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Successes in pre and post electoral exercises in Ghana
Press Release (From Registered Liberian Political Parties’ Delegates To Accra, Ghana )
As such, the delegation participated in a series of meetings and discussions with Ghanaian political parties and other major stakeholders to obtain a better understanding as regarding their roles and participation in ensuring successes in pre and post electoral exercises in Ghana. It was viewed that information gathered and observations made during the mission would enable stakeholders in Liberia to take further steps to advance forward the democratic agenda in the country.

Liberian Writer Blasts Mandingo Leaders
The young Liberian writer and human rights activist has expressed strong disappointment in the Mandingo political leadership for prioritizing jobs in government at the expense of others’ lives and failing to discuss important issues and problems affecting their community.

He said Mandingoes should engage in frank dialogues with other Liberian ethnic groups about “our cultural and religious diversity and reconciliation.” The human rights advocate said the October 2004 violence in Monrovia is a clear indication that there is more to be done to make Liberia stable.

ELLEN BACKS RENEW SANCTIONS ON LIBERIA --Says NTGL Incompetent
One of Liberia’s 2005 Presidential hopefuls, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of the Unity Party says she support the U.N. Assessment team on the performance of the Charles Guyde Bryant led NTGL and the extension of the Sanctions on timber and diamond.

WHERE ARE WE AFTER THE WAR? 
A Keynote Speech By Nvasekie N. Konneh at the Inauguration Program Of The Atlanta Mandingo Association in Atlanta, Georgia 
The reality we face in Liberia today is a clear indication that the war is not yet over. But let me quickly remind you that the real war that must be fought now requires different ways and strategies from the previous ones. It requires that we must be educated; that we must engage the political and the legal systems; that we must frankly engage our fellow Liberians in dialogue about our cultural, religious diversity and reconciliation.

ULAA Has no Chapter in Liberia-Statement of Clarification
The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) has read with dismay a news article on the Website of the Analyst news organ, highlighting a group of Liberians calling themselves the "Liberian Chapter of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas.

Royal Mail swaps bikes for guns
Thousands of bicycles once used by British postmen are being given to people in Liberia who hand over guns. It is hoped the exchange ...

Morality From Within 
The year 2004 got its share of the longstanding, religious debate. We are even told the moral vote decided a major presidential election. While religion comes in different forms, the core lesson of every religion is kindness toward others. We are asked to feed the hungry. Give water to the thirsty. Give clothe to the naked. Heal the sick. Shelter the homeless. And treat others, including those with no or different faith, fairly.

THE LAST LAUGH 
At last, the census issue with regards to the forthcoming elections in war-torn Liberia has finally been put to rest.  Therefore, Liberians should now prepare themselves (just in case they haven’t done so already) to witness one of the most exciting elections ever in the failed West African state’s history.  Or at least, that’s what some people are saying.

Liberians celebrate first peaceful Christmas in years 
For the first time in the wake of two successive civil wars that claimed more than 200,000 lives, the west African state of Liberia is celebrating Christmas in peace -- even though many can barely find the funds to buy presents for their children.

REBUILDING MUSLIM CONGRESS HIGH  SCHOOL OF LIBERIA
As you may be aware, on October 28, 2004 the world was awakened to the news of the burning down of the once famous and prestigious Muslim Congress High School on Mechlin Street in Monrovia.  It was the only Islamic high school up to grade 12 level, which has produced many graduates since 1984.

WHO ARE THOSE THAT KEEP FAILING LIBERIA? 
From 1980 to present most Liberians continue to make the same mistake of singing and dancing to songs such as, “native women born soldier, soldier killed Tolbert,” you killed my pa, you killed my ma, I will vote for you, and now you know book, you don’t know book that you we want.” These slogans/songs mainly by some of our citizens continue to show the outside world our level of education.

"PALAVA HUT TALK,"
Press Release: The Association of Liberian Women in Pennsylvania (ALWP) invites you to our series of symposia (The event entitled "PALAVA HUT TALK,"), with the first leg being scheduled for January 8, 2005 in Philadelphia .

UN mission in Liberia documents illegal fishing and bilge dumping
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has documented illegal fishing and bilge dumping in the country's international waters, the senior UN envoy to the country said today, recommending expanded powers of intervention to deal with the problem.

Nimba People Share the Olive Branch
The results of the recent tribal reconciliation conference that took place in Nimba County seem to be very encouraging. It is our understanding that all the tribes involved resolved to reconcile whatever differences that the fourteen years war might have created between and amongst them.  They are said to have pledged to open a new page in the history of their county by living together again as a people of one county with one destiny.

LIBERIA: UN extends arms and timber sanctions until after 2005 ...
The United Nations Security Council has renewed all its trade sanctions on Liberia, extending a ban on timber exports until after the country's first post-war elections in October 2005, but raising the possibility that a ban on diamond exports may be lifted beforehand.

THE NEED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION STRESSED AT THE KONNEHS’ HONORING PROGRAM
Lack of education among Liberian Mandingoes has been cited as the main cause of  the social and political problems that affect the ethnic group in Liberia.

U.N. Votes to Uphold Liberia Sanctions
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to maintain economic sanctions against Liberia but promised to review a ban on diamond sales in three months and a ban on timber exports in six months.

China sends peacekeeping force to Liberia
Beijing, Dec 22 (PTI) China today sent a second batch of peacekeeping troops for the war-torn West African nation of Liberia to replace those sent last year.

“Love” for one’s Own Country Should Transcend Egotism;
--an open Letter to Mr. Gearge Oppong Weah 
Mr. Weah, for the many people I have and continue to speak to, the general consensus is that, you are a “Serious factor” that we cannot brush off or underestimate in this Presidential race and the future of Liberia. These people who have described you as a “serious factor” in the race have however, predicted you to be a massive failure if (when) elected as President of Liberia at this particular time.

ONLY LIBERIANS CAN HEAL LIBERIA 
…UN Envoy Jacques Paul Klein
The United Nations Special Envoy in Liberia has observed that the future of Liberia’s security is dependent on Liberians forging together and healing the wounds and divisions that led to 14 years of crisis.

The United Nations Special Envoy implores Liberians for their continuous supports to the peace process
In his letter dated November 9, 2004 and addressed to the president of the Union of Liberians Associations in the Americas (ULAA), Arthur Watson, the UN top brass implores Liberians for their continuous supports to the peace process, but called on them to return home and help encourage foreign investments in the country.

Election Reform Act too Hot for Liberian Lawyers?
We have been making efforts to contact some lawyers in Liberia to get their help and opinion about seeking court action against the controversial Election Reform Act. But of all the well respected and credible lawyers contacted so far, none wants to get involve.

REBUILDING MUSLIM CONGRESS HIGH  SCHOOL OF LIBERIA
As you may be aware, on October 28, 2004 the world was awakened to the news of the burning down of the once famous and prestigious Muslim Congress High School on Mechlin Street in Monrovia.  It was the only Islamic high school up to grade 12 level, which has produced many graduates since 1984.  At the level of the traditional madrasa in 1963, it has religiously groomed a number of prominent brothers like Dr. Brahima d. Kaba, brother Hamidu Turay and Alhaji Mohamed Sidibay amongst others.

US hails Liberian election reform 
The United States welcomed Liberia's decision to implement new electoral guidelines for a presidential and parliamentary vote set for October.

EU Urges Liberia to Improve Election Laws Fast 
The European Union urged Liberia, struggling to emerge from more than 10 years of civil war, to bring its election laws up to international standards ahead of an October vote.

DID WEAH USE ISLAM FOR CONVENIENCE?
A while ago, it was reported that the presidential candidate, George Weah, said in a church that he "used Islam for convenience."  Mr. Weah is said to have made this remark in response to a question asked about his religious faith. The person who asked the question wanted to know where Mr. Weah stands between Islam and Christianity, since he converted to Islam years ago and now it seems like he's going back to Christianity.

Nimbaians Want Say in Negotiations
Citizens of Nimba County have pledged their unflinching support to the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) in its quest to bring about peace and reconciliation amongst the people. They, however, called for adequate financial support from both the NTGL and international community among other things to promote the process.

Amnesty International USA: Write-a-thon
Letter from Sheikh Sackor, Freed Prisoner of Conscience. ... Read what freed prisoner of conscience, Sheikh Sackor, has to say about the Write-a-thon. ..."I will never forget how lonely it was being held in a small dark room, where I slept on the bare floor and was prevented from contacting my family and friends. Even the guards were not allowed to speak to me for more than five minutes at a time. "

CHARMING NIGERIAN ACTRESS ARRIVES IN MONROVIA ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION MISSION
Genevieve Ninaji, the Charming, beautiful, sexy and lovely Nigerian Movie star, widely admired for her suspenseful romantic role she plays in movies, has arrived in Monrovia on a peace and reconciliatory mission in Liberia.

GHANA-LIBERIA: Refugees set sail for Monrovia in region's largest sea repatriation ...
ACCRA, 16 December (IRIN) - Liberian refugees sheltered in Ghana set sail for home and a new life this week in the largest sea repatriation scheme to take place in West Africa under the supervision of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).

National Islamic Youth Conference (NIYC 2004)  
Conference Resolution : The National Islamic Youth Conference having deliberated for three days on pertinent matters relating to the general welfare of the Muslim community (ULMA) and the specific interest of the Muslim Youth of the Republic of Liberia, thereby proclaimed the following:

Finance Minister Losene Kamara, the scapegoat...As the Liberian people continue to call Bryant a thief.
Mr. Bryant is feeling pressures from all sides about his misappropriation of the Liberian people's fund and he's figuring out a way to relief himself of such pressures. So the fall guy in this face saving scheme by the Chairman is the Finance Minister, Losene Kamara. 

EU Urges Liberia to Improve Election Laws Fast 
The European Union urged Liberia, struggling to emerge from more than 10 years of civil war, to bring its election laws up to international standards ahead of an October vote.

LIBERIA: Transitional parliament finally adopts election bill
MONROVIA, 15 December (IRIN) - After international pressure and a veto from Liberia's interim leader, the transitional parliament has finally ended five months ...

AND THE BLAME-GAME GOES ON… AS CHAIRMAN TRIES TO SAVE FACE
Reliable sources at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia have reveal to our reporters that the Gyude Bryant-led transitional government is planning on publicly dismissing its Finance Minister, Mr. Losine Kamara, on Friday, December 7, 2004. 

Expressing Pride For www.limany.org 
The editors: I am writing to express my thanks for your ably manner in portraying events emanating from Liberia. As a Liberian diplomat and a Mandingo, I cannot but express pride for this website that does not only depict Mandingoesm but equally inform about the current event in the country. Limany was my major source of information in the heat of the latest civil war that finally deposed Mr. Taylor and brought in the current transitional government. When I could not get it all from CNN and other world media, I got it from Mandingo perspective as they were part of the conflict.

UN Experts Indict NTGL, Accuses Govt of Spending More Money On Personnel Than Services
With more than half of the people of Liberia estimated to be living on less than 50 cents a day, a United Nations-appointed expert panel says the West African country is suffering from "widespread financial improprieties by government officials, extremely low economic growth, a high foreign and domestic debt burden" and about 80 per cent unemployment.

IRISH PRESIDENT AND HUSBAND VISIT LIBERIA
The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese and her husband, Dr. Martin McAleese paid a daylong visit to Liberia on Tuesday. Upon her arrival in the country, President McAleese visited the Irish Contingent of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). As part of its effort to help the Liberian people, the Irish government agreed to send up to 450 peacekeeping troops to Liberia.

FIRESTONE WORKERS ACCUSED BRYANT OF BRIBERY AND SIDING WITH MANAGEMENT IN SALARY DISPUTE
Employees of the Firestone Plantation Company have expressed dislike over recent pronouncement made by the Chairman of the NTGL, Charles Bryant and the Peter Amos George Committee on the US$37.5 deduction from their salary.

AS NIMBA PEACE COMFAB ENDS, ISLAMIC YOUTH ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
The Nimba County three day inter-tribal peace conference, which brought together the Gios, Manos, Mandingoes, Khrans and the Gbee tribes held in Sanniquellie has ended with all those involved accepting to work in harmony and make their county grows successfully.

BRYAN DISMISSES CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER FOR ' UNRULY BEHAVIOUR'
The Commissioner of Customs and Excess at the Ministry of Finance in the Transitional Government of Liberia has been dismissed by the Chairman of the NTGL, Charles Gyude Bryant for what the government referred to as unruly behavior.

CHOOSING OUR LEADERS: TEST THEM OR TRUST THEM”
The debate about whether or not George Weah will make a good President continues with a lot of interesting points being made on both sides. This is encouraging in that Liberians and the world over, are taking very keen interest in the destiny of their country.

Liberia must bring civil war rapists to trial: Amnesty 
Liberia must bring to justice those responsible for systematic rapes during the country's long civil war, according to the Amnesty International rights group who called the lack of action a "disgraceful betrayal of the victims".

Liberia suffers from dysfunctional economy, UN panel says
13 December 2004 – With more than half of the people of Liberia estimated to be living on less than 50 cents a day, a United Nations-appointed expert panel says the West African country is suffering from "widespread financial improprieties by government officials, extremely low economic growth, a high foreign and domestic debt burden" and about 80 per cent unemployment

AS STUDENTS INTENSIFY RIOTS AGANIST NTGL, BRYANT BOOED
Public School students in Monrovia today intensified their riot against the leadership of the Liberian National Transitional Government in support of their teachers demand for the 'immediate dismissal' of the head of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS).

SILENCE OF GUNS IS NOT PEACE..Fahnbulleh 
“Even though the guns are silenced in Liberia, Liberians must recognize it is not an achievement of total peace,” cautioned the newly elected chairman of the Association of Members of the Unity Party (America) Inc.

Crowds boo Liberia's Bryant
Monrovia - Liberia's Interim President Gyude Bryant was met with jeers and boos Saturday as his siren-blazing motorcade turned into one of Monrovia's main ...

UN opens new front in Liberia's battle for peace - battery-less ...
10 December 2004 – Harnessing the air waves to the struggle for rehabilitation in Liberia, the top United Nations envoy in the war-torn West African country has gone to a remote town hundreds of kilometres from the capital to launch a nationwide distribution of wind-up radio sets in an effort to accelerate the peace process and recovery.


Press Release: The Islamic Da’Wah Agency (IDA) in collaboration with the University of Liberia Muslim Students Association (ULMSA) host a three day national Islamic Youth Conference from December 13-16 2004 at the Monrovia City Hall, under the theme: Our Youth, Our Country, Our Role.

Mosque Vandalized Outside Monrovia
There are reports that a mosque in the Red-light Community in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia, was recently attacked for the second time, and looted by some unknown persons.

Martha Sinoe Expresses Sympathies To Grand Gedeans
Death is a phenomenon we all cannot understand. He comes at a time when we do not expect him. He takes away the young, the old, the rich and the poor. It breaks our hearts whenever he takes our loved ones away. But God has a promise for humanity -- a promise to resurrect all those who believe...

A Tribute to Mrs. Julia Komai (The Family)
Julia Teh Debee Komai was born on June 7,1947 in Zleh Town, Grand Gedeh County, Republic of Liberia, unto the union of the late Wrouto Debee and Druyonor Borkay Debee. Julia dedicated her entire life to helping others. She was a loving wife, a superb mother, a beloved sister, trusted and very reliable friend and a dynamic...

UNITY AND RECONCILIATION, A WAY FORWARD…Amara Konneh
I speak of reconciliation and unity because of the new challenge facing us in our country. Division among Mandingoes makes no sense in an age when our country is recovering from a senseless civil war. It makes no sense in an age when a misunderstanding between two Liberian citizens in Paynesville can ignite the kind of destructions Monrovia and its environs experienced a few weeks ago. It makes no sense in an age when a presidential aspirant is forced by a church to denounce Islam in a country badly in need of tribal and religious reconciliation.

LIBERIA-SIERRA LEONE: International community needs to commit for long haul to stop return to war 
DAKAR, 9 December (IRIN) - Liberia and Sierra Leone risk tipping back into conflict if the international community does not commit for the next 15 to 25 years with a fresh approach to restore security and civil freedoms, according to leading think tank, the International Crisis Group.

Corruption remains a major problem-says US Deputy Assistant
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury, David Loevinger ended a two-day visit to Liberia Wednesday commending the transitional government for "some useful reforms," but said corruption remained a major problem in the war-ravaged country.

“MANDINGOES ARE CITIZENS OF NIMBA”
-Chief Gonyon Tells Nimbaians
Deputy Internal Affairs Minister for Administration in the Liberian Transitional government, Jerry Gonyon, has frowned on his kinsmen for reportedly disallowing the Mandingoes from returning to their respective towns and villages in Nimba County.

ANOTHER RADIO STATION HIT MONROVIA
-  Martin Nagbe Brown, T-Max Jlateh On Sky FM
A new radio station, SKY FM, has hit the Monrovia airwaves, joining over dozen of other FM radio stations with the quest to adequately inform and entertain the people of Monrovia and it’s environ.

LIBERIA: US says willing to cancel debt but warns more progress needed 
MONROVIA, 9 December (IRIN) - The United States has said it wants to help war-ravaged Liberia wipe out billion of dollars of international debt and is prepared to cancel all monies owed to Washington, but more work needs to be done to improve how the West African country manages its finances.

Liberia, Sierra Leone risk return to war - study
DAKAR, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Liberia and Sierra Leone risk collapsing back into conflict if the international community does not make a long-term commitment to peacebuilding, according to a study by an influential think-tank.

Liberia & Sierra Leone: Rebuilding Failed States 
Dakar/Brussels, 8 December 2004 : The international interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone are failing to produce stable sovereign states. A fresh strategy is needed if both are not to remain vulnerable to new fighting and state collapse.

MCSS STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE FOR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS 
Students of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) Monday demonstrated throughout the principle streets of the city to protest the boycott of classes of their teachers and principals who are demanding the “immediate removal” of the head of the system, Madam Hawa Bropleh.

BUSINESSMAN DEMANDS OVER $US15, 000.00 FROM SEKOU CONNEH
A Canadian businessman, Peter Bulut is demanding more than US$15,000.00 from the former Chairman of the defunct Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Sekou Demati Conneh.

The Perils of a Successful businessman turned Chairman
Leadership without conviction no doubt leads to disaster ..Bryant’s words were wonderful, but as we have come to learn, such sentiments are easily corrupted. The Gyude Bryant of today has no resemblance to the Gyude Bryant who was hailed by the media as the successful CEO of an unknown company in Liberia.  Leadership without vision and conviction no doubt leads to chaos, the eternal pratfall of the democratically convinced and the hopeless.

Liberia: UN Security Council threatens to amend sanctions on Liberian timber and diamonds, undermining peace i ...
Press Releases: A briefing document released today by Global Witness(1) highlights the many links still remaining between Liberia’s timber and diamond industries and regional instability, and concludes that lifting or otherwise weakening sanctions on Liberia will undermine peace and security in Liberia and neighbouring countries(2).

US AMBASSADOR GETS TOUGH ON INDIVIDUALS "OBSTRUCTING " LIBERIA'S PEACE ACCORD
Members of the Liberian Transitional Government of Liberia who are reportedly undermining the Accra Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and the time table for general and presidential elections in Liberia next year, have been warned that their names will be placed on the UN Travel Ban list and their asserts to be frozen.

LIBERIA: National army to get back on its feet after years of ...
MONROVIA, 6 December (IRIN) - Liberia's transitional government has begun paving the way for a new national army to emerge from the ashes of 14 years of civil ...

LIBERIA: United States threatens to cut aid if elections are delayed
MONROVIA, 3 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - The United States on Friday threatened to cut its aid for Liberia's post-war reconstruction if the country's transitional parliament delayed elections scheduled for October 2005 by insisting on a new census.

"GIVE CONTEH A CHANCE" - US Ambassador urges UL Staff
The United States Ambassador to Liberia, John Blaney as urged the University of Liberia faculty and students to 'give Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh a chance' to administer the affairs of the State owned University.

Amara Konneh to Address Philly Big Night

PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY 12/2/04 Liberians Muslim residents in the Delaware valley will light up the city of Philadelphia Saturday night at the Inez Too Banquet Hall to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan with pump and pageantry. The event is being hosted by the youth wing of the United Liberian Mandingo Association of Pennsylvania, ULIMAP.

Hon. Monibah Inducts Officers of MINMA (2003)
In front of over five hundred audience, the induction patron, Dr. Harris Monibah admonished the officials to be inducted to respect and uphold whatever constitution the have written regardless of it perfection. "The constitution of Liberia was violated, I warned various African leaders about the consequence of ignoring the constitution of Liberia, but they wouldn't listen". Dr. Monibah said. By this, he was making reference to his experience.

LIBERIA: Money runs out to train, rehabilitate disarmed fighters
MONROVIA, 2 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - The Liberian authorities have run out of money to provide education and training for over 100,000 people who have registered as former combatants in the country's 14-year civil war.

Dr. Conteh Finally Takes Office Today
Addressing a cross-section of students and sympathizers who jam-packed the hallway of the Chambers who were waiting for the court's ruling, Dr. Al Hassan Conteh, beaming with smile, called for unity among the faculty and the entire students populace, adding his interest in the UL presidency among other things is to give the students proper education.

AFRICAN LEADERS AND WORLD BANK CONIVED;  $43 BILLION INTEREST PAID FOR $5 BILLION LOAN
The news report that the World Bank is siphoning billion of dollars from poor countries is alarming.  It is disquieting politically and economically, especially for Liberia, because come 2005, voters might end up selecting a president who wishes to be or has been a business partner to the agents of the World Bank.

Which Court has the power to Try Mr. Taylor? 
When it comes to which court is vested with the jurisdictional power and legal authority to try Mr. Taylor for knowingly and intentionally committing war crimes and crimes against humanity separately and distinctly in Liberia and more so in Sierra Leone, every law abiding Liberian and peace loving citizen of this world needs to immediately and out-rightly part company and moral distance with Mr. Charlie.

$4000.00 FOR THE LIBERIAN MANDINGOES’ LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
One of the presentations that drew widespread endorsement at the conference was the proposed “Liberian Mandingoes’ Legal Defense Fund.” As he outlined in his presentation, “The Way Forward: Strategic plans for Mandingoes in the new Liberia,” the Liberian writer Nvasekie Konneh, told the captive audience that there are many options for bringing about genuine change in Liberia and abroad. He said that the legal process is one of them.

THE WAY FORWARD – STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE MANDINGOES IN THE NEW LIBERIA 
A Speech By Nvasekie N. Konneh at the Liberian Mandingo Reconciliation Conference----- In the new Liberia without a war-monger like Taylor, we must engage our fellow Liberians politically, economically, as well as legally to bring about the new Liberia. With the removal of Charles Taylor, the disarmament of the warring factions, and the forth-coming general elections in the country, it is indeed a time to think of a new Liberia.

CONCERNED MANDINGOES IN LIBERIA COMMEND LIMANY
The Concerned Mandingo Society of Liberia has commended the LIMANY website for what it considers as showing "concern for Liberia and the entire Mandingo community of Liberia."  

LIMANY RAISES MORE THAN $1,000 IN CASH FOR MUSLIM CONGRESS
The Liberian Mandingo Association of New York would like to thank all the brothers and sisters who attended its honoring program and fundraising last Saturday, November 20, 2004. The event was a success as LIMANY raised more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in cash and another Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in science materials to help renovate the Muslim Congress High School and Mosque

Moniba's Death Blames on Bad Weather
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2004/ Details emerging from Detroit, Michigan blamed bad weather conditions for the tragic motor accident which killed former vice president, Dr. Harry Fomba Moniba, 67, the driver and critically injured another passenger.

Martha Sinoe Throws Thanksgiving Party for Minnesota Liberians
Minneapolis, MN (11/25/04) - The ULAA Western Region Vice President, Mrs. Martha Sinoe, is today throwing a festive Thanksgiving party at her own expense for Liberian youth and elders at her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Breaking News: Former VP Moniba is dead
Former vice president of Liberia , Dr. Harry Fumba Moniba, is dead. Confirmed reports this evening said Dr. Moniba died in a tragic motor accident in Detroit, Michigan.

Lawmaker, Ellen want Bryant's government audited for corruption
A member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA), James Banney is calling for an "immediate independent audit of the National Transitional Government of Liberia.

10,000 Ivorians Flee to Liberia
The U.N. refugee agency says that more than 10,000 Ivorians have fled into neighboring Liberia, causing a new strain in the country that is trying to recover from more than 14 years of civil war.

Liberian tanker fire near Dardanelles under control
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish firefighting tugs brought a fire under control that erupted off western Turkey aboard a Liberian tanker carrying 74,000 tonnes of Russian crude, a maritime official told AFP. |

COTE D IVOIRE-LIBERIA: By canoe or by foot, thousands of Ivorians arrive in search of safety
BUTUO, 22 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - When 70-year-old Marie Mangou ran away from her home in Cote d'Ivoire, she trekked for hours through dense jungle and crammed into a creaking canoe to reach the safety of neighbouring Liberia. Now the feisty grandmother cannot manage another step.

The missing iron ore in Liberia concerns us all!
Who authorized the sale of the iron ore in Buchanan? Who’s benefiting from the proceeds of the sale? Of the total sale, how much went to the citizens of Nimba and Grand Bassa counties? Were the former employees paid? Will the local people in mineral rich counties in Liberia EVER benefit directly from their natural resources?

SCHOOL EXPELS JEHOVAH WITNESS STUDENTS
As religious tension continue to rock the country, a strange phenomenon has developed in Monrovia, this time between the Christian groups with decree beliefs.

Liberians open homes to Ivory Coast refugees
Poor survivors of Liberia's 15 years of vicious civil wars -- which only recently ended -- were amazed to find themselves opening their homes to civilians fleeing what for decades was West Africa's most peaceful and prosperous nation.

MUSLIM CONGRESS HIGH GETS $28,000.00 FROM USIAD
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the office of the Transitional Initiative has embarked on providing funds for the renovations of two schools, the Muslim Congress High and the H.A. Gessner Lutheran School. These schools were among those damaged during recent Monrovia violence.

LIBERIA'S DIAMOND SANCTIONS TO BE LIFTED, ESTABLISHES APPRAISING OFFICES 
The UN backed Diamond Sanctions imposed on Liberia is to shortly be lifted following an invitation extended the Government of Liberia by the Chairman of the Kimberley Diamond Certification Scheme to attend the organization’s annual plenary in Quebec, Canada, Liberia's Land, Lands, Mines and Energy Minister told journalists Monday.

LIBERIA: WFP Appeals for 18.7 million dollars to avert food shortfall
MONROVIA, 16 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it needed an additional 18.7 million US dollars to avert a food shortfall from now through the first quarter of next year in Liberia as a result of an increasing demand for food aid.

George Weah Finally Joins Race for the Presidency At last, football legendary George Oppong Weah has announced his intention to contest the Liberian presidency during the forthcoming general and presidential elections slated for October, 2005.

"UN Will Be Responsible For My Death" -Speak Dweh Writes Kofi Annan
The Speaker of the Liberia National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA), George Dweh has accused United Nation, Special Representative, Jacques Klein of unfair treatment and that there were plan to assassinate him in Monrovia.

DISUNITY BREEDS CATASTROPHE
The need for unity among people of the Liberian Mandingoes community home and abroad has been stressed. Liberian human right activist observed the recent outbreak of violence in the Liberian capital that resulted into the loss of lives and destruction of properties is a result of disunity among Liberians.  

Ivorian exodus to Liberia tops 10,000, evokes concerns of food crisis
Ivorians are flooding into Liberia by the thousands to avoid being caught between rebels and government troops, UN humanitarian agencies said in an appeal to help shore up meagre resources in the war-battered state.

Scared Ivorians flee into Liberia
More than 10,000 Ivorians flee into Liberia as an immediate arms embargo is imposed on Ivory Coast.

Quadu Gboni Assoc. Denies News Report 
The Quadu Gboni University Students Association of the University of Liberia has strongly denied media report that the Muslim community was planning to attack Christians at the end of Ramadan.

MANDINGOPHOBIA
The 2005 elections will have so many interesting highs; I don’t want to speculate on the lows. One group continues to cause a stir in the politics * the Mandingoes.’Oh, you don’t know the Mandingo people, too, are citizens’’ some people often remarked as if they are doing one a favor. Is either a play in sarcasm or a stark ignorance or both?

UNHCR helps Liberia respond to continued Ivorian influx
BUTUO, Liberia, Nov 15 (UNHCR) – Over the past week, the small town of Butuo, located at the border with Côte d'Ivoire in the north-east of Liberia, has become a reception centre for thousands of Ivorian refugees fleeing the unrest in their country. UNHCR estimates that, as of Sunday, some 10,000 Ivorians had crossed the border into Liberia, with new arrivals still coming in every day.

Thousands Of Ivorians Seek Shelter In Liberia
BUTUO, Liberia, Nov 12 (AFP) - Panicked Ivory Coast nationals from its western border region are flooding into Liberia to escape mounting tensions in a country which was once the anchor of stability for troubled west Africa.

Influx of Ivorian refugees puts strain on Liberia...
MONROVIA, 11 November (IRIN) - Around 5,000 frightened Ivorians have raced across the border into eastern Liberia since the crisis in their homeland erupted

Yasser Arafat (1929-2004)
Whatever personal judgment one has about the late President Yasser Arafat, he was a huge figure in the Middle East and in other parts of the world. LIMANY Editorial Board expresses condolences to President Arafat's family and to the Palestinian people. It is hoped that the Palestinian people will, in the near future, have an independent and democratic state that will serve their hopes and aspirations. (By The Editors)

LIBERIA: Refugees head home from Guinea
DAKAR, 10 November (IRIN) - The first of around 150,000 Liberians who are to be repatriated from Guinea, where some spent more than a decade in camps, headed home on Wednesday, a UNHCR spokeswoman said.

NTGL ASSURES MANDINGO CAUCUS
The President of the National Mandingo Caucus of Liberia, Musa Bility has announced that following a meeting between his organization and the Chairman of the NTGL, Charles Gyude Bryant, his organization has been assured by the Transitional Government that Mandingo will not be witch-hunt by any government security agency in the aftermath of the 4-day violence in Monrovia.

FRESH DISARMAMENT TAKES PLACE IN MONROVIA
The United Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) over the weekend, disarmed several former officers of the disbanded Special Operations Division (SOD).

WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP DEMANDS LEGISLATORS TO PASS REFORM BILL
The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) publicly is demanding the National Transitional Legislative Assembly to pass into law, without delay, the electoral reform bill submitted to it by the National Elections Commission (NEC).

Liberian fighters enter Ivory Coast, refugees say
MONROVIA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Former fighters from Liberia are crossing into Ivory Coast to work as guns for hire after hostilities resumed in their West African neighbour, civilians fleeing the violence said on Tuesday.

Liberia refugees start to return
Liberia and the UN refugee agency have begun the huge task of returning an estimated 500,000 internally-displaced Liberians to their home regions.

LIBERIA: IDPs begin heading for home
MONROVIA, 8 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - Chanting “no more war” and praying for peace, a first batch of 500 internally displaced Lpeople (IDPs) headed home on Monday from a camp where they had lived for years, as the UN and Liberia's government kicked off a scheme to resettle 300,000 IDPs.

Councilman Dexter Tahyor Dies of Cancer
Minneapolis, 11/04/04 (SIS) - A member of Liberia's first five-man Council of State, the collective presidency that succeeded Amos Sawyer's Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU), is dead.

Liberia name coach
Liberia Football Association has appointed Joseph Sayon as caretaker coach for the national team until March 2005

Bush meat trade threatens Liberia's biodiversity
The trade of bush meat has become a very big commercial business in Liberia as it is posing serious threat to the country's biodiversity

UN appeals for 58 million dollars in extra aid to help Liberian ex ...
Program (UNDP) on Thursday appealed to world governments to provide 58 million US dollars in extra aid to help 47,000 ex-fighters in war-torn Liberia

Kromah wants rioters investigated
Prof. Alhaji G.V.Kroman, Former Member of the 6-Man Council of State has added his voice by condemning Monrovia’s recent civil disturbance, which took away several lives and the destructions properties including churches and mosques.

SEARCHING WITHIN OUR OWN SOULS 
Once again, just this past week as the matter of fact, senseless violence has reared its ugly head in our ‘poor’ country, Liberia, particularly the bullet-scarred seaside capital city of Monrovia and its adjourning suburbs.

Liberia officially disbands fighting factions in shadow of capital riots 
Liberia dismantled its warring factions to close the book on 14 years of war against the backdrop of new violence in the capital and amid concerns that promises to rehabilitate ex-combattants have yet to be fulfilled.

Liberia's former warring factions disband
MONROVIA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Liberia's rebel and militia groups formally disbanded on Wednesday in line with a peace deal signed last year, urging their fighters to turn in any remaining weapons to United Nations troops

Ahamadiyya Muslims Denounce Attacks On Churches, Mosques 
Muslims of the Ahamadiyya Faith have condemned the weekend destruction of lives and properties by rioters in Monrovia and its eastern suburbs.

Mandingo Caucus Calls for Co-Existence, Wants Perpetrators Prosecuted 
The Chairman of a group calling itself "Mandingo Caucus of Liberia" has described the recent riots in Monrovia and its suburbs as unfortunate and has meanwhile called for co-existence.

Cape Mountianians abhor "religious violence" in Liberia
The National Association of Cape Mountainians in the Americas, Inc. (NACA) has categorically condemned the recent violence in Monrovia and its environs under the pretext of a "religious" feud, and wants the perpetrators of that carnage to bear the full weight of the law.

FOLLOWING RECENT MONROVIA'S BLOODBATH;
UNMIL Round Up 398 Persons, Big Names Involved
Amid the recent madness which engulfed Monrovia and its environ, the Chairman of the Liberian Transitional Government, Charles Gyude Bryant disclosed that the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has so far, arrested 398 persons in connection of  last week Monrovia bloodbath.

'I WAS ATTACK FOR ENFORCING UNMIL MANDATE' -Says Justice Minister, Points Fingers at Former GOL Officials
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Liberia, Cllr. Kabineh Ja'neh said he narrowly escaped death from the hands of angry mob last Friday, October 29, 2004.

Calm returns to Liberia after factional violence and looting UN 
Rivals within a former Liberian rebel group were responsible for last week s flare-up in violence which was calmed after United Nations forces deployed throughout the area, a spokesman for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) said today.

THE SIGNS WERE EVERYWHERE, WE JUST IGNORED IT (LIMANY EDITORIAL)
Every body is now expressing shock and disbelieve over the ethnically and religiously motivated violence that has been rocking Monrovia in recent days. But if we take into consideration the developments since the beginning of this month, we should not be surprised why mosques and churches have been burnt.

UN confiscates weapons in riot-torn Liberia
The United Nations has opened a new phase in its effort to return peace to Liberia with door-to-door searches for weapons, criminal prosecutions of those still holding arms and authorization to use force to subdue belligerents.

Taylor's men 'not behind riots'
A member of former president Charles Taylor's government has denied involvement in riots in Liberia's capital which left 16 dead.

The UN blames former combatants of being behind the violence which has threatened the fragile peace process.