Warlord's backing gives Nobel peace laureate the edge

An ex-warlord has announced that he will support Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia's run-off election to win a second term as president.

Where rape is a part of life

A generation of women in Liberia have been irrevocably scarred by the use of rape as a weapon in the country's civil wars.

Prison conditions in Liberia 'deplorable'

A human rights group has denounced what it calls "deplorable" conditions in Liberia's prisons and has called for reforms in how they are managed.

Liberia report warns of threat to peace

Disputes over land ownership and property boundaries are threatening to undermine Liberia's fragile peace, according to a survey released on Monday.

Former Liberian warlord dodges questions at TRC

A former Liberian warlord, whose drugged fighters appeared on camera holding up a human heart, dodged questions on Wednesday before the country's TRC.

US freed Taylor to overthrow Doe, Liberia's TRC hears

A former Liberian warlord has told the country's TRC that the US released Charles Taylor from jail in 1985 to overthrow president Samuel Doe.

Crime wave hits Monrovia

Monrovia has been hit by a crime wave that has left inhabitants fearing for their lives while the government admits the situation is deteriorating

Bush promises education aid for Liberia

United States President George Bush, winding up a trip to Africa, promised war-scarred Liberia that the US will see its staunchest ally on the continent out of "days of challenge and sorrow". Bush vowed sustained US help to battle poverty and disease as well as an education initiative.

Liberia's TRC panel begins public hearings

Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf appealed for honesty on Tuesday as her war-racked West African country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began its public hearings. "I call upon all Liberians to respond to the TRC when they are invited," Johnson-Sirleaf said at the start of proceedings in an opening ceremony in Monrovia.

Court orders arrest of former Liberian leader

A criminal court has ordered the arrest of Liberia's ex-president Gyude Bryant on allegations that he embezzled $1,3-million while in office. Bryant, who led the nation for two years as a transitional president following the end of Liberia's 14-year civil war, stepped down in 2005 after Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf won democratic presidential elections.

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