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Italiano MONROVIA – At first glance it looks like a fully grown tropical forest, but among the thick undergrowth, the trees still stand in lines, their trunks deeply scarred. This was once a productive rubber plantation; now it is part of Liberia’s estimated 600,000ha of overgrown and moribund rubber farms.
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 IRIN  12/05/2010DAKAR – “Vested interests” are hampering Liberia’s recovery from civil war by failing to address key recommendations of the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), according to a new report. IRIN 19/01/2010MONROVIA, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) – Farmers are turning to urban gardens as a way to boost food security in Liberia’s Montserrado County, where just one percent of residents grow their own produce today compared to 70 percent before the war. IRIN 17/09/2009MONROVIA, 17 September 2009 (IRIN) – In Liberia citizens reaction has been mixed to a 16 September UN Security Council decision extending the UN peacekeeping mission (UNMIL) to assist with the planned 2011 presidential and legislative elections. IRIN 26/09/2008Thousands of young girls annually prepare for their initiation into a women’s secret association, Sande Society, which operates mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. As part of their initiation, young women take a vow of secrecy after weeks of training in the forest, promising not to not tell uninitiated [...] |
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