World news about “Liberia” published by euronews.
Back in the Day: Africa’s first female head of stateNovember 23, 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is officially declared the next President of Liberia, making her the first elected female African head of state. … 22/11/2011
Sirleaf set to win second term in LiberiaWith counting underway in Liberia’s presidential run-off the incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is expected to win after her rival for the job… 09/11/2011
Boycott and unrest marrs Liberia electionTuesday’s presidential election in Liberia is going ahead despite the violence before the poll and calls for a boycott. Early in the day, turnout was low… 08/11/2011
UN intervenes to stop violence before Liberia electionUp to four people have been killed in clashes with police ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election in Liberia. Supporters of the main rival to the… 07/11/2011
Violence on eve of Liberian presidential run-offAt least one person has been killed in Monrovia as Liberia prepares to go to the polls in a presidential run-off on Tuesday. Its reported Liberian police… 07/11/2011
Liberia’s Johnson-Sirleaf ahead on early vote countPartial results from Liberia’s second presidential poll since a civil war have put newly-named Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the lead. The… 14/10/2011
Liberians form long queues at polling stationsLong queues formed in the pouring rain from dawn as Liberia went to the polls. It is the West African state’s second presidential election since its civil… 11/10/2011
Nobel peace prize recognizes womenThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured three women with this year’s peace prize, only the second time in the award’s history that it has been split three… 07/10/2011
Taylor’s lawyer says war-crimes trial is a ‘farce’The lawyer defending the former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war-crimes charges has stormed out of court after angry exchanges with the… 08/02/2011
Gbagbo won’t go, says threat of force “unjust”The UN says 14,000 people have fled the Ivory Coast since the contested presidential election. Most are supporters of the internationally- recognised victor… 26/12/2010
Supermodel gives evidence at war crimes trialSupermodel Naomi Campbell has appeared at the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in the Hague. She was summoned by the prosecution to… 05/08/2010
Naomi Campbell wanted as war crimes witnessNaomi Campbell has been ordered to testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor. Prosecutors say the supermodel was given a… 02/07/2010
Charles Taylor: a history written in bloodEx-warlord Charles Taylor is facing 11 counts of instigating murder, rape, mutilation, sexual slavery and conscripting child soldiers. It is alleged these… 14/07/2009
Taylor slams war crimes charges as “lies”The former Liberian President Charles Taylor has taken the stand at his war crimes trial in The Hague. His defence? He is totally innocent of all the… 14/07/2009
Charles Taylor dismisses charges as “malicious”The former Liberian President Charles Taylor has taken the stand at his war crimes trial in the Hague. In his first statements from the witness box, he has… 14/07/2009
Taylor begins war crimes defenceThe defence team of former Liberian president Charles Taylor has started to put its case against charges of war atrocities in Sierra Leone. Taylor pleads… 13/07/2009
