This paper has reliably learned that Ivorian dissidents have infiltrated refugee camps in Liberia and are recruiting fighters for combat operations in neighboring Ivory Coast.

Grand Gedeh Superintendent Peter Solo, who disclosed this in Monrovia Tuesday, said Ivorian mercenaries have taken advantage of the proximity of refugee camps near the border with Ivory Coast to infiltrate into Liberia, something he said is causing fear and insecurity amongst locals.

What next for the Liberians in Ghana who will lose their refugee status on June 30?

Perched on vast acres of land dotted with concrete buildings marked in colourful chalk, Buduburam Refugee Camp on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, has always been a place of transit for Liberians. Camp dwellers are like expectant passengers on a flight whose destination is still undetermined. Most of them hope to land in America, or somewhere in Europe, on a resettlement package. They hope to be anywhere but here.

WaterAid, an International Non-governmental Organization, has expressed continuous readiness to help provide access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene services to poor people within the various Communities, Districts and Counties in both Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Mr. Apollos Nwafor, WaterAid Team Leader in Liberia and Sierra Leone, spoke last Thursday at the close of a 3-day Programme Planning Meeting in Monrovia.

Ghana will cease recognise Liberian refugees at the end of this June, but will continue paying for voluntary repatriations until then. The west African country has also promised a grace period of about three months for Liberians who opt out of local integration.



Only 450 out the about 11,000 Liberian refugees, currently in Ghana, have so far voluntarily expressed interest to be repatriated ahead of the June deadline.

A TOTAL of 115 military officers and men yesterday departed for strife-torn Liberia where they will be performing peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the United Nations.

The peacekeeping team led by Col. Amin Alejaga is composed of seven officers, a medical staff, and 107 enlisted personnel.

It was sent off by Maj. Gen. Ricardo Banayat, commander of the Air Force’s 3rd Air Division, at Clark Air Base in Pampanga, subbing for Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Lauro Catalino dela Cruz who had another engagement.

by Michael Kpayili // Michael Kpayili is a staff writer for TheLiberianTimes.com. Kpayili has written articles which have appeared on TheLiberianTimes.com since late 2005, and his hard hitting investigative journalism has earned the respect of the Liberian press community. // mkpayili@theliberiantimes.com

Jul 7, 2010

The President of the University of Liberia Dr. Emmet Dennis is expected to deliver a keynote address at the launching of a National Integrity Forum (NIF) which is due to take place on Thursday, July 8, 2010 in the conference room of the Liberia Chamber of Commerce

by Mohammed S. Kromah

The recent misunderstanding between the Lormas on one hand and the Mandingos on the other in Lofa County poses another threat to the fragile peace being enjoyed in Liberia currently.

This assertion is based on the past experience witnessed by the nation in the early stages of the Liberian civil war which claimed the lives of thousands of people with unimaginable proportion of damages done to properties at state and private levels.

It is quite clear that the Liberian civil war took a worst turn only when it assumed tribal dimension. Men and women

by Michael Kpayili

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has discovered another outburst of polio in southeastern and central Liberia amidst notification that the country was free of polio by the international community. The revelation was made on Tuesday when official of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare appears before the House of Representatives to explain about the discovery of eight new polio cases in the country.

Liberia was certified a polio-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO) following years of vaccination against

by Michael Kpayili // Michael Kpayili is a staff writer for TheLiberianTimes.com. Kpayili has written articles which have appeared on TheLiberianTimes.com since late 2005, and his hard hitting investigative journalism has earned the respect of the Liberian press community. // mkpayili@theliberiantimes.com

The Government of Sweden and the Government of Liberia today signed a five-year agreement to govern the development cooperation between both nations valued at about One hundred million United