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Monrovia, Liberia

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LIBERIA: No relief as most Mon...

LIBERIA: No relief as most Monrovians go without toilets

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
With just one in 25 Liberians having access to a toilet, most use the nearest bush or beach, unwittingly committing what the UN Children’s Fund...
LIBERIA: Mental health problem...

LIBERIA: Mental health problems breed violence

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Liberia’s only mental health specialist says the country is experiencing an increase in post-traumatic stress disorders because the country’s two...
LIBERIA: Would you fight again...

LIBERIA: Would you fight again?

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Female ex-combatants are twice as likely as men to take up weapons again to escape poverty, based on a recent US-funded survey of more than 1,000...
LIBERIA: Flood relief efforts ...

LIBERIA: Flood relief efforts continue

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hundreds of residents along Monrovia’s coast have lost, or are still blocked from their homes nearly two months after storms started on 20 July 2008,...
Liberia ALERT: Journalist’s eq...

Liberia ALERT: Journalist’s equipment briefly seized in Senate Chamber

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Fredrick Cherue, a member of the Upper House of Liberia’s parliament on August 27, 2008, seized the equipment of a radio journalist for allegedly...
8 Liberian fans reported dead

8 Liberian fans reported dead

Monday, June 2, 2008
The death of at least eight football fans in Monrovia at Liberia's game with the Gambia has overshadowed the start of Group 6 qualifying for the 2010...
LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displ...

LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displaces hundreds

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan, the second largest city in Liberia, and...
LIBERIA: As armed robbery rise...

LIBERIA: As armed robbery rises civilians defend themselves

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The current police force in the Liberian capital Monrovia is unable to combat an increase in violent crime, according to a recent independent report...
LIBERIA: Peacekeeper pull-out ...

LIBERIA: Peacekeeper pull-out will be “cautious and gradual”

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The 15,000 strong United Nations peacekeeping force deployed in Liberia since 2003 has started pulling out but the UN will remain until all security...
LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” ...

LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” in Monrovia

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Friday, April 18, 2008
Moderate hunger has been endemic in the Liberian capital for years, but as the effects of soaring global food and fuel prices have doubled rice...