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Sentencing of Liberia`s Taylor a `milestone`: US

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for arming murd...

Ex-Liberian prez Charles Taylor jailed for 50 yrs

Taylor became the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes by an international court...

Charles Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants

Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international...

Taylor aided war crimes in return for “blood diamonds”: ICC

Charles Taylor is the first African head of state to be convicted by an international court.

Liberia`s Sirleaf takes presidential oath in land of hope

Liberia`s Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in a lavish USD 1.2 million ce...

Liberia President vows to continue fighting graft

Liberia`s President says tackling youth unemployment and fighting corruption are her top priorities.

Liberia`s Sirleaf wins 90 % in boycotted vote

Opposition leader Winston Tubman said he would not accept the outcome of this week`s presidential ru...

Violence, boycott cast gloom over Liberia`s run-off

Johnson-Sirleaf is set to secure a second term in the poll.

Deadly riot breaks out in Liberia day before vote

At least one person is dead in Liberia after rioting broke out at the headquarters of the country`s ...

Liberia President`s lead narrows in vote count

Liberian election officials say the President`s lead has decreased in the latest vote count.

Liberia President extends lead, short of majority

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf now leads with 45.4 percent of the votes in Liberia`s second presidential vote...

Voting smooth as Liberians choose President

The election pits the newly named Nobel peace laureate against former UN diplomat Winston Tubman and...

Liberia`s Johnson-Sirleaf seeks new term in polls

Liberians vote on Tuesday in the West African state`s second presidential election since a civil war...

Oil from stuck ship turns up on New Zealand beach

Forecasts of heavy ocean swells Monday thwarted marine crews trying to pull oil from a leaking ship ...

Nobel Peace: Indian women police squad elated

An elite squad of these AK-47 totting women personnel keep a round-the-clock vigil on the office of...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women

Nobel peace prize has been awarded to two Liberian and one Yemeni women for their contribution to wo...

Military official says 23 killed in Ivory Coast

The attackers are believed to be militiamen allied with ex-president Laurent Gbagbo who lost last ye...

15 killed in Ivory Coast villages near Liberia

Ivory Coast`s defense minister says armed men from Liberia have attacked villages along the border...

Liberia: Ambulance crashes into crowd; 11 dead

Liberia is still struggling to maintain a fragile peace with the help of UN peacekeepers.

Indian envoy to receive Liberia`s highest award

India`s Honorary Consul General to Liberia Upjit Singh Sachdeva will receive the West African nation...

UN warns of Ivory Coast spillover in Liberia

After years of war, Liberians are seeing benefits of investment in peace.

Liberian mercenaries `loot, rape, kill` in Ivory Coast

UN refugee agency said Liberian mercenaries are opportunistic "third force".

Charles Taylor war crimes trial closes

Sierra Leone civil war claimed some 120,000 lives in the 10 years to 2001.

Liberian President Sirleaf dismisses cabinet

The move will provide President a "fresh slate" for next phase of her admin.

Pak General to lead UN force in Liberia

UN Secy-Gen Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Muhammad Khalid of Pakistan as the force command...

Liberia ex-warlord cleared for presidential bid

One of Liberia`s most infamous warlords launched his presidential campaign, a race sure to be oversh...

CRPF contingent for UN Mission in Liberia flagged off

A contingent of 120 CRPF personnel would soon join the United Nations Mission in Liberia, where it...

Detained Karachi-bound ship brought to Kolkata

The detained Karachi-bound ship, laden with military hardware, ammunition and explosives, was on S...

UN to probe firing incident at CRPF camp in Liberia

The United Nations has set up a Board of Enquiry to inquire into the incident of firing on a CRPF ...

UN to probe firing at CRPF camp in Liberia

The United Nations has set up a Board of Enquiry to inquire into the incident of firing on a CRPF ...

Pakistani officer fired at CRPF camp in Liberia

A Pakistani officer allegedly fired at a CRPF camp, which is part of the United Nations Peacekeeping...

US cocaine sting breaks up USD 100mn Liberia plot

The US said Tuesday it broke up a drug ring that attempted to bribe the son of Liberia`s President a...

Vayalar Ravi to be airlifted to Chennai tomorrow

Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who met with an accident in the African nation of Lib...

Vayalar Ravi to be airlifted from Abidjan

Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who was injured in a car crash in Liberia, will be ai...

CRPF`s women contingent to leave for Liberia

A women contingent of the CRPF will leave for civil war stricken Liberia tonight as part of the Un...

Vayalar Ravi out of danger after accident in Liberia

Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi is out of danger after a car accident in Liberia on Thur...

Vayalar Ravi out of danger after accident in Liberia

Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi is out of danger after a car accident in Liberia today, ...

`Indian women peacekeepers an inspiration for Liberians`

Indian women peacekeepers are an inspiration for young Liberian girls to join the West African nat...

Liberia`s President may run in next election

Liberia`s President said on Thursday she has not ruled out running for office again in 2011, despite...

Hillary heads to Liberia to show women power

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads on Thursday to war-battered Liberia in a show of support...

Outcry in US after raped Liberian girl is shunned by family

A minor Liberian girl is now in foster care after being shunned by family after rape.

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