Alphonso Toweh
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/ 6 August 2007

Liberia probes coup plot, finds arms cache

Liberian authorities investigating a possible coup plot have discovered a large cache of new AK-47 ammunition in a town on the main road to Côte d’Ivoire, police said on Monday. Police spokesperson Alvin Jask Kanneh said it was too early to say whether the cache was linked to an alleged scheme to smuggle weapons into Liberia from Côte d’Ivoire.

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/ 2 February 2007

China’s Hu brings hope, pride to war-torn Liberia

Thousands of cheering Liberians lined the streets of the capital Monrovia on Thursday to greet Chinese President Hu Jintao, who pledged more than -million to aid recovery after one of Africa’s most ruinous civil wars. China has been offering low interest loans, debt relief and other incentives to increase its influence on the world’s poorest continent.