Reuters: Liberia News

Mass vaccinations to fight yellow fever in Africa

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:43:26 +0000

* Mosquito-borne virus can cause devastating urban epidemics

UPDATE 1-Prosecutors start grilling Taylor at U.N. trial

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:07 +0000

* Prosecution questions Taylor over letter to George W. Bush

FACTBOX-African warlord Charles Taylor on trial

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:30:09 +0000

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes, will be cross-examined on Tuesday. The 61-year-old has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Prosecutors to grill Taylor at war crimes trial

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:30:07 +0000

THE HAGUE, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court will start cross-examining Charles Taylor on Tuesday, challenging the former Liberian president on his denials of weapons trading in exchange for "blood diamonds".

UPDATE 1-Liberia may have over 1 bln barrels in oil resources

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:38:39 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Liberia may have oil resources of over a billion barrels, with the first well expected to be drilled next year, a senior national oil company official said on Tuesday.

Liberia may have over 1 bln barrels in oil resources

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:19:18 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Liberia may have oil resources of over a billion barrels, with the first well expected to be drilled next year, a senior national oil company official said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-UN wants probe of arms sent to Ivory Coast rebels

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:41:54 +0000

* Arms sent from Burkina Faso to Ivory Coast rebel zone

UN wants probe of arms sent to Ivory Coast rebels

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:38:41 +0000

* Israel, Lebanon, others urged to act on illegal diamonds

Kimberley Process failing Africa - campaigners

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:35:06 +0000

KINSHASA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The diamond industry's Kimberley Process is failing due to a lack of accountability and follow-up, paving the way for an illegal trade that could see a return of conflict stones to world markets, campaigners said.

UPDATE 1-Foreign gunmen helped Guinea crackdown - witnesses

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:48:04 +0000

CONAKRY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Foreign gunmen, including some speaking English with Liberian accents, took part in the mass killings of anti-government protesters in Guinea this week, witnesses and other sources said on Friday.