http://en.afrik.com/ Afrik.com, Africa's portal offers a daily online newspaper with information on what is going on in the world, culture, economics, sport, societies of 56 african countries. en http://en.afrik.com/images/logo_moyen.gif http://en.afrik.com/ http://en.afrik.com/article14115.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:55:48 +0200 Heavy floodings in Liberia http://en.afrik.com/article13551.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:02:12 +0200 Their trial is set for this week after preliminary hearings, which Bryant failed to attend, took place at the Monrovia magisterial court last Friday. http://en.afrik.com/article13465.html Sat, 03 May 2008 02:10:31 +0200 Hundreds of spectators immediately stampeded out of the courtroom into the court yard, which is just a stone's from the Executive Mansion http://en.afrik.com/article13459.html Fri, 02 May 2008 16:13:11 +0200 Charles Taylor, the former head of state of Liberia, who is currently being tried in the Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone is said to have kept about $5bn in two US banks while he was still president. Lucas Radicella http://en.afrik.com/article13431.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:25:37 +0200 In a statement, the House of Representatives said the draft bill, proposed by Edward Forh of Montserrado County, proposed penalties ranging from life imprisonment to death by hanging for persons convicted of any of these crimes, especially if death occurred while committing the offence. http://en.afrik.com/article13370.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:33:09 +0200 The court presided over Mr Justice P.K. Gyeasayor, a Court of Appeal Judge, held that the refugees, who were arrested at Gomoa Buduburam camp just west of the Ghanaian capital and detained at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), could be repatriated. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13362.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:42:36 +0200 The U.S. strongly supports the efforts of the Liberian people and the government of President Johnson Sirleaf to overcome years of conflict and instability and to implement reforms that are putting Liberia back on the path of growth and development ... http://en.afrik.com/article13323.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:17:06 +0200 UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, Tuesday addressed the joint session of the Liberian Legislature here, saying that he was in the country to assess the achievements Liberia had made so far in recovering from a devastating conflict. http://en.afrik.com/article13066.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:12:40 +0200 By the approval, made at Wednesday's session of the council in the capital city of Abuja, nationals from both nations cease to be considered refugees within Nigeria. http://en.afrik.com/article13039.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:05:51 +0200 Further, some of them, who are former combatants, were security threats, he added. http://en.afrik.com/article12994.html Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:15:54 +0100 The agreement was reached at a meeting between the two sides in Accra and announced on Friday. Ghana had wanted the repatriation to begin in April. http://en.afrik.com/article12977.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:25:04 +0100 A high-level Liberian delegation led by foreign minister Olubanke King-Akirele has been in Ghana since the beginning of the week after a stand-off between the refugees at Gomoa Buduburam and the government escalated into the evacuation of more than 600 of them, mainly women and children, to a leadership training centre in the Eastern region. http://en.afrik.com/article12962.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:18:49 +0100 Kufuor said Ghana within its means had treated the Liberians fairly for the better part of 20 years and their situation was no worse than that of their hosts. http://en.afrik.com/article12940.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:20:52 +0100 Patrick Ahossouhe has filed a writ of habeas corpus against the Minister of the Interior and Inspector General of Police to produce his wife Ms Chicider Lawrence who was one of those removed from the Gomoa Buduburam refugee camp, just west of Accra, to Kordiabe in the Eastern Region. http://en.afrik.com/article12922.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:31:43 +0100 "At the same time, while fully understanding the frustration of the authorities, I would like to reiterate UNHCR's call to the Government not to make any further deportations and to work with us to address the situation through other mechanisms available within the laws of Ghana. Unfortunately, the victims in all of this are the innocent majority of Liberian refugees who call Ghana home," the statement added.