Former Liberian President Charles Taylor had a close relationship with the CIA over "several decades", according to a report in US daily the Boston Globe. Taylor is awaiting a verdict in a war crimes trial in The Netherlands.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the swearing-in ceremony of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia Monday. Clinton praised the turbulent nation's progress, saying democracy had "taken root."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian President and 2011 Peace Nobel Prize Laureate, was a guest at the Académie Diplomatique Internationale’s "Forum for New Diplomacy", in partnership with the International Herald Tribune. A few weeks after being re-elected, she sat down with Marc Perelman to talk about her peace-building work in Liberia and the opposition’s harsh criticism of the electoral process.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf officially won reelection Thursday in a run-off that was boycotted by the opposition, which has vowed not to accept the election results.
Liberia’s main opposition candidate, Winston Tubman (pictured right), vowed to challenge the expected presidential victory of incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Wednesday, citing alleged electoral fraud.
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, was poised to win a second term in Tuesday's election run-off despite opposition calls for an election boycott.
Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Saturday called on voters to ignore calls from her challenger, Winston Tubman, to boycott the Nov. 8 election in which she looks set to win.
Liberian presidential candidate Winston Tubman (pictured) said he would not participate in his country's run-off poll next week, adding that his party refused to grant legitimacy to "a corrupt political process".
Ex-warlord and defeated candidate Prince Johnson told his supporters on Monday to back Nobel Peace Prize winning presidential candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in her November run-off with challenger Winston Tubman for Liberia's presidency.
Liberia’s main opposition candidate Winston Tubman withdrew a demand for a recount of Tuesday’s a presidential poll, which put the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winning incumbent, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in the lead.
