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Liberia Rebuilds
Jan 14 2011 - 3:17pm
Today, we bring you the final part of our series, "Starting From Less Than Zero: Liberia Rebuilds." In a country as poor as Liberia, land is perhaps the most valuable commodity. Yet, the ownership and distribution of land in the West African nation is a contentious issue. Thousands of Liberians were displaced by civil wars. Many of the refugees came home, only to find others occupying their plots. WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Nimba County in northern Liberia.
Jan 13 2011 - 2:58pm
Liberia's second civil war officially in 2003. Former President Charles Taylor is on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Former rebel allies and rivals, like Prince Yormie Johnson, now a Senator, are in politics. But there are still more than 100-thousand ex-combatants. And people fear they could threaten Liberia's fragile peace. WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports in this installment of our series, "Starting From Less Than Zero: Liberia Rebuilds."
Jan 12 2011 - 3:12pm
During Liberia's two civil wars, rape was used as a weapon of war by both rebels and government troops. While the country tries to put itself back together, an epidemic of sexual and gender-based violence has continues to claiming new victims, many of them young women and girls. In this installment of our series, WYPR's Sunni Khalid has this installment of our series, "Starting From Less Than Zero: Liberia Rebuilds."
Jan 11 2011 - 2:12pm
Liberia should be one of West Africa's success stories. It's rich in agriculture and mineral wealth, like diamonds and iron ore. But decades of misrule by a small elite and two civil wars virtually destroyed the country's economy. In the second part of our series, "Starting From Less Than Zero: Liberia Rebuilds," WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports on Liberia's attempts to rebuild its shattered economy.
Jan 10 2011 - 3:13pm
The past six years have been a time of rebuilding for Liberia, which endured more than two decades of brutal civil war and unrest that wrecked the country, economically and socially. Since President Johnson Sirleaf was elected in 2005, Liberia has seen a measure of stability, but these new elections may determine just how secure is the country's path toward democracy. In the first part of our series, "Starting From Less Than Zero: Liberia Rebuilds," WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports.
Jan 10 2011 - 2:36pm
Last week, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf returned home after a 10-day visit to the United States and Ghana. The former World Bank official was elected as Africa's first female president four years ago and has received generally high marks in trying to rebuild the West African nation. WYPR's Sunni Khalid recently traveled to Liberia on an International Reporting Project Gatekeeper Editors trip and met with President Johnson Sirleaf upon her return to Monrovia.
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