Liberia: an update

Article Abstract:

The outbreak of factional violence in Liberia on April 6, 1996 comes as a surprise after the country had returned to peace in September 1995 when Charles Taylor, a factional warlord, joined the collective presidency. Taylor first unleashed violence on the other warlord Roosevelt Johnson. He also inflicted atrocities on his opponents in the media, churches, various human rights and women organizations, lawyers, and civilian politicians. Liberia's dynamic civil society in the face of such mayhem can be saved by isolating the warlords and forcing them to give up their arms.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Taylor, Charles McArthur, Democracy

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Liberia: crying for freedom

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Surveys indicate a growing preference for democratic elections and governance in Liberia, after six years of bloody civil war have taken their toll. Already politicized groups have vigorously taken to promoting disarmament and reconciliation between warring factions. The situation calls for revival of the dynamic and vibrant Liberian civil society and the 'Liberianization' of democratic values. Besides, Liberia's struggle for human rights and freedom deserves wider international coverage and attention.

Civil war, Civil rights, Civil society

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A beacon for Central Africa

Article Abstract:

Pierre Nkurunziza was chosen to serve as the country's next president by more than nine-tenths of the members of both houses of Burundi's legislature by capping a free electoral process. The implications of this event in the small, conflict-ridden state on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika could reverberate positively throughout the Great Lakes region of central Africa and beyond, and this election stands as an example for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the huge western neighbor.

Elections, Africa, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Central Africa, Nkurunziza, Pierre

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