Liberia - News and Analysis

Johnson Sirleaf Plays Musical Chairs: Liberia's Superficial Reshuffle?

Despite poor performance or being implicated in corruption scandals, many ministers survived President Johnson Sirleaf's recent cabinet reshuffle.


	Review – Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law In challenging typical accounts of child soldiers as passive, faultless victims, Mark Drumbl's book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of child soldiering.
	Ivory Coast's Truth Commission: No Reconciliation on a Battlefield Truth commissions are a must-have for any country in transition, but why have so many failed?
	Liberia's Logging Loophole: Selling off the Forest Illegal logging permits could lead to mass deforestation and disastrous repercussions for Liberia's population and environment.
	Liberia's Mental Health Services: Building from the Ground Up By establishing centres in each county, training health workers and earmarking funds, post-war Liberia is trying to tackle its widespread mental health problems.
	Liberia: Stepping Back Into The Light? With the help of renewed investment, the Liberian government hopes to rejuvenate the country's hydro-power.
	Liberians in Ghana: When Refugees Cease to be Refugees What next for the Liberians in Ghana who will lose their refugee status on June 30?
	Charles Taylor Gets 50 Years As the former Liberian president is sentenced, read around the subject with Think Africa Press.
	Charles Taylor Trial: Justice For Whom, By Whom? The Charles Taylor judgment reveals the selective nature of international justice.
	Charles Taylor Trial: Awaiting Justice and Reconciliation in Liberia As the verdict in the Taylor trial nears, there is disagreement in Liberia over how best to move forward.
	Uprooting Liberia: Monrovia's Slum Clearances Thousands living in Monrovia's informal settlements without official papers of land ownership are in danger of eviction as the mayor tries to clean up the capital.