präsident wegen Verbrechen in Sierra Leone. Was er im eigenen Land tat, steht ihnen in nichts nach. Nun ist Charles Taylor schuldig gesprochen worden.

C'est le premier ancien chef d'Etat africain condamné par une juridiction internationale. A 64 ans, l'ex-président du Libéria était jugé pour sa…

L’ancien président du Liberia Charles Taylor, 64 ans, a été reconnu coupable de crimes contre l’humanité et de crimes de guerre en Sierra Leone entre 1996 et ...lire la suite

Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord, was convicted on Thursday of aiding militias that committed atrocities against civilians in Sierra Leone.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like The conviction on April 26, 2012, of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, for serious international crimes during Sierra Leone’s brutal armed conflict provides justice for victims and shows that no one is above the law. Taylor was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the United Nations-backed Spe...

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A United Nations-backed court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes on Thursday, the first time an African head of state has been found guilty by an international tribunal.

Headline Title:  Charles Taylor guilty of aiding Sierra Leone war crimes 26 April 2012 International judges in the Hague have found former Liberian president Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war."There is no doubt that today...

The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will hear in The Hague whether he's been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

El Tribunal Especial para Sierra Leona hace pública hoy la sentencia del primer juicio completo contra un exjefe de Estado

The Hague decision will mark the first time a head of state has faced a ver­dict on charges of crimes against humanity

Utl.: EU-Parlament stimmt für Holzhandelsabkommen mit Liberia und Zentralafrika = Straßburg, 18. April 2012 (OTS) "Mit der morgigen Zustimmung des EU-Parlaments wird in Liberia und Zentralafrika eine Renaissance der Holzbewirtschaftung eingeleitet", so Elisabeth Köstinger, …

Fußball ist in Liberia Volkssport. Doch die Folgen des Bürgerkriegs und ein zweifelhafter Landesverband verhindern große Erfolge. So ist das Land nur ein Talentelieferant. mehr...

The Nobel peace prize winner and president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has defended a law that criminalises homosexual acts, saying: "We like ourselves just the way we are."

Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf might have won the Nobel peace prize, but this did not stop her from defending a law that criminalises homosexual acts.

Gleichgeschlechtlicher Sex ist in Liberia strafbar. Präsidentin Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hat kein Interesse, das zu ändern, im Gegenteil: Die Friedensnobelpreisträgerin verteidigt die Regeln als Ausdruck traditioneller Werte - und bringt damit einen prominenten Helfer in die Bredouille.

She may be top model for Magee tweed, but she’s also marketing boss of the family firm too. And anyone who crosses her as she battles for market share should remember that she led a platoon of Irish soldiers in Liberia.

Hummingbird Resources is a gold explorer based in Liberia. The country has not been associated with good fortune, but this company’s prospects look extremely promising.

Responding to an Op-Ed article about Liberia, an official with the Ford Foundation discusses the rights of rural people worldwide.

Clinton arrived in Liberia to attend the inauguration of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Monrovia, Liberia to attend the inauguration of Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, on January 16, 2012.   The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, w...

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf shared the award with women's rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman, a female icon of the protest movement in Yemen.

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Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, calling on repressed women world-wide to rise up against male supremacy.

Liberia beat Ghana on penalties in the final of the African Cup of Nations for Amputee Football, after the match finished 3-3 after extra-time.

Dave Bidini: The African woman. Standing there, alone, in the room. At the festival. She was an invited writer, from Liberia, a survivor of the genocide

The media has had its field day with GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s difficulties finding something to say about Obama’s Libya action. His problem is precisely as he said: he’s “got all this stuff twirling around in my head.”So when asked about Libya you could almost seeing him sorting through Liberia, Lithuania, Laos and, of course, Liechtenstein before getting to North Africa. Read f...

[[322732]] MONROVIA (AFP) : Le principal parti d'opposition libérien a indiqué dimanche qu'il préparait une manifestation la semaine prochaine pour accompagner les funérailles de sympathisants de l'opposition tués lundi 7 novembre par la police la veille du second tour de la présidentielle. Le...

The United Nations expelled a Nepalese peacekeeper from its mission in Liberia several weeks ago, after being informed by local and international human rights groups that he was facing charges of torture back home in Kathmandu, Nepal. The case places another blot on the reputation of Nepalese peacekeepers, who are suspected of having introduced a cholera epidemic in Haiti, killing more th...

Tullow Oil has pleased the market over the past few months, with the explorer striking black gold off both Ghana and French Guiana. But, Tullow was in the doldrums as it abandoned a well off Liberia, having made a "non-commercial oil discovery", and said that the drillship was moving to Sierra Leone.

Unter erheblichen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen hat Liberia die Stichwahl um das Amt der Präsidenten begonnen. Vorher hatte es zu schwere Unruhen in Monrovia gegeben.

Run-off vote to decide next president marred by violence during clashes between opposition supporters and police.

Des prières mais aussi de la colère à Monrovia au Libéria. A la veille du second tour de l'élection présidentielle, des violences ont fait au moins…