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5 Former African Presidents Arrive in Liberia for 161st Independe…
Net News Publisher | 19 hours ago by Terry
Five former African heads of state have arrived in the country to grace Liberia’s 161st independence anniversary on Saturday, July 26. The former president of Nambia, Sam Nujoma, former Mozambican president Jaochim Chissano and Quette Katumie Joni read more
Sliding Liberia
The Galley Boys | July 25th 2008 by The Galley Boys
Sliding Liberia is a film that crosses genres. Conceived of by Stanford filmmaker Britton Caillouette and Stanford PhD student Nicholai Lidow, this surf film/social documentary follows a group of young surfers to Liberia in search of more than perfec read more
Liberian President Sirleaf Signs Armed Robbery Act Into Law
Net News Publisher | July 24th 2008 by Terry
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed into law, an act making armed robbery, terrorism and hijacking capital offenses that are punishable by death or life imprisonment. The Act to amend “chapters 14 and 15 sub-chapter (c), titled 26,& read more
Five LAC Nations Picked for Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
The Temas Blog | July 23rd 2008
In a recent post on the growing list of international carbon finance sources available to nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), I mentioned the new Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) recently created by the World Bank designed to c read more
DDR - Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs need…
Child Soldier Relief | July 22nd 2008 by Christine Williams
Let’s highlight this problem in a little more detail. Best practices reporting from organizations like the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers has outlined much of the problem - mostly stemming from reliance on short-term solutions th read more
Hello, Dolly! Storms That Head to My Home.
The Blog Formerly Known as Barry's Baghdad Blog | July 21st 2008 by Barry
Right now, I am in Liberia. It has been raining every day for the last few days. It was pouring rain almost all day yesterday. I started thinking about the old Creedence song "Who'll Stop the Rain" ...And I wonder, still I wonder Who'll stop the rain read more
Liberia: President must veto death penalty bill
Human Rights Digest | July 18th 2008 by Jim
Following the confirmation by the Liberian Senate of a bill re-proposing the death penalty for certain crimes, Amnesty International called on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to veto the bill. “The surest way to address crime is to strengthen the c read more
Human Rights Quote (80): Impunity
PAP Blog | July 15th 2008 by filip spagnoli
(source) I deeply hope that the horrors humanity has suffered during the 20th century will serve us as a painful lesson, and that the creation of the International Criminal Court will help us to prevent those atrocities from being repeated in the fut read more
Behold The New Africa
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | July 14th 2008 by Fred Stopsky
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, not merely the president of Liberia, but the first female to become president on the continent of Africa gave the Nelson Mandela lecture in South Africa. Nelson Mandela applauded as she denounced the crime of Zimbabwe where Pr read more
Zero, The Tolerant Chimp
The Task at Hand | July 12th 2008 by shoreacres
The photo’s old and faded, the color is terrible and some might even say it’s impossible to tell which one is the monkey, but still - there are moments in life that just have to be shared. I found this photo a couple of months ago, read more
Celebrating America's Independence in Liberia
The Blog Formerly Known as Barry's Baghdad Blog | July 6th 2008 by Barry
Well,I am not used to people coming up and saying Happy Independence Day! Here working with the UN it happened all day. The US Contingent celebrated with a contingent meeting - it means no UN work that day. (OK say it- you know you want to "unwork read more
Food Crisis in Liberia
finding joy in Liberia | July 3rd 2008 by Joy
My Google News alert pointed me to a World Bank video about the food crisis in Liberia. You can find it here. Because it would not embed into my blog, I went looking for it on Youtube...I didn't find it, but found the below video from Gallup. While i read more
Liberia Random Tid-bits
The Blog Formerly Known as Barry's Baghdad Blog | July 3rd 2008 by Barry
I have been in sort of a random this-and-that mode. I figured a lot of folks "back home" don't know much about Liberia.Liberia's Flag was designed bases on the US Flag.Liberia is the oldest Republic in Africa. It was formed by former freed slaves fro read more
The Diva Chronicles : Costa Rica (Part I)
Two JetSet Divas...and a Map. | July 1st 2008 by Two JetSet Divas
We finally get to share our adventures in Costa Rica, and the tips we learned along the way. First we give you The City... The Volcano and The Beach are soon to follow. read more
More from Liberia - Excerpts from the local paper...
Holli's Ramblings | June 26th 2008 by Holli
One gets quite an insight into a country from the newspaper. What is covered, how the stories are covered, what the perspectives are...I arrived in Liberia this week - here is a general sampling of the main stories featured in the country's main news read more
Pray the Devil Back to Hell Screening
Sprayblog | June 26th 2008
Pray the Devil Back to Hell documents the true story of a group of Liberian women coming together to help stop their country’s bloody civil war. There will be a special screening this weekend in Los Angeles at the Ray Kurtzman Theater at CAA at read more
LCC Fundraising Video
Africa Advocate | June 17th 2008 by Elias Kruger
This was the presentation I made on May 31st in our first LCC Fundraising dinner in Davidson, North Carolina. For those of you who do not know, I am helping set up a fundraising infrastructure for an African College located in Liberia. We have had read more
Oggi è il Firefox Download Day!
Il blog di Enrico | June 17th 2008
Oggi potete scaricare Firefox 3 e dare il vostro piccolo contributo al tentativo di record del mondo! Le adesioni sono molte, ma spiccano le 151 della Groenlandia, le 116 del Gabon, le 66 della Papua Nuova Guinea, le 63 del Suriname, le 43 della Libe read more
Sliding Liberia :: Patagonia
The Galley Boys | June 11th 2008 by The Galley Boys
The Patagoonies in Palo Alto are got revved up for an extra-special event this past weekend. They were proud to announce that directors, Stanford University students, and friends of Patagonia, Nicholai Lidow and Britt Caillouette, introduced the surf read more
Wordless Wednesday: IU Honors Africa’s First Madam President
Black on Campus | June 4th 2008 by Ajuan Mance
Indiana University Vice President for International Affairs Patrick O’Meara (left) shows Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf some of IU’s most precious collections including a copy of George Washington’s letter accepting the pr read more
Arik Air resumes flights to 5 African countries
The Airliner Blog | June 3rd 2008 by airlinerblog
Arik Air, Lagos Nigeria based airline, has announced that it will resume flight operations in the five African countries of - Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon and Senegal. From All Africa - “According to a statement made available to THISDAY read more
Overcrowding at Fault for Deaths in Liberia-Gambia Match
Road to 2010 World Cup | June 2nd 2008 by Amunti
Stadium issues have reared their ugly face in Africa again as at least eight Liberian football fans died this weekend in Monrovia, Liberia during their country's opening World Cup qualifier against Gambia.A BBC correspondent in Monrovia says many fak read more
Of Luck, Puck And Er......... A Cock
For Girls Who Can't Do Football | June 1st 2008 by Georgina Best
How awful!Those poor unlucky people killed in that disaster at a Liberian football match.It is a humbling reminder that whatever our small moans and groans in life there is always someone facing something far worse.Not that I'm feeling particularly g read more
Liberia: World Bank approves US$10 million grant for Liberia’s…
Sociolingo's Africa | May 31st 2008 by sociolingo
Liberia: World Bank approves US$10 million grant for Liberia’s Emergency Food Crisis Response Program http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21784 382~menuPK:258658~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:258644,00 read more
LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displaces hundreds
Sociolingo's Africa | May 29th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: IRIN NEWS LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displaces hundreds BUCHANAN, 28 May (IRIN) - Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan, the second largest city in Liberia, and government officials s read more
Moses Blah discusses Small Boy Units (child soldiers) again at Ch…
Child Soldier Relief | May 28th 2008 by Christine Williams
There have been so many happenings and new research relating to child soldiers to report on recently, that there hasn’t been a free moment to post the additional testimony regarding child soldiers usage at the Charles Taylor Trial on May 20th read more
Cannes ‘is like a nightclub singer whose time has expired’
Leo Africanus | May 27th 2008 by Leo Africanus
The Cannes Film Festival is now over. I had earlier noted that no African film had made the cut for the official (or main) program, but were relegated to a series of “special sections.” That’s like humanitarianism for film. (A frien read more
The Dangers of the "Knut Hole"
The Blog Formerly Known as Barry's Baghdad Blog | May 22nd 2008 by Barry
One of the dangers here in Liberia is not what you may expect. It is the Knut Hole. OK, I am not sure who made the name up, either me or one of my friends here, but it has to do with a guy named Knut falling in one.These are open holes in the sidewal read more
A candidate that can not be denied
microbrother | May 21st 2008 by microbrother
Senator Barack Obama looks and sounds more presidential every day.Whenever I get an opportunity to talk to someone from outside of Washington’s beltway, I invariably asked their opinion of Obama’s candidacy and what it means to them. Old Blue has read more
Gone to Costa Rica
Two JetSet Divas...and a Map. | May 20th 2008 by Two JetSet Divas
We have Jet Set to Costa Rica...Write you in a week! read more
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