Liberian News

Umaru Swaray, 33, was a child soldier during Liberia's civil war. Separated from his family, he walked for months crossing the continent to Uganda, searching for his family, who had escaped the war. He found them in Kampala in 2004 - on the day they were leaving for the Netherlands.

A 300-strong force of Liberians and Sierra Leoneans were based in Liberia and trained under a top Sierra Leonean rebel leader before attacking Sierra Leone in 1991, a protected Liberian witness told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today.  Former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, however, denies knowledge of Sierra Leonean rebels training in his country.

The United Muslim Women Advocacy and Empowerment Organization has concluded a one day Civic Education forum for local women in the Red Hill Community in Virginia, Monrovia.

In its Annual Situation Report on Liberia issued last week, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) casted doubt on the corruption picture of Liberia as presented by critics and adapted by some members of the international community in their dealings with Liberia.

As part of pre-planning activities ahead of the 2011 Presidential and General elections, the National Elections Commission (NEC) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) have embarked on a joint week long assessment mission of NEC Elections Magistrate Offices in Central and South Eastern Liberia.

Strange developments are said to be evolving at the First International Bank (FiBANK), management has said, in the form of a calculated counterfeiting of the bank's logo, vouchers and others by those said to be criminal-minded individuals, with the aim of tarnishing the bank's record.

Sierra Leone’s top rebel leader waged a war on the West African country in 1991 to free the people from the misery of the country’s politicians, a Sierra Leonean witness testifying for Charles Taylor told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today in The Hague.

Foreign countries interfered in Charles Taylor's revolution in Liberia and prevented the former president from liberating his people, a witness in Mr. Taylor's defense told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today.