Liberia, Africa

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LIBERIA: Government, women's groups decry post-war sexual violence

IRIN

Monday, January 15, 2007

Rising levels of rape and sexual exploitation of women and teenage girls in Liberia have sparked concern by both the government and women's rights...

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LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season

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IRIN

Sunday, January 14, 2007

The majority of Liberians in towns, cities and villages alike are still drinking dirty water more than three years after the end of the country’s...

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LIBERIA: Idle fighters cause concern

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IRIN

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Two years after the conclusion of a nationwide disarmament exercise, about 39,000 former fighters have yet to be placed in skills training...

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LIBERIA: Child rapists walk free for a few dollars

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IRIN

Friday, January 12, 2007

Alleged child rapists are paying their way out of jail while court officials and police officers demand bribes and kickbacks from the families of...

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LIBERIA: UN maintains diamond sanction, demanding better government controls

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IRIN

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The United Nations Security Council has renewed its ban on Liberian diamond exports calling for better documentation of where exactly each diamond...

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LIBERIA: Government lays foundation for legal logging

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IRIN

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority is preparing a new bidding process for logging concessions following the lifting in October of the United...

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LIBERIA: Victims recount torture by Taylor's son

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IRIN

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Liberians allegedly tortured by the son of former president Charles Taylor have started to go public following the younger Taylor’s indictment in the...

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LIBERIA: Rapists go free

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IRIN

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Liberia’s chief justice on Thursday rejected calls for the establishment of a special court to try rape cases following a United Nations report...

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LIBERIA: China steps in to end lassa fever outbreak

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IRIN

Sunday, October 29, 2006

The Chinese Embassy in Liberia has pitched in enough drugs to treat an outbreak of the deadly lassa fever virus that the Liberian authorities had...

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LIBERIA: The post-conflict water-sellers

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IRIN

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Rag-tag fighters who smashed up and looted Liberia's water infrastructure during the civil war are now making a living selling water by the bucket to...

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